From 1956 to 1972 Washington & Jefferson competed in the NCAA College Division . In 1958 , the Presidents , who had previously been independent and not members of any conference , joined the Presidents ' Athletic Conference . The teams of the seventies were similarly poor , save for a PAC championship in 1970 and a second-place finish in 1971 . When the NCAA re-aligned its football conference structure in 1973 , W&J joined Division III
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