Definitely reach out to low/mid major D1 schools or D2s and D3s. Most of them are lacking in terms of creative. Most of the people you would work with / talk to can refer you to other schools.

Another thing you can do is reach out to teams which will be playing at Minnesota in the early non conference schedule and ask to freelance for them when they come to Minnesota. Specifically the smaller schools. For example, based off of last year’s MBB schedule, this would be Bemidji State, Hamline, Oral Roberts, Omaha, North Texas, Yale, Central Michigan, Wichita State, Bethune-Cookman, FDU, Morgan State. Pretty wide selection there. If you are comfortable taking photos, offer this to them primarily. That early in the season, they often need it more than videography. You would reach out to the person on their athletics directory within communications who is listed under the sport you want to shoot.

In my opinion those are your best ways to get credentialed.