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The current wave of conference realignment began with several moves for the 2011-12 academic year, and many more will follow for 2013-14. After the jump, you'll find a list of which schools will find themselves with new rivals this season and how those realigned conference lineups look.
Summary
(H/T to Team Rankings for the idea)
Team | From (2011-12) | To (2012-13) |
Belmont | Atlantic Sun |
Ohio Valley |
Butler | Horizon |
Atlantic 10 |
Denver | Sun Belt |
WAC |
Fresno State | WAC | Mountain West |
Hawai'i | WAC | Big West |
Longwood | Independent | Big South |
Missouri | Big 12 | SEC |
Nebraska-Omaha |
Division II |
Summit League (transitional, ineligible for conference title) |
Nevada | WAC |
Mountain West |
North Dakota |
Great West |
Big Sky |
Northern Kentucky |
Division II | Atlantic Sun (transitional, ineligble for conference title) |
Oral Roberts | Summit League |
Southland |
Seattle |
Independent | WAC |
Southern Utah | Summit League |
Big Sky |
Texas A&M | Big 12 |
SEC |
UT Arlington | Southland | WAC |
TCU | Mountain West |
Big 12 |
UT San Antonio | Southland |
WAC |
Texas State | Southland | WAC |
VCU | Colonial Athletic |
Atlantic 10 |
West Virginia | Big East | Big 12 |
Atlantic Sun
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Belmont (to the OVC) |
East Tennessee State |
East Tennessee State | Florida Gulf Coast |
Florida Gulf Coast | Jacksonville |
Jacksonville | Kennesaw State |
Kennesaw State | Lipscomb |
Lipscomb | Mercer |
Mercer |
Northern Kentucky (from Division II, transitional, ineligible for conference title) |
North Florida | North Florida |
USC Upstate | USC Upstate |
Stetson | Stetson |
Atlantic 10
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Charlotte |
Butler (from the Horizon) |
Dayton |
Charlotte |
Duquesne |
Dayton |
Fordham | Duquesne |
George Washington |
Fordham |
La Salle | George Washington |
Massachusetts |
La Salle |
Rhode Island | Massachusetts |
Richmond |
Rhode Island |
St. Bonaventure | Richmond |
St. Joseph's | St. Bonaventure |
Saint Louis | St. Joseph's |
Temple | Saint Louis |
Xavier | Temple |
VCU (from the CAA) | |
Xavier |
Big Sky
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Eastern Washington | Eastern Washington |
Idaho State | Idaho State |
Montana | Montana |
Montana State | Montana State |
Northern Arizona |
North Dakota (from the Great West) |
Northern Colorado |
Northern Arizona |
Portland State |
Northern Colorado |
Sacramento State |
Portland State |
Weber State |
Sacramento State |
Southern Utah (from the Summit League) |
|
Weber State |
Big South
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Campbell |
North Division |
Charleston Southern | Campbell |
Coastal Carolina | High Point |
Gardner-Webb | Liberty |
High Point | Longwood (from the Independents) |
Liberty | Radford |
UNC Asheville | VMI |
Presbyterian | South Division |
Radford | Charleston Southern |
VMI | Coastal Carolina |
Winthrop | Gardner-Webb |
UNC Asheville |
|
Presbyterian (eligible for the conference title) | |
Winthrop |
Big 12
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Baylor |
Baylor |
Iowa State |
Iowa State |
Kansas |
Kansas |
Kansas State |
Kansas State |
Missouri (to the SEC) |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma State |
Oklahoma State |
Texas |
Texas |
TCU (from the Mountain West via the Big East) |
Texas A&M (to the SEC) |
Texas Tech |
Texas Tech |
West Virginia (from the Big East) |
Big West
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
UC Davis |
UC Davis |
UC Irvine |
UC Irvine |
UC Riverside |
UC Riverside |
UC Santa Barbara |
UC Santa Barbara |
Cal Poly |
Cal Poly |
Cal State Fullerton | Cal State Fullerton |
Cal State Northridge | Cal State Northridge |
Long Beach State |
Hawai'i (from the WAC) |
Pacific |
Long Beach State |
Pacific |
Colonial Athletic
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Delaware | Delaware |
Drexel | Drexel |
George Mason |
George Mason |
Georgia State |
Georgia State |
Hofstra |
Hofstra |
James Madison | James Madison |
UNC Wilmington | UNC Wilmington |
Northeastern | Northeastern |
Old Dominion |
Old Dominion |
Towson |
Towson |
VCU (to the Atlantic 10) | William & Mary |
William & Mary |
Great West
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Chicago State | Chicago State |
Houston Baptist | NJIT |
NJIT | Houston Baptist |
North Dakota (to the Big Sky) | Texas-Pan American |
Texas-Pan American | Utah Valley |
Utah Valley |
Horizon
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Butler (to the Atlantic 10) | Cleveland State |
Cleveland State | Detroit |
Detroit | Green Bay |
Green Bay | Illinois-Chicago |
Illinois-Chicago | Loyola of Chicago |
Loyola of Chicago | Milwaukee |
Milwaukee | Valparaiso |
Valparaiso | Wright State |
Wright State | Youngstown State |
Youngstown State |
Independent
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Cal State Bakersfield |
Cal State Bakersfield |
Longwood (to the Big South) |
New Orleans (remaining in Division I) |
New Orleans (planned to transition to Division II) |
|
Seattle (to the WAC) |
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Air Force |
Air Force |
Boise State |
Boise State |
Colorado State |
Colorado State |
UNLV | Fresno State (from the WAC) |
New Mexico |
Nevada (from the WAC) |
San Diego State |
UNLV |
TCU (to the Big 12) |
New Mexico |
Wyoming | San Diego State |
Wyoming |
OVC
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Austin Peay |
East Division (link) |
Eastern Illinois |
Belmont (from the Atlantic Sun) |
Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky |
Jacksonville State |
Jacksonville State |
Morehead State | Morehead State |
Murray State | Tennessee State |
Southeast Missouri |
Tennessee Tech |
SIU Edwardsville (ineligible for title) |
West Division |
Tennessee-Martin | Austin Peay |
Tennessee State | Eastern Illinois |
Tennessee Tech | Murray State |
Southeast Missouri |
|
SIU Edwardsville (eligible for OVC title) | |
Tennessee-Martin |
SEC
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Alabama |
Alabama |
Arkansas |
Arkansas |
Auburn |
Auburn |
Florida |
Florida |
Georgia |
Georgia |
Kentucky |
Kentucky |
LSU |
LSU |
Mississippi |
Mississippi |
Mississippi State | Mississippi State |
South Carolina |
Missouri (from the Big 12) |
Tennessee | South Carolina |
Vanderbilt |
Tennessee |
Texas A&M (from the Big 12) | |
Vanderbilt |
Southland
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
East Division |
Central Arkansas |
Central Arkansas | Lamar |
Lamar |
McNeese State |
McNeese State |
Nicholls State |
Nicholls State | Northwestern State |
Northwestern State |
Oral Roberts (from the Summit League) |
Southeastern Louisiana |
Sam Houston State |
West Division |
Southeastern Louisiana |
Sam Houston State |
Stephen F, Austin |
Stephen F. Austin |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi |
UT Arlington (to the WAC) |
|
UT San Antonio (to the WAC) |
|
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | |
Texas State (to the WAC) |
Summit League
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
IPFW | IPFW |
IUPUI | IUPUI |
UMKC | UMKC |
North Dakota State |
Nebraska-Omaha (from Division II, transitional) |
Oakland | North Dakota State |
Oral Roberts (to the Southland) | Oakland |
South Dakota | South Dakota |
South Dakota State | South Dakota State |
Southern Utah (to the Big Sky) | Western Illinois |
Western Illinois |
Sun Belt
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
East Division |
Arkansas-Little Rock |
Florida Atlantic |
Arkansas State |
Florida International |
Florida Atlantic |
Middle Tennessee |
Florida International |
South Alabama |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Troy |
Louisiana-Monroe |
Western Kentucky |
Middle Tennessee |
West Division |
North Texas |
Arkansas-Little Rock |
South Alabama |
Arkansas State |
Troy |
Denver (to the WAC) |
Western Kentucky |
Louisiana-Lafayette |
|
Louisiana-Monroe |
|
North Texas |
WAC
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Fresno State (to the Mountain West) | Denver (from the Sun Belt) |
Hawai'i (to the Big West) | Idaho |
Idaho | Louisiana Tech |
Louisiana Tech | New Mexico State |
Nevada (to the Mountain West) | San Jose State |
New Mexico State | Seattle (from the Independents) |
San Jose State | UT Arlington (from the Southland) |
Utah State | UT San Antonio (from the Southland) |
|
Texas State (from the Southland) |
Utah State |
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