Conference realignment: All the moves coming in 2022–25
Last updated: June 5, 2024
The wheels of conference realignment keep on turning.
If you lost track of all the changes that will be coming in the next few years, I’ve got you covered. Here’s a breakdown by conference.
At the bottom of this page is a complete list of what each conference will look like by 2025.
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Southeastern Conference
Joining in 2024: Oklahoma, Texas
Leaving/left: None
The SEC will grow to 16 full members in 2024.
Big Ten Conference
Joining in 2024: Oregon, Southern Cal, UCLA, Washington
Leaving/left: None
The Big Ten will grow to 18 full members in 2024.
Atlantic Coast Conference
Joining in 2024: California, SMU, Stanford
Leaving/left: None
The ACC will grow to 18 full members (17 for football) in 2024.
Pac-12 Conference
Joined/joining: None
Leaving in 2024: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Oregon, Southern Cal, UCLA, Utah, Washington
The only remaining Pac-12 members are Oregon State and Washington State. Those two schools will either join another conference or try to rebuild the Pac-12.
Big 12 Conference
Joined in 2023: BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, UCF
Joining in 2024: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Utah
Leaving in 2024: Oklahoma, Texas
The Big 12 will grow to 16 full members in 2024.
American Athletic Conference
Leaving in 2024: SMU
Joined in 2023: Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB, UTSA
Left in 2023: UCF, Cincinnati, Houston
The AAC will be left with 13 full members after SMU’s departure. Army is joining Navy as a football-only member in 2024.
Sun Belt Conference
Joined in 2022: James Madison, Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss
Left in 2022: Little Rock, UT-Arlington
The Sun Belt now stands at 14 full members.
Conference USA
Joined in 2023: Jacksonville State, Liberty, New Mexico State, Sam Houston
Joining in 2024: Kennesaw State
Joining in 2025: Delaware, Missouri State
Left in 2022: Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss
Left in 2023: Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB, UTEP
Conference USA will grow to 10 full members when Kennesaw State joins in 2024, and to 12 when Delaware and Missouri State join in 2025.
Atlantic Sun Conference
Joined in 2022: Austin Peay, Queens
Joining in 2024: West Georgia
Left in 2023: Jacksonville State, Liberty
Leaving in 2024: Kennesaw State
The ASUN will stand at 12 full members when West Georgia joins in 2024.
Western Athletic Conference
Joined in 2022: Southern Utah, UT-Arlington
Left in 2022: Chicago State, Lamar
Left in 2023: New Mexico State, Sam Houston
Leaving in 2024: Stephen F. Austin, UTRGV
Leaving in 2025: Grand Canyon, Seattle
The WAC will drop to 9 full members when Stephen F. Austin and UTRGV leave in 2024, and to 7 full members when Grand Canyon and Seattle leave in 2025.
Colonial Athletic Association
Joined in 2022: Hampton, Monmouth, North Carolina A&T, Stony Brook
Joined in 2023: Campbell
Left in 2022: James Madison
Leaving in 2025: Delaware
The CAA grew to 14 full members with the addition of Campbell, but will drop to 13 in 2025 when Delaware leaves for Conference USA.
Missouri Valley Conference
Joined in 2022: Belmont, Illinois Chicago, Murray State
Left in 2022: Loyola Chicago
Leaving in 2025: Missouri State
The MVC will drop to 11 full members when Missouri State leaves in 2025.
Atlantic 10 Conference
Joined in 2022: Loyola Chicago
Leaving in 2025: Massachusetts
The A-10 will stands at 14 full members when Massachusetts leaves for the MAC.
Mid-American Conference
Joining in 2025: Massachusetts
Leaving/left: None
Ohio Valley Conference
Joined in 2022: Lindenwood, Little Rock, Southern Indiana
Joined in 2023: Western Illinois
Left in 2022: Austin Peay, Belmont, Murray State
The OVC now stands at 11 full members.
Southland Conference
Joined in 2022: Lamar, Texas A&M-Commerce
Joining in 2024: Stephen F. Austin, UTRGV
Leaving/left: None
The Southland will grow to 12 full members when Stephen F. Austin and UTRGV join in the summer of 2024.
Big South Conference
Joined/joining: None
Left in 2022: Hampton, North Carolina A&T
Left in 2023: Campbell
The Big South now stands at 9 full members.
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Joined in 2022: Mount St. Mary’s
Left in 2022: Monmouth
Joining in 2024: Merrimack, Sacred Heart
The MAAC will grow to 11 full members in 2024.
Big Sky Conference
Joining/joined: None
Left in 2022: Southern Utah
The Big Sky now stands at 10 full members.
Horizon League
Joined/joining: None
Left in 2022: Illinois-Chicago
The Horizon League now stands at 11 full members.
West Coast Conference
Joining in 2025: Grand Canyon, Seattle
Left in 2023: BYU
The WCC will grow to 11 full members with the additions of Grand Canyon and Seattle.
America East Conference
Joined in 2022: Bryant
Left in 2022: Hartford, Stony Brook
The America East now stands at 9 full members.
Northeast Conference
Joined in 2022: Stonehill
Joined in 2023: Le Moyne
Joining in 2024: Chicago State, Mercyhurst
Left in 2022: Bryant, Mount St. Mary’s
Left in 2023: St. Francis (N.Y.)
Leaving in 2024: Merrimack, Sacred Heart
The NEC will have 9 full members in 2024.
Summit League
Joined/joining: None
Left in 2023: Western Illinois
The Summit League now stands at 9 full members.
Full conference lineup
Here’s what every Division I conference will look like by 2025 (as of now):
America East Conference (9 full members)
Albany*
Binghamton
Bryant*
Maine*
New Hampshire*
NJIT
UMBC
UMass-Lowell
Vermont
*Albany, Bryant, Maine and New Hampshire play football in CAA Football.
American Athletic Conference (13 full members)
Charlotte
East Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Memphis
North Texas
Rice
South Florida
Temple
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
UTSA
Wichita State*
*Wichita State does not play football. Navy and Army are football-only affiliate members.
Atlantic 10 Conference (14 full members)
Davidson
Dayton
Duquesne
Fordham
George Mason
George Washington
La Salle
Loyola Chicago
Rhode Island
Richmond
St. Bonaventure
Saint Joseph’s
Saint Louis
VCU
Atlantic Coast Conference (18 full members)
Boston College
California
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Louisville
Miami (Fla.)
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Notre Dame*
Pittsburgh
SMU
Stanford
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
*Notre Dame is a non-football member, competing as an independent.
Atlantic Sun Conference (11 full members)
Austin Peay*
Bellarmine
Central Arkansas*
Eastern Kentucky*
Florida Gulf Coast
Jacksonville
Lipscomb
North Alabama*
North Florida
Queens
Stetson
West Georgia*
*denotes football members, playing in the United Athletic Conference.
Big 12 Conference (16 full members)
Arizona
Arizona State
Baylor
BYU
Cincinnati
Colorado
Houston
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma State
TCU
Texas Tech
UCF
Utah
West Virginia
Big East Conference (11 full members)
Butler
Connecticut
Creighton
DePaul
Georgetown
Marquette
Providence
St. John’s
Seton Hall
Villanova
Xavier
Big Sky Conference (10 full members)
Eastern Washington
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Northern Arizona
Northern Colorado
Portland State
Sacramento State
Weber State
*Cal Poly and UC Davis are football-only affiliate members.
Big South Conference (9 full members)
Charleston Southern*
Gardner-Webb*
High Point
Longwood
Presbyterian
Radford
UNC Asheville
USC Upstate
Winthrop
*denotes members of the Big South-OVC football association.
Big Ten Conference (18 full members)
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maryland
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Oregon
Penn State
Purdue
Rutgers
Southern Cal
UCLA
Washington
Wisconsin
Big West Conference (11 full members)
Cal Poly
Cal State Bakersfield
Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Northridge
Hawaii
Long Beach State
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
UC San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
Colonial Athletic Association (13 full members)
Campbell*
College of Charleston
Drexel
Elon*
Hampton*
Hofstra
Monmouth*
North Carolina A&T*
Northeastern
Stony Brook*
Towson*
UNC Wilmington
William & Mary*
*denotes members that are also part of the 15-team CAA Football Conference, which is run by the same administration as the CAA but is legally a different entity.
Conference USA (12 full members)
Delaware
Florida International
Jacksonville State
Kennesaw State
Liberty
Louisiana Tech
Middle Tennessee State
Missouri State
New Mexico State
Sam Houston
UTEP
Western Kentucky
Horizon League (11 full members)
Cleveland State
Detroit Mercy
IUPUI
Northern Kentucky
Oakland
Purdue Fort Wayne
Robert Morris
Wisconsin-Green Bay
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wright State
Youngstown State
Ivy League (8 full members)
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Penn
Princeton
Yale
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (11 full members)
Canisius
Fairfield
Iona
Manhattan
Marist
Mount St. Mary’s
Merrimack*
Niagara
Quinnipiac
Rider
Sacred Heart*
Saint Peter’s
Siena
*Merrimack and Sacred Heart compete as FCS independents in football.
Mid-American Conference (13 full members)
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
Massachusetts
Miami (Ohio)
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Toledo
Western Michigan
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (8 full members)
Coppin State*
Delaware State
Howard
Maryland Eastern Shore*
Morgan State
Norfolk State
North Carolina Central
South Carolina State
*Coppin State and Maryland Eastern Shore do not play football.
Missouri Valley Conference (11 full members)
Belmont
Bradley
Drake
Evansville
Illinois Chicago
Illinois State
Indiana State
Murray State
Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois
Valparaiso
Mountain West Conference (11 full members)
Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Nevada
New Mexico
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming
*Hawaii is a football-only affiliate member.
Northeast Conference (8 full members)
Central Connecticut State*
Chicago State
FDU
Le Moyne
Long Island*
Mercyhurst*
St. Francis (Pa.)*
Stonehill*
Wagner*
*denotes football members, along with football-only affiliate members Duquesne and Robert Morris.
Ohio Valley Conference (11 full members)
Eastern Illinois *
Lindenwood*
Morehead State
SEMO*
SIU-Edwardsville
Southern Indiana
Tennessee State*
Tennessee Tech*
UA Little Rock
UT Martin*
Western Illinois*
*denotes members of the Big South-OVC football association.
Pac-12 Conference (2 full members)
Oregon State
Washington State
Patriot League (10 full members)
American
Army
Boston University
Bucknell*
Colgate*
Holy Cross*
Lafayette*
Lehigh*
Loyola Maryland
Navy
*denotes football members, along with football-only affiliate members Fordham, Georgetown and Richmond.
Southeastern Conference (16 full members)
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Missouri
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt
Southern Conference (10 full members)
Chattanooga
East Tennessee State
Furman
Mercer
Samford
The Citadel
UNC Greensboro*
VMI
Western Carolina
Wofford
*UNC Greensboro does not play football.
Southland Conference (12 full members)
Houston Baptist
Incarnate Word
Lamar
McNeese State
New Orleans*
Nicholls State
Northwestern State
Southeastern Louisiana
Stephen F. Austin
Texas A&M-Commerce
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi*
UTRGV
*New Orleans and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi do not play football.
Southwestern Athletic Conference (12 full members)
Alabama A&M
Alabama State
Alcorn State
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Bethune-Cookman
Florida A&M
Grambling
Jackson State
Mississippi Valley State
Prairie View A&M
Southern
Texas Southern
Summit League (9 full members)
Denver
Kansas City
North Dakota
North Dakota State
Omaha
Oral Roberts
St. Thomas
South Dakota
South Dakota State
Sun Belt Conference (14 full members)
Appalachian State
Arkansas State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
James Madison
Louisiana
Marshall
Old Dominion
South Alabama
Southern Mississippi
Texas State
Troy
ULM
West Coast Conference (11 full members)
Gonzaga
Grand Canyon
Loyola Marymount
Pacific
Pepperdine
Portland
Seattle
Saint Mary’s
San Diego
San Francisco
Santa Clara
Western Athletic Conference (7 full members)
Abilene Christian*
California Baptist
Southern Utah*
Tarleton State*
UT Arlington
Utah Tech*
Utah Valley
*denotes football members, playing in the United Athletic Conference.
And here’s what the football-only Division I conferences will look like. The United Athletic Conference is the new name of the ASUN-WAC football alliance made up of the football playing-members of those conferences.
CAA Football (14 members)
Albany
Bryant
Campbell
Elon
Hampton
Maine
Monmouth
New Hampshire
North Carolina A&T
Rhode Island
Stony Brook
Towson
Villanova
William & Mary
Missouri Valley Football Conference (10 members)
Illinois State
Indiana State
Murray State
North Dakota
North Dakota State
Northern Iowa
South Dakota
South Dakota State
Southern Illinois
Youngstown State
Pioneer Football League (11 members)
Butler
Davidson
Dayton
Drake
Marist
Morehead State
Presbyterian
St. Thomas
San Diego
Stetson
Valparaiso
United Athletic Conference (9 members)
Abilene Christian
Austin Peay
Central Arkansas
Eastern Kentucky
North Alabama
Southern Utah
Tarleton State
Utah Tech
West Georgia
The Big South and OVC also formed a football association, which includes the football playing-members of those conferences.
Big South-OVC Football (9 members)
Charleston Southern
Eastern Illinois
Gardner-Webb
Lindenwood
SEMO
Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
UT Martin
Western Illinois
