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- The 2021–2022 NCAA conference realignment refers to extensive changes in NCAA conference membership, primarily at the Division I level, beginning in the 2021–22 academic year. Most of these changes have involved conferences in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of Division I. Of the 10 FBS conferences, seven will undergo changes in membership. Three conferences (Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, and Pac-12 Conference) formed an alliance of their own, but it did not prevent two Pac-12 members from announcing their move to the Big Ten. The Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) also saw significant changes, most notably the beginning of football sponsorship by the ASUN Conference; the return of football by the Western Athletic Conference, which previously sponsored football at the FBS level until the end of the 2012 season; and the impending football-only merger of the Big South Conference and Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Other sports saw significant change. The most notable changes have been the reinstatement of men's soccer by the Sun Belt Conference, which ultimately led to both Conference USA and the Mid-American Conference dropping the sport; the addition of men's volleyball by the Northeast Conference (NEC), making it the second D-I all-sports conference to sponsor the sport; the addition of men's lacrosse by the Atlantic 10 Conference, leading to the NEC and the Southern Conference dropping the sport; the merger of the men's tennis leagues of the OVC and the Horizon League; the merger of the baseball leagues of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference and NEC; and the reestablishment of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) in men's ice hockey, which led to the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) disbanding its men's league and becoming a women's-only conference. (en)
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- The 2021–2022 NCAA conference realignment refers to extensive changes in NCAA conference membership, primarily at the Division I level, beginning in the 2021–22 academic year. Most of these changes have involved conferences in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of Division I. Of the 10 FBS conferences, seven will undergo changes in membership. Three conferences (Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten Conference, and Pac-12 Conference) formed an alliance of their own, but it did not prevent two Pac-12 members from announcing their move to the Big Ten. (en)
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