

Membership increases to 16.Ģ014-15: ECU, Tulsa, and Tulane leave for the American Athletic Conference. Florida Atlantic, FIU, Middle Tennessee State, and North Texas join from the Sun Belt Conference. Old Dominion joins from the Colonial Athletic Association.

Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Mississippi have all announced their intention to leave the conference this June. Louisiana Tech and UTSA join from the Western Athletic Conference. What’s happening right now in Conference USA goes beyond that, with the league and three of its nine outgoing schools at a standoff regarding when exactly that exit is going to occur. DALLAS (AP) The American Athletic Conference is adding UAB, Texas-San Antonio, Rice, North Texas, Charlotte and Florida Atlantic to the league, replacing three schools that are leaving for the. Charlotte rejoins from the Atlantic 10 Conference. Membership decreases to 12.Ģ013-14: H ouston, Memphis, SMU, and UCF leave to help found the American Athletic Conference. UCF joins from the Atlantic Sun Conference. Marshall joins from the Mid-American Conference. Rice, SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP join from the Western Athletic Conference. TCU leaves for the Mountain West Conference. Louis leave for the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Membership increases to 14.Ģ005-06: Cincinnati, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, and USF leave for the Big East Conference. In the 1997 upcoming season, the Conference USA teams will play Alliance. TCU joins from the Western Athletic Conference. Cincinnati, a team in our conference, also beat the University of Kentucky. Membership increases to 12.Ģ001-02: ECU joins from the Colonial Athletic Association. A new chapter begins as Jacksonville State, Liberty, New Mexico State and Sam Houston join the league on July 1, 2023. Original membership is 11.ġ996-97: H ouston joins from the disbanding Southwest Conference. Now in its third decade, Conference USA has adapted to the ever-changing landscape of collegiate athletics with an unwavering commitment to excellence, integrity and leadership in competition, academics and community. Louis, and UAB of the disbanding Great Midwest Conference and UNC-Charlotte (now known as Charlotte), Louisville, Southern Miss, Tulane, and South Florida of the disbanding Metro Conference form Conference USA. 1995-96: Cincinnati, DePaul, Marquette, Memphis, St.
