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Big 12
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CUSA
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Full members Other Conference Other Conference
MAC
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Full members Associate members (football only)
MWC
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Full members Other Conference Associate members (football only)
Pac-12
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Pac-12 alternative
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Due to space limitations, not all of the post-PCC affiliations of Idaho and Montana are shown in this table:
- From 2001 to 2005, Idaho remained in the Big West Conference, but had to find a new home for its football team since the Big West dropped football after the 2000 season. During this period, Idaho was a football-only member of the Sun Belt Conference.
- Montana's tenure in the Mountain States Conference (popularly known as the Border Conference) was bookended by two academic years as an independent: 1950–51 and 1962–63.
SEC
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Sun Belt
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- UNC Charlotte now brands itself for athletic purposes as Charlotte.
- Central Florida now brands itself for athletic purposes as UCF.
WAC
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Big Sky
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Big South
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CAA
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Great West
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MEAC
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MVFC
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NEC
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OVC
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Patriot
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Full members Assoc. members (football only) Associate member(some sports)
- Fairfield and Ursinus—associate members in field hockey
- Hobart—associate member in men's lacrosse
- Villanova—associate member in women's lacrosse
PFL
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Southern
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Southern Alternative
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Southland
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- Southwestern Louisiana became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Louisiana–Lafayette) in 1999.
SWAC
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America East
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- Rhode Island left to join the A-10 Conference
- Holy Cross left to join the MAAC and is currently in the Patriot League
- Canisius, Niagara and Siena left to join the MAAC
- Colgate left to join the Patriot League
- Central Connecticut State left to join the East Coast Conference and is currently in the Northeast Conference
- Delaware, Drexel, Hofstra, Towson, and Northeastern left to join the Colonial Athletic Association
America East Alternative
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Full members Other Conference Other Conference
A-Sun
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- Northeast Louisiana became the University of Louisiana at Monroe (Louisiana–Monroe) in 1999.
- Pan American now brands itself for athletic purposes as UTPA, but media generally refer to the school by its more complete name of Texas–Pan American.
A-10
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Notes
- Virginia Tech did not participate in wrestling.
Big West
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Full members Associate member(m soccer) Associate members (football only)
Notes
- Hawai'i–women's basketball only 84–96
- Sacramento State–men's soccer only
Horizon
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MAAC
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MVC
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The Summit
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Full members Associate member(men's soccer, swimming, and diving)
- Southwest Missouri State adopted its current name of Missouri State University in 2005.
- The two former members that are part of the University of Wisconsin System, namely UW–Green Bay and UW–Milwaukee, now brand themselves for athletic purposes as "Green Bay" and "Milwaukee".
- Troy State adopted its current name of Troy University in 2004.
WCC
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- San Francisco dropped men's basketball from 1983–85 when massive NCAA violations were discovered. It remained a WCC member in other sports.
WCC alternative
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Full members Other Conference Other Conference
- Due to space limitations, the following affiliations are not linked within the timeline:
- Fresno State was a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association from 1957 to 1969:
- UC Santa Barbara left what was then the PCAA for one academic year, 1974–75.
- Seattle was a member of the Northwest Conference, then affiliated with the NAIA, from 1997 to 1999. The school then returned to the NCAA as a Division II institution and played as an independent until 2001.