Collegiate Conference Changes — July 2013

On Monday, July 1, over 100 conference changes in collegiate sport occurred among NAIA and NCAA institutions. The following table illustrates those changes.

* beginning transition to new division starting in 2013-14 season
^ expected to gain active status prior to 2013-14 season (approval pending)

Institution	Division	2013-2014	Former
Abilene Christian	NCAA D-I*	Southland	Lone Star
Alderson-Broaddus	NCAA D-II	Great Midwest	WVIAC
Alfred State	NCAA D-III*	Independent (DIII)	WNYAC
Antelope Valley	NAIA	NAIA Independent	Foothill
Berry	NCAA D-III^	SAA
Bethel (Tenn.)	NAIA	Southern States	TranSouth
Black Hills State	NCAA D-II^	RMAC
Blue Mountain	NAIA	Southern States	TranSouth
Bluefield State	NCAA D-II	Independent (DII)	WVIAC
Boston University	NCAA D-I	Patriot League	America East
Butler	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	Atlantic 10
Cal Baptist	NCAA D-II^	Pacific West
Charleston (W.Va.)	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	WVIAC
Charlotte	NCAA D-I	Conference USA	Atlantic 10
Chicago State	NCAA D-I	WAC	Great West
Christopher Newport	NCAA D-III	Capital	USA South
Coker	NCAA D-II	South Atlantic	Conf. Carolinas
College Of Charleston	NCAA D-I	Colonial	Southern
Concord	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	WVIAC
Covenant	NCAA D-III^	USA South	Great South
Covenant	NCAA D-III^	USA South
Creighton	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	Missouri Valley
CSU Bakersfield	NCAA D-I	WAC	Independent (DI)
Daemen	NCAA D-II	East Coast	Independent (USCAA)
Dakota State	NAIA	North Star	NAIA Independent
Dalton State	NAIA^	North Star
Davis and Elkins	NCAA D-II	Great Midwest	WVIAC
Denver	NCAA D-I	The Summit League	WAC
DePaul	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	(old Big East)
Fairmont State	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	WVIAC
Finlandia	NCAA D-III	Great South	Independent (DIII)
Florida Atlantic	NCAA D-I	Conference USA	Sun Belt
Florida International	NCAA D-I	Conference USA	Sun Belt
Freed-Hardeman	NAIA	American Midwest	TranSouth
George Mason	NCAA D-I	Atlantic 10	Colonial
Georgetown	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	(old Big East)
Georgia State	NCAA D-I	Sun Belt	Colonial
Glenville State	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	WVIAC
Grand Canyon	NCAA D-I*	WAC	Pacific West
Houston	NCAA D-I	The American	Conference USA
Houston Baptist	NCAA D-I	Southland	Great West
Huntingdon (Ala.)	NCAA D-III	USA South	Great South
Incarnate Word	NCAA D-I*	Southland	Lone Star
Iowa Wesleyan	NCAA D-III*	SLIAC	Independent (USCAA)
Jamestown (N.D.)	NAIA	North Star	NAIA Independent
Kentucky Wesleyan	NCAA D-II	Great Midwest	GLVC
Lee (Tenn.)	NCAA D-II*	Gulf South	Southern States
Life	NAIA	NAIA Independent	TranSouth
Lindenwood	NCAA D-II^	MIAA
Louisiana Tech	NCAA D-I	Conference USA	WAC
Loyola (Md.)	NCAA D-I	Patriot League	Metro Atlantic
Loyola-Chicago	NCAA D-I	Missouri Valley	Horizon League
Lubbock Christian	NCAA D-II*	Heartland	Sooner
Malone	NCAA D-II^	GLIAC
Maranatha Baptist Bible	NCAA D-III	Independent (DIII)	Northern Athletics
Marquette	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	(old Big East)
Martin Methodist	NAIA	Southern States	TranSouth
Mayville State	NAIA	North Star	NAIA Independent
McKendree	NCAA D-II^	GLVC
Memphis	NCAA D-I	The American	Conference USA
Mid-Continent	NAIA	American Midwest	TranSouth
Middle Tennessee	NCAA D-I	Conference USA	Sun Belt
Mills	NCAA D-III	Great South	Independent (DIII)
Monmouth	NCAA D-I	Metro Atlantic	Northeast
New Orleans	NCAA D-I	Southland	Independent (DI)
North Texas	NCAA D-I	Conference USA	Sun Belt
Notre Dame	NCAA D-I	Atlantic Coast	(old Big East)
Notre Dame (Ohio)	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	Independent (DII)
Oakland	NCAA D-I	Horizon League	The Summit League
Ohio Valley	NCAA D-II	Great Midwest	WVIAC
Old Dominion	NCAA D-I	Conference USA	Colonial
Pacific	NCAA D-I	West Coast	Big West
Penn State Harrisburg	NCAA D-III	Capital	North Eastern
Pitt Johnstown	NCAA D-II	Pennsylvania State	WVIAC
Pittsburgh	NCAA D-I	Atlantic Coast	(old Big East)
Presbyterian	NCAA D-I^	Big South
Presentation	NAIA*^	North Star	NAIA Independent
Providence	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	(old Big East)
Queens (N.C.)	NCAA D-II	South Atlantic	Conf. Carolinas
Quinnipiac	NCAA D-I	Metro Atlantic	Northeast
Rogers State	NCAA D-II*	Heartland	Sooner
Salem International	NCAA D-II	Great Midwest	Independent (DII)
San Jose State	NCAA D-I	Mountain West	WAC
Seton Hall	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	(old Big East)
Seton Hill	NCAA D-II	Pennsylvania State	WVIAC
Shepherd	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	WVIAC
SMU	NCAA D-I	The American	Conference USA
South Dakota Mines	NCAA D-II^	Independent (DII)
Southwestern Christian (Okla.)	NAIA	Sooner	Midlands Collegiate
St. John’s (N.Y.)	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	(old Big East)
Syracuse	NCAA D-I	Atlantic Coast	(old Big East)
Temple	NCAA D-I	The American	Atlantic 10
Texas State	NCAA D-I	Sun Belt	WAC
Truman State	NCAA D-II	GLVC	MIAA
UCF	NCAA D-I	The American	Conference USA
UMaine Presque Isle	NCAA D-III	Great South	Independent (DIII)
UMass Lowell	NCAA D-I*	America East	Northeast-10
UMKC	NCAA D-I	WAC	The Summit League
Union (Tenn.)	NCAA D-II^	Gulf South
Urbana	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	Great Midwest
Ursuline	NCAA D-II^	Great Midwest
UT Arlington	NCAA D-I	Sun Belt	WAC
Utah State	NCAA D-I	Mountain West	WAC
Utah Valley	NCAA D-I	WAC	Great West
UTPA	NCAA D-I	WAC	Great West
UTSA	NCAA D-I	Conference USA	WAC
UVa-Wise	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	Great Midwest
Valley City State	NAIA	North Star	NAIA Independent
Villanova	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	(old Big East)
Walsh	NCAA D-II^	GLIAC
West Liberty State	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	WVIAC
West Virginia State	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	WVIAC
West Virginia Wesleyan	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	WVIAC
Wheeling Jesuit	NCAA D-II	Mountain East	WVIAC
Xavier	NCAA D-I	BIG EAST	Atlantic 10