1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season
Conference changes and new programs

1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season

Section Title: Conference changes and new programs
Table Section Text: None

School	1995 Conference	1996 Conference

Boise State	Big Sky	Big West (I-A)

Cal State Northridge	American West	Big Sky

Cal Poly	American West	I-AA Independent

Central Connecticut State	I-AA Independent	Northeast

Central Florida	I-AA Independent	I-A Independent

Eastern Illinois	Gateway	Ohio Valley

Fairfield	New Program	MAAC

Idaho	Big Sky	Big West (I-A)

Jacksonville State	D-II Independent	Southland (I-AA)

Monmouth	I-AA Independent	Northeast

Morehead State	Ohio Valley	I-AA Independent

Portland State	D-II Independent	Big Sky (I-AA)

Robert Morris	I-AA Independent	Northeast

Sacramento State	American West	I-AA Independent

St. Francis (PA)	I-AA Independent	Northeast

Southern Utah	American West	I-AA Independent

Troy State	I-AA Independent	Southland

UAB	I-AA Independent	I-A Independent

Wagner	I-AA Independent	Northeast

Sentence(s)

The Cal Poly, Sacramento State, and Southern Utah disbanded from the American West Conference in 1995 and became independents and the Cal State Northridge joined the Big Sky.

final_sentence: The Cal Poly, Sacramento State, and Southern Utah disbanded from the American West Conference in 1995 and became independents and the Cal State Northridge joined the Big Sky.