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Shape of college football conferences next season

Posted on 11/27/12 at 3:38 pm
Posted by carbola
Bloomington, IN
Member since Aug 2010
4308 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 3:38 pm
From what I could gather this is the case for 2013 with expansions noted for 2014 and 2015

** ** means new for 2013 season
Current 2013 Conference Layouts:
Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC):
**Syracuse**
**Pitt**
BC
Clemson
Duke
FSU
GT
NC State
UNC
Virginia
Wake Forest
VT
Miami (FL)
Maryland (Moving to B1G in 2014)

Future Members:
Louisville (TBA)

Big East:
Temple
**Boise State**
**SDSU**
**Memphis**
**SMU**
**UCF**
**Houston**
UConn
Cinci
Louisville (Moving to ACC in TBA)
USF
Rutgers (Moving to B1G in 2014)

Future Members:
Tulane (2014)
ECU (2014)
Navy (2015)

Big Ten (B1G):
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Minnesota
Nebraska
Northwestern
Ohio State
Penn State
Purdue
Wisconsin

Future Members:
Maryland (2014)
Rutgers (2014)

Big 12 (XII):
Baylor
Iowa State
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
TCU
Texas Tech
West Virginia

Conference USA (CUSA):
Southern Miss
UAB
Marshall
Rice
Tulsa
UTEP
**UTSA**
**LA Tech**
**FIU**
**North Texas**
ECU (moves to Big East in 2014)
Tulane (moves to Big East in 2014)

Future Members:
Charlotte (2015)
Old Dominion (2014)
FAU (2014)
Middle Tennessee State (2014)

Mountain West (MW):
Air Force
Colorado State
New Mexico
Fresno State
Nevada
Hawaii
UNLV
Wyoming
**Utah State**
**San Jose State**

Independents:
BYU
Army
ND
**New Mexico State**
**Idaho**
Navy (will join Big East in 2015)

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

Pacific 12 (PAC-12):

Arizona
Arizona State
California
Colorado
Oregon
Oregon State
Stanford
UCLA
USC
Utah
Washington
Washington State

Southeastern Conference (SEC):
Missouri
Alabama
Arkansas
Auburn
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
LSU
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
South Carolina
Tennessee
Vanderbilt
Texas A&M

Sun Belt:
**Georgia State**
FAU (Moving to CUSA in 2014)
Arkansas State
ULL
Troy
Middle Tennessee State (Moving to CUSA in 2014)
ULM
WKU
USA
**Texas State**

Western Athletic Conference (WAC) will stop sponsoring football at the conclusion of this season.

I used this site's history of realignment along with looking at the conferences wikipedia pages


Does this look correct?
This post was edited on 11/29/12 at 2:30 pm
Posted by carbola
Bloomington, IN
Member since Aug 2010
4308 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:30 pm to
Updated to add Louisville to the ACC and fixed some of the Sun Belt teams.
Posted by JDM1992
In your head
Member since Dec 2011
15141 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:31 pm to
This post was edited on 2/18/13 at 10:16 am
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
76519 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:32 pm to
It looks like you did a lot of work, so ill say great job and I totally agree.
Posted by etm512
Mandeville, LA
Member since Aug 2005
20747 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

Charlotte (2015)
Old Dominion (2014)


These schools will have FBS football?

And, Carbola, I went to the Rose-Hulman tailgate at the Indy 500 a few years ago. Good times.
Posted by MFn GIMP
Member since Feb 2011
19344 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:39 pm to
There are a lot of rumors about New Mexico State and Western Kentucky moving to Conference USA. Granted they are just rumors but I could see that happening.
Posted by Zantrix
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2009
7940 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 2:51 pm to
A serious case of the TL;DR here. Call me when this shitshow is over.
Posted by carbola
Bloomington, IN
Member since Aug 2010
4308 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 6:41 pm to
quote:

These schools will have FBS football?


Charlotte is currently building their stadium. They have never had a football team and that will be their first season.


Old Dominion is moving up from FCS is my understanding. Actually, looking at their schedule, they only lost 1 game this season to Villanova so they can't be all that bad.


quote:

And, Carbola, I went to the Rose-Hulman tailgate at the Indy 500 a few years ago. Good times.


Nice. Glad to hear you had a good time since we tend to "nerd out" around each other.
Posted by accnodefense
Trump Fan
Member since Dec 2010
6279 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 6:48 pm to
Mountain West should adopt the WAC name.

Not as a potshot at the league, but because the WAC is a historical college football conference with a lot of history in the sport. Mountain West was formed in 1999.
Posted by carbola
Bloomington, IN
Member since Aug 2010
4308 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 6:56 pm to
quote:

Mountain West should adopt the WAC name.



The main problem is that the WAC still exists, they juts no longer sponsor football. Other sports will still exists under the WAC.
Posted by Pauldean
Red Stick by way of Syracuse
Member since Oct 2011
2629 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 7:03 pm to
Maybe the Big East should just call themselves Conference USA?
Posted by brewhan davey
Audubon Place
Member since Sep 2010
32791 posts
Posted on 11/29/12 at 7:18 pm to
LOL, UConn and SDSU in the same conference.. just a little FYI:

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