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Conferences in the Football Bowl Subdivision must meet a more stringent set of NCAA requirements than other conferences. Among these additional NCAA regulations, institutions in the Football Bowl Subdivision must be "multisport conferences" and participate in conference play in at least six men's and eight women's sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, and at least two other ...
The power conferences are all part of NCAA Division I, which contains most of the largest and most competitive collegiate athletic programs in the United States, and the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), which is the higher of the two levels of college football within NCAA Division I. [3] It is unknown where the term "Power Conference" originated; it is not officially documented by the NCAA ...
In the mid-2000s, college and conferences began to create their own television networks; [50] such networks include the Big Ten Network, BYUtv, the Longhorn Network (which was folded into the SEC Network in 2024), and the Pac-12 Network. In 2012, college football games drew over 400 million viewers. [51]
Here's a look at how conference realignment in college football has transpired since 2010 and which teams have joined which leagues
The first post-regular season conference championship game played in Division I-A football (what is now Division I FBS) was the 1992 SEC Championship Game, won by Alabama over Florida. [2] The SEC had gone from being a 10-team conference in 1991, to being a 12-team conference—divided into two six-team divisions—in 1992. [3]
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference, Wisconsin State College Conference, Wisconsin State University Athletic Conference ^ The Pacific Coast Conference operated under a separate charter from the conference now known as the Pac-12.
College Athletic Conference (1962–1991) 1962: 2016: South – SAA: New England Football Conference † 1965: 2016: New England – CCC Football [c] West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference: 1924: 2013: Pennsylvania, West Virginia – Mountain East [d] Great West Conference Great West Football Conference (2004–2008) 2004: 2013 ...
Gateway Football Conference [14] – Northern Iowa Great West Football Conference [15] – South Dakota State Ivy League – Harvard Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Duquesne, Iona, and Marist Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Delaware State Northeast Conference – Albany Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky Patriot League ...