Sunday, June 30, 2013

2013-14 NCAA D1 Conference Realignment Guide

It's almost time. Tomorrow, July 1, begins a new school athletic season. While there haven't been a lot of changes in the big conferences, at least not outside the Big East, there have been a lot of changes within many of the smaller conferences. Hopefully this guide can help you know where to find your favorite D1 team during the 2013-14 season. Please note that this list doesn't include men's volleyball or the D2 baseball teams that compete at the D1 level.

Key:
x- School doesn't participate in football
y- Participates in football in another league


American Athletic/ AAC
WELCOME:
Cincinnati (Big East)
Central Florida (C-USA)
Connecticut (Big East)
Houston (C-USA)
Louisville (Big East)
Memphis (C-USA)
Rutgers (Big East)
SMU (C-USA)
South Florida (Big East)
Temple (Atlantic 10)

America East:
GONE: Boston 

WELCOME: UMass- Lowell (D2)

REMAINING:
Albany (non-football)
Binghamton
Hartford
Maine (non-football)
UMBC
New Hampshire (non-football)
Stony Brook (non-football)
Vermont

For scheduling purposes, UMass-Lowell won't count as a D1 school during the 2013-14 season. 

Atlantic Coast/ ACC
WELCOME: Notre Dame (Big East), Pittsburgh (Big East) and Syracuse (Big East).

REMAINING:
Boston College
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Miami [FL]
North Carolina
NC State
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Atlantic 10
GONE: Butler, Charlotte, Temple, Xavier

WELCOME: George Mason (CAA)

REMAINING: 
Dayton (non-football)
Duquesne
Fordham
George Washington
La Salle
UMass (non-football)
Rhode Island (non-football)
Richmond (non-football)
St. Bonaventure's
St. Joseph's
St. Louis
VCU

Atlantic Sun/ A-SUN
REMAINING: 
East Tennessee State
Florida Gulf Coast
Jacksonville (non-football)
Kennesaw State
Lipscomb
Mercer (non-football)
North Florida
Northern Kentucky
USC Upstate
Stetson (non-football)

Big East
GONE: Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, South Florida, Syracuse, and  Temple

WELCOME: Butler (non-football) (A10), Creighton (MVC), Xavier (A10)

REMAINING:
DePaul
Georgetown
Marquette
Providence
Seton Hall
St. John's
Villanova (non-football)

Big Sky
REMAINING:
Cal Poly (football only)
Eastern Washington
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
North Dakota
Northern Arizona
Northern Colorado
Portland State
Sacramento State
UC Davis (football only)
Weber State

Big South
GONE: Stony Brook (football only)

REMAINING: 
Campbell (non-football)
Charleston Southern
Coastal Carolina
Gardner-Webb
High Point
Liberty
Longwood
Presbyterian College
Radford
UNC Asheville
VMI
Winthrop

Big Ten
REMAINING:
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Wisconsin

Big Twelve
REMAINING:
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Texas Tech
TCU
West Virginia.

Big West
GONE: Pacific

REMAINING:
UC Davis (non-football)
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
UC Santa Barbara
Cal Poly (non-football)
Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Northridge
Hawaii (non-football)
Long Beach State

Colonial Athletic/ CAA
GONE: George Mason, Georgia State, Old Dominion

WELCOME: Albany (football only), College of Charleston (Southern), Stony Brook (football only)

REMAINING: 
Delaware
Drexel
Hofstra
James Madison
Maine (football only)
UNC Wilmington
New Hampshire (football only)
Northeastern
Rhode Island (football only)
Richmond (football only)
Towson
Villanova (football only)
William & Mary

Conference USA
GONE: Central Florida, Houston, Memphis, SMU

WELCOME: Charlotte (A10), Florida Atlantic (Sun Belt), Florida International (Sun Belt), Louisiana Tech (WAC), Middle Tennessee State (Sun Belt), North Texas (Sun Belt), Old Dominion (CAA), UT-San Antonio (WAC)

REMAINING:
UAB
East Carolina
Marshall
Rice
Southern Miss
UTEP
Tulane
Tulsa

Charlotte and Old Dominion will be classified as Independents for football only.

Great West
GONE: Chicago State, Houston Baptist, NJIT, Utah Valley, UT-Pan America

REMAINING: None. The conference will disband.

Horizon League
GONE: Loyola [IL]

WELCOME: Oakland (Summit)

REMAINING:
Cleveland State
Detroit
Green Bay
UIC
Milwaukee
Valparasio (non-football)
Wright State
Youngstown State

Independents
GONE: New Orleans, Cal State Bakersfield

WELCOME: Abilene Christian (football only), Charlotte (football only), Houston Baptist (football only), Idaho (football only), Incarnate Word (football only), Monmouth (football only), New Mexico State (football only), NJIT (Great West), Old Dominion (football only)

REMAINING: (football only)
Army
BYU
Navy
Notre Dame

Ivy League
REMAINING:
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Penn
Princeton
Yale

Metro Atlantic Athletic/ MAAC
GONE: Loyola [MD]

WELCOME: Monmouth (NEC), Quinnipiac (NEC)

REMAINING:
Canisius
Fairfield
Iona
Manhattan
Marist (non-football)
Niagara
Rider
St. Peter's
Siena

Mid-American Conference/ MAC
REMAINING:
Akron
Ball State
Bowling Green
Buffalo
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Kent State
UMass (football)
Miami [OH]
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Toledo
Western Michigan

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference/ MEAC 
REMAINING:
Bethune-Cookman
Coppin State
Delaware State
Florida A&M
Hampton
Howard
Maryland Eastern Shore
Morgan State
Norfolk State
North Carolina A&T
North Carolina Central
Savannah State
South Carolina State

Missouri Valley/ MVC
GONE: Creighton

WELCOME: Loyola [IL] (Horizon)

REMAINING:
Bradley
Drake (non-football)
Evansville
Illinois State
Indiana State
Missouri State
Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois
Wichita State

Mountain West/ MWC 
WELCOME: San Jose State (WAC), Utah State (WAC)

REMAINING:
Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawaii (football only)
Nevada
UNLV
New Mexico
San Diego State
Wyoming

Northeast/ NEC 
GONE: Albany (football only), Monmouth, Quinnipiac 

REMAINING:
Bryant
Central Connecticut State
Fairleigh Dickinson
Long Island U
Mt. Saint Mary's
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis [NY]
St. Francis [PA]
Wagner

Ohio Valley/ OVC
REMAINING:
Austin Peay
Belmont
Eastern Illinois
Eastern Kentucky
Jacksonville State
Morehead State (non-football)
Murray State
Southeast Missouri
SIUE
Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
UT Martin

Pac-12
REMAINING:
Arizona
Arizona State
Cal
Colorado
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
Washington State

Patriot League
WELCOME: Boston (America East), Loyola [MD] (MAAC)

REMAINING:
American
Army (non-football)
Bucknell
Colgate
Holy Cross
Lafayette
Lehigh
Navy (non-football)

Pioneer Football League (football only)
WELCOME: Mercer, Stetson

REMAINING:
Butler
Campbell
Davidson
Dayton
Drake
Jacksonville
Marist
Morehead State
San Diego
Valparasio

Southeastern/ SEC
REMAINING:
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Missouri
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas A&M
Vanderbilt

Southern
GONE: College of Charleston

REMAINING:
Appalachian State
Chattanooga
The Citadel
Davidson (non-football)
Elon
Furman
Georgia Southern
UNC Greensboro
Samford
Western Carolina
Wofford

Southland
WELCOME: Abilene Christian (D2), Incarnate Word (D2), Houston Baptist (Great West), and New Orleans (Independent)

REMAINING:
Central Arkansas
Lamar
McNeese State
Nicholls State
Northwestern State
Oral Roberts
Sam Houston State
Southeastern Louisiana
Stephen F. Austin
Texas A&M- Corpus Christi

For scheduling purposes, Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word won't count as D1 schools for the 2013-14 season. Abilene Christian, Incarnate Word, and Houston Baptist will all be classified as Independents for football during the 2013 season.

Southwestern Athletic/ SWAC
REMAINING:
Alabama A&M
Alabama State
Alcorn State
Arkansas- Pine Bluff
Grambling State
Jackson State
Mississippi Valley State
Prairie View A&M
Southern
Texas Southern

Summit
GONE: UMKC, Oakland

WELCOME: Denver (WAC)

REMAINING:
IPFW
IUPUI
Nebraska-Omaha
North Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota State
Western Illinois

As a transitional school, Nebraska- Omaha will be ineligible for the Summit title. 

Sun Belt
GONE: Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Middle Tennessee State, North Texas

WELCOME: Georgia State (CAA), Texas State (WAC), UT- Arlington (non-football) (WAC)

REMAINING:
Arkansas- Little Rock
Arkansas State
Louisiana- Lafayette
Louisiana- Monroe
South Alabama
Troy
Western Kentucky

West Coast/ WCC 
WELCOME: Pacific (Big West), Softball

REMAINING:
BYU (non-football)
Gonzaga
Loyola Marymount
Pepperdine
Portland
Saint Mary's
San Diego (non-football)
San Francisco
Santa Clara

Western Athletic/ WAC
GONE: Denver, Louisiana Tech, San Jose State, Texas State, UT-Arlington, UT- San Antonio, Utah State, Football

WELCOME: Cal State Bakersfield (Independent), Chicago State (Great West), Grand Canyon (D2), UMKC (Summit), Utah Valley (Great West), UT-Pan America (Great West)

REMAINING:
Idaho (non-football)
New Mexico State (non-football)
Seattle

For scheduling purposes, Grand Canyon won't count as a D1 school for the 2013-14 season.

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