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The 2013-14 campaign will likely see the continuation of a conference realignment cycle which started with a few moves in 2011-12 and several more for 2012-13, with even more pending for future seasons.
Summary*
(H/T to Team Rankings for the idea)
| Team | From (2012-13) | To (2013-14) |
| Abilene Christian | Division II | Southland |
| Boston U. | America East | Patriot League |
| Butler | Atlantic 10 | Big East |
| Cal State Bakersfield | Independent | WAC |
|
UCF |
Conference USA | American Athletic Conference |
| College of Charleston | Southern | Colonial Athletic |
| Charlotte | Atlantic 10 | Conference USA |
| Chicago State | Great West | WAC |
| Cincinnati | Big East | American Athletic Conference |
| Connecticut | Big East | American Athletic Conference |
| Creighton | Missouri Valley | Big East |
| Denver | WAC | Summit League |
| Florida Atlantic | Sun Belt | Conference USA |
| Florida International | Sun Belt | Conference USA |
|
George Mason |
Colonial Athletic | Atlantic 10 |
|
Georgia State |
Colonial Athletic | Sun Belt |
| Grand Canyon | Division II | WAC (transitional, ineligible for conference title) |
|
Houston |
Conference USA | American Athletic Conference |
| Houston Baptist | Great West | Southland |
| Incarnate Word | Division II | Southland (transitional, ineligible for conference title) |
| Louisiana Tech | WAC | Conference USA |
| Loyola of Chicago | Horizon | Missouri Valley |
| Loyola, Md. | Metro Atlantic | Patriot League |
| UMass-Lowell | Division II | America East (transitional, ineligible for conference title) |
| Memphis | Conference USA | American Athletic Conference |
| Middle Tennessee | Sun Belt | Conference USA |
| UMKC | Summit League | WAC |
| Monmouth | Northeast | Metro Atlantic |
| NJIT | Great West | Independent |
| New Orleans | Independent | Southland |
| North Texas | Sun Belt | Conference USA |
| Notre Dame | Big East | ACC |
| Oakland | Summit League | Horizon League |
| Old Dominion | Colonial Athletic | Conference USA |
| Pacific | Big West | West Coast |
| Pittsburgh | Big East |
ACC |
| Quinnipiac | Northeast | Metro Atlantic |
| San Jose State | WAC | Mountain West |
|
SMU |
Conference USA | American Athletic Conference |
| USF | Big East | American Athletic Conference |
| Syracuse | Big East |
ACC |
| Temple | Atlantic 10 |
American Athletic Conference |
| UT Arlington | WAC |
Sun Belt |
| UT Pan American | Great West | WAC |
| UT San Antonio | WAC |
Conference USA |
| Texas State | WAC |
Sun Belt |
| Utah State | WAC |
Mountain West |
| Utah Valley | Great West | WAC |
| Xavier | Atlantic 10 | Big East |
America East |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Albany | Albany |
| Binghamton | Binghamton |
| Boston U. (to the Patriot League) | Hartford |
| Hartford | Maine |
|
Maine |
UMBC |
| UMBC | UMass-Lowell (from Division II, transitional ineligible for conference title) |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire |
| Stony Brook | Stony Brook |
| Vermont | Vermont |
American Athletic Conference* |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| See Big East below. |
UCF (from Conference USA) |
| Cincinnati (from the Big East) | |
| Connecticut (from the Big East) | |
| Houston (from Conference USA) | |
| Louisville (to the ACC in 2014-15 or 2015-16) | |
| Memphis (from Conference USA) | |
| Rutgers (to the Big Ten in 2014-15 or 2015-16) | |
| SMU (from Conference USA) | |
| USF (from the Big East) | |
| Temple (from the Atlantic 10) | |
ACC |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|
Boston College |
Boston College |
|
Clemson |
Clemson |
|
Duke |
Duke |
| Florida State | Florida State |
|
Georgia Tech |
Georgia Tech |
| Maryland | Maryland (to the Big Ten in 2014-15 or 2015-16) |
|
Miami |
Miami |
| North Carolina | North Carolina |
|
N.C. State |
N.C. State |
| Virginia | Notre Dame (from the Big East) |
| Virginia Tech | Pittsburgh (from the Big East) |
| Wake Forest | Syracuse (from the Big East) |
| Virginia | |
| Virginia Tech | |
| Wake Forest | |
Atlantic 10 |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Butler (to the Big East) | Dayton |
|
Charlotte (to Conference USA) |
Duquesne |
|
Dayton |
Fordham |
|
Duquesne |
George Mason (from the CAA) |
| Fordham | George Washington |
| George Washington |
La Salle |
| La Salle | Massachusetts |
|
Massachusetts |
Rhode Island |
| Rhode Island | Richmond |
|
Richmond |
St. Bonaventure |
| St. Bonaventure | St. Joseph's |
| St. Joseph's | Saint Louis |
| Saint Louis | VCU |
| Temple (to the American Athletic Conference) | |
| VCU | |
| Xavier (to the Big East) | |
Big East* |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Cincinnati (to the American Athletic Conference) |
Butler (from the Atlantic 10) |
| Connecticut (to the American Athletic Conference) | Creighton (from the Missouri Valley) |
|
DePaul |
DePaul |
|
Georgetown |
Georgetown |
| Louisville (to the American Athletic Conference) | Marquette |
|
Marquette |
Providence |
| Notre Dame (to the ACC) | St. John's |
|
Pittsburgh (to the ACC) |
Seton Hall |
|
Providence |
Villanova |
| Rutgers (to the American Athletic Conference) | Xavier (from the Atlantic 10) |
|
St. John's |
|
|
Seton Hall |
|
| USF (to the American Athletic Conference) | |
|
Syracuse (to the ACC) |
|
|
Villanova |
|
Big West |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|
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 |
| Hawai `i | Hawai `i |
| Long Beach State | Long Beach State |
| Pacific (to the West Coast) | |
Colonial Athletic |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Delaware | College of Charleston (from the Southern Conference) |
| Drexel | Delaware |
|
George Mason (to the Atlantic 10) |
Drexel |
|
Georgia State (to the Sun Belt) |
Hofstra |
|
Hofstra |
James Madison |
| James Madison | UNC Wilmington |
| UNC Wilmington | Northeastern |
| Northeastern | Towson |
|
Old Dominion (to Conference USA) |
William & Mary |
|
Towson |
|
| William & Mary | |
Conference USA |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|
UAB |
UAB |
| UCF (to the American Athletic Conference) | Charlotte (from the Atlantic 10) |
|
East Carolina |
East Carolina (to the American Athletic Conference in 2014-15) |
| Houston (to the American Athletic Conference) | Florida Atlantic (from the Sun Belt) |
|
Marshall |
Florida International (from the Sun Belt) |
| Memphis (to the American Athletic Conference) | Louisiana Tech (from the WAC) |
|
Rice |
Marshall |
| SMU (to the American Athletic Conference) | Middle Tennessee (from the Sun Belt) |
|
Southern Mississippi |
North Texas (from the Sun Belt) |
|
UTEP |
Old Dominion (from the Colonial) |
|
Tulane |
Rice |
| Tulsa | Southern Mississippi |
| UTEP | |
| UT San Antonio (from the WAC) | |
| Tulane (to the American Athletic Conference in 2014-15) | |
| Tulsa (to the American Athletic Conference in 2014-15) | |
Great West |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Chicago State (to the WAC) | Conference will disband. |
| Houston Baptist (to the Southland) | |
| NJIT (to the Independents) | |
| UT Pan American (to the WAC) | |
| Utah Valley (to the WAC) | |
Horizon League |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|
Cleveland State |
Cleveland State |
|
Detroit |
Detroit |
|
Green Bay |
Green Bay |
| Illinois-Chicago | Illinois-Chicago |
| Loyola of Chicago (to the Missouri Valley) | Milwaukee |
| Milwaukee | Oakland (from the Summit League) |
| Valparaiso | Valparaiso |
| Wright State | Wright State |
| Youngstown State | Youngstown State |
Independent |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|
Cal State Bakersfield (to the WAC) |
NJIT (from the Great West) |
|
New Orleans (to the Southland) |
|
Metro Atlantic |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|
Canisius |
Canisius |
| Fairfield | Fairfield |
|
Iona |
Iona |
| Loyola, Md. (to the Patriot League) | Manhattan |
| Manhattan | Marist |
| Marist |
Monmouth (from the Northeast) |
| Niagara | Niagara |
| Rider | Quinnipiac (from the Northeast) |
| St. Peter's | Rider |
| Siena | St. Peter's |
| Siena | |
Missouri Valley |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|
Bradley |
Bradley |
| Creighton (to the Big East) | Drake |
|
Drake |
Evansville |
| Evansville | Illinois State |
| Illinois State | Indiana State |
| Indiana State | Loyola of Chicago (from the Horizon) |
| Missouri State | Missouri State |
| Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa |
| Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois |
| Wichita State | Wichita State |
Mountain West |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|
Air Force |
Air Force |
| Boise State | Boise State |
|
Colorado State |
Colorado State |
| Fresno State | Fresno State |
| Nevada | Nevada |
| UNLV | UNLV |
| New Mexico | New Mexico |
| San Diego State | San Diego State |
| Wyoming | San Jose State (from the WAC) |
| Utah State (from the WAC) | |
| Wyoming | |
Northeast |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Bryant | Bryant |
| Central Connecticut State | Central Connecticut State |
| Fairleigh Dickinson | Fairleigh Dickinson |
| Long Island U. | Long Island U. |
| Monmouth (to the Metro Atlantic) | Mount St. Mary's |
| Mount St. Mary's | Robert Morris |
| Quinnipiac (to the Metro Atlantic) | Sacred Heart |
| Robert Morris | St. Francis (NY) |
| Sacred Heart | St. Francis (PA) |
| St. Francis (NY) | Wagner |
| St. Francis (PA) | |
| Wagner | |
Patriot League |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| American | American |
| Army | Army |
| Bucknell | Boston U. (from the America East) |
| Colgate | Bucknell |
|
Holy Cross |
Colgate |
| Lafayette | Holy Cross |
| Lehigh | Lafayette |
| Navy | Lehigh |
| Loyola, Md. (from the Metro Atlantic) | |
| Navy | |
Southern |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| North Division | Appalachian State |
| Appalachian State | Chattanooga |
| Chattanooga | The Citadel |
| Elon | Davidson |
| UNC Greensboro | Elon |
| Samford | Furman |
| Western Carolina | Georgia Southern |
| South Division | UNC Greensboro |
| The Citadel | Samford |
| College of Charleston (to the CAA) | Western Carolina |
| Davidson | Wofford |
| Furman | |
| Georgia Southern | |
| Wofford | |
Southland |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Central Arkansas | Abilene Christian (from Division II, ineligible for conference title) |
| Lamar | Central Arkansas |
| McNeese State | Houston Baptist (from the Great West) |
| Nicholls State | Incarnate Word (from Division II, ineligible for conference title) |
| Northwestern State | Lamar |
| Oral Roberts | McNeese State |
| Sam Houston State | New Orleans (from the Independents) |
| Southeastern Louisiana | Nicholls State |
| Stephen F. Austin | Northwestern State |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Oral Roberts |
| Sam Houston State | |
| Southeastern Louisiana | |
| Stephen F, Austin | |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | |
Summit League |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| IPFW | Denver (from the WAC) |
| IUPUI | IPFW |
| UMKC (to the WAC) | IUPUI |
|
Nebraska-Omaha (transitional, ineligible for conference title) |
Nebraska-Omaha (transitional, ineligible for conference title) |
|
North Dakota State |
North Dakota State |
| Oakland (to the Horizon League) | South Dakota |
| South Dakota | South Dakota State |
| South Dakota State | Western Illinois |
|
Western Illinois |
|
Sun Belt |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
|
UALR |
UALR |
| Arkansas State | Arkansas State |
| Florida Atlantic (to Conference USA) | Georgia State (from the CAA) |
| Florida International (to Conference USA) | Louisiana-Lafayette |
|
Louisiana-Lafayette |
Louisiana-Monroe |
| Louisiana-Monroe | South Alabama |
| Middle Tennessee (to Conference USA) | UT Arlington (from the WAC) |
| North Texas (to Conference USA) | Texas State (from the WAC) |
|
South Alabama |
Troy |
| Troy | Western Kentucky |
|
Western Kentucky |
|
WAC |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| Denver (to the Summit League) | Cal State Bakersfield (from the Independents) |
| Idaho Vandals |
Chicago State (from the Great West) |
| Louisiana Tech (to Conference USA) | Grand Canyon (from Division II, ineligible for conference title) |
| New Mexico State | Idaho (to the Big Sky in 2014-15) |
| San Jose State (to the Mountain West) | UMKC (from the Summit League) |
| Seattle | New Mexico State |
| UT Arlington (to the Sun Belt) | Seattle |
| UT San Antonio (to Conference USA) | UT Pan American (from the Great West) |
| Texas State (to the Sun Belt) | Utah Valley (from the Great West) |
| Utah State (to the Mountain West) | |
West Coast |
|
| 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
| BYU | BYU |
| Gonzaga | Gonzaga |
| Loyola Marymount | Loyola Marymount |
| Pepperdine |
Pacific (from the Big West) |
| Portland | Pepperdine |
| St. Mary's | Portland |
| San Diego | St. Mary's |
| San Francisco | San Diego |
| Santa Clara | San Francisco |
| Santa Clara | |
*The American Athletic Conference is technically the continuation of the former Big East Conference; however, I've kept the basketball-focused conference continuous here for the sake of simplicity.
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