The University of New Orleans received approval from the NCAA Division III Membership Committee to move forward with its multi-year reclassification process. The Division I school's bid to relocate to Division III awaits the approval of the Management Council at its meeting in mid-July.

The Privateers would follow the same path to membership currently being taken by Birmingham-Southern, while Centenary (La.) will be making the same transition along a similar timeline.

UNO will need to add three sports to become eligible for Division III membership, an increase from its current lineup of nine sponsored intercollegiate sports, and intends to add football, women's soccer and women's golf. The school withdraws its membership from the Sun Belt Conference on June 30 and compete as an NCAA Division I Independent Transitioning to Division III in 2010-11, pending the NCAA's final approval.

The school has not published 2010-11 schedules in any sport.