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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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