There are also six FBS schools that are currently Independent that have not accepted any full-time invitations to join a league in football.
CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT RUMORS 2021 MAC
However, Conference USA and the Sun Belt are definitely looking at conference expansion and the Mountain West and MAC could look at conference expansion soon. It looks like the Big 12 and AAC are set with conference expansion moving forward and they both appear to not be losing any further members to other leagues this year. Let’s take a look at the schools that are changing conferences in the next few years.ĪAC: Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB, UTSA Lastly, it appears Southern Miss will leave Conference USA to join the Sun Belt by 2023. The AAC just recently decided to add six members from Conference USA in Charlotte, FAU, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA. The Big 12 made a major announcement when they had invitations accepted by AAC members Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF as well as BYU.
Then one conference made a major announcement about expansion. Then, not long after, there were rumors of Big Ten expansion but the Big Ten, Pac-12, and ACC announced an alliance, ending any possibilities of either of the three conferences realigning in 2021. Three months ago, news broke that Texas and Oklahoma were going to accept invitations to join the SEC and leave the Big 12 in a couple of years. The realignment of college football has a history of conferences being dissolved and various schools switching alliances. Now, it looks like the Group Five conferences as well as the Big 12 are the conferences actually making the moves in terms of realignment. Prior to the season, the big news around college football has been the possible expansion of the Big Ten and SEC.
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