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Note: In the case of the Big East and Sun Belt conferences, the football conference was formed years after the original conference was formed. The dates for the schools listed are when they joined the football conference (ie. Connecticut joined the Big East in 1979, but didn't join the football conference until 2004).

Bowl Subdivision Conferences

Atlantic Coast Conference
Established: 1953

Members (year joined)
Boston College (2005)
Clemson (1953)
Duke (1953)
Florida St. (1991)
Georgia Tech (1978)
Maryland (1953)
Miami (FL) (2004)
North Carolina (1953)
NC State (1953)
Virginia (1953)
Virginia Tech (2004)
Wake Forest (1953)

Big 12 Conference
Established: 1996

Members (year joined)
Baylor (1996)
Colorado (1996)
Iowa St. (1996)
Kansas (1996)
Kansas St. (1996)
Missouri (1996)
Nebraska (1996)
Oklahoma (1996)
Oklahoma St. (1996)
Texas (1996)
Texas A&M (1996)
Texas Tech (1996)

Big East Conference
Established: 1991

Members (year joined)
Cincinnati (1991)
Connecticut (2004)
Louisville (2005)
Pittsburgh (1991)
Rutgers (1991)
USF (2005)
Syracuse (1991)
West Virginia (1991)

Big Ten Conference
Established: 1896

Members (year joined)
Illinois (1896)
Indiana (1899)
Iowa (1899)
Michigan (1896)
Michigan St. (1949)
Minnesota (1896)
Northwestern (1896)
Ohio St. (1912)
Penn St. (1990)
Purdue (1896)
Wisconsin (1896)

Conference USA
Established: 1996

Members (year joined)
East Carolina (1997)
Houston (1996)
Marshall (2005)
Memphis (1996)
Rice (2005)
SMU (2005)
Southern Miss (1996)
Tulane (1996)
Tulsa (2005)
UAB (1999)
UCF (2005)
UTEP (2005)

Mid-American Conference
Established: 1947

Members (year joined)
Akron (1992)
Ball St. (1973)
Bowling Green (1952)
Buffalo (1999)
Central Michigan (1972)
Eastern Michigan (1972)
Kent St. (1951)
Miami (OH) (1947)
Northern Illinois (1997)
Ohio (1947)
Temple (2007)
Toledo (1951)
Western Michigan (1947)

Mountain West Conference
Established: 1999

Members (year joined)
Air Force (1999)
BYU (1999)
Colorado St. (1999)
New Mexico (1999)
San Diego St. (1999)
TCU (2005)
UNLV (1999)
Utah (1999)
Wyoming (1999)

Pacific-10 Conference
Established: 1959

Members (year joined)
Arizona (1978)
Arizona St. (1978)
California (1959)
Oregon (1964)
Oregon St. (1964)
Stanford (1959)
UCLA (1959)
USC (1959)
Washington (1959)
Washington St. (1959)

Southeastern Conference
Established: 1933

Members (year joined)
Alabama (1933)
Arkansas (1992)
Auburn (1933)
Florida (1933)
Georgia (1933)
Kentucky (1933)
LSU (1933)
Mississippi St. (1933)
Ole Miss (1933)
South Carolina (1992)
Tennessee (1933)
Vanderbilt (1933)

Sun Belt Conference
Established: 2001

Members (year joined)
Arkansas St. (2001)
Florida Atlantic (2005)
Florida International (2005)
Middle Tennessee (2001)
North Texas (2001)
Troy (2004)
UL-Lafayette (2001)
UL-Monroe (2001)
Western Kentucky (2009)

Western Athletic Conference
Established: 1962

Members (year joined)
Boise St. (2001)
Fresno St. (1992)
Hawai'i (1979)
Idaho (2005)
Louisiana Tech (2001)
Nevada (2000)
New Mexico St. (2005)
San Jose St. (1996)
Utah St. (2005)

Independents

Beginning Independent Year in Parenthesis
Army (2005)
Navy (1879)
Notre Dame (1887)

Championship Subdivision Conferences

Big Sky Conference
Established: 1963

Members (year joined)
Eastern Washington (1987)
Idaho St. (1963)
Montana (1963)
Montana St. (1963)
Northern Arizona (1970)
Northern Colorado (2006)
Portland St. (1996)
Sacramento St. (1996)
Weber St, (1963)

Big South Conference
Established: 2002

Members (year joined)
Charleston Southern (2002)
Coastal Carolina (2003)
Gardner-Webb (2002)
Liberty (2002)
Presbyterian (2008)
Stony Brook (2008)
VMI (2003)

Colonial Athletic Association
Established: 2007

Members (year joined)
Delaware (2007)
Hofstra (2007)
James Madison (2007)
Maine (2007)
Massachusetts (2007)
New Hampshire (2007)
Northeastern (2007)
Rhode Island (2007)
Richmond (2007)
Towson (2007)
Villanova (2007)
William & Mary (2007)

Great West Conference
Established: 2004

Members (year joined)
Cal-Poly (2004)
North Dakota (2008)
South Dakota (2008)
Southern Utah (2005)
UC-Davis (2005)

Ivy League
Established: 1954

Members (year joined)
Brown (1954)
Columbia (1954)
Cornell (1954)
Dartmouth (1954)
Harvard (1954)
Pennsylvania (1954)
Princeton (1954)
Yale (1954)

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Established: 1970

Members (year joined)
Bethune-Cookman (1979)
Delaware St. (1970)
Florida A&M (1979)
Hampton (1995)
Howard (1970)
Morgan St. (1970)
Norfolk St. (1997)
North Carolina A&T (1970)
South Carolina St. (1970)
Winston-Salem St. (2007)

Missouri Valley Football Conference
Established: 1985

Members (year joined)
Illinois St. (1985)
Indiana St. (1986)
Missouri St. (1985)
North Dakota St. (2008)
Northern Iowa (1985)
South Dakota St. (2008)
Southern Illinois (1985)
Western Illinois (1985)
Youngstown St. (1997)

Northeastern Conference
Established: 1996

Members (year joined)
Albany (1999)
Bryant (2009)
Central Connecticut St. (1996)
Duquense (2008)
Monmouth (1996)
Robert Morris (1996)
Sacred Heart (1998)
St. Francis (PA) (1986)
Wagner (1996)

Ohio Valley Conference
Established: 1948

Members (year joined)
Austin Peay (2007)
Eastern Illinois (1996)
Eastern Kentucky (1948)
Jacksonville St. (2003)
Murray St. (1948)
Southeast Missouri St. (1991)
Tennessee St. (1986)
Tennessee Tech (1949)
UT-Martin (1992)

Patriot League
Established: 1986

Members (year joined)
Bucknell (1986)
Colgate (1986)
Fordham (1990)
Georgetown (2001)
Holy Cross (1986)
Lafayette (1986)
Lehigh (1986)

Pioneer League
Established: 1991

Members (year joined)
Butler (1991)
Campbell (2008)
Davidson (2001)
Dayton (1991)
Drake (1991)
Jacksonville (2001)
Marist (2009)
Morehead St. (2001)
San Diego (1992)
Valparaiso (1991)

Southern Conference
Established: 1921

Members (year joined)
Appalachian St. (1971)
Chattanooga (1976)
The Citadel (1936)
Elon (2003)
Furman (1936)
Georgia Southern (1993)
Samford (2008)
Western Carolina (1976)
Wofford (1997)

Southland Conference
Established: 1963

Members (year joined)
Central Arkansas (2007)
McNeese St. (1972)
Nicholls St. (1992)
Northwestern St. (1987)
Sam Houston St. (1987)
Southeast Missouri St. (1991)
Southeastern Louisiana (2005)
Stephen F. Austin (1987)
Texas St. (1987)

Southwestern Athletic Conference
Established: 1920

Members (year joined)
Alabama A&M (1999)
Alabama St. (1982)
Alcorn St. (1962)
Grambling (1997)
Jackson St. (1958)
Miss. Valley St. (1958)
Prairie View A&M (1920)
Southern (1934)
Texas Southern (1954)
UAPB (1997)

Independents

Beginning Independent Year in Parenthesis
North Carolina Central (2007)
Old Dominion (2009)
Savannah St. (2002)