UND's swimming and diving program may be one of the top in D2, but D1 swimming is a whole different story. Most of our D2 national qualifiers would not qualify for D1 Nationals. In swimming there are A and B cut times--A is automatic, B is provisional. The A cuts for D2 are slower than the B cuts for D1, in some cases they are considerably slower.
I love UND football, and I do believe in remaining competitive. I just feel when I hear people speak about moving to D1-AA, that they do not think about our other sports. I am not as knowledgeable about basketball, but when I attended UND the women's program was so strong. What happens in a D1 atmosphere?
As was pointed out, I worded my first post poorly. A move to D1-AA for football is a move to D1 for all other sports, and those other sports deserve to be apart of the discussion as much as football.