Conference Realignment: What you need to know

Alex Esselink
Editor
March 01, 2012

Updated to include Georgia State's move to the Sun Belt in 2013 and Temple to the Big East in 2012.

With the help of Wikipedia, below is a list of football-related conference realignment moves for 2012 and beyond.

For 2012, seven teams will be switching conferences and we add four newcomers to the FBS ranks. In 2013, the Big East sees a windfall of teams heading their way, and C-USA and the MWC will form one conference. In 2014 Pitt and the Orange take off for the ACC and the Middies jump on board the Big East in 2015.

That'll do it for conference realignment, at least for now.

School

Former Conference

New Conference

Year

TCU Horned Frogs

Mountain West

Big 12

2012

West Virginia Mountaineers

Big East

Big 12

2012

UMass Minutemen

CAA

MAC

2012

Fresno State Bulldogs

WAC

Mountain West

2012

Hawai'i Warriors

WAC

Mountain West

2012

Nevada Wolf Pack

WAC

Mountain West

2012

Missouri Tigers

Big 12

SEC

2012

Texas A&M Aggies

Big 12

SEC

2012

South Alabama

Sun Belt (non-football)

Sun Belt

2012

Temple Owls MAC Big East 2012

Texas State Bobcats

Southland

WAC

2012

UTSA Roadrunners

Southland

WAC

2012

Boise State Broncos

Mountain West

Big East

2013

Georgia State Panthers CAA Sun Belt 2013

Houston Cougars

Conference USA

Big East

2013

Memphis Tigers

Conference USA

Big East

2013

San Diego State Aztecs

Mountain West

Big East

2013

SMU Mustangs

Conference USA

Big East

2013

UCF Knights

Conference USA

Big East

2013

All Conference USA schools

Conference USA

New conference

2013

All Mountain West schools

Mountain West

New conference

2013

Pittsburgh Panthers

Big East

ACC

2014

Syracuse Orange

Big East

ACC

2014

Navy Midshipmen

Independent

Big East

2015

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