List of NCAA Division I conference realignments (2000–present)
History -- 2012–2013
Table:
School

Sport(s)

Former Conference

New Conference

Adelphi Panthers

Men's soccer

Atlantic Soccer

Independent

Alabama A&M Bulldogs

Men's soccer

Independent

Dropped men's soccer

Belmont Bruins[342]

All sports (non-football)

Atlantic Sun

OVC

Belmont Bruins[343]

Men's Soccer

Atlantic Sun

Independent

Butler Bulldogs[344]

All sports except football and women's golf

Horizon

Atlantic 10

Butler Bulldogs[345]

Women's golf

Horizon

MAAC

BYU Cougars[346]

Softball

WAC

PCSC

Cal Poly Mustangs[347]

Football

Great West

Big Sky

Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners[348]

Baseball

Division I Independent

WAC

Campbell Lady Camels

Women's lacrosse

No team

Big South

Clemson Tigers

Men's and women's swimming & diving

ACC

Dropped all except women's diving

Columbus State Cougars[349]

Rifle

Independent

OVC[350]

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

Women's lacrosse

No team

Big South

Dallas Baptist Patriots[348]

Baseball

Division I Independent

WAC

Davidson Wildcats

Women's lacrosse

National Lacrosse

Big South

Denver Pioneers[351]

All sports (non-football)

Sun Belt

WAC

Detroit Titans

Women's lacrosse

National Lacrosse

Atlantic Sun

Fresno State Bulldogs[352]

All sports

WAC

Mountain West

Hartwick Hawks

Men's soccer

Atlantic Soccer

MAC

Hawaiʻi (Rainbow) Warriors and Rainbow Wahine[353]

All sports except football, women's indoor track and field, and swimming and diving for both sexes

WAC

Big West

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Adelphi University is a private university in Garden City , New York . Adelphi also has centers in Manhattan , Hudson Valley , and Suffolk County . It is the oldest institution of higher education in suburban Long Island . It currently has a population of 8,146 students ( undergraduate and graduate students . )
Atlantic Soccer Conference ( ASC ) was a college athletic conference which only sponsored men 's soccer . The conference participated in the NCAA 's Division I and its champion did not receive an automatic bid to the annual NCAA Men 's Soccer Championship Tournament . It was founded in 2000 with nine colleges and universities as its members but disbanded following the 2011 season when its membership dwindled to three members .
In American college sports , NCAA Division I independent schools are four-year institutions that do not belong to a conference for a particular sport .
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University ( Alabama A & M ) is a public , historically black , land-grant university in Normal , Alabama . Founded in the 1870s as a normal school , it took its present name in 1969 . AAMU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and is been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools . Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University Historic District , also known as Normal Hill College Historic District , has 28 buildings and four structures listed in the United States National Register of Historic Places .
The Alabama A & M Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University . The program features 15 varsity sports teams . They participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference . Russell Athletic is the current sponsor of the Alabama A & M University Athletic Department .
Belmont University is a private Christian university in Nashville , Tennessee . Although the university cut its ties with the Tennessee Baptist Convention in 2007 , it continues to emphasize a Christian identity .
The Belmont Bruins are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Belmont University located in Nashville , Tennessee , United States . The Bruins athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference ( OVC ) and competes at the NCAA Division I level . The program 's mascot is Bruiser the Bruin , and the school colors are navy blue and red . The Belmont teams had been known as the Rebels until 1995 , when the name was changed due to the historical implications of the name .
The Atlantic Sun Conference , branded as the ASUN Conference , is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States . The league participates at the NCAA Division I level , and does not sponsor football . Originally established as the Trans America Athletic Conference ( TAAC ) in 1978 , its headquarters are located in Macon , Georgia . The conference has seen several changes in its membership in recent years . First , the 2014 departure of East Tennessee State University and Mercer University to the Southern Conference left the ASUN with eight members . Northern Kentucky University ( transitioning from NCAA Division II sports to Division I ) left the conference to join the Horizon League and was replaced by the New Jersey Institute of Technology ( NJIT ) , previously the only Division I basketball independent , in 2015 . The ASUN membership expanded to nine members in 2018 . The University of South Carolina Upstate ( USC Upstate ) left the ASUN to join the Big South Conference after the 2017-18 season , but two new schools joined . The University of North Alabama arrived from the Division II Gulf South Conference , and Liberty University left the Big South for the ASUN . The ASUN 's next change of membership will occur in 2020-21 with the arrival of Bellarmine University from the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference .
The Ohio Valley Conference ( OVC ) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States . It participates in Division I of the NCAA ; the conference 's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ; formerly known as Division I-AA ) , the lower of two levels of Division I football competition . The OVC has 12 members , 9 of which compete in football in the conference .
Butler University is a private liberal arts university in Indianapolis , Indiana , United States . Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler , the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges : Lacy School of Business , College of Communication , College of Education , College of Liberal Arts and Sciences , College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences , and Jordan College of the Arts . It comprises a 295-acre ( 119 ha ) campus located approximately five miles ( 8.0 km ) from downtown Indianapolis .
The Butler Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent Butler University , located in Indianapolis , Indiana United States . The Bulldogs participate in 20 NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports . After leaving the Horizon League following the 2011-12 season , nearly all teams competed in the Atlantic 10 Conference . The football team is a founding member of the non-scholarship Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) -level Pioneer League . On March 20 , 2013 , the Butler administration announced that the school would join the Big East , and moved to the new league July 1 , 2013 .
The Horizon League is a 10-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I , whose members are located in and near the Midwestern United States . The Horizon League was founded in 1979 as the Midwestern City Conference . In 1985 , the conference changed its name to Midwestern Collegiate Conference and then the Horizon League in 2001 . The conference started with a membership of six teams and has fluctuated in size with 24 different schools as members at different times . Currently , the League has 10 members , following Valparaiso leaving to join the Missouri Valley Conference and IUPUI joining the league on July 1 , 2017 . The conference 's next membership change will occur on July 1 , 2020 with the arrival of Purdue University Fort Wayne ( PFW ) . The Horizon League does not sponsor football .
The Atlantic 10 Conference ( A-10 ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's ( NCAA ) Division I . The A-10 's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern Seaboard , as well as some in the Midwest - Massachusetts , New York , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , Virginia , Ohio , and Missouri as well as in the District of Columbia . Although some of its members are state-funded , half of its membership is made up of private , Catholic institutions . Despite the name , there are 14 full-time members , and two affiliate members that participate in women 's field hockey only . The current commissioner is Bernadette McGlade , who began her tenure in 2008 .
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ( MAAC , /mæk/ ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated in NCAA Division I , consisting of eleven schools coming from three states of the northeastern United States : Connecticut , New Jersey , and New York . The members are all relatively small private institutions , many of them Catholic or formerly Catholic , the only exceptions being three private but secular institutions : Rider University and the conference 's two newest members , Monmouth and Quinnipiac Universities . The conference headquarters is located in Edison , New Jersey . The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference sponsors 22 sports and has many associate member institutions . Richard J. Ensor is the commissioner of the MAAC , a post he has held since 1988 .
Brigham Young University ( BYU , sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y ) is a private research university located in Provo , Utah and owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS Church ) . The university is run under the auspices of its parent-organization , the Church Educational System ( CES ) , and is classified among Doctoral Universities : High Research Activity with more selective , lower transfer-in admissions . The university 's primary emphasis is on undergraduate education in 179 majors , but it also has 62 master 's and 26 doctoral degree programs . The university also administers two satellite campuses , one in Jerusalem and one in Salt Lake City . Students attending BYU agree to follow an honor code that mandates behavior in line with LDS teachings , such as academic honesty , adherence to dress and grooming standards , abstinence from extramarital sex and homosexual behavior , and no consumption of illegal drugs , coffee , tea , alcohol , or tobacco . Approximately 99 percent of the students are members of the LDS Church . The university curriculum includes religious education , with required courses in the Bible ( KJV ) , LDS scripture , doctrine , and history , and the university sponsors weekly devotional assemblies with most speakers addressing religious topics . Sixty-six percent of students either delay enrollment or take a hiatus from their studies to serve as LDS missionaries . An education at BYU is less expensive than at similar private universities , since a significant portion of the cost of operating the university is subsidized by the church 's tithing funds . BYU 's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Cougars . Their college football team is an NCAA Division I Independent , while their other sports teams compete in either the West Coast Conference or Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . BYU 's sports teams have won a total of nine NCAA national championships and were named National Champions in football by multiple publications in 1984 .
The BYU Cougars are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Brigham Young University ( BYU ) , located in Provo , Utah . BYU fields 21 National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) varsity athletic teams . They are a member of the West Coast Conference for most sports . Other sports compete in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation and as independents . They were a member of the Mountain West Conference from 1999 to 2011 and before the formation of the MWC , the Cougars competed in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference , the Mountain States Conference , and the Western Athletic Conference .
The Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) is an American collegiate athletic conference formed on July 27 , 1962 , and affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I . The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States , with member institutions located in Arizona , California , New Mexico , Utah , and Washington , along with the non-western states of Missouri and Illinois ( traditionally associated with the Midwest ) , as well as Texas ( traditionally associated with the Southwest ) . Due to most of the conference 's football-playing members leaving the WAC for other affiliations , the conference discontinued football as a sponsored sport after the 2012-13 season and left the NCAA 's Football Bowl Subdivision ( formerly known as Division I-A ) . The WAC thus became the first Division I conference to drop football since the Big West in 2000 . The WAC then added men 's soccer and became one of the NCAA 's eleven Division I non-football conferences .
The Pacific Coast Softball Conference ( PCSC ) was an NCAA Division I conference that only sponsored women 's softball . It was founded in 2002 , beginning play in spring 2003 , with six members in the Western United States . The PCSC expanded to 12 members for the 2009-10 school year , and maintained that size for three seasons , but major conference realignment first decimated the conference and then led to its demise after the 2013 softball season .
California Polytechnic State University ( California Polytechnic State University , San Luis Obispo , Cal Poly San Luis Obispo , or Cal Poly ) is a public university in San Luis Obispo , California . It is one of two polytechnics in the California State University system . The university is organized into six colleges offering 65 bachelor 's and 39 master 's degrees . Cal Poly San Luis Obispo primarily focuses on undergraduate education and as of fall 2018 Cal Poly has 21,037 undergraduate and 775 graduate students . The academic focus is fostering a comprehensive undergraduate education , combining technical and professional curricula with the arts and humanities . The university is located in San Luis Obispo , California , often noted as one of the happiest cities in the United States , with many alumni in Silicon Valley . The university 's athletic teams participate in the Big West Conference .
The Cal Poly Mustangs are the football team representing California Polytechnic State University located in San Luis Obispo , California . The team plays its home games in Alex G. Spanos Stadium . The current head coach is Beau Baldwin , who began his tenure in 2020 .
The Great West Conference ( GWC ) was an NCAA college athletic conference in the continental United States . Originally a football-only league , it became an all-sports entity during the 2008-09 season . The GWC stopped sponsoring football following the 2011 season . The conference became defunct when four of the remaining five full member schools became members of other conferences on July 1 , 2013 .
The Big Sky Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I , with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the western United States in the nine states of Arizona , California , Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Utah , and Washington . Four affiliate members each participate in one sport . Two schools from California are football-only participants , and two schools from the Northeast participate only in men 's golf .
California State University , Bakersfield ( CSUB , Cal State Bakersfield , or CSU Bakersfield ) is a public university in Bakersfield , California . It was founded in 1965 and opened in 1970 on a 375-acre ( 152 ha ) campus , becoming the 19th school in the 23-campus California State University system . The university offers 45 different Bachelor 's degrees and 21 types of Master 's degrees . The university offers a Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership ( Ed.D ) . As of fall 2018 , there were currently more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students at either the main campus in Bakersfield or the satellite campus , Antelope Valley Center in Lancaster , California . CSU Bakersfield has more than 50,000 alumni from its four schools : Arts and Humanities ; Business and Public Administration ; Natural Sciences , Mathematics and Engineering ; and Social Sciences and Education . The university is primarily a commuter campus serving the city of Bakersfield . CSU Bakersfield 's petroleum geology program is the only one offered by a public university west of the Rockies .
The CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners ( also known as CSUB Roadrunners , and sometimes as the Bakersfield Roadrunners ) are the intercollegiate athletic teams of California State University , Bakersfield , located in Bakersfield , California .
In American college sports , NCAA Division I independent schools are four-year institutions that do not belong to a conference for a particular sport .
Campbell University is a private university in Buies Creek , North Carolina . Founded in 1887 by a young Baptist minister , J.A . Campbell , the school today enrolls more North Carolinians than any other private university in the state of North Carolina [ citation needed ] . Campbell 's main campus in Buies Creek is home to its College of Arts & Sciences , College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences , Divinity School , School of Education , Lundy-Fetterman School of Business and School of Engineering . The nearby Health Sciences Campus is home to the Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine and the Catherine W. Wood School of Nursing . The Raleigh Campus in downtown Raleigh is home to the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law , as well as other programs . Campbell also provides online classes through Adult & Online Education , has campuses in Fort Bragg/Pope Air Force Base and at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina , and maintains a degree program at Tunku Abdul Rahman College in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . Campbell University is home to the Fighting Camels ; its athletics programs field 20 NCAA Division I teams .
The Campbell Fighting Camels and Campbell Lady Camels represent Campbell University and are the nicknames of the school 's 19 teams that compete at the Division I level of the NCAA .
The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I . Originally a non-football conference , the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 . Its football teams are part of the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) . The Big South , founded in 1983 , is firmly rooted in the South Atlantic region of the United States , with full member institutions located in North Carolina , South Carolina , and Virginia . Associate members are located in Alabama , Georgia , and New Jersey .
Clemson University ( /ˈklɛmp.sən , ˈklɛm.zən/ [ note a ] ) is a public , land-grant research university in Clemson , South Carolina . Founded in 1889 , Clemson is the second-largest university in student population in South Carolina . For the fall 2017 semester , the university enrolled a total of 19,402 undergraduate students and 4,985 graduate students , and the student/faculty ratio was 18:1 . Clemson 's 1,400-acre campus is in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and sits next to Lake Hartwell . The university manages the nearby 17,500-acre Clemson Experimental Forest that is used for research , education , and recreation . Clemson University consists of seven colleges : Agriculture , Forestry and Life Sciences ; Architecture , Arts and Humanities ; Business ; Behavioral , Social and Health Sciences ; Education ; Engineering , Computing and Applied Sciences ; and Science . U.S. News & World Report ranks Clemson University tied for 24 among all national public universities . Clemson University is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity .
The Clemson Tigers are the athletic teams that represent Clemson University , located in Clemson , South Carolina . They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I level ( Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) sub-level for football ) , primarily competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) for all sports since the 1953-54 season . Clemson competes for and has won multiple NCAA Division I national championships in various sports , including football , men 's soccer , and men 's golf . In 1896 , football coach Walter Riggs came to Clemson , then Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina , from Auburn University . He had always admired the Princeton Tigers , and hence gave Clemson the Tiger mascot . The Clemson Tigers field seventeen athletic teams . The South Carolina Gamecocks are Clemson 's in-state athletic rival . The two institutions compete against each other in many sports , but the annual football game receives the most attention . Clemson 's main rivals within the Atlantic Coast Conference are Georgia Tech and Florida State .
The Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States . Headquartered in Greensboro , North Carolina , the conference consists of fifteen member universities , each of whom compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) 's Division I , with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) , the highest levels for athletic competition in US-based collegiate sports . The ACC sponsors competition in twenty-five sports with many of its member institutions ' athletic programs held in high regard nationally . Current members of the conference are Boston College , Clemson University , Duke University , Georgia Institute of Technology , Florida State University , North Carolina State University , Syracuse University , the University of Louisville , the University of Miami , the University of North Carolina , the University of Notre Dame , the University of Pittsburgh , the University of Virginia , Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University , and Wake Forest University . ACC teams and athletes have claimed dozens of national championships in multiple sports throughout the conference 's history . Generally , the ACC 's top athletes and teams in any particular sport in a given year are considered to be among the top collegiate competitors in the nation . Also , the conference enjoys extensive media coverage . The ACC was one of the five collegiate power conferences , which had automatic qualifying for their football champion into the Bowl Championship Series ( BCS ) . With the advent of the College Football Playoff in 2014 , the ACC is one of five conferences with a contractual tie-in to a New Year 's Six bowl game , the successors to the BCS . The ACC was founded on May 8 , 1953 , by seven universities located in the South Atlantic States , with the University of Virginia joining in early December 1953 to bring the membership to eight . The loss of South Carolina in 1971 dropped membership to seven , while the addition of Georgia Tech in 1979 for non-football sports and 1983 for football brought it back to eight , and Florida State 's arrival in 1991 for non-football sports and 1992 for football increased the membership to nine . Since 2000 , with the widespread reorganization of the NCAA , seven additional schools have joined , and one original member ( Maryland ) has left to bring it to the current membership of 15 schools .
Columbus State University is a public university in Columbus , Georgia . Founded as Columbus College in 1958 , the university was established and is administered by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia .
The Columbus State Cougars represent Columbus State University in intercollegiate sports in the Peach Belt Conference in NCAA Division II . The University currently fields 14 varsity Division II men 's and women 's teams .
Coastal Carolina University ( CCU or Coastal ) is a public liberal arts university in Conway , South Carolina . Founded in 1954 , Coastal became an independent university in 1993 . The university is a national sea-grant institution and owns part of Waties Island , an Atlantic barrier island that serves as a natural laboratory for CCU 's instruction and research . The campus is also the home of the Horry County Schools Scholars Academy , a high school for gifted students .
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers ( /ˈʃɒntɪklɪər/ , SHON-ti-klirr ) are the athletic teams that represent Coastal Carolina University . They participate in Division I of the NCAA as a member of the Sun Belt Conference in most sports , having joined that conference as a full but non-football member on July 1 , 2016 . At that time , the football team began a transition from the second-level Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) to the top-level Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) . The team played the 2016 season as an FCS independent , joined Sun Belt football for the 2017 season , and became full FBS members for 2018 and beyond . A Chanticleer is a proud and fierce rooster . Prior to joining the Sun Belt , the Chanticleers had been members of the Big South Conference since that league 's formation in 1983 . Coastal fields varsity teams in 20 sports , 9 for men and 11 for women . The university regularly competed for the Sasser Cup , the Big South 's trophy for the university with the best sports program among the member institutions , winning the trophy nine times , tied with rival Liberty University . Until the early 1960s Coastal 's teams were known as the Trojans . Upon its affiliation with the university of South Carolina , the push was made for a mascot more in line with the parent 's mascot ( the Gamecock ) ; the ultimate choice was the Chanticleer , the proud , witty rooster made famous in The Nun 's Priest 's Tale of Chaucer 's The Canterbury Tales ( the mascot itself would be named Zachary ) . When Coastal became an independent university in 1993 , despite some calls for a complete split from USC ( i.e. , change the mascot ) , the Chanticleer remained the school 's mascot . Coastal has developed in-state rivalries with Charleston Southern , Clemson , College of Charleston , Furman , Presbyterian , South Carolina , South Carolina State , The Citadel , USC Upstate , Winthrop , and Wofford .
Dallas Baptist University ( DBU ) , formerly known as Dallas Baptist College , is a Christian liberal arts university in Dallas , Texas . Founded in 1898 as Decatur Baptist College , Dallas Baptist University currently operates campuses in Dallas , Plano , and Hurst .
The Dallas Baptist Patriots are the 15 athletic teams that represent the Dallas Baptist University , located in Dallas , Texas , in NCAA intercollegiate sports . All of the varsity Patriot athletic teams compete at the Division II level with the exception of the baseball team , which plays in Division I. DBU Athletics also sponsors five club programs including ; cheer , dance , bass fishing , lacrosse , and ice hockey . As such , all athletic teams , except for baseball , compete in the Lone Star Conference while the baseball program is an associate member of the Missouri Valley Conference . All intercollegiate athletic teams also hold membership in the National Christian College Athletic Association ( NCCAA ) .
Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson , North Carolina . Davidson enrolls 1,843 students from 48 states and 47 countries . Of those students , 95 percent live on campus , 73 percent study abroad and about 25 percent participate in 21 NCAA Division I sports . The college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars . Students may choose from 29 majors and 40 minors , as well as other interdisciplinary studies . The college is governed by an honor code .
The Davidson Wildcats are the NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletics teams representing Davidson College of Davidson , North Carolina , United States . A member of the Atlantic 10 Conference ( A-10 ) , Davidson College sponsors teams in ten men 's and nine women 's NCAA sanctioned sports . The Wildcats previously competed in the Southern Conference , and the wrestling team retains associate membership in that league since the sport is not sponsored by the A-10 . The football team is a member of the Pioneer Football League , a Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) conference of schools that do not offer athletic scholarships for football .
The National Lacrosse Conference ( NLC ) was an NCAA Division I women 's lacrosse-only college athletic conference whose members were located primarily in the Southeastern United States , with one team , Detroit ( now athletically branded as Detroit Mercy ) , located in Michigan . The league formed in 2008 in advance of the 2009 NCAA lacrosse season , and played its first season with four member teams . Three more schools joined for the 2010 season with an additional school joining in 2011 . The NLC had 8 member schools by the end of its existence . The NLC did not have an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament ; conference members could qualify through an at-large bid . The conference disbanded in 2012 after the Atlantic Sun Conference ( ASUN ) and Big South Conference began sponsoring women 's lacrosse . In the ASUN , Jacksonville had been the only full member to sponsor women 's lacrosse , but Kennesaw State and Stetson added the sport in 2012-13 . Those schools brought Detroit and Howard into ASUN lacrosse . As for the Big South , three full members - High Point , Liberty , and Presbyterian - sponsored the sport during the NLC 's final season in 2012 . The number of full Big South members sponsoring the sport increased to seven for the 2012-13 school year when NLC member Longwood , previously a basketball independent , joined the Big South and Campbell , Coastal Carolina , and Winthrop added the sport . Davidson followed these schools into Big South lacrosse .
The University of Denver ( DU ) is a private research university in Denver , Colorado . Founded in 1864 , it is the oldest independent private university in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States . DU enrolls approximately 5,600 undergraduate students and 6,100 graduate students . The 125-acre ( 0.51 km2 ) main campus is a designated arboretum and is located primarily in the University Neighborhood , about five miles ( 8 km ) south of downtown Denver .
The Denver Pioneers are the sports teams of the University of Denver ( DU ) . They play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I. Denver is a member of The Summit League for men 's and women 's basketball , swimming and diving , men 's and women 's soccer , tennis and golf for both men and women , plus women 's volleyball . Other DU teams play in various conferences in the sports that are not sponsored by The Summit . The men 's ice hockey team is a charter member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference ( NCHC ) , which formed in 2011 with play beginning in 2013 . The lacrosse teams for men and women are members of the Big East Conference ; the men began Big East play in the 2013-14 school year ( 2014 season ) , while the women left the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ( MPSF ) after the 2016 lacrosse season . Men 's and women 's skiing compete in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association , while the women 's gymnastics team became an affiliate of the Big 12 Conference starting with the 2015-16 season . The University has been fielding athletic teams since 1867 . DU 's athletic teams are known as the Pioneers . In the early years of competition from the 1860s to the early 1920s , Denver had no official nickname , but sports writers of the day referred to Denver teams as the Ministers or Fighting Parsons in homage to the Methodist heritage of the school . Denver officially became the Pioneers in 1925 , after the result of a student nickname contest , and that nickname has been in place ever since . With over 200 All Americans , 33 NCAA Championships , and 65 Olympians in its history , there is a long tradition of excellence in Pioneer sports . Today , DU operates a full NCAA Division I athletic program with a unique and successful mix of sports in and around the $ 85 million Daniel Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness , which was completed in 2000 .
The Sun Belt Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I since 1976 . Originally a non-football conference , the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001 . Its football teams participate in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) . The 12 member institutions of the Sun Belt are distributed primarily across the southern United States .
The University of Detroit Mercy ( UDM ) is a private , Roman Catholic university in Detroit , Michigan , sponsored by both the Society of Jesus ( the Jesuits ) and the Religious Sisters of Mercy . Founded in 1877 , it is the largest Catholic university in Michigan . It has three campuses , where it offers more than a hundred academic degrees and programs of study in liberal arts , clinical psychology , business , dentistry , education , law , engineering , architecture , nursing and allied health professions . In athletics , the university sponsors 19 NCAA Division I level varsity sports for men and women . It is a member of the Horizon League .
The Detroit Mercy Titans are the athletic teams of the University of Detroit Mercy ( UDM ) . The university is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I . The school primarily competes in the Horizon League , but competes in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference for men 's lacrosse and the Southern Conference for women 's lacrosse .
California State University , Fresno ( Fresno State ) is a public university in Fresno , California . It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system . The university had a Fall 2018 enrollment of 24,995 students . It offers bachelor 's degrees in 60 areas of study , 45 master 's degrees , 3 doctoral degrees , 12 certificates of advanced study , and 2 different teaching credentials . The university 's unique facilities include an on-campus planetarium , on-campus raisin and wine grape vineyards , and a commercial winery , where student-made wines have won over 300 awards since 1997 . Members of Fresno State 's nationally ranked Top 10 Equestrian Team have the option of housing their horses on campus , next to indoor and outdoor arenas . Fresno State has a 50,000-square-foot ( 4,600 m2 ) Student Recreation Center and the third-largest library ( by square footage ) in the California State University system . The university is classified as a doctoral university with moderate research activity in the Carnegie Classification , as of the February 1 , 2016 update .
The Fresno State Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent California State University , Fresno ( commonly referred to as Fresno State ) . The university is a member of NCAA Division I 's Mountain West Conference ( MW ) . It was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1992 until 2012 , when it left for the Mountain West alongside fellow WAC member Nevada . Fresno State had also been a member of the Big West Conference since the 1969-70 ( the conference was known as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association at that time until 1988 ) , and a member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association from its beginning in the 1939-40 season ( when Fresno State was in NCAA Division II ) . The university has won two NCAA Division I Championships , in softball ( 1998 ) and baseball ( 2008 ) . Fresno State currently sponsors nine men 's and thirteen women 's sports at the varsity level .
The Mountain West Conference ( MW ) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) ( formerly I-A ) . The MW officially began operations in July 1999 . Geographically , the MW covers a broad expanse of the Western United States , with member schools located in California , Colorado , Hawaii , Idaho , Nevada , New Mexico , Utah , and Wyoming . Craig Thompson has served as Commissioner of the MW since its founding in 1999 . The charter members of the MW included the United States Air Force Academy , Brigham Young University , Colorado State University , San Diego State University , the University of New Mexico , the University of Nevada , Las Vegas , the University of Utah , and the University of Wyoming . Before forming the Mountain West Conference , seven of its eight charter members had been longtime members of the Western Athletic Conference , and half of these had been charter members of that conference from 1962 . Overall , each school that has ever been either a full or football-only member of the MW spent at least three years in the WAC before joining the Mountain West .
Hartwick College is a private college in Oneonta , New York . The institution 's origin is rooted in the founding of Hartwick Seminary in 1797 through the will of John Christopher Hartwick . In 1927 , Hartwick Seminary moved to expand into a four-year college and was offered land by the city of Oneonta to move to Hartwick College 's current location . The school has 1,200 undergraduate students from 30 states and 22 countries , 187 faculty members and the student-faculty ratio is 11-1 .
The Mid-American Conference ( MAC ) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois . Nine of the twelve full member schools are in Ohio and Michigan , with single members located in Illinois , Indiana , and New York . For football , the MAC participates in the NCAA 's Football Bowl Subdivision . The MAC is headquartered in the Public Square district in downtown Cleveland , Ohio , and has two members in the nearby Akron area . The MAC has been referred to as the Conference of Quarterbacks because of the accomplishments of numerous former players in the National Football League . The conference also ranks highest among all ten NCAA Division I FBS conferences for graduation rates .
The University of Hawai ' i at Mānoa ( University of Hawaii - Mānoa , U.H . Mānoa , the University of Hawai ' i , or simply U.H . ) is a public research university in Mānoa , a neighborhood in Honolulu , Hawai ' i , United States . It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawai ' i system . Its campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of Mānoa Valley . Mānoa 's John A. Burns School of Medicine is located in Kakaʻako , adjacent to the Kakaʻako Waterfront Park . The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa offers over 200 degrees programs across 17 schools , including through its highly ranked College of Education , the William S. Richardson School of Law , the Shidler College of Business and the school of medicine . UH Mānoa is one of 131 Research I Universities ( R:1 ) , indicating the highest levels of research activity . It is the best ranked school in Hawai ' i , and ranks among the top 1.5 percent of universities in the world . The school accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is governed by the Hawaii State Legislature and a semi-autonomous board of regents , which hires the president . This university campus also houses the main offices of the entire University of Hawaiʻi system . Mānoa is one of only four U.S. institutions , along with Cornell University , Oregon State University and Pennsylvania State University , to be a member of all four research programs : Land Grant , Sea Grant , Space Grant , and Sun Grant .
The University of Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wāhine are the athletic teams that represent the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ( UH ) , in Honolulu , Hawaiʻi . The UH athletics program is a member of the Big West Conference in most sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level . It comprises seven men 's , 12 women 's , and two coed athletic teams .
The Big West Conference ( BWC ) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's Division I . The conference was originally formed in 1969 as the Pacific Coast Athletic Association ( PCAA ) , and in 1988 was renamed the Big West Conference . The conference stopped sponsoring college football after the 2000 season .