They’re additions that have plenty of potential - New Mexico State has been great in men’s basketball and Liberty has the resources of some Power 5 schools ( plus a former SEC football coach) - but also plenty of questions to be answered. With only five current CUSA schools still planning to remain, the league has already announced expansion plans that include adding: In men’s and women’s basketball, it’s a perennial one-bid conference. In football, it’s one of the weaker Group of 5 leagues. The conference was already a far cry from what it used to be, back when Louisville, Memphis, Cincinnati, and Marquette ran the show. RyR0NXQYXp- Conference USA MaIs Conference USA Dead? The conference announced on Tuesday that it has reached an agreement with the departing schools for them to leave this summer and compete in the Sun Belt next season.
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UPDATE 3/29/22: Conference USA has finally relented.
There’s nothing here that hasn’t been done a hundred times before. The three schools being clear of their intentions from the start, as Southern Miss indicated, and how routine the practice of leaving early has become, leave little actual ground for CUSA to stand on beyond that. Lawyers and representatives from all parties involved will have to get in a room and hash this out, and the easiest way to do that is to make Marshall, ODU, and Southern Miss cough up a few more bucks. With fall sports about six months away, there’s no time for this to be drawn out. Haggling over an exit fee led to a 20-month legal battle that eventually forced the Terrapins to give up $31.4 million. If you think back to the last seismic change to the conference landscape when the old Big East broke up and the ACC, Big Ten, and Big 12 expanded, Maryland’s move to the Big Ten left no warm feelings between the school and the Atlantic Coast crew. There is precedent for situations like this getting messy. Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss were not part of that group headed for the AAC, but they were left with a severely diminished league and sought refuge in the Sun Belt. The American then back-filled by taking six schools from… yes, Conference USA. That forced the Big 12 to expand, poaching football independent BYU and Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF from the American Athletic Conference. The dominoes began to fall over the summer when Texas and Oklahoma announced they were leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. Meanwhile, Conference USA is still planning for those three to compete next year.Īnd neither side seems prepared to back down. Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Mississippi have all announced their intention to leave the conference this June.
What’s happening right now in Conference USA goes beyond that, with the league and three of its nine outgoing schools at a standoff regarding when exactly that exit is going to occur. It’s often not a problem, though sometimes it makes headlines when a bitter conference seeks to punish outgoing member schools or student-athletes. Even if it’s not at the Power 5 level, schools switch leagues all the time, across NCAA divisions. Strap yourselves in and hold on.Īcross the wide world of college sports, conference realignment - or straight-up consolidation, in some cases - is always happening. Tip for mobile users: you can scroll to the right to find additional columns shown in the table.Southern Miss, Old Dominion, and Marshall want to leave Conference USA early - but the league is not about to let that happen peacefully. Clicking the new conference for the school in question (3rd column in the table) will take you directly to the day of the update, which will provide additional information. If you are looking for a specific division and additional information, click here for Division 1, here for Division 2, here for Division 3, and here for NAIA. This list will not include previous years’ changes from 2021-22, 2020-21, or earlier realignment moves. We will list the known changes for Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, and the NAIA below. That means we can begin looking to the future for the changes happening for the next academic year in 2023-24. The calendar has shifted to July and with it is a new academic year. This article will be updated throughout the current academic year as more changes become known. A list of changes for the 2021-22 changes can be found here while the changes for the current 2022-23 academic year can be found here. Note that this list only reflects changes in effect beginning with the 2023-24 academic year.
College Football Realignment, College Sports Realignment, RealignmentĮditor’s note: This post has been updated as of Thursday, June 1, 2023.
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