FCS conference realignment has resulted in several affiliation changes over the last few seasons.
More changes will become effective in 2024.
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Bryant Joins The CAA
Bryant leaves the Big South–OVC Football Association for the CAA.
The CAA will be up to 16 members in 2024, then drops to 15 members when Delaware joins the FBS in 2025.
The Big South–OVC Football Association moves to nine members, seven from the OVC side and only two from the Big South (Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb).
Robert Morris Joins The NEC
RMU leaves the Big South–OVC Football Association to join the NEC.
The Big South–OVC Football Association moves to nine members, seven from the OVC side and only two from the Big South (Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb).
The NEC will have eight members in 2024 with the additions of RMU and Mercyhurst and the departures of Merrimack and Sacred Heart.
Mercyhurst Joins The NEC
Mercyhurst University will join the NEC from the D2 ranks.
The NEC will have eight members in 2024 with the additions of RMU and Mercyhurst and the departures of Merrimack and Sacred Heart.
Merrimack & Sacred Heart Leave NEC, Go Independent For Football
Merrimack and Sacred Heart announced they are leaving the NEC to join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The MAAC does not sponsor football, and Merrimack and Sacred Heart will play as FCS independents.
The NEC will have eight members in 2024 with the additions of RMU and Mercyhurst and the departures of Merrimack and Sacred Heart.
Western Illinois Joins The Big South-OVC
WIU leaves the MVFC for the OVC and Big South–OVC Football Association.
The Big South–OVC Football Association moves to nine members, seven from the OVC side and two from the Big South (Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb).
The MVFC moves to 11 members.
Kennesaw State Goes FBS
The Owls join Conference USA, a league that also features Sam Houston and Jacksonville State.
West Georgia Joins FCS
West Georgia leaves D2 to join the ASUN and the United Athletic Conference.
UWG went 6-4 in 2023, 8-2 in 2022, and 9-3 in 2021.
SFA Returns To The Southland Conference
Stephen F. Austin is set to return to the Southland Conference as a full-time member beginning July 1st, 2024, departing the WAC and the United Athletic Conference (the joint league for ASUN and WAC football).
The Southland will grow to nine football members this fall as SFA joins Houston Christian, Incarnate Word, Lamar, McNeese, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana University, and Texas A&M-Commerce. It’ll grow to 10 football teams in 2025 with the addition of UTRGV.
The UAC moves to nine members: ASUN — Austin Peay, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, North Alabama, West Georgia; WAC — Abilene Christian, Southern Utah, Tarleton State, Utah Tech.
