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Note: In the case of some conferences, the football conference was formed years after the original conference was formed. The dates for the schools listed are when they joined the football conference (ie. Connecticut joined the Big East in 1979, but didn't join the football conference until 2004).
America East Conference Established: 1979
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Members (year joined) Albany (2001) Binghamton (2001) Boston U. (1979) Hartford (1985) Maine (1979) UMBC (2003) New Hampshire (1979) Stony Brook (2001) Vermont (1979) UMBC (2003)
Atlantic 10 Conference Established: 1976
Members (year joined) Charlotte (2005) Dayton (1995) Duquense (1976) Fordham (1995) George Washington (1976) LaSalle (1995) Massachusetts (1976) Rhode Island (1980) Richmond (2001) St. Bonaventure (1979) St. Joseph's (1982) St. Louis (2005) Temple (2005) Xavier (1995)
Atlantic Coast Conference Established: 1953
Members (year joined) Boston College (2005) Clemson (1953) Duke (1953) Florida St. (1991) Georgia Tech (1978) Maryland (1953) Miami (FL) (2004) North Carolina (1953) NC State (1953) Virginia (1953) Virginia Tech (2004) Wake Forest (1953)
Atlantic Sun Conference Established: 1978
Members (year joined) Belmont (2001) Campbell (1994) East Tennessee St. (2005) Florida Gulf Coast (2007) Jacksonville (1997) Kennessaw St. (2005) Lipscomb (2003) Mercer (1978) Stetson (1985) UNF (2005) USC-Upstate (2007)
Big 12 Conference Established: 1996
Members (year joined) Baylor (1996) Colorado (1996) Iowa St. (1996) Kansas (1996) Kansas St. (1996) Missouri (1996) Nebraska (1996) Oklahoma (1996) Oklahoma St. (1996) Texas (1996) Texas A&M (1996) Texas Tech (1996)
Big East Conference Established: 1979
Members (year joined) Cincinnati (2005) Connecticut (1979) DePaul (2005) Georgetown (1979) Louisville (2005) Marquette (2005) Notre Dame (1995) Pittsburgh (1982) Providence (1979) Rutgers (1995) St. John's (1979) Seton Hall (1979) Syracuse (1979) USF (2005) Villanova (1980) West Virginia (1995)
Big Sky Conference Established: 1963
Members (year joined) Eastern Washington (1987) Idaho St. (1963) Montana (1963) Montana St. (1963) Northern Arizona (1970) Northern Colorado (2006) Portland St. (1996) Sacramento St. (1996) Weber St, (1963)
Big South Conference Established: 1983
Members (year joined) Charleston Southern (1983) Coastal Carolina (1983) Gardner-Webb (2008) High Point (1999) Liberty (2002) Presbyterian (2008) Radford (1983) UNC-Asheville (1984) VMI (2003) Winthrop (1983)
Big Ten Conference Established: 1896
Members (year joined) Illinois (1896) Indiana (1899) Iowa (1899) Michigan (1896) Michigan St. (1949) Minnesota (1896) Northwestern (1896) Ohio St. (1912) Penn St. (1990) Purdue (1896) Wisconsin (1896)
Big West Conference Established: 1969
Members (year joined) Cal-Poly (1996) CS-Fullerton (1974) CS-Northridge (2001) Long Beach St. (1969) Pacific (1971) UC-Davis (2007) UC-Irvine (1977) UC-Riverside (2001) UC-Santa Barbara (1976)
Colonial Athletic Association Established: 1983
Members (year joined) Delaware (2001) Drexel (2001) George Mason (1985) Georgia St. (2005) Hofstra (2001) James Madison (1985) Northeastern (2005) Old Dominion (1991) Towson (2001) UNC-Wilmington (1985) VCU (1995) William & Mary (1985)
Conference USA Established: 1996
Members (year joined) East Carolina (1997) Houston (1996) Marshall (2005) Memphis (1996) Rice (2005) SMU (2005) Southern Miss (1996) Tulane (1996) Tulsa (2005) UAB (1999) UCF (2005) UTEP (2005)
Great West Conference Established: 2009
Members (year joined) Chicago St. (2009) Houston Baptist (2009) New Jersey Tech (2009) North Dakota (2009) South Dakota (2009) Utah Valley (2009) UT-Pan American (2009)
Horizon League Established: 1979
Members (year joined) Butler (1979) Cleveland St. (1994) Detroit (1980) Loyola (Chicago) (1979) UIC (1994) UW-Green Bay (1994) UW-Milwaukee (1994) Valparaiso (2007) Wright St. (1994) Youngstown St. (2001)
Ivy League Established: 1954
Members (year joined) Brown (1954) Columbia (1954) Cornell (1954) Dartmouth (1954) Harvard (1954) Pennsylvania (1954) Princeton (1954) Yale (1954)
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Established: 1980
Members (year joined) Canisius (1989) Fairfield (1980) Iona (1980) Loyola (MD) (1989) Manhattan (1980) Marist (1997) Niagara (1989) Rider (1997) Siena (1989) St. Peter's (1980)
Mid-American Conference Established: 1947
Members (year joined) Akron (1992) Ball St. (1973) Bowling Green (1952) Buffalo (1999) Central Michigan (1972) Eastern Michigan (1972) Kent St. (1951) Miami (OH) (1947) Northern Illinois (1997) Ohio (1947) Toledo (1951) Western Michigan (1947)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Established: 1970
Members (year joined) Bethune-Cookman (1979) Coppin St. (1985) Delaware St. (1970) Florida A&M (1979) Hampton (1995) Howard (1970) Morgan St. (1970) Norfolk St. (1997) North Carolina A&T (1970) South Carolina St. (1970) UMES (1970) Winston-Salem St. (2007)
Missouri Valley Conference Established: 1907
Members (year joined) Bradley (1948) Creighton (1977) Drake (1907) Evansville (1994) Illinois St. (1981) Indiana St. (1978) Missouri St. (1990) Northern Iowa (1991) Southern Illinois (1977) Wichita St. (1945)
Mountain West Conference Established: 1999
Members (year joined) Air Force (1999) BYU (1999) Colorado St. (1999) New Mexico (1999) San Diego St. (1999) TCU (2005) UNLV (1999) Utah (1999) Wyoming (1999)
Northeastern Conference Established: 1996
Members (year joined) Bryant (2009) Central Connecticut St. (1997) Farleigh Dickinson (1981) Long Island (1981) Monmouth (1985) Mount St. Mary's (1989) Quinnpiac (1998) Robert Morris (1981) Sacred Heart (1999) St. Francis (NY) (1981) St. Francis (PA) (1981) Wagner (1981)
Ohio Valley Conference Established: 1948
Members (year joined) Austin Peay (1962) Eastern Illinois (1996) Eastern Kentucky (1948) Jacksonville St. (2003) Morehead St. (1948) Murray St. (1948) SIU-Edwardsville (2008) Southeast Missouri St. (1991) Tennessee St. (1986) Tennessee Tech (1949) UT-Martin (1992)
Pacific-10 Conference Established: 1959
Members (year joined) Arizona (1978) Arizona St. (1978) California (1959) Oregon (1964) Oregon St. (1964) Stanford (1959) UCLA (1959) USC (1959) Washington (1959) Washington St. (1959)
Patriot League Established: 1986
Members (year joined) American (2001) Army (1990) Bucknell (1986) Colgate (1986) Holy Cross (1986) Lafayette (1986) Lehigh (1986) Navy (1991)
Southeastern Conference Established: 1933
Members (year joined) Alabama (1933) Arkansas (1992) Auburn (1933) Florida (1933) Georgia (1933) Kentucky (1933) LSU (1933) Mississippi St. (1933) Ole Miss (1933) South Carolina (1992) Tennessee (1933) Vanderbilt (1933)
Southern Conference Established: 1921
Members (year joined) Appalachian St. (1971) Chattanooga (1976) Charleston (1998) The Citadel (1936) Davidson (1936) Elon (2003) Furman (1936) Georgia Southern (1993) Samford (2008) UNC-Greensboro (1997) Western Carolina (1977) Wofford (1997)
Southland Conference Established: 1963
Members (year joined) Central Arkansas (2007) Lamar (1963) McNeese St. (1972) Nicholls St. (1992) Northwestern St. (1987) Sam Houston St. (1987) Southeastern Louisiana (2005) Stephen F. Austin (1987) TAMU-Corpus Christi (2006) Texas St. (1987) UT-Arlington (1987) UT-San Antonio (1991)
Southwestern Athletic Conference Established: 1920
Members (year joined) Alabama A&M (1999) Alabama St. (1982) Alcorn St. (1962) Grambling (1997) Jackson St. (1958) Miss. Valley St. (1958) Prairie View A&M (1920) Southern (1934) Texas Southern (1954) UAPB (1997)
Summitt League Established: 1982
Members (year joined) Centenary (2003) IPFW (2007) IUPUI (1998) North Dakota St. (2007) Oakland (1998) Oral Roberts (1997) South Dakota St. (2007) Southern Utah (1997) UMKC (1994) Western Illinois (1982)
Sun Belt Conference Established: 1976
Members (year joined) Arkansas St. (1991) Denver (1999) Florida Atlantic (2006) Florida International (1998) Middle Tennessee (2000) New Orleans (1991) North Texas (2000) South Alabama (1976) Troy (2004) UALR (1991) UL-Lafayette (1991) UL-Monroe (2006) Western Kentucky (1982)
West Coast Conference Established: 1952
Members (year joined) Gonzaga (1979) Loyola Marymount (1955) Pepperdine (1979) Portland (1976) San Diego (1979) St. Mary's (1952) San Francisco (1952) Santa Clara (1952)
Western Athletic Conference Established: 1962
Members (year joined) Boise St. (2001) Fresno St. (1992) Hawai'i (1979) Idaho (2005) Louisiana Tech (2001) Nevada (2000) New Mexico St. (2005) San Jose St. (1996) Utah St. (2005)
Independents
Beginning Independent Year in Parenthesis CS-Bakersfield (2007) Longwood (2004) North Carolina Central (2007) Savannah St. (2002) Seattle (2009)