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class="infobox"><caption class="infobox-title">NCAA Division I FCS<br /> independent schools</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NCAA_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/NCAA_logo.svg/150px-NCAA_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/NCAA_logo.svg/225px-NCAA_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/NCAA_logo.svg/300px-NCAA_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="247" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Association</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association" title="National Collegiate Athletic Association">NCAA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1978<span class="noprint">; 46 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1978</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Sports fielded</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>1 <ul><li>men's: 1</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Division</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I" title="NCAA Division I">Division I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Subdivision</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Football_Championship_Subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncaa.com/standings/football/fcs/fcs-independent">ncaa.com/independents</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision independent schools</b> are four-year institutions in the United States whose <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> programs are not part of a <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">football</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_conferences" title="List of NCAA conferences">conference</a>. This means that <a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_Football_Championship_Subdivision" title="NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision">FCS</a> independents are not required to schedule each other for competition as conference schools do. As of the 2024 season, <a href="/wiki/Merrimack_Warriors_football" title="Merrimack Warriors football">Merrimack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Pioneers_football" title="Sacred Heart Pioneers football">Sacred Heart</a> will be competing as independents, as their primary conference, <a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference</a>, does not sponsor football. They were previously members of the <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast Conference</a> which does sponsor the sport. Merrimack and Sacred Heart are confirmed to play as FCS independents in 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_FCS_independents">Current FCS independents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_I_FCS_independent_schools&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Current FCS independents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Years </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Team </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Nickname </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Previous conference </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Future conference </th></tr> <tr> <td>2024</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_Warriors_football" title="Merrimack Warriors football">Merrimack</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Merrimack_Warriors" title="Merrimack Warriors">Warriors</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast Conference</a></td> <td>TBD </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Pioneers_football" title="Sacred Heart Pioneers football">Sacred Heart</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Pioneers" title="Sacred Heart Pioneers">Pioneers</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast Conference</a></td> <td>TBD </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_FCS_independents">Former FCS independents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_I_FCS_independent_schools&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Former FCS independents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a complete list of teams that have been Division I-AA/FCS Independents since the formation of Division I-AA in 1978. The "Current Conference" column indicates affiliations for the 2023 college football season. The years listed in this table are football seasons; since football is a fall sport, this means that the final season of independent status, or membership in a given conference, is the calendar year before a conference change took effect. </p><p>Teams in <i>italics</i> are current FBS members; this includes second-year transitional schools that are counted as FBS for scheduling purposes but not bowl game eligibility. Because James Madison met FBS scheduling requirements in its first season in the <a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt Conference</a> in 2022 (specifically five home games against FBS opposition), it was allowed to skip the first year of the normal two-year process. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: ; font-size:95%"> <tbody><tr> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Years </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Team </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Previous conference </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Conference joined </th> <th width="px" style="background-color:#009CDE;color:#ffffff;box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #000000, inset -1px -1px 0 #000000;">Current conference </th></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abilene_Christian_Wildcats_football" title="Abilene Christian Wildcats football">Abilene Christian</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Conference" title="Lone Star Conference">Lone Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Div. II</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (2014–2020)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Athletic_Conference" title="United Athletic Conference">UAC</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-UAC23_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAC23-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1991</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football">Arkansas State</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a> (1992)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2001–present)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–2000</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Austin_Peay_Governors_football" title="Austin Peay Governors football">Austin Peay</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Football_League" title="Pioneer Football League">Pioneer Football League</a> (2001–2005)</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_Athletic_Conference" title="United Athletic Conference">UAC</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-UAC23_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAC23-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td>Pioneer Football League</td> <td>Ohio Valley (2007–2021) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bucknell_Bisons_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Bucknell Bisons football">Bucknell</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a> (1986–present)<sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1998</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Bulls_football" title="Buffalo Bulls football">Buffalo</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division III independent schools">Division III Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American Conference</a> (1999–present)<sup id="cite_ref-Buffalo_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buffalo-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cal_Poly_Mustangs_football" title="Cal Poly Mustangs football">Cal Poly</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_West_Conference" title="American West Conference">American West</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_West_Conference" title="Great West Conference">Great West</a> (2004–2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Great_West_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Great_West-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Sky_Conference" title="Big Sky Conference">Big Sky</a> (2012–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cal_State_Northridge_Matadors_football" title="Cal State Northridge Matadors football">Cal State Northridge</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Sky_Conference" title="Big Sky Conference">Big Sky</a></td> <td colspan="2">Dropped football </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Arkansas_Bears_football" title="Central Arkansas Bears football">Central Arkansas</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_South_Conference" title="Gulf South Conference">Gulf South (Div. II)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (2007–2020)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Athletic_Conference" title="United Athletic Conference">UAC</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-UAC23_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAC23-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Connecticut_Blue_Devils_football" title="Central Connecticut Blue Devils football">Central Connecticut</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> (1996–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charleston_Southern_Buccaneers_football" title="Charleston Southern Buccaneers football">Charleston Southern</a></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> (2002–2022)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South%E2%80%93OVC_Football_Association" title="Big South–OVC Football Association">Big South–OVC</a> (2023–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013–2014</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_49ers_football" title="Charlotte 49ers football"><i>Charlotte</i></a></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">CUSA</a> (2015–2022)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-American2023_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American2023-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Carolina_Chanticleers_football" title="Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football">Coastal Carolina</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2017–present)<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Colgate_Raiders_football" title="Colgate Raiders football">Colgate</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a> (1986–present)<sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Davidson_Wildcats_football" title="Davidson Wildcats football">Davidson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Colonial League</a><sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division III independent schools">Division III Independent</a> (1990–1992)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–2000</td> <td>Division III Independent</td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Football_League" title="Pioneer Football League">Pioneer Football League</a> (2001–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_Fightin%27_Blue_Hens_football" title="Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football">Delaware</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yankee_Conference" title="Yankee Conference">Yankee Conference</a> (1986–1996)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2007–2024)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CAA_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Duquesne_Dukes_football" title="Duquesne Dukes football">Duquesne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division III independent schools">Division III Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a> (1994–2007)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> (2008–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015</td> <td><a href="/wiki/East_Tennessee_State_Buccaneers_football" title="East Tennessee State Buccaneers football">East Tennessee State</a></td> <td>No football program<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference" title="Southern Conference">Southern</a> (2016–present)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984–1986</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Washington_Eagles_football" title="Eastern Washington Eagles football">Eastern Washington</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Big_Sky_Conference" title="Big Sky Conference">Big Sky</a> (1987–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–2001</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elon_Phoenix_football" title="Elon Phoenix football">Elon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> (2002)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2014–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984–1987</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Florida_A%26M_Rattlers_football" title="Florida A&M Rattlers football">Florida A&M</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a> (1988–2003, 2005–2020)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">SWAC</a> (2021–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a> (2005–2020)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southwestern_Athletic_Conference" title="Southwestern Athletic Conference">SWAC</a> (2021–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002–2004</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/FIU_Panthers_football" title="FIU Panthers football">FIU</a></i></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2005–2012)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">CUSA</a> (2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2004</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Florida_Atlantic_Owls_football" title="Florida Atlantic Owls football">Florida Atlantic</a></i></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2005–2012)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">The American</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-American2023_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American2023-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fordham_Rams_football" title="Fordham Rams football">Fordham</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Football_Conference" title="Liberty Football Conference">Liberty Football Conference</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a> (1990–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgetown_Hoyas_football" title="Georgetown Hoyas football">Georgetown</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a> (2001–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1984–1991</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Georgia_Southern_Eagles_football" title="Georgia Southern Eagles football">Georgia Southern</a></i></td> <td>Club football</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference" title="Southern Conference">Southern</a> (1992–2013)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2014–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010–2011</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Panthers_football" title="Georgia State Panthers football">Georgia State</a></i></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2012)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hampton_Pirates_football" title="Hampton Pirates football">Hampton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> (2019–2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2022–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991–2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hofstra_Pride_football" title="Hofstra Pride football">Hofstra</a></td> <td>Division III Independent</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_10_Conference" title="Atlantic 10 Conference">Atlantic 10</a> (2001–2006)</td> <td>Dropped football </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Holy_Cross_Crusaders_football" title="Holy Cross Crusaders football">Holy Cross</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a> (1986–present)<sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston_Christian_Huskies_football" title="Houston Christian Huskies football">Houston Christian</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>No football program</td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (2014–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iona_Gaels_football" title="Iona Gaels football">Iona</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a> (1993–2007)</td> <td colspan="2">Dropped football </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Incarnate_Word_Cardinals_football" title="Incarnate Word Cardinals football">Incarnate Word</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Conference" title="Lone Star Conference">Lone Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Div. II</a>)</td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (2014–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores_football" title="Indiana State Sycamores football">Indiana State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Football_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Football Conference">MVFC</a> (1997–present)<sup id="cite_ref-MVFC_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MVFC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jacksonville_Dolphins_football" title="Jacksonville Dolphins football">Jacksonville</a></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Football_League" title="Pioneer Football League">Pioneer Football League</a> (2001–2019)</td> <td>Dropped football </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Dukes_football" title="James Madison Dukes football"><i>James Madison</i></a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division III independent schools">Division III Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yankee_Conference" title="Yankee Conference">Yankee Conference</a> (1993–1996)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2022–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Kennesaw_State_Owls_football_team" title="2023 Kennesaw State Owls football team"><i>Kennesaw State</i></a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Sun_Conference" title="Atlantic Sun Conference">ASUN</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">CUSA</a> (2024–future) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lafayette_Leopards_football" title="Lafayette Leopards football">Lafayette</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a> (1986–present)<sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1989</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Cardinals_football" title="Lamar Cardinals football">Lamar</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a></td> <td colspan="2">Dropped program (1989–2009)<sup id="cite_ref-lamar_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lamar-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (2011–2020)<sup id="cite_ref-lamar_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lamar-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (2022–present)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–1998</td> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Explorers" title="La Salle Explorers">La Salle</a></td> <td>No football program (1942–1996)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a> (1999–2007)</td> <td>Dropped football </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lehigh_Mountain_Hawks_football" title="Lehigh Mountain Hawks football">Lehigh</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a> (1986–present)<sup id="cite_ref-Patriot_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Patriot-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–2001</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Flames_football" title="Liberty Flames football">Liberty</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> (2002–2017)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">CUSA</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CUSA23_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CUSA23-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1988</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_Tech_Bulldogs_football" title="Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football">Louisiana Tech</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a> (1989–1992)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">CUSA</a> (2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Marist_Red_Foxes_football" title="Marist Red Foxes football">Marist</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Football_Conference" title="Liberty Football Conference">Liberty Football Conference</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a> (1994–2007)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008</td> <td>MAAC</td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Football_League" title="Pioneer Football League">Pioneer Football League</a> (2009–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1995</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Hawks_football" title="Monmouth Hawks football">Monmouth</a></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> (1996–2012)</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2022–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>Northeast</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> (2014–2021) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–2000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morehead_State_Eagles_football" title="Morehead State Eagles football">Morehead State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Football_League" title="Pioneer Football League">Pioneer Football League</a> (2001–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001–2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morris_Brown_Wolverines_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Morris Brown Wolverines football">Morris Brown</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">SIAC (Div. II)</a></td> <td colspan="2">Dropped football </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football" title="Nevada Wolf Pack football">Nevada</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Sky_Conference" title="Big Sky Conference">Big Sky</a> (1979–1991)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mountain_West_Conference" title="Mountain West Conference">Mountain West</a> (2012–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1983</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nicholls_Colonels_football" title="Nicholls Colonels football">Nicholls</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Star_Conference" title="Gulf Star Conference">Gulf Star</a> (1984–1986)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (1992–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1990</td> <td>Gulf Star</td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (1991–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Alabama_Lions_football" title="North Alabama Lions football">North Alabama</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_South_Conference" title="Gulf South Conference">Gulf South</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Div. II</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> (2019–2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Athletic_Conference" title="United Athletic Conference">UAC</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-UAC23_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAC23-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018–2019</td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Fighting_Hawks_football" title="North Dakota Fighting Hawks football">North Dakota</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Sky_Conference" title="Big Sky Conference">Big Sky</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Football_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Football Conference">MVFC</a> (2020–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–1992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeastern_Huskies_football" title="Northeastern Huskies football">Northeastern</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yankee_Conference" title="Yankee Conference">Yankee</a> (1993–1996)</td> <td>Dropped football (2010) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Colorado_Bears_football" title="Northern Colorado Bears football">Northern Colorado</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Central_Conference" title="North Central Conference">North Central</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_West_Conference" title="Great West Conference">Great West</a> (2004–2005)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Sky_Conference" title="Big Sky Conference">Big Sky</a> (2006–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–1983</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northwestern_State_Demons_football" title="Northwestern State Demons football">Northwestern State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Star_Conference" title="Gulf Star Conference">Gulf Star</a> (1984–1986)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (1987–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009–2010</td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Old_Dominion_Monarchs_football" title="Old Dominion Monarchs football">Old Dominion</a></i></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2011–2012)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2013</td> <td>CAA Football</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">CUSA</a> (2014–2021)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2022–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978–1980</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Portland_State_Vikings_football" title="Portland State Vikings football">Portland State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td>Division II Independent (1981)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_Sky_Conference" title="Big Sky Conference">Big Sky</a> (1996–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Presbyterian_Blue_Hose_football" title="Presbyterian Blue Hose football">Presbyterian</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South Conference</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_Football_League" title="Pioneer Football League">Pioneer Football League</a> (2021–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–1985</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Spiders_football" title="Richmond Spiders football">Richmond</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yankee_Conference" title="Yankee Conference">Yankee Conference</a> (1986–1996)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2007–present)<sup id="cite_ref-CAA_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994–1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_Colonials_football" title="Robert Morris Colonials football">Robert Morris</a></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> (1996–2019)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> (2024–future) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Francis_Red_Flash_football" title="Saint Francis Red Flash football">Saint Francis (PA)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division III independent schools">Division III Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> (1996–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989–2002</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samford_Bulldogs_football" title="Samford Bulldogs football">Samford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division III independent schools">Division III Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley</a> (2003–2007)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference" title="Southern Conference">Southern</a> (2008–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002–2009</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Savannah_State_Tigers_football" title="Savannah State Tigers football">Savannah State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a> (2010–2018)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference">SIAC</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Div. II</a>; 2019–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/South_Alabama_Jaguars_football" title="South Alabama Jaguars football">South Alabama</a></i></td> <td>Unclassified (exhibition only)</td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2012–present)<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–2000</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/South_Florida_Bulls_football" title="South Florida Bulls football">South Florida</a></i></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a> (2001–2002)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American</a> (2013–present)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980–1983</td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Louisiana_Lions_football" title="Southeastern Louisiana Lions football">Southeastern Louisiana</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Star_Conference" title="Gulf Star Conference">Gulf Star</a> (1984–1985)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (2005–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003–2004</td> <td>No football program<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (2005–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Utah_Thunderbirds_football" title="Southern Utah Thunderbirds football">Southern Utah</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_West_Conference" title="American West Conference">American West</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Great_West_Conference" title="Great West Conference">Great West</a> (2004–2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Great_West_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Great_West-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Athletic_Conference" title="United Athletic Conference">UAC</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-UAC23_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAC23-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998–1999</td> <td><span data-sort-value="Saint Johns !"><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Red_Storm_football" title="St. John's Red Storm football">St. John's</a></span></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Metro_Atlantic_Athletic_Conference" title="Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference">MAAC</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> (2000–2002)</td> <td>Dropped football (2003) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–2003</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint_Mary%27s_Gaels_football" title="Saint Mary's Gaels football">Saint Mary's</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2">Dropped football (2004) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stony_Brook_Seawolves_football" title="Stony Brook Seawolves football">Stony Brook</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South_Conference" title="Big South Conference">Big South</a> (2008–2012)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2013–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tarleton_State_Texans_football" title="Tarleton State Texans football">Tarleton</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lone_Star_Conference" title="Lone Star Conference">Lone Star</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">WAC</a> (2021–2022)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Athletic_Conference" title="United Athletic Conference">UAC</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-UAC23_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAC23-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981–1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_State_Tigers_football" title="Tennessee State Tigers football">Tennessee State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley</a> (1988–2022)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_South%E2%80%93OVC_Football_Association" title="Big South–OVC Football Association">Big South–OVC</a> (2023–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987–1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Towson_Tigers_football" title="Towson Tigers football">Towson</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patriot_League" title="Patriot League">Patriot League</a> (1997–2003)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2007–present)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1995</td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Troy_Trojans_football" title="Troy Trojans football">Troy</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Southland_Conference" title="Southland Conference">Southland</a> (1996–2000)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001</td> <td>Southland</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a> (2002–2003)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2004–present)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1995</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/UAB_Blazers_football" title="UAB Blazers football">UAB</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division III independent schools">Division III Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a> (1996–1998)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-American2023_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American2023-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1995</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/UCF_Knights_football" title="UCF Knights football">UCF</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a> (1996–2001)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Big_12_Conference" title="Big 12 Conference">Big 12</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-XII23_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-XII23-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Utah_Tech_Trailblazers_football" title="Utah Tech Trailblazers football">Utah Tech</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Athletic_Conference" title="Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference">RMAC</a> (<a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II" title="NCAA Division II">Division II</a>)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">WAC</a> (2021–2022)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Athletic_Conference" title="United Athletic Conference">UAC</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-UAC23_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UAC23-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/UTSA_Roadrunners_football" title="UTSA Roadrunners football">UTSA</a></i></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Athletic_Conference" title="Western Athletic Conference">WAC</a> (2012)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American</a> (2023–present)<sup id="cite_ref-American2023_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-American2023-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Villanova_Wildcats_football" title="Villanova Wildcats football">Villanova</a></td> <td>No football program</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yankee_Conference" title="Yankee Conference">Yankee Conference</a> (1988–1996)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2007–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wagner_Seahawks_football" title="Wagner Seahawks football">Wagner</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Liberty_Football_Conference" title="Liberty Football Conference">Liberty Football Conference</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Northeast_Conference" title="Northeast Conference">Northeast</a> (1996–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–1998</td> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Western_Kentucky_Hilltoppers_football" title="Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football">Western Kentucky</a></i></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley</a></td> <td>Ohio Valley (1999–2000)</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007–2008</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Football_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Football Conference">Gateway Football Conference</a><sup id="cite_ref-MVFC_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MVFC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a> (2009–2013)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">CUSA</a> (2014–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982–1992</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Tribe_football" title="William & Mary Tribe football">William & Mary</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">Division I-A Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yankee_Conference" title="Yankee Conference">Yankee Conference</a> (1993–1996)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Coastal_Athletic_Association_Football_Conference" title="Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference">CAA Football</a> (2007–present)<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CAA_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAA-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wofford_Terriers_football" title="Wofford Terriers football">Wofford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">Division II Independent</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Conference" title="Southern Conference">Southern</a> (1997–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem_State_Rams" title="Winston-Salem State Rams">Winston–Salem State</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">CIAA (Div. II)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mid-Eastern_Athletic_Conference" title="Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference">MEAC</a> (2007–2009)</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Central_Intercollegiate_Athletic_Association" title="Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association">CIAA (Div. II)</a> (2010–present) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988–1996</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Youngstown_State_Penguins_football" title="Youngstown State Penguins football">Youngstown State</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohio_Valley_Conference" title="Ohio Valley Conference">Ohio Valley</a></td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley_Football_Conference" title="Missouri Valley Football Conference">MVFC</a> (1997–present)<sup id="cite_ref-MVFC_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MVFC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>N 15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_I_FCS_independent_schools&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_programs" title="List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs">List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_FBS_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I FBS independent schools">NCAA Division I FBS independent schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_I_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division I independent schools">NCAA Division I independent schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_II_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division II independent schools">NCAA Division II independent schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NCAA_Division_III_independent_schools" title="NCAA Division III independent schools">NCAA Division III independent schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NAIA_independent_schools" title="NAIA independent schools">NAIA independent schools</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_I_FCS_independent_schools&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Arkansas State has been a full Sun Belt member since 1991, but the conference did not sponsor football until 2001.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Austin Peay only departed OVC football; it remained a full but non-football member before returning to OVC football in 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Patriot-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Patriot_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Patriot_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Patriot_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Patriot_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Patriot_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Patriot_6-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The conference now known as the Patriot League began in 1986 as the football-only Colonial League. It adopted its current name in 1990, when it became an all-sports conference.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Buffalo-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Buffalo_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Buffalo became a full member of the MAC in 1998, but was not a football member until 1999.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Great_West-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Great_West_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Great_West_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Great West Conference began in 2004 as the Great West Football Conference. It became an all-sports conference in 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Coastal Carolina joined the Sun Belt Conference as a full but non-football member in 2016, and joined Sun Belt football in 2017.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Delaware has been a full member of the Coastal Athletic Association since 2001 (when that conference was known as the Colonial Athletic Association). However, the CAA did not sponsor football until 2007, when it effectively took over the football league previously sponsored by the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10), establishing the separate entity of CAA Football to govern that sport.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CAA-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CAA_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CAA_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CAA_12-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">CAA Football is the direct successor of both the Yankee Conference and A-10 football conference. The football-only Yankee Conference was absorbed by the A-10 after the 1996 season. After the 2006 season, the A-10 dropped football after all of its football members joined the newly formed CAA Football. The Yankee Conference's automatic bid to the I-AA/FCS playoffs passed in succession to the A-10 and CAA Football.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Delaware will begin a transition to FBS in 2024 and join <a href="/wiki/Conference_USA" title="Conference USA">Conference USA</a> in 2025.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">ETSU resurrected its football program, dormant since the end of the 2003 season, in 2015, playing that season as an independent before joining Southern Conference football in 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">ETSU, which had previously been a Southern Conference member from 1978 to 2005, rejoined the SoCon in 2014, initially as a non-football member.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Florida A&M was a member of the MEAC in 1986 & 1987, but games played did not count as conference games.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Florida A&M was a member of the MEAC in 2004, but games played did not count as conference games</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Known before 2022 as Houston Baptist.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MVFC-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MVFC_19-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MVFC_19-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MVFC_19-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The MVFC did not adopt its current name until 2008. Before then, it was known as the <a href="/wiki/Gateway_Collegiate_Athletic_Conference" title="Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference">Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference</a> (1982–1993) and Gateway Football Conference (1993–2008).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Liberty became a full member of the Big South in 1991, remaining a member until joining the non-football <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Sun_Conference" title="Atlantic Sun Conference">ASUN Conference</a> in 2018, but the Big South did not sponsor football until 2002.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Liberty began a transition to FBS in the 2017 season, and became a full FBS member in 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">South Alabama has been a Sun Belt member from the conference's creation in 1976. However, the Sun Belt did not sponsor football until 2001. South Alabama did not start a football program until 2009, and did not play Sun Belt football until 2012.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%932013_Big_East_Conference_realignment#Catholic_7" title="2010–2013 Big East Conference realignment">original Big East Conference split</a> into the football-sponsoring <a href="/wiki/American_Athletic_Conference" title="American Athletic Conference">American Athletic Conference</a> and a new non-football <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference" title="Big East Conference">Big East Conference</a> in 2013. South Florida remained with the FBS schools in The American.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Southeastern Louisiana dropped football after the 1985 season.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Towson was a CAA member at the conference's formation in 1979, but left in 1981; after having been a member of four other conferences, it rejoined the CAA in 2001. However, the CAA did not sponsor football until 2007, when it effectively took over the football league previously sponsored by the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10), establishing the separate entity of CAA Football to govern that sport.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Troy joined the Sun Belt for football in 2004, and became an all-sports member in 2005.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Known before 2022 as Dixie State.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">William & Mary has been a CAA member since the conference's establishment in 1979. However, the CAA did not sponsor football until 2007, when it effectively took over the football league previously sponsored by the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10), establishing the separate entity of CAA Football for that sport.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=NCAA_Division_I_FCS_independent_schools&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation pressrelease cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://sacredheartpioneers.com/news/2024/2/5/five-home-games-highlights-2024-shu-football-schedule.aspx">"Five Home Games Highlight 2024 SHU Football Schedule"</a> (Press release). 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