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The only FBS-related conference realignment that goes into effect as of July 1 sees UConn leaving the American Athletic Conference to become the seventh FBS Independent. UConn is placing all the rest of their sports in the Big East Conference.
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Other non-FBS, Division I related moves taking effect today are:
NJIT
- moving from the Atlantic Sun to the America East Conference
Robert Morris
- moving from the Northeast Conference to the Horizon League; football will become an FCS Independent
Purdue-Fort Wayne
- moving from the Summit League to the Horizon League
Cal State-Bakersfield
- moving from the WAC to the Big West
Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)
- moving from the WAC to the Summit League
Jacksonville
- dropping football (had competed in the Pioneer Football League)
North Dakota
- had competed as an FCS Independent in football, now joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference
Presbyterian
- football program moving from the Big South to become an FCS Independent
The following schools are reclassifying from NCAA Division II to Division I and will be fully eligible for Division I postseason competition in 2025
Bellarmine
- joining the Atlantic Sun; located in Louisville
Dixie State
- joining the WAC; becoming the seventh Division I basketball school in the state of Utah; football will be an FCS Independent
Tarleton State
- this Texas school is also joining the WAC and will also be an FCS Independent in football
UC-San Diego
- joining the Big West
If anyone wants me to re-post my "History of Conference Realignment", detailing all the conference changes in major college football from 1936 through 2020, give me a shout and I'll post it.
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Other non-FBS, Division I related moves taking effect today are:
NJIT
- moving from the Atlantic Sun to the America East Conference
Robert Morris
- moving from the Northeast Conference to the Horizon League; football will become an FCS Independent
Purdue-Fort Wayne
- moving from the Summit League to the Horizon League
Cal State-Bakersfield
- moving from the WAC to the Big West
Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC)
- moving from the WAC to the Summit League
Jacksonville
- dropping football (had competed in the Pioneer Football League)
North Dakota
- had competed as an FCS Independent in football, now joining the Missouri Valley Football Conference
Presbyterian
- football program moving from the Big South to become an FCS Independent
The following schools are reclassifying from NCAA Division II to Division I and will be fully eligible for Division I postseason competition in 2025
Bellarmine
- joining the Atlantic Sun; located in Louisville
Dixie State
- joining the WAC; becoming the seventh Division I basketball school in the state of Utah; football will be an FCS Independent
Tarleton State
- this Texas school is also joining the WAC and will also be an FCS Independent in football
UC-San Diego
- joining the Big West
If anyone wants me to re-post my "History of Conference Realignment", detailing all the conference changes in major college football from 1936 through 2020, give me a shout and I'll post it.