The Sun Belt will likely be a 14-team conference for football in 2023. The Sun Belt officially added Southern Miss earlier on Tuesday. But, the reported agreement would mark the eighth program to leave Conference USA in this current spate of conference reshuffling. The move likely will be announced on Thursday. 27: The Old Dominion Monarchs have signed a deal to join the Sun Belt Conference by 2023. NMSU and Liberty would join in all sports, while UConn would join in just football so it could retain its membership in Big East basketball. Per The Athletic’s Chris Vannini, the three schools are negotiating with C-USA. 28: UConn, Liberty and New Mexico State appear to be the primary targets of Conference USA in realignment. James Madison is rumored to be considering membership in the Sun Belt as well. The Thundering Herd will give the league 13 teams for football. Marshall will be a member of the Sun Belt no later than July 1, 2023. The Sun Belt released Marshall’s decision on Oct. 31: The Marshall Thundering Herd are the latest to agree to join the Sun Belt Conference, as the Thundering Herd and the Sun Belt will hold a press conference on Nov. If the report is accurate, then McNeese and UIW would join the ‘Texas 4’ in the WAC - Sam Houston (assuming they stay), Stephen F. Conference USA is also considering inviting Liberty and Jacksonville State to the league. The WAC is dealing with the potential move of two of its schools to Conference USA, New Mexico State and Sam Houston. 3: McNeese State and Incarnate Word are reportedly set to move to the Western Athletic Conference, per Yahoo! Sports’ Pete Thamel. Jacksonville State is a member of the Atlantic Sun Conference.Īll four schools are planning to join C-USA for the 2023-24 athletic year. Sam Houston is a member of the Western Athletic Conference. Liberty and New Mexico State are independent in football (both are in other conferences for all of their other sports). 5: Conference USA and its four new members finally agreed on membership, as New Mexico State, Sam Houston, Liberty and Jacksonville State agreed to join Conference USA. The Dukes could join the league as early as July 1, 2023. JMU needed approval from the Virginia state legislature because they wanted to move up from FCS in football to FBS. The Dukes are the latest team to join the Belt, giving the league 14 football teams. 6: James Madison accepted the invitation to join the Sun Belt Conference on Friday, with an official announcement coming on Nov. But, UIW’s addition, along with Southern Utah’s move from the Big Sky to the WAC next season, should give the WAC enough members on its own to receive an FCS automatic playoff berth. The Cardinals give the WAC another FCS-ready program for football, meaning that in 2020 the league will have eight FCS teams, though not all of them will be fully eligible for the postseason. Sam Houston recently announced that it would be moving to Conference USA, and hence up to FBS in football, in 2023. Austin joined for the 2021-22 athletic season. Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston and Stephen F. The Cardinals are the latest Southland Conference member to make the move to the WAC. 12 that the program would join the WAC for the 2022-23 athletic season. It does not store any personal data.Incarnate Word and the Western Athletic Conference announced on Nov. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.
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