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NCAA Football : Conference Changes
By Year : By Conference : By School
-> Current FBS Schools
-> Past FBS-level Schools
NOTES: Below are conference changes for schools that currently do not play FBS football,
but have previously played at the FBS-level. The conferences below is the last
name the conference has had (examples: PAC-12 is shown even in PAC-10 or PAC-8
years; American Athletic is shown even in Big East years).
Alameda Coast Guard
Independents: 1943 - 1944
Alcorn State
SWAC: 1977
Amarillo Field
Independents: 1944
Amherst
Independents: 1886 - 1906
1881 - 1882
1877 - 1878
Bates
Independents: 1904 - 1905
1901
Beloit
Independents: 1898 - 1905
1894
Birmingham-Southern
Independents: 1924
1920 - 1922
Boston University
Independents: 1947 - 1964
1923 - 1924
Bowdoin
Independents: 1904 - 1905
1898 - 1901
1896
Bradley
Missouri Valley: 1949 - 1951
Brown
Ivy League: 1956 - 1981
Independents: 1891 - 1955
1880
1878
Bucknell
Independents: 1944 - 1946
1930 - 1939
1919
1896 - 1917
1888 - 1891
Butler
Missouri Valley: 1932 - 1933
California State Fullerton
Missouri Valley: 1932 - 1933
Big West: 1975 - 1992
California State Los Angeles
Big West: 1969 - 1971
California-Santa Barbara
Big West: 1969 - 1971
Camp Grant
Independents: 1943
Carlisle
Independents: 1917
1896 - 1915
Carnegie Mellon
Independents: 1922 - 1940
1910
Centenary (LA)
Independents: 1930 - 1941
Centre
Independents: 1935
1919 - 1925
Chicago
Big Ten: 1896 - 1939
Independents: 1892 - 1895
Citadel
Southern: 1946 - 1981
1936 - 1942
Independents: 1932 - 1935
1909 - 1926
Coast Guard
Independents: 1944 - 1945
Coe
Independents: 1905
Colby
Independents: 1904
Colgate
Independents: 1919 - 1981
1905 - 1917
Colorado College
Independents: 1943 - 1945
Rocky Mountain: 1910 - 1937
Independents: 1902 - 1909
Colorado Mines
Rocky Mountain: 1910 - 1937
Independents: 1902 - 1909
Columbia
Ivy League: 1956 - 1981
Independents: 1921 - 1955
1899 - 1905
1889 - 1891
1872 - 1883
1870
Cornell
Ivy League: 1956 - 1981
Independents: 1919 - 1955
1888 - 1917
Cornell College
Independents: 1903
Creighton
Missouri Valley: 1928 - 1942
Independents: 1927
Cumberland
Independents: 1905
1903
Dartmouth
Ivy League: 1956 - 1981
Independents: 1912 - 1955
1886 - 1906
1881 - 1882
Davidson
Southern: 1946 - 1973
1936 - 1942
Independents: 1912 - 1955
1906 - 1935
1902
Dayton
Independents: 1956 - 1976
Del Monte Pre-Flight
Independents: 1943
Denver
Skyline: 1938 - 1960
Rocky Mountain: 1910 - 1937
Independents: 1902 - 1909
Detroit Mercy
Independents: 1957 - 1964
Missouri Valley: 1949 - 1956
Independents: 1945 - 1948
1927 - 1942
Dickinson
Independents: 1896 - 1910
1889 - 1891
Drake
Missouri Valley: 1971 - 1985
Independents: 1952 - 1958
Missouri Valley: 1944 - 1951
1928 - 1942
Big Eight: 1908 - 1927
Independents: 1900 - 1907
Drury
Independents: 1907
Duquesne
Independents: 1947 - 1950
1933 - 1942
East Tennessee State
Southern: 1979 - 1981
Erskine
Independents: 1936
1924
1921 - 1922
1919
Florida A&M
Independents: 2004
Fordham
Independents: 1946 - 1954
1928 - 1942
1909
Fort Benning
Independents: 1922
Fort Riley
Independents: 1943
Fort Warren
Independents: 1944
Franklin & Marshall
Independents: 1904
1896 - 1898
1889 - 1891
Furman
Southern: 1946 - 1981
1936 - 1942
Independents: 1933 - 1935
1915 - 1928
1902
George Washington
Southern: 1946 - 1966
1941 - 1942
Independents: 1932 - 1940
1908
Georgetown
Independents: 1946 - 1950
1927 - 1942
1919
1908 - 1917
1902 - 1905
Georgia Pre-Flight
Independents: 1942 - 1943
Gonzaga
Independents: 1930 - 1941
1922 - 1925
Grambling
SWAC: 1977
Great Lakes Navy
Independents: 1942 - 1945
1918
Grinnell
Missouri Valley: 1928 - 1936
Big Eight: 1919 - 1927
Independents: 1907
1899 - 1905
Hamilton
Independents: 1907
Hampden-Sydney
Independents: 1938 - 1940
1925
1922
Hardin-Simmons
Independents: 1962
Border 1946 - 1961
1941 - 1942
Independents: 1939 - 1940
Harvard
Ivy League: 1956 - 1981
Independents: 1945 - 1955
1918 - 1942
1886 - 1916
1875 - 1884
Haskell
Independents: 1914 - 1916
1902 - 1910
Haverford
Independents: 1891
Holy Cross
Independents: 1970 - 1981
1936 - 1968
1899 - 1906
Idaho
Sun Belt: 2014 - 2017
Independents: 2013
WAC: 2005 - 2012
Sun Belt: 2001 - 2004
Big West: 1996 - 2000
Independents: 1959 - 1974
PAC-12: 1945 - 1958
1922 - 1942
Independents: 1921
1917
Idaho State
Independents: 1944
Illinois State
Missouri Valley: 1981 - 1985
Independents: 1975 - 1980
Indiana State
Missouri Valley: 1978 - 1985
Independents: 1975 - 1977
Iowa Pre-Flight
Independents: 1942 - 1944
Jackson State
SWAC: 1977
Jacksonville NAS
Independents: 1942
Knox
Independents: 1905
1902 - 1903
1899 - 1900
Lafayette
Independents: 1945 - 1946
1932 - 1933
1927
1882 - 1923
Lake Forest
Independents: 1899
1893 - 1896
Lamar
Southland: 1975 - 1981
Independents: 1973 - 1974
Lawrence
Independents: 1905
Lehigh
Independents: 1963 - 1965
1884 - 1923
Lombard
Independents: 1903
Long Beach State
Big West: 1969 - 1991
Loyola (LA)
Independents: 1934 - 1936
Loyola Marymount
Independents: 1949 - 1951
1933 - 1942
Lubbock Field
Independents: 1944
Maine
Independents: 1904 - 1905
Manhattan
Independents: 1936 - 1942
March Field
Independents: 1943 - 1944
Mare Island Marines
Independents: 1917 - 1918
Marquette
Independents: 1927 - 1960
Maryville (TN)
Independents: 1906 - 1907
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Independents: 1898 - 1899
1891 - 1895
1886 - 1889
1882
McNeese State
Southland: 1975 - 1981
Mercer
Independents: 1933 - 1936
1920 - 1925
1909 - 1913
Merchant Marine
Independents: 1945 - 1947
Millsaps
Independents: 1924
Mississippi College
Independents: 1919 - 1924
1915 - 1916
1911 - 1912
Mississippi Valley
SWAC: 1977
Montana
Independents: 1962
Skyline: 1951 - 1961
Independents: 1950
PAC-12: 1946 - 1949
1924 - 1942
Independents: 1923
1917
Montana State
Independents: 1946 - 1947
Rocky Mountain: 1923 - 1937
Nashville
Independents: 1904
New Hampshire
Independents: 1904 - 1905
New York University
Independents: 1944 - 1952
1927 - 1941
Newberry
Independents: 1919 - 1925
1914 - 1917
Norman NAS
Independents: 1944
North Carolina Pre-Flight
Independents: 1942 - 1943
Northern Arizona
Border: 1946 - 1952
1931 - 1942
Northern Colorado
Rocky Mountain: 1923 - 1937
Northwestern State
Independents: 1976 - 1979
Oglethorpe
Independents: 1919 - 1925
Pacific
Big West: 1969 - 1995
Independents: 1950 - 1968
1943
Pennsylvania
Ivy League: 1956 - 1981
Independents: 1878 - 1955
1876
Phillips
Independents: 1921
Southwest: 1920
Portland
Independents: 1946 - 1947
Prairie View
SWAC: 1977
Presbyterian
Independents: 1944 - 1945
1935 - 1936
1915 - 1926
Princeton
Ivy League: 1956 - 1981
Independents: 1945 - 1955
1919 - 1943
1872 - 1916
1869 - 1870
Quantico Marines
Independents: 1965
Randolph Field
Independents: 1944
Regis (CO)
Independents: 1929 - 1930
1924
Rhodes
Independents: 1939
Richmond
Independents: 1977 - 1983
Southern: 1936 - 1976
Independents: 1932 - 1935
1921 - 1925
1909
Samford
Independents: 1919 - 1924
1909 - 1912
1907
San Francisco
Independents: 1946 - 1951
1932 - 1943
Santa Clara
Independents: 1946 - 1952
1932 - 1942
Second Air Force (CO)
Independents: 1944
Sewanee
Independents: 1940 - 1941
SEC: 1933 - 1939
Southern: 1922 - 1932
Independents: 1902 - 1921
Simpson
Independents: 1902 - 1903
Southern
SWAC: 1977
Southern Illinois
Missouri Valley: 1977 - 1985
Independents: 1972 - 1976
Southwestern (TX)
Independents: 1917 - 1921
Southwest: 1915 - 1916
Independents: 1910 - 1914
Spring Hill
Independents: 1921 - 1922
1919
Springfield
Independents: 1891 - 1892
St. Louis
Missouri Valley: 1945 - 1949
1937 - 1942
Independents: 1932 - 1936
1907 - 1908
St. Mary's (CA)
Independents: 1945 - 1950
1930 - 1943
St. Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight
Independents: 1942 - 1944
Stevens Institute
Independents: 1891
1872 - 1889
Swarthmore
Independents: 1912
1903 - 1907
1888 - 1889
Tampa
Independents: 1971 - 1974
1966 - 1968
Tennessee State
Independents: 1977
Tennessee(Medical)
Independents: 1904
Tennessee-Chattanooga
Southern: 1977 - 1981
Independents: 1971 - 1976
1945 - 1948
1920 - 1924
1909 - 1910
Texas Southern
SWAC: 1977
Texas-Arlington
Southern: 1975 - 1981
Independents: 1971 - 1974
Trinity (CT)
Independents: 1887 - 1901
Tufts
Independents: 1892 - 1905
1886 - 1887
1877
Union (NY)
Independents: 1902
1894 - 1895
Vermont
Independents: 1901 - 1905
Villanova
Independents: 1930 - 1980
1905 - 1912
Virginia Military Institute
Southern: 1924 - 1981
Independents: 1913 - 1923
1904
Wabash
Independents: 1904 - 1905
Washburn
Missouri Valley: 1935 - 1940
Independents: 1905
Washington & Jefferson
Independents: 1905 - 1934
Washington & Lee
Southern: 1946 - 1953
1921 - 1942
Independents: 1907 - 1920
Washington-St. Louis
Missouri Valley: 1928 - 1942
1907 - 1927
Independents: 1902 - 1905
Wesleyan (CT)
Independents: 1882 - 1905
West Texas A&M
Missouri Valley: 1971 - 1985
Independents: 1962 - 1970
Border: 1944 - 1961
1941 - 1942
West Virginia Wesleyan
Independents: 1913 - 1916
Western Carolina
Southern: 1977 - 1981
Western State
Rocky Mountain: 1925 - 1937
Independents: 1924
Whitman
Independents: 1923 - 1924
Wichita State
Independents: 1986
Missouri Valley: 1945 - 1985
William & Mary
Independents: 1977 - 1983
Southern: 1944 - 1976
1936 - 1942
Independents: 1932 - 1935
1922 - 1925
Williams
Independents: 1886 - 1906
Wofford
Independents: 1936
1933
1914 - 1926
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Independents: 1893
1888
Xavier
Independents: 1959 - 1973
1935
Yale
Ivy League: 1956 - 1981
Independents: 1919 - 1955
1872 - 1916
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