2024 FCS Conferences: Current and Past Membership
/Southwestern Athletic Conference: (1920 – Present)
Prairie View A&M 1920
Southern 1934
Texas Southern 1954
Grambling State 1958
Jackson State 1958
Alcorn State 1962
Mississippi Valley State 1968
Alabama State 1982
UAPB 1998
Alabama A&M 1999
Bethune-Cookman 2021
Florida A&M 2021
Past Conference Members:
All Past Members have Discontinued Programs
Southern Conference: (1922 – Present)
VMI 1923-2002, 2014
The Citadel 1936
Furman 1936
Chattanooga 1976
Western Carolina 1976
East Tennessee State 1978-2003, 2016
Wofford 1997
Samford 2008
Mercer 2014
Past Conference Members:
Davidson 1936-1987
William & Mary 1936-1976
Richmond 1936-1975
East Carolina 1964-1976
Appalachian State 1971-2014
Marshall 1976-1996
Georgia Southern 1993-2014
Elon 2003-2013
Ohio Valley Conference: (1948 – Present)
Tennessee Tech 1949
Tennessee State 1988
Southeast Missouri State 1991
UT Martin 1992
Eastern Illinois 1996
Lindenwood 2022
Western Illinois 2024
Past Conference Members:
Murray State 1948-2022
Eastern Kentucky 1948-2020
Morehead State 1948-1995
Western Kentucky 1948-1981
Marshall 1949-1951
Middle Tennessee 1952-1997
East Tennessee State 1957-1978
Austin Peay 1962-1996, 2007-2021
Akron 1979-1986
Youngstown State 1980-1987
Jacksonville State 2003-2020
Samford 2003-2007
The Ivy League: (1956 – Present)
Brown 1956
Columbia 1956
Cornell 1956
Dartmouth 1956
Harvard 1956
Penn 1956
Princeton 1956
Yale 1956
Big Sky Conference: (1963 to Present)
Idaho State 1963
Montana 1963
Montana State 1963
Weber State 1963
Idaho 1963-1995, 2018
Northern Arizona 1970
Eastern Washington 1987
Portland State 1996
Sacramento State 1996
Northern Colorado 2006
Cal Poly 2012
UC Davis 2012
Past Members:
Boise State 1970-1995
Nevada 1979-1991
North Dakota 2012-2017
Southern Utah 2012-2021
Southland Conference: (1963 – Present)
Lamar 1963-1986, 2011-2020, 2022
McNeese 1972
Northwestern State 1987
Stephen F. Austin 1987-2020, 2024
Nicholls 1992
Southeastern Louisiana 2005
Houston Christian 2014
UIW 2014
Texas A&M-Commerce 2022
Past Conference Members:
Arkansas State 1963-1986
Abilene Christian 1963-1972, 2015-2020
Louisiana Tech 1971-1986
Louisiana 1971-1981
ULM 1972-1995
North Texas 1982-1994
Sam Houston 1987-2020
Texas State 1987-2010
Jacksonville State 1996-2002
Troy 1996-1999
Central Arkansas 2006-2020
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: (1971 – Present)
Delaware State 1971
Howard 1971
South Carolina State 1971
Morgan State 1971-1978, 1984
N.C. Central 1971-1978, 2011
Norfolk State 1997
Past Conference Members:
North Carolina A&T 1971-2020
Bethune Cookman 1979-2020
Florida A&M 1979-1983, 1986-2002, 2005-2020
Hampton 1996-2021
Savannah State 2011-2018
Patriot League: (1984 – Present)
Bucknell 1984
Colgate 1984
Holy Cross 1984
Lafyette 1984
Lehigh 1984
Fordham 1990
Georgetown 2001
Past Conference Members:
Davidson 1984-1988
Towson 1997-2002
Missouri Valley Conference: (1985 – Present)
Illinois State 1985
Missouri State 1985
Northern Iowa 1985
Southern Illinois 1985
Indiana State 1986
Youngstown State 1997
North Dakota State 2008
South Dakota State 2008
South Dakota 2012
North Dakota 2020
Past Conference Members:
Western Illinois 1985-2023
Eastern Illinois 1985-1995
Western Kentucky 2001-2006
Pioneer Football League: (1993 – Present)
Butler 1993
Dayton 1993
Drake 1993
San Diego 1993
Valparaiso 1993
Davidson 2001
Morehead State 2001
Marist 2009
Stetson 2013
Presbyterian 2021
St. Thomas 2021
Past Conference Members:
Jacksonville 2001-2019
Austin Peay 2001-2004
Campbell 2008-2017
Mercer 2013
Northeast Conference: (1996 – Present)
Central Connecticut 1996
St. Francis 1996
Wagner 1996
Robert Morris 1996-2019, 2024
Duquesne 2008
LIU 2019
Stonehill 2022
Past Conference Members:
Monmouth 1996-2012
Sacred Heart 1998-2023
Albany 1999-2012
Stony Brooks 1999-2006
Bryant 2009-2021
Merrimack 2019-2023
Coastal Athletic Association: (2007 – Present)
Delaware 2007
Maine 2007
New Hampshire 2007
Rhode Island 2007
Richmond 2007
Towson 2007
Villanova 2007
William & Mary 2007
Albany 2013
Stony Brook 2013
Elon 2014
Hampton 2022
Monmouth 2022
Campbell 2023
North Carolina A&T 2023
Bryant 2024
Past Conference Members:
James Madison 2007-2021
UMass 2007-2011
Old Dominion 2011-2012
Georgia State 2012
Big South Conference: (2012 to Present)
Charleston Southern 2002
Gardner-Webb 2002
Past Members:
Bryant 2022-2023
Campbell 2018-2022
Coastal Carolina 2003-2015
Elon 2002
Kennesaw State 2015-2021
Liberty 2002-2017
Monmouth 2004-2021
North Carolina A&T 2021-2022
North Alabama 2019-2021
Presbyterian 2008-2019
Robert Morris 2021-2023
Stony Brook 2008-2012
VMI 2003-2013
ASUN Conference: (2021 to Present)
Central Arkansas 2021
Western Kentucky 2021
Austin Peay 2022
North Alabama 2022
West Georgia 2023
Past Conference Members:
Jacksonville State 2021
Kennesaw State 2022
Western Athletic Conference: (2021 – Present)
Abilene Christian 2021
Tarleton State 2021
Utah Tech 2021
Southern Utah 2022
Past Conference Members:
Stephen F. Auston 2021-2023
Lamar 2021
Sam Houston 2021
Independents: (2024 – Present)
Merrimack 2024
Sacred Heart 2024