List of NCAA Division I conference realignments (2000–present)
History -- 2013–2014
Table:
School

Sports(s)

Former Conference

New Conference

Abilene Christian Wildcats[204]

All sports except football

Lone Star (Division II)

Southland

Abilene Christian Wildcats[204]

Football

Lone Star (Division II)

Division I FCS independent

Adelphi Panthers[270]

Men's soccer

Division I independent

Northeast-10 (Division II)

Air Force Falcons[271]

Men's soccer

MPSF

WAC

Air Force Falcons[272]

Men's swimming and diving

MPSF

WAC

Air Force Falcons[273]

Rifle

Independent

PRC

Alaska Nanooks

Men's ice hockey

CCHA

WCHA

Alaska Nanooks[273][274]

Rifle

Independent

PRC

Albany Great Danes[275]

Football

NEC

CAA

Azusa Pacific Cougars[276]

Women's water polo

CWPA

Golden Coast[277]

Binghamton Bearcats[278]

Wrestling

CAA

EIWA

Boston University Terriers[279]

All sports except wrestling (non-football)

America East

Patriot League

Boston University Terriers[280]

Wrestling

CAA

EIWA

Bowling Green Falcons

Men's ice hockey

CCHA

WCHA

BYU Cougars

Softball[281]

PCSC

WCC

Butler Bulldogs[282]

All sports except football

Atlantic 10

Big East (2013)

California Baptist Lancers[283]

Women's water polo

CWPA

Golden Coast[277]

Charleston Cougars[284]

All sports (non-football)

SoCon

CAA

Charleston Cougars[284]

Men's and women's swimming and diving

CCSA

CAA

Charlotte 49ers[285]

All sports (football in 2015)

Atlantic 10

Conference USA

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Abilene Christian University ( ACU ) is a private Christian university in Abilene , Texas . It was founded in 1906 as Childers Classical Institute .
Abilene Christian Wildcats ( variously ACU or ACU Wildcats ) refers to the sports teams of Abilene Christian University located in Abilene , Texas . The Wildcats play in the Southland Conference . The nickname Wildcat is derived from the mascot of the team .
The Lone Star Conference ( LSC ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division II level . Member institutions are located in the southwestern United States , with schools in Texas , Oklahoma , New Mexico , and Arkansas . The conference was formed in 1931 when five schools withdrew from the old Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association . Charter members included East Texas State ( now Texas A & M-Commerce ) , North Texas State ( now University of North Texas ) , Sam Houston State , Southwest Texas State ( now Texas State ) , and Stephen F. Austin . Among the five charter members , only Texas A & M-Commerce remains in Division II and in the conference - the other four charter members moved up to Division I ( in football , North Texas and Texas State compete in NCAA Division I FBS , while Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston compete in NCAA Division I FCS ) . The Lone Star Conference operates from the same headquarters complex in the Dallas suburb of Richardson as the American Southwest Conference .
NCAA Division II ( D-II ) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment offered in Division III . Before 1973 , the NCAA 's smaller schools were grouped together in the College Division . In 1973 , the College Division split in two when the NCAA began using numeric designations for its competitions . The College Division members who wanted to offer athletic scholarships or compete against those who did became Division II , while those who chose not to offer athletic scholarships became Division III . Nationally , ESPN televises the championship game in football , CBS televises the men 's basketball championship , and ESPN2 televises the women 's basketball championship . CBS Sports Network broadcasts six football games on Thursdays during the regular season , and one men 's basketball game per week on Saturdays during that sport 's regular season . The official slogan of NCAA Division II , implemented in 2015 , is Make It Yours .
The Southland Conference , abbreviated to SLC , is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States ( specifically Texas , Louisiana , and Arkansas ) . It participates in the NCAA 's Division I for all sports ; for football , it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) . The Southland sponsors 18 sports , 10 for women and eight for men , and is governed by a presidential Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of athletic and academic administrators . Tom Burnett was named the Southland 's sixth commissioner on Dec. 23 , 2002 . From 1996 to 2002 , for football only , the Southland Conference was known as the Southland Football League . The conference 's offices are located in the Dallas suburb of Frisco , Texas .
The Abilene Christian Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Abilene Christian University located in the U.S. state of Texas . The team is a member of the Southland Conference . The school 's first football team was fielded in 1919 . The team plays its home games at the on-campus Anthony Field at Wildcat Stadium .
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions in the United States whose football programs are not part of a football conference . This means that FCS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition as conference schools do . As of the next college football season of 2020 , three schools will play as FCS independents . Presbyterian will spend only the 2020 season as an independent . It began a transition to non-scholarship FCS football in 2017 and will play the final season of that transition as an FCS independent before joining the Pioneer Football League in 2021 . ( Presbyterian will remain a full but non-football Big South member . ) Also in 2020 , Dixie State and Tarleton State will move up from Division II , with both joining the non-football Western Athletic Conference . Both schools have announced they will play as FCS independents for the foreseeable future . The only school that had played as an FCS independent in the most recently completed 2019 season , North Dakota , will join the Missouri Valley Football Conference in July 2020 . The Fighting Hawks left the Big Sky Conference for the non-football Summit League in July 2018 , but agreed to honor existing contracts to play Big Sky members in football , and thus played a full Big Sky football schedule in both 2018 and 2019 .
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 . )
In American college sports , NCAA Division I independent schools are four-year institutions that do not belong to a conference for a particular sport .
The Northeast-10 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) s Division II level . Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont . It is the only Division II collegiate hockey conference in the United States .
The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA , the Air Force Academy , or the Academy ) is a military academy for officer cadets of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force immediately north of Colorado Springs , Colorado . It is the youngest of the five U.S. service academies , having graduated its first class 61 years ago in 1959 , but is the third in seniority . Graduates of the academy 's four-year program receive a Bachelor of Science degree and are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force . The academy is also one of the largest tourist attractions in Colorado , attracting approximately a million visitors each year . Admission is extremely competitive , with nominations divided equally among Congressional districts . Recent incoming classes have had about 1,200 cadets ; since 2012 , around 20% of each incoming class does not graduate . Tuition along with room and board are all paid for by the Air Force . Cadets receive a monthly stipend , but incur a commitment to serve a number of years of military service after graduation . The program at the academy is guided by the Air Force 's core values of Integrity First , Service Before Self , and Excellence in All We Do , and based on four pillars of excellence : military training , academics , athletics and character development . In addition to a rigorous military training regimen , cadets also take a broad academic course load with an extensive core curriculum in engineering , humanities , social sciences , basic sciences , military studies and physical education . All cadets participate in either intercollegiate or intramural athletics , and a thorough character development and leadership curriculum provides cadets a basis for future officership . Each of the components of the program is intended to give cadets the skills and knowledge that they will need for success as officers .
The Air Force Falcons men 's soccer program represents the United States Air Force Academy in all NCAA Division I men 's college soccer competitions . Founded in 1956 , the Falcons compete as associate members in the Western Athletic Conference . They are coached by Doug Hill . Air Force plays their home matches at Cadet Soccer Stadium .
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation ( MPSF ) is a college athletic conference with members located mostly in the western United States , although it now has members as far east as Oklahoma . The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level , primarily in Olympic sports that are not directly sponsored by a school 's home conference ( such as the Pac-12 and Big West , whose members all participate in MPSF competition in at least one of its sports ) .
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 Air Force Falcons are the athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy . The intercollegiate program has 17 men 's and 10 women 's NCAA-sanctioned teams . The current athletic director is Nathan Pine . The majority of the Falcons teams compete as members of the Mountain West Conference .
The Patriot Rifle Conference ( PRC ) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) rifle-only conference . The PRC was established in 2013 for schools that sponsor rifle teams , but do not have rifle as a sponsored sport in their primary conferences .
The University of Alaska Fairbanks ( UAF or Alaska ) is a public research university in College , Alaska . It is a flagship campus of the University of Alaska system and a land-grant , sea-grant , and space-grant institution . UAF was established in 1917 and opened for classes in 1922 . Originally named the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines , it became the University of Alaska in 1935 . Fairbanks-based programs became the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1975 . UAF is home to several major research units , including the Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station ; the Geophysical Institute , which operates the Poker Flat Research Range and several other scientific centers ; the Alaska Center for Energy and Power ; the International Arctic Research Center ; the Institute of Arctic Biology ; the Institute of Marine Science ; and the Institute of Northern Engineering . Located just 200 miles ( 320 km ) south of the Arctic Circle , the Fairbanks campus ' unique location favors Arctic and northern research . UAF 's research specialties are renowned worldwide , most notably Arctic biology , Arctic engineering , geophysics , supercomputing and Alaska Native studies . The University of Alaska Museum of the North is also on the Fairbanks campus . In addition to the Fairbanks campus , UAF encompasses six rural and urban campuses : Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham ; Chukchi Campus in Kotzebue ; the Fairbanks-based Interior Alaska Campus , which serves the state 's rural Interior ; Kuskokwim Campus in Bethel ; Northwest Campus in Nome ; and the UAF Community and Technical College , with headquarters in downtown Fairbanks . UAF is also the home of eLearning and Distance Education , an independent learning and distance delivery program . In fall 2017 , UAF enrolled 8,720 students .
The Alaska Nanooks men 's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I college ice hockey program that represents the University of Alaska Fairbanks . The Nanooks are a member of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association ( WCHA ) . They play at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks , Alaska .
The Central Collegiate Hockey Association ( CCHA ) is a college athletic conference that will participate in the NCAA 's Division I as a hockey-only conference beginning with the 2021-22 season . A previous incarnation of the conference existed from 1971 to 2013 . The majority of its members will be located in the state of Michigan , with additional members in Minnesota and Ohio . It has also had teams located in Alaska , Illinois , Indiana , Missouri and Nebraska and over the course of its existence . The CCHA was disbanded after the 2012-13 season as the result of a conference realignment stemming from the Big Ten Conference ( of which three CCHA schools ; Michigan , Michigan State , and Ohio State , were primary members ) choosing to sponsor Division I ice hockey beginning in the 2013-14 season . The remaining CCHA members received invitations to other conferences , such as the newly formed National Collegiate Hockey Conference ( NCHC ) , Hockey East , and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association ( WCHA ) , which itself had been depleted by the Big Ten and NCHC . The conference 's last game before its hiatus was the final of the 2013 CCHA Men 's Ice Hockey Tournament at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit , where Notre Dame beat Michigan 3-1 to win the Mason Cup championship . On February 18 , 2020 , seven schools who had applied to leave the WCHA announced they would form a new CCHA for the 2021-22 season . The member schools are Bemidji State , Bowling Green ( who had retained the rights to the CCHA name ) , Ferris State , Lake Superior State , Michigan Tech , Minnesota State and Northern Michigan .
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association ( WCHA ) is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern , Western , and Southeastern United States . It participates in the NCAA 's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference . WCHA member teams have won a record 36 men 's NCAA hockey championships , most recently in 2011 by the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs . A WCHA team has also finished as the national runner-up a total of 28 times . WCHA teams also won the first 13 NCAA women 's titles , which were first awarded in 2001 .
The Alaska Nanooks are the University of Alaska Fairbanks sports teams , derived from the Inupiaq nanuq . The school colors are blue and gold . The Nanooks compete at the NCAA Division II level for all sports except men 's ice hockey ( NCAA Division I ) . The majority of Nanooks sports are members of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference ( GNAC ) , the hockey team is a member of the WCHA ( after spending several years in the now-defunct CCHA ) and plays at the 4,595 seat Carlson Center located west of downtown Fairbanks , while the women 's swim team is a member of the Pacific Collegiate Swimming & Diving Conference ( PCSC ) , the men 's and women 's skiing teams are members of the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association ( RMISA ) , and the rifle team competes as a member of the Patriot Rifle Conference .
The State University of New York at Albany , commonly referred to as University at Albany , SUNY Albany or UAlbany , is a public research university with campuses in the New York cities of Albany and Rensselaer and the Town of Guilderland , United States . Founded in 1844 , it is part of the State University of New York ( SUNY ) system . The university has three campuses : the Uptown Campus in Albany and Guilderland , the Downtown Campus in Albany , and the Health Sciences Campus in the City of Rensselaer , just across the Hudson River . The university enrolls 17,944 students in nine schools and colleges , which offer 50 undergraduate majors and 125 graduate degree programs . The university 's academic choices include new and emerging fields in public policy , homeland security , globalization , documentary studies , biotechnology , bio-instrumentation , and informatics . Through the UAlbany and SUNY-wide exchange programs , students have more than 600 study-abroad programs to choose from , as well as government and business internship opportunities in New York 's capital and surrounding region . The UAlbany faculty had $ 103.0 million in research expenditures in 2016-17. for work advancing discovery in a wide range of fields . The research enterprise is in four areas : social science , public policy , life sciences and atmospheric sciences . SUNY Albany offers many cultural benefits , such as a contemporary art museum and the New York State Writers Institute . UAlbany plays a major role in the economic development of the Capital District and New York State . An economic impact study in 2004 estimated UAlbany 's economic impact to be $ 1.1 billion annually in New York State - $ 1 billion of that in the Capital Region .
The Albany Great Danes football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University at Albany located in the U.S. state of New York . The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) as a football-only member of the Colonial Athletic Association ( CAA ) . The 2013 season was the Great Danes ' first in the CAA , following a 14-year tenure in the Northeast Conference . Albany played football as a club sport in the 1920s , but dropped that program in 1924 . The modern era of Albany football began in 1970 , when the school restored football as a club sport . The team was upgraded to full varsity status in 1973 . From the revival of football in 1970 through 2012 , the team played its home games at the 10,000 seat University Field in Albany , New York . Albany opened a new 8,500-seat stadium , Bob Ford Field , for the 2013 season . The stadium is named after Bob Ford , who was the Great Danes ' head coach from 1970 through 2013 .
The Northeast Conference ( NEC ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports except football , which competes in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) , formerly Division I-AA . Participating schools are located principally in the Northeastern United States . The conference was named the ECAC Metro Conference when it was established in 1981 . The original eleven member schools were Fairleigh Dickinson University , the Brooklyn campus of Long Island University ( whose athletic program has now merged with that of LIU 's Post campus into a single athletic program ) , Loyola College in Maryland ( left in 1989 ) , Marist College ( left in 1997 ) , Robert Morris University , St. Francis College ( NY ) , Saint Francis College ( PA ) , Siena College ( left in 1984 ) , Towson State University ( left in 1982 ) , the University of Baltimore ( left in 1983 ) and Wagner College . The conference 's name was changed to its present form on August 1 , 1988 . Other names considered were Big North , Great North , North Shore , Northern , Northeastern , Eastern and Eastern Private Intercollegiate . The Northeast Conference has expanded eight times since 1981 . The expansions and additions from the original charter members were in 1985 ( Monmouth University , which left in 2013 ) , 1989 ( Mount St. Mary 's University ) , 1992 ( Rider University , which left in 1997 ) , 1997 ( Central Connecticut State University ) , 1998 ( Quinnipiac University and the University of Maryland , Baltimore County which respectively left in 2013 and 2003 ) , 1999 ( Sacred Heart University ) , 2008 ( Bryant University ) , and 2019 ( Merrimack College ) . The Northeast Conference 's rank was largest at 12 in 2008 with the addition of Bryant University ; it dropped to 10 in 2013 with the departure of Monmouth and Quinnipiac for the MAAC , and returned to 11 with the 2019 addition of Merrimack . The most recent changes were announced in 2018 and took effect with the 2019-20 school year . First , on September 10 , the NEC announced it would add Merrimack .
The Colonial Athletic Association ( CAA ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina . Most of its members are public universities , and the conference is headquartered in Richmond . The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of four schools in the Northeast ( of five that joined from rival conference America East ) after the turn of the 21st century , which added balance to the conference . The CAA was founded in 1979 as the ECAC South basketball league . It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports ( although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports ) . As of 2006 , it organizes championships in 21 men 's and women 's sports . The addition of Northeastern University in 2005 gave the conference the NCAA minimum of six football programs needed to sponsor football . For the 2007 football season , all of the Atlantic 10 Conference 's football programs joined the CAA football conference , as agreed in May 2005 .
Azusa Pacific University ( APU ) is a private , evangelical Christian university in Azusa , California . The university was founded in 1899 , with classes opening on March 3 , 1900 , in Whittier , California , and began offering degrees in 1939 . The university 's seminary , the Graduate School of Theology , holds to a Wesleyan-Arminian doctrinal theology . APU offers more than 100 associate , bachelor 's , master 's , and doctoral programs on campus , online , and at seven regional locations across Southern California . Azusa Pacific University is organized into three colleges and seven schools . The academics programs are available from the Honors College , College of Liberal Arts and Sciences , College of Music and the Arts , Leung School of Accounting , University College , School of Behavioral and Applied Sciences , School of Business and Management , School of Education , School of Nursing , and School of Theology . APU is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges ( WASC ) .
The Azusa Pacific Cougars are the 17 varsity athletic teams that represent Azusa Pacific University , located in Azusa , California , in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports . The Cougars compete as members of the Pacific West Conference for most sports except football ( Great Northwest Athletic Conference ) , women 's swimming and diving ( Pacific Coast Swimming and Diving Conference ) , and women 's water polo ( Golden Coast Conference ) . Prior to the 2012-13 academic year , the Cougars competed in the Golden State Athletic Conference as part of the NAIA . On July 11 , 2011 Azusa Pacific began the three-year transition process to becoming a member of the NCAA . At that time , they joined the Pacific West Conference of NCAA Division II and became a football-only member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference . Azusa Pacific Athletics achieved eight consecutive wins of the Directors Cup from 2005 to 2012 , with a total of 108 GSAC Championships and 36 NAIA National Championships . Since joining NCAA Division II , the program has added 31 PacWest Conference Championships and four GNAC championships in football .
The Collegiate Water Polo Association is a conference of colleges and universities in the Eastern United States that sponsor 19 men 's teams and 17 women 's teams that compete in varsity water polo . The winners of the conference tournaments earn one of the four spots in the NCAA Men 's Water Polo Championship and one of the eight spots in the NCAA Women 's Water Polo Championship . The CWPA sponsors club team competition in 17 men 's divisions and 13 women 's divisions across the United States .
The Golden Coast Conference ( GCC ) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States in which its members compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association National Collegiate ( D-NC ) division . The conference sponsors one sport , water polo , and was founded in 2013 fielding women 's teams . A men 's division was added for Fall 2016 .
The State University of New York at Binghamton ( also known as Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton ) , is a public research university with campuses in Binghamton , Vestal , and Johnson City , New York . It is one of the four university centers in the State University of New York ( SUNY ) system . As of Fall 2018 , 17,768 undergraduate and graduate students attend the university . The Vestal campus is listed as a census-designated place , with a residential population of 6,177 as of the 2010 Census . Since its establishment in 1946 , the school has evolved from a small liberal arts college to a large research university that ranks among the top public universities in the United States . Greene 's Guides names Binghamton University as one of the Public Ivies , a publicly funded university considered as providing a quality of education comparable to those of the Ivy League . The university is designated an R1 Doctoral University with very high research activity according to the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . Binghamton 's athletic teams are the Bearcats and they compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . The Bearcats are members of the America East Conference .
The Binghamton Bearcats are the NCAA Division I athletics teams at Binghamton University located in Binghamton , New York . United States . They are one of four Division I programs in the SUNY system . A member of the America East Conference , Binghamton University , SUNY sponsors teams in eleven men 's and ten women 's NCAA sanctioned sports , men 's golf is an affiliate member of the Big Sky Conference , men 's tennis is an affiliate member of the Mid-American Conference , and the wrestling team is a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association .
The Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association ( EIWA ) is an NCAA Division I collegiate wrestling conference . It held its first championship tournament in 1905 , making it the oldest wrestling conference in the NCAA ; the charter members were Columbia , Pennsylvania , Princeton , and Yale . Thirty-two different schools have been members of the EIWA during its history , all schools from the Eastern United States . Its current members are schools in the Northeast whose main conferences do not sponsor wrestling , including the Patriot League , America East Conference , Northeast Conference , and Colonial Athletic Association , as well as all of the Ivy League schools that sponsor wrestling . Franklin & Marshall is the only Division III school that competes in Division I wrestling .
Boston University ( BU ) is a private research university in Boston , Massachusetts . The university is nonsectarian , but has been historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church . The university has more than 3,900 faculty members and nearly 33,000 students , and is one of Boston 's largest employers . It offers bachelor 's degrees , master 's degrees , doctorates , and medical , dental , business , and law degrees through 18 schools and colleges on two urban campuses . The main campus is situated along the Charles River in Boston 's Fenway-Kenmore and Allston neighborhoods , while the Boston University Medical Campus is located in Boston 's South End neighborhood . BU is categorized as an R1 : Doctoral University ( very high research activity ) in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . BU is a member of the Boston Consortium for Higher Education and the Association of American Universities . The university is ranked 40th among undergraduate programs at national universities , and 46th among global universities by U.S. News & World Report in its 2020 rankings . Among its alumni and current or past faculty , the university counts eight Nobel Laureates , 23 Pulitzer Prize winners , 10 Rhodes Scholars , six Marshall Scholars , 48 Sloan Fellows , nine Academy Award winners , and several Emmy and Tony Award winners . BU also has MacArthur , Fulbright , Truman and Guggenheim Fellowship holders as well as American Academy of Arts and Sciences and National Academy of Sciences members among its past and present graduates and faculty . In 1876 , BU professor Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in a BU lab . The Boston University Terriers compete in the NCAA Division I. BU athletic teams compete in the Patriot League , and Hockey East conferences , and their mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier .
The Boston University Terriers are the ten men 's and fourteen women 's varsity athletic teams representing Boston University in NCAA Division I competition . Boston University 's team nickname is the Terriers , and the official mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier . The school colors are Scarlet and White . The mascot is named Rhett after Rhett Butler from Gone With the Wind , because no one loves Scarlet more than Rhett . The majority of BU 's teams compete as members of the Patriot League , with the ice hockey teams competing in Hockey East and rowing competing in the EARC .
The America East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA Division I , whose members are located mainly in the Northeastern United States , specifically New England . Its nine members include the public flagship universities of three states , and one private university .
The Patriot League is a collegiate athletic conference comprising private institutions of higher education and two United States service academies based in the Northeastern United States . Outside the Ivy League , it is among the most selective group of higher education institutions in NCAA Division I and has a very high student-athlete graduation rate for both the NCAA graduation success rate and the federal graduation rate . The Patriot League consists of 10 core members : American University , the United States Military Academy ( Army ) , Boston University , Bucknell University , Colgate University , College of the Holy Cross , Lafayette College , Lehigh University , Loyola University Maryland and the United States Naval Academy ( Navy ) . All 10 core members participate in the NCAA 's Division I for all Patriot League sports that they offer . Since not all schools sponsor every available NCAA sport , such as ice hockey and wrestling , most schools are affiliated with other collegiate conferences . Additionally , the Patriot League has a unique arrangement for football . Bucknell , Colgate , Holy Cross , Lafayette , and Lehigh are members of the Patriot League 's Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) conference . Of the five other conference members , American , Boston University and Loyola Maryland do not sponsor football while Army and Navy play in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ; Army is an independent while Navy currently competes as an associate member of the American Athletic Conference . Four other private institutions are Patriot League members only for specific sports and are referred to as 'Patriot League associate members . ' Fordham University and Georgetown University are associate members in football , while MIT is an associate member in women 's rowing and University of Richmond is an associate member in women 's golf .
Bowling Green State University ( BGSU ) is a public research university in Bowling Green , Ohio . The 1,338-acre ( 541.5 ha ) main academic and residential campus is 15 miles ( 24 km ) south of Toledo , Ohio . The university has nationally recognized programs and research facilities in the natural and social sciences , education , arts , business , health and wellness , humanities and applied technologies . The institution was granted a charter in 1910 as a normal school , specializing in teacher training and education , as part of the Lowry Normal School Bill that authorized two new normal schools in the state of Ohio . Over the university 's history , it developed from a small rural normal school into a comprehensive public university . As of 2019 , Bowling Green offered over 200 undergraduate programs , as well as master 's and doctoral degrees through eight academic colleges . Its academic programs have been nationally ranked by Forbes magazine , U.S. News & World Report , and Washington Monthly . The University is also ranked the most affordable college in Ohio by Business Insider in 2018 . Additionally , in 2018 BGSU received designation as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity ( IEP ) university by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities ( APLU ) and its Commission on Innovation , Competitiveness , and Economic Prosperity . The 2011 Carnegie Foundation classified BGSU as having high research activity . Research projects in the areas of psychology , sociology , education and human development , energy and sustainability are among the most prominent . BGSU had an on-campus residential student population of approximately 6,000 students and a total enrollment of over 19,000 students as of 2018 [ update ] .
The Bowling Green Falcons ice hockey team is the ice hockey team that represents Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green , Ohio . The school 's team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . The Falcons last played in the NCAA Men 's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament in 2019 . The Falcons have won one NCAA Division I championship , coming in 1984 , defeating the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs in the longest championship game in the tournament 's history .
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 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 .
The West Coast Conference ( WCC ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated in NCAA Division I consisting of ten member schools across the states of California , Oregon , Utah and Washington . All of the current members are private , faith-based institutions . Seven members are Catholic Church affiliates , with four of these schools being Jesuit institutions . Pepperdine is an affiliate of the Churches of Christ . Brigham Young University is an affiliate of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ( LDS ) . The conference 's newest member , the University of the Pacific ( which re-joined in 2013 after a 42-year absence ) , is affiliated with the United Methodist Church , although it has been financially independent of the church since 1969 .
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 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 Big East Conference ( stylized as BIG EAST ) is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in all sports except football , which is not sponsored . The conference has been officially recognized as a Division I multi-sport conference , effective on August 1 , 2013 . The conference was originally founded by Dave Gavitt on May 31 , 1979 . Its nucleus is composed of the Catholic Seven members of the original Big East Conference : DePaul University , Georgetown University , Marquette University , Providence College , Seton Hall University , St. John 's University , and Villanova University . In December 2012 , these schools chose to split from the football playing schools in order to focus on basketball , and in March 2013 reached a settlement , whereby they acquired the Big East Conference name , logos , history , and the rights to the men 's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden . Butler University , Creighton University , and Xavier University also joined the conference on its July 1 , 2013 launch date . The conference also entered into a 12-year , $ 500 million television contract with Fox Sports , Fox Sports 1 ( FS1 ) , Fox Sports 2 ( FS2 ) , and Fox Sports Networks ( FSN ) and a 6-year television contract with CBS and CBS Sports Network ( CBSSN ) . On June 24 , 2019 the member schools of the Big East voted 10-0 to extend an invitation to the University of Connecticut ( UConn ) to rejoin the conference , which was accepted two days later . The football-playing members of the old Big East , along with several other schools , formed the American Athletic Conference , which retains the old Big East 's charter and structure . However , both conferences claim 1979 as their founding date . As part of the separation agreement , the basketball schools were able to retain the basketball records while the football schools retained the football records respectively . Val Ackerman , former WNBA president , has been commissioner since June 26 , 2013 .
California Baptist University ( Cal Baptist or CBU ) is a private , Christian , liberal arts university in Riverside , California . Founded in 1950 as California Baptist College , it is affiliated with the California Southern Baptist Convention , an organization affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention . CBU is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges .
The California Baptist Lancers are the 18 varsity athletic teams that represent California Baptist University , located in Riverside , California , in NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports . The Lancers compete as members of the Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) for most sports . Several Lancers teams compete in other conferences in sports that the WAC does not sponsor . Men 's water polo competes in the Western Water Polo Association and women 's water polo competes in the Golden Coast Conference .
The College of Charleston ( also known as CofC , The College , or Charleston ) is a public liberal arts college in Charleston , South Carolina . Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785 , it is the oldest college in South Carolina , the 13th oldest institution of higher learning in the United States , and the oldest municipal college in the country . The founders of the college include three future signers of the Declaration of Independence ( Edward Rutledge , Arthur Middleton , and Thomas Heyward ) and three future signers of the United States Constitution ( John Rutledge , Charles Pinckney , and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney ) . Founded to encourage and institute youth in the several branches of liberal education , it is one of the oldest universities in the United States .
The Charleston Cougars are the varsity intercollegiate athletic teams representing the College of Charleston in Charleston , South Carolina . The Cougars compete in NCAA Division I and are currently members of the Colonial Athletic Association . The university sponsors 20 varsity sports teams including men and women 's basketball , cross country , golf , soccer and tennis ; women's-only dance team , equestrian , beach volleyball , softball , track and field and volleyball ; men's-only baseball ; and co-ed sailing and cheerleading . The university 's most successful sports are co-ed sailing , which has won 14 national championships since 1986 , women 's volleyball , which has qualified for the NCAA Tournament seven times since 2002 and men 's baseball , which has qualified for the NCAA Tournament seven times since 2004 .
The Southern Conference ( SoCon ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision ( formerly known as Division I-AA ) . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama , Georgia , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , and Virginia . Established in 1921 , the Southern Conference ranks as the fifth-oldest major college athletic conference in the United States , and either the third- or fourth-oldest in continuous operation , depending on definitions . Among conferences currently in operation , the Big Ten ( 1896 ) and Missouri Valley ( 1907 ) are indisputably older . The Pac-12 Conference did not operate under its current charter until 1959 , but claims the history of the Pacific Coast Conference , founded in 1915 , as its own . The Southwest Conference ( SWC ) was founded in 1914 , but ceased operation in 1996 . The Big Eight Conference claimed the same history as the Missouri Valley from 1907 to 1928 during its existence ; though it essentially merged with four SWC members to form the Big 12 Conference in 1996 , the Big 12 does not claim the Big Eight 's legacy . The Ivy League was formally organized in 1954 with athletic competition starting in 1955 , but claims the history of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League , which competed from 1901 to 1955 , as its own . The SoCon was the first conference to use the three-point field goal in basketball in a November 29 , 1980 game at Western Carolina against Middle Tennessee State University ( MTSU ) , where Ronnie Carr shot the historic shot from 22 feet ( 6.7 m ) away and the Catamounts won 77-70 . The Southern Conference is considered one of the stronger football conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision and is considered a mid-major conference in basketball . It has also garnered considerable national attention from its recent success in these sports : in particular , former member , three-time Division I NCAA Football champion Appalachian State Mountaineers , who stunned the fifth-ranked Michigan Wolverines 34-32 on September 1 , 2007 ; from the Davidson Wildcats , who reached the Elite Eight in the 2008 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament by upsetting power programs Gonzaga ( a mid-major school which became a power program in the 2000s ) , Georgetown , and Wisconsin .
The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference . Established in 2008 , the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association ( CCSA ) was originally developed by four regional Division I conferences - the Atlantic Sun Conference , Big South Conference , Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference , and the Southern Conference - to create a centralized home for their members with swimming and diving programs . In October 2015 , the CCSA added the newly recognized NCAA sport of beach volleyball and rebranded itself the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association . The CCSA now has 24 member schools , representing 11 states ( Alabama , Florida , Georgia , Louisiana , Maryland , Mississippi , New Jersey , North Carolina , South Carolina , Texas , and Virginia ) and the District of Columbia .
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte ( UNC Charlotte , UNCC , or simply Charlotte ) is a public research university in Charlotte , North Carolina . UNC Charlotte offers 23 doctoral , 64 master 's , and 140 bachelor 's degree programs through nine colleges : the College of Arts + Architecture , the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences , the Belk College of Business , the College of Computing and Informatics , the Cato College of Education , the William States Lee College of Engineering , the College of Health and Human Services , the Honors College , and the University College . It has three campuses : Charlotte Research Institute Campus , Center City Campus , and the main campus , located in University City . The main campus sits on 1,000 wooded acres with approximately 85 buildings about 8 miles ( 13 km ) from Uptown Charlotte . UNC Charlotte is the largest institution of higher education in the Charlotte region . The university has experienced rapid enrollment growth of 33% over the past 10 years , making it the fastest-growing institution in the UNC System and contributing to more than 50% of the system 's growth since 2009 .
The Charlotte 49ers represent the NCAA Division I sports teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte . A founding member of Conference USA ( C-USA ) , Charlotte rejoined the conference in 2013 after spending eight years as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference . Previously , Charlotte was a charter member of the Sun Belt Conference and was a member of the Metro Conference .
Conference USA ( C-USA or CUSA ) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States . The conference participates in the NCAA 's Division I in all sports . C-USA 's offices are located in Dallas , Texas .