College Eligibility Checker
Enter a few details and get an estimate of how many years of eligibility remain under the NCAA's new age-based model — and, if you're a current athlete, how it compares to the old four-in-five rules.
Check your eligibility
An estimate from the published rule. Your compliance office makes the official call.
Exceptions (active-duty military, official religious missions, pregnancy) can pause the clock and aren't modeled here. International, JUCO and prep-year paths can shift the age clock — see delayed-enrollment cases.
How the checker works
The new model gives Division I athletes five years of eligibility, with the clock starting at whichever comes first: your first full-time college enrollment, or the academic year following your 19th birthday. We compute your five-year window from that start, count the seasons you've already used, and show what's left.
If you first enrolled in fall 2026 or earlier (or you're a current athlete), the NCAA lets schools apply the old four-seasons-in-five-years rules or the new model — whichever is more favorable to you. The checker shows both and tells you which one wins.
This is an estimate, not a ruling. Your school's compliance office makes the official determination, and exceptions (military service, official religious missions, pregnancy) can pause the clock. The rule was adopted June 23, 2026 and could be affected by pending legal challenges.