College Basketball Conference Realignment: Tracking all changes
Conference realignment has been one of the major storylines in college football and basketball the last few years. Some moves have been major, such as ACC expansion and another realignment within the Big East, but other conference lineups across the country have changed since the end of last season.
In college basketball, realignment will be a two-year storyline (at least). The SEC will have two new members as will the Atlantic 10, for starters. But the major dominoes start to fall in 2013-14 when the Pittsburgh and Syracuse move to the ACC, and the Big East reorganizes as a result. From there the dominoes fall.
Need to catch up? Want to look ahead? Here’s our guide to college basketball realignment for the next two seasons.
The following conferences do not expect any change in membership: Ivy League, MAC, MEAC, Pac-12, and SWAC.
These charts refer only to changes in basketball conference lineups. We also tracked realignment in college football.
Teams in italics are leaving the conference listed. Teams in bold are joining the conference listed.
POWER CONFERENCES
ACC
2011-12/2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Boston College | Boston College | Boston College |
Clemson | Clemson | Clemson |
Duke | Duke | Duke |
Florida State | Florida State | Florida State |
Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech | Georgia Tech |
Maryland | Maryland# | Louisville |
Miami | Miami | Miami |
NC State | NC State | NC State |
North Carolina | North Carolina | North Carolina |
Virginia | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
Virginia Tech | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh |
Wake Forest | Syracuse | Syracuse |
| Virginia | Virginia |
| Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech |
| Wake Forest | Wake Forest |
AMERICAN
2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Cincinnati | Cincinnati |
Connecticut | Connecticut |
Houston | East Carolina |
Louisville | Houston |
Memphis | Memphis |
Rutgers | SMU |
SMU | Temple |
Temple | Tulane |
UCF | Tulsa |
USF | UCF |
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BIG 12
2011-12 | 2012-13 |
Baylor | Baylor |
Iowa State | Iowa State |
Kansas | Kansas |
Kansas State | Kansas State |
Missouri | Oklahoma |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma State |
Oklahoma State | TCU |
Texas | Texas |
Texas A&M | Texas Tech |
Texas Tech | West Virginia |
BIG EAST
2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 |
Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Butler |
Connecticut | Connecticut | Creighton |
DePaul | DePaul | DePaul |
Georgetown | Georgetown | Georgetown |
Louisville | Louisville | Marquette |
Marquette | Marquette | Providence |
Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Seton Hall |
Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | St. John's |
Providence | Providence | Villanova |
Rutgers | Rutgers | Xavier |
Seton Hall | Seton Hall |
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St. John's | St. John's |
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Syracuse | Syracuse |
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USF | USF |
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Villanova | Villanova |
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West Virginia |
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