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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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