Conference membership to be required for FBS moveup...

[dbackjon]

Then there is LA-Monroe...

1937-1965 NJCAA
1966-1972 NCAA College Division (Small College)
1973-1974 NCAA Division II
1975-1977 NCAA Division I
1978-1981 NCAA Division I-A
1982-1993 NCAA Division I-AA
1994-20XX NCAA Division I-A

[NCAAjunkie]

Then there is LA-Monroe...

1937-1965 NJCAA
1966-1972 NCAA College Division (Small College)
1973-1974 NCAA Division II
1975-1977 NCAA Division I
1978-1981 NCAA Division I-A
1982-1993 NCAA Division I-AA
1994-20XX NCAA Division I-A

Yikes! Indecisive I see. I know that Eastern Michigan in the Mid-American Conference needs to go FCS ASAP. Their football team has been so bad, and so inconsistent, for so long. I feel bad for those guys They got stomped by Indiana State in 2001

[UAalum72]

A little off topic here, but has there ever been a team in the history of 1-A/FBS to move DOWN to 1-AA/FCS?

Welcome!


Ivy League was I-A from 1978-81
Some of the Southland Teams (like McNeese) as well in the same time period.

Since then, none that I am aware of.

But that wasn't voluntary (at least for the Ivy).

New qualifications for I-A in 1982 almost doubled the number of teams in I-AA.

Assuming the question was how many WANTED to drop down, not many if any.

[Fresno St. Alum]

Hawaii went to the Sugar Bowl and got raped by Georgia.

Oh yeah..forgot about Hawaii. Probably because I turned the channel early on in that laugher.

would La Tech and NMSt only leave the WAC for ConfUSA?

Both probably would. La Tech wouldn't let CUSA take a breath after asking before they accepted. I highly doubt either is ever going to get the opportunity, however.

When TCU left for the MWC and left CUSA at 11CUSA went looking, first at a couple MAC schools to tighten the eastern geography but none wanted to leave their bus league, CUSA then offered UTEP who accepted. Rumor has it that North Texas was the second choice, with La Tech third. From everything I have heard it was a distant second and third, with CUSA possibly staying at 11 for a while rather than expanding just for the 12th member.

I don't think we'll see a conference that is at 12 lose a member a wait very long anymore. If Memphis or UCF go to the BE. N.Texas would get a call pretty fast. If this is 2015-17 or so I bet Charlotte would a call since they were already a member. especially if 2 left.

[Fresno St. Alum]

catdad, and whoever else cares about conference changes for the future go to collegesportsinfo.com. We go in depth on all the what should, could, will happen.