11 College Football Conferences and Their 120 Teams

Football Bowl Series (Formerly Division I-A)


2012-2013 College Football Conferences
 


Atlantic Coast
(ACC)


Boston College


Clemson


Duke

Florida State

Georgia Tech

Maryland


Miami


North Carolina

North Carolina State

Virginia

Virginia Tech

Wake Forest

Big 12


Baylor

Iowa State

Kansas

Kansas State

Oklahoma

Oklahoma
State

TCU

Texas

Texas Tech

West Virginia

Big East


Cincinnati

Connecticut

Louisville

Pittsburgh

Rutgers

South Florida

Syracuse


Temple

Big Ten


Illinois


Indiana


Iowa


Michigan


Michigan State


Minnesota


Nebraska


Northwestern


Ohio State


Penn State

Purdue


Wisconsin

Conference USA


East Carolina

Houston

Marshall

Memphis


Rice


Southern Methodist

Southern Miss

Tulane


Tulsa


UAB


UCF


UTEP

Mid-American (MAC)


Akron

Ball State

Bowling Green


Buffalo


Central Michigan

Eastern Michigan

Kent State

Massachusetts

Miami (OH)


Northern Illinois


Ohio

Toledo


Western Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

Mountain West


Air Force

Boise State

Colorado State

Fresno State

Hawaii

Nevada


New Mexico


San Diego State

UNLV


Wyoming

Pac 12


Arizona


Arizona
State


California


Colorado


Oregon


Oregon State


Stanford


UCLA


USC


Utah


Washington

Washington State

Southeastern
(SEC)


Alabama

Arkansas

Auburn

Florida

Georgia

Kentucky

LSU

Mississippi

Mississippi State

Missouri

South Carolina

Tennessee


Texas A&M


Vanderbilt

 

 

 

Sun Belt


Arkansas State


FIU


Florida Atlantic


Louisiana-Lafayette


Louisiana-Monroe


Middle Tennessee


North Texas


South Alabama

Troy

Western Kentucky


Western Athletic (WAC)


Idaho

Louisiana Tech

New Mexico State

San Jose State


Texas State

Utah State

UTSA

 



 

Independents Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Teams




Army

Brigham Young

Navy

Notre Dame

Upcoming Changes
ACC
  • Pitt and Syracuse will each pay the Big East a $7.5 million exit fee to leave on July 1, 2013 to join the ACC
  • Notre Dame will join the ACC for all sports except football, but the date of the realignment is unknown as of Sep. 12, 2012
    Big East
  • Boise State and San Diego State will move from the Mountain West Conference to the Big East in 2013 for football only
  • Houston, Southern Methodist University, Memphis, and Central Florida will move from Conference USA to the Big East in all sports in 2013
  • Navy will join Big East in 2015 for football only

    Conference USA
  • Florida International, Louisiana Tech, North Texas and UT-San Antonio are joining Conference USA in 2013 in all sports
  • Old Dominion leaving Colonial Athletic Association to joing Conference USA in 2013
  • Charlotte is joining Conference USA for football in 2015 (all other sports in 2013)

    Mountain West
  • Utah State and San Jose State will leave WAC to join Mountain West in July 2013

    Sun Belt

  • Texas State (leaving WAC) and Georgia State (leaving Colonial Athletic Association) will join in July 2013