Since 2010 many college or university athletic programs have changed membership from one National Collegiate Athletic Association athletic conference to another.
School | Sport(s) | Former conference | New conference | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Austin Peay Governors | Women's lacrosse | No team | ASUN | 2025 [1] |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | Full membership | CAA | CUSA | 2025 [2] |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | Football | CAA Football | CUSA | 2025 [2] |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | Women's ice hockey | No team | Atlantic Hockey America | 2025 [3] [a] |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | Men's soccer | CAA | Summit | 2025 [5] |
Florida State Seminoles | Women's lacrosse | No team | ACC | 2025 [6] |
Grand Canyon Antelopes | Full membership | WAC | WCC | 2025 [7] |
Grand Canyon Antelopes | Beach volleyball | MPSF | WCC | 2025 [7] |
Jamestown Jimmies [b] | Men's volleyball | GPAC ( NAIA) | TBA | 2025 [8] |
La Salle Explorers | Acrobatics & tumbling [c] | No team | Independent | 2025 [9] |
La Salle Explorers | Baseball | No team | A-10 | 2025 [9] |
La Salle Explorers | Women's rugby [d] | No team | Independent | 2025 [9] |
La Salle Explorers | Women's triathlon [e] | No team | Independent | 2025 [9] |
Lewis Flyers [10] | Men's volleyball | MIVA | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks | Men's volleyball | No team | NEC | 2025 [12] |
Maryville Saints [10] | Men's volleyball | Independent | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
McKendree Bearcats [10] | Men's volleyball | MIVA | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Missouri S&T Miners [10] | Men's volleyball | Independent | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears | Full membership | MVC | CUSA | 2025 [13] |
Missouri State Bears | Football | MVFC | CUSA | 2025 [13] |
Northern Kentucky Norse | Men's volleyball | No team | TBA | 2025 [14] |
Quincy Hawks [10] | Men's volleyball | MIVA | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Richmond Spiders | Football | CAA Football | Patriot | 2025 [15] |
Rockhurst Hawks [10] | Men's volleyball | Independent | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Seattle Redhawks | Full membership | WAC | WCC | 2025 [7] |
Seattle Redhawks | Women's rowing | WIRA | WCC | 2025 [7] |
Southwest Baptist Bearcats [10] | Men's volleyball | No team | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [16] |
Toledo Rockets | Women's rowing | No team | TBA | 2025 [17] |
UC Merced Golden Bobcats [f] | Men's volleyball | CalPac ( NAIA) | TBA | 2025 [18] |
UC Merced Golden Bobcats [f] | Men's water polo | CalPac ( NAIA) [g] | TBA | 2025 [18] |
UC Merced Golden Bobcats [f] | Women's water polo | Independent (NAIA) [h] | TBA | 2025 [18] |
UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen | Full membership | A-10 | MAC | 2025 [19] |
UMass Minutemen | Football | Independent (FBS) | MAC | 2025 [19] |
UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros | Football | No team | Southland | 2025 [20] [i] |
Vanderbilt Commodores | Women's volleyball | No team | SEC | 2025 [23] |
West Georgia Wolves | Beach volleyball | No team | ASUN | 2025 [24] |
Rice Owls | Women's golf | No team | American | 2026 [25] |
St. Thomas Tommies | Men's ice hockey | CCHA | NCHC | 2026 [26] |
Jessup Warriors [b] | Men's volleyball | No team | MPSF | TBA [27] |
Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers | Men's and women's ice hockey | Club teams | TBA | TBA [28] |
School | Sport(s) | Former Conference | New Conference |
---|---|---|---|
Bemidji State Beavers | Men's ice hockey | CHA | WCHA |
Duquesne Dukes | Baseball | Atlantic 10 | Dropped baseball |
Georgia State Panthers | Football | (non-football) | Division I FCS Independent |
High Point Panthers | Women's lacrosse | Club team | National Lacrosse Conference |
Hofstra Pride | Football | CAA | Dropped football |
Lamar Cardinals | Football | (non-football) | Division I FCS Independent |
Old Dominion Monarchs | Football | (non-football) | Division I FCS Independent |
New Orleans Privateers [749] | All sports (non-football) | Sun Belt | Independent |
Niagara Purple Eagles | Men's ice hockey | CHA | Atlantic Hockey |
Northeastern Huskies | Football | CAA | Dropped football |
Robert Morris Colonials | Men's ice hockey | CHA | Atlantic Hockey |
SIU Edwardsville Cougars | Men's soccer | Division I Independent | Missouri Valley Conference |
UAH Chargers | Hockey | CHA | Division I Independent |
UNO Mavericks | Hockey | CCHA | WCHA |
The GLVC will also begin sponsorship of men's volleyball in 2025-26 to increase sport sponsorship to 25.
The Warriors will play a robust 11-game schedule as an independent Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team.
WCCOWS
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).The Pioneers, in their first season as an FCS Independent, begin 2024 with three straight home games, including the opener against Delaware State on Aug. 31.
The league serves up its second season with opening matches this weekend featuring (16) FIU, (12) Florida Atlantic and UAB, along with new members Jacksonville State and (ARV) Tulane.
The Dukes will be playing the 2022 season as an independent team and will play 17 games...
Stephen F. Austin begins its first season in the league and is set to open its 2022 campaign at the Kingsville Tournament where they face Ottawa, Texas A&M Kingsville, Missouri Baptist and Colorado Mesa.
The Saints will still maintain a relationship with Conference Carolinas as an associate member in acrobatics and tumbling. The Limestone field hockey and men's wrestling teams will also continue in their respective leagues that are sponsored by Conference Carolinas and the South Atlantic Conference.This press release made no mention of a men's volleyball affiliation.
"This is an important year for our program as we start our transition to the FBS", said fifth-year head coach Joe Moglia. "However, we are still an FCS independent this year and have put together a nationally-competitive schedule to reflect that.
Lincoln Memorial will begin its inaugural season of men's volleyball in January, 2017 and become the University's 21st sport.
"We have been working extremely hard to gear up for our inaugural season as full NCAA members competing in NCAA DI/II this coming fall." (AB head coach Greg Walker)
Established in 2013, and going into effect starting with the 2013–14 season, charter members in the PRC are the U.S. Air Force Academy, TCU, Ohio State, Nevada, UTEP, and the University of Alaska.
The Western Athletic Conference today announced that an invitation for affiliate membership has been issued to and accepted by CSU Bakersfield and Dallas Baptist to join the conference in baseball starting with the 2012–13 academic year.
Since 2010 many college or university athletic programs have changed membership from one National Collegiate Athletic Association athletic conference to another.
School | Sport(s) | Former conference | New conference | Year |
---|---|---|---|---|
Austin Peay Governors | Women's lacrosse | No team | ASUN | 2025 [1] |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | Full membership | CAA | CUSA | 2025 [2] |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | Football | CAA Football | CUSA | 2025 [2] |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | Women's ice hockey | No team | Atlantic Hockey America | 2025 [3] [a] |
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | Men's soccer | CAA | Summit | 2025 [5] |
Florida State Seminoles | Women's lacrosse | No team | ACC | 2025 [6] |
Grand Canyon Antelopes | Full membership | WAC | WCC | 2025 [7] |
Grand Canyon Antelopes | Beach volleyball | MPSF | WCC | 2025 [7] |
Jamestown Jimmies [b] | Men's volleyball | GPAC ( NAIA) | TBA | 2025 [8] |
La Salle Explorers | Acrobatics & tumbling [c] | No team | Independent | 2025 [9] |
La Salle Explorers | Baseball | No team | A-10 | 2025 [9] |
La Salle Explorers | Women's rugby [d] | No team | Independent | 2025 [9] |
La Salle Explorers | Women's triathlon [e] | No team | Independent | 2025 [9] |
Lewis Flyers [10] | Men's volleyball | MIVA | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks | Men's volleyball | No team | NEC | 2025 [12] |
Maryville Saints [10] | Men's volleyball | Independent | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
McKendree Bearcats [10] | Men's volleyball | MIVA | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Missouri S&T Miners [10] | Men's volleyball | Independent | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears | Full membership | MVC | CUSA | 2025 [13] |
Missouri State Bears | Football | MVFC | CUSA | 2025 [13] |
Northern Kentucky Norse | Men's volleyball | No team | TBA | 2025 [14] |
Quincy Hawks [10] | Men's volleyball | MIVA | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Richmond Spiders | Football | CAA Football | Patriot | 2025 [15] |
Rockhurst Hawks [10] | Men's volleyball | Independent | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [11] |
Seattle Redhawks | Full membership | WAC | WCC | 2025 [7] |
Seattle Redhawks | Women's rowing | WIRA | WCC | 2025 [7] |
Southwest Baptist Bearcats [10] | Men's volleyball | No team | GLVC ( NCAA D-II) | 2025 [16] |
Toledo Rockets | Women's rowing | No team | TBA | 2025 [17] |
UC Merced Golden Bobcats [f] | Men's volleyball | CalPac ( NAIA) | TBA | 2025 [18] |
UC Merced Golden Bobcats [f] | Men's water polo | CalPac ( NAIA) [g] | TBA | 2025 [18] |
UC Merced Golden Bobcats [f] | Women's water polo | Independent (NAIA) [h] | TBA | 2025 [18] |
UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen | Full membership | A-10 | MAC | 2025 [19] |
UMass Minutemen | Football | Independent (FBS) | MAC | 2025 [19] |
UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros | Football | No team | Southland | 2025 [20] [i] |
Vanderbilt Commodores | Women's volleyball | No team | SEC | 2025 [23] |
West Georgia Wolves | Beach volleyball | No team | ASUN | 2025 [24] |
Rice Owls | Women's golf | No team | American | 2026 [25] |
St. Thomas Tommies | Men's ice hockey | CCHA | NCHC | 2026 [26] |
Jessup Warriors [b] | Men's volleyball | No team | MPSF | TBA [27] |
Tennessee State Tigers and Lady Tigers | Men's and women's ice hockey | Club teams | TBA | TBA [28] |
School | Sport(s) | Former Conference | New Conference |
---|---|---|---|
Bemidji State Beavers | Men's ice hockey | CHA | WCHA |
Duquesne Dukes | Baseball | Atlantic 10 | Dropped baseball |
Georgia State Panthers | Football | (non-football) | Division I FCS Independent |
High Point Panthers | Women's lacrosse | Club team | National Lacrosse Conference |
Hofstra Pride | Football | CAA | Dropped football |
Lamar Cardinals | Football | (non-football) | Division I FCS Independent |
Old Dominion Monarchs | Football | (non-football) | Division I FCS Independent |
New Orleans Privateers [749] | All sports (non-football) | Sun Belt | Independent |
Niagara Purple Eagles | Men's ice hockey | CHA | Atlantic Hockey |
Northeastern Huskies | Football | CAA | Dropped football |
Robert Morris Colonials | Men's ice hockey | CHA | Atlantic Hockey |
SIU Edwardsville Cougars | Men's soccer | Division I Independent | Missouri Valley Conference |
UAH Chargers | Hockey | CHA | Division I Independent |
UNO Mavericks | Hockey | CCHA | WCHA |
The GLVC will also begin sponsorship of men's volleyball in 2025-26 to increase sport sponsorship to 25.
The Warriors will play a robust 11-game schedule as an independent Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) team.
WCCOWS
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).The Pioneers, in their first season as an FCS Independent, begin 2024 with three straight home games, including the opener against Delaware State on Aug. 31.
The league serves up its second season with opening matches this weekend featuring (16) FIU, (12) Florida Atlantic and UAB, along with new members Jacksonville State and (ARV) Tulane.
The Dukes will be playing the 2022 season as an independent team and will play 17 games...
Stephen F. Austin begins its first season in the league and is set to open its 2022 campaign at the Kingsville Tournament where they face Ottawa, Texas A&M Kingsville, Missouri Baptist and Colorado Mesa.
The Saints will still maintain a relationship with Conference Carolinas as an associate member in acrobatics and tumbling. The Limestone field hockey and men's wrestling teams will also continue in their respective leagues that are sponsored by Conference Carolinas and the South Atlantic Conference.This press release made no mention of a men's volleyball affiliation.
"This is an important year for our program as we start our transition to the FBS", said fifth-year head coach Joe Moglia. "However, we are still an FCS independent this year and have put together a nationally-competitive schedule to reflect that.
Lincoln Memorial will begin its inaugural season of men's volleyball in January, 2017 and become the University's 21st sport.
"We have been working extremely hard to gear up for our inaugural season as full NCAA members competing in NCAA DI/II this coming fall." (AB head coach Greg Walker)
Established in 2013, and going into effect starting with the 2013–14 season, charter members in the PRC are the U.S. Air Force Academy, TCU, Ohio State, Nevada, UTEP, and the University of Alaska.
The Western Athletic Conference today announced that an invitation for affiliate membership has been issued to and accepted by CSU Bakersfield and Dallas Baptist to join the conference in baseball starting with the 2012–13 academic year.