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Conference Changes For 2013-14

Also see Conference Changes for 2011-12 and Conference Changes for 2012-13

Summary*

(H/T to Team Rankings for the idea)

Team From (2012-13) To (2013-14)
Abilene Christian Division II Southland
Boise State Mountain West Big West
Boston U. America East Patriot League
UCF
Conference USA Big East
Charlotte Atlantic 10 Conference USA
Florida International Sun Belt Conference USA
Georgia State
Colonial Athletic Sun Belt
Houston
Conference USA Big East
Houston Baptist Great West Southland
Incarnate Word Division II Southland (transitional, ineligible for conference title)
Louisiana Tech WAC Conference USA
Loyola, Md. Metro Atlantic Patriot League
Memphis Conference USA Big East
New Orleans Independent Southland
North Texas Sun Belt Conference USA
Old Dominion Colonial Athletic Conference USA
Pacific Big West West Coast
Pittsburgh Big East
ACC
San Diego State Mountain West Big West
San Jose State WAC Mountain West
SMU
Conference USA Big East
Syracuse Big East
ACC
Temple Atlantic 10
Big East
UT Arlington WAC
Sun Belt
UT San Antonio WAC
Conference USA
Texas State WAC
Sun Belt
Utah State WAC
Mountain West

* Waiting on official confirmation of Idaho's proposed move to the Big Sky and a date for Notre Dame's move to the ACC.

America East

2012-13 2013-14
Albany Albany
Binghamton Binghamton
Boston U. (to the Patriot League) Hartford
Hartford Maine
Maine
UMBC
UMBC New Hampshire
New Hampshire Stony Brook
Stony Brook Vermont
Vermont

Atlantic Coast

2012-13 2013-14
Boston College
Boston College
Clemson
Clemson
Duke
Duke
Florida State Florida State
Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech
Maryland Maryland
Miami
Miami
North Carolina North Carolina
N.C. State
N.C. State
Virginia Pittsburgh (from the Big East)
Virginia Tech Syracuse (from the Big East)
Wake Forest Virginia

Virginia Tech

Wake Forest

Atlantic 10

2012-13 2013-14
Butler Butler
Charlotte (to Conference USA)
Dayton
Dayton
Duquesne
Duquesne
Fordham
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 Big East) Xavier
VCU
Xavier

Big East

2012-13 2013-14
Cincinnati
UCF (from Conference USA)
Connecticut
Cincinnati
DePaul
Connecticut
Georgetown
DePaul
Louisville
Georgetown
Marquette
Houston (from Conference USA)
Notre Dame Louisville
Pittsburgh (to the ACC)
Marquette
Providence
Memphis (from Conference USA)
Rutgers
Notre Dame
St. John's
Providence
Seton Hall
Rutgers
USF
St. John's
Syracuse (to the ACC)
Seton Hall
Villanova
SMU (from Conference USA)

USF
Temple (from the Atlantic 10)
Villanova

Big West

2012-13 2013-14
UC Davis
Boise State (from the Mountain West)
UC Irvine
UC Davis
UC Riverside
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
UC Riverside
Cal Poly
UC Santa Barbara
Cal State Fullerton Cal Poly
Cal State Northridge Cal State Fullerton
Hawaii Cal State Northridge
Long Beach State Hawai'i
Pacific (to the West Coast) Long Beach State

San Diego State (from the Mountain West)

Colonial Athletic

2012-13 2013-14
Delaware Delaware
Drexel Drexel
George Mason
George Mason
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 Big East)
Charlotte (from the Atlantic 10)
East Carolina
East Carolina
Houston (to the Big East)
Florida International (from the Sun Belt)
Marshall
Louisiana Tech (from the WAC)
Memphis (to the Big East)
Marshall
Rice
North Texas (from the Sun Belt)
SMU (to the Big East)
Old Dominion (from the Colonial)
Southern Mississippi
Rice
UTEP
Southern Mississippi
Tulane
UTEP
Tulsa UT San Antonio (from the WAC)

Tulane

Tulsa

Great West

2012-13 2013-14
Chicago State Chicago State
Houston Baptist (to the Southland) NJIT
NJIT Texas-Pan American
Texas-Pan American Utah Valley
Utah Valley

Independent

2012-13 2013-14
Cal State Bakersfield
Cal State Bakersfield
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 Niagara
Niagara Rider
Rider St. Peter's
St. Peter's Siena
Siena

Mountain West

2012-13 2013-14
Air Force
Air Force
Boise State (to the Big West)
Colorado State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Fresno State Nevada
Nevada UNLV
UNLV New Mexico
New Mexico San Jose State (from the WAC)
San Diego State (to the Big West) Utah State (from the WAC)
Wyoming Wyoming

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

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

Sun Belt

2012-13 2013-14
UALR
UALR
Arkansas State Arkansas State
Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic
Florida International (to Conference USA) Georgia State (from the CAA)
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
North Texas (to Conference USA) South Alabama
South Alabama
UT Arlington (from the WAC)
Troy Texas State (from the WAC)
Western Kentucky
Troy

Western Kentucky

WAC

2012-13 2013-14
Denver Denver
Idaho Idaho
Louisiana Tech (to Conference USA) New Mexico State
New Mexico State Seattle
San Jose State (to the Mountain West)
Seattle
UT Arlington (to the Sun Belt)
UT San Antonio (to Conference USA)
Texas State (to the Sun Belt)
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

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