BE edit
Membership timeline edit
Full members Full members (non-football) Assoc. members (football only) Assoc. member (list sports) Other Conference Other Conference
Big 12 edit
Full members Other Conference
CUSA edit
Full members Other Conference Other Conference
MAC edit
Full members Associate members (football only)
MWC edit
Full members Other Conference Associate members (football only)
Pac-12 edit
Pac-12 alternative edit
Full members Other Conference Other Conference
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 edit
Sun Belt edit
Full members (non-football) Full members Associate members (football only)
- UNC Charlotte now brands itself for athletic purposes as Charlotte.
- Central Florida now brands itself for athletic purposes as UCF.
WAC edit
Full members Other Conference Other Conference
Big Sky edit
Full members Assoc. members (football only)
Big South edit
CAA edit
Great West edit
Associate members (football only) Full members
MEAC edit
MVFC edit
NEC edit
Full members Other Conference Other Conference
OVC edit
Patriot edit
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 edit
Southern edit
Southern Alternative edit
Southland edit
- Southwestern Louisiana became the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Louisiana–Lafayette) in 1999.
SWAC edit
America East edit
- 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 edit
Full members Other Conference Other Conference
A-Sun edit
- 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 edit
Full members Full members (non-football) Associate members (football only)
Notes
- Virginia Tech did not participate in wrestling.
Big West edit
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 edit
MAAC edit
MVC edit
The Summit edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
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.