Alabama defensive back Eli Ricks (7) reacts after defending against Mississippi State wide receiver Justin Robinson (18) on an incomplete pass during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)
College Football is seeing a lot of moves by teams to different conferences and now other teams are making moves. With all these moves many wonder what conferences will look like in the next two years. These moves will also cause teams to leave conferences because those conferences don’t have enough teams or can’t get a media deal.
2024 Conferences
ACC
The ACC will see some shake-u as FSU looks to make the move to another conference. This conference is otherwise pretty solid and the teams are happy with where they are at. That FSU move to also meant that Notre Dame could be a full-time member if they wanted to.
- Boston College
- Clemson
- Duke
- Florida State
- Georgia Tech
- Louisville
- Miami
- NC State
- North Carolina
- Pittsburgh
- Syracuse
- Virginia
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest
AAC
Looks like they will stay together and no one will come or go. The AAC is one of the most stable conferences in college football. They don’t look like they want to bring anyone in and no one is looking to jump ship.
- Charlotte
- East Carolina
- FAU
- Memphis
- Navy
- North Texas
- Rice
- SMU
- South Florida
- Temple
- Tulane
- Tulsa
- UAB
- UTSA
Big 12
The Big 12 has seen the biggest shakeup recently as they have added four new members in 2023 and will add four more in 2024. They also will lose Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC in 2024.
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- BYU
- Baylor
- Cincinnati
- Colorado
- Houston
- Iowa State
- Kansas
- Kansas State
- Oklahoma State
- TCU
- Texas Tech
- UCF
- Utah
- West Virginia
Big Ten
The Big Ten will add USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Washington in 2024 as the Pac-12 falls more apart. This conference will have some great competition in all sports.
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Michigan State
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Northwestern
- Ohio State
- Oregon
- Penn State
- Purdue
- Rutgers
- UCLA
- USC
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Con-USA
Another G 5 conference who isn’t loosing or gaining members in the next few years.
- FIU
- Jacksonville State
- Liberty
- Louisiana Tech
- MTSU
- New Mexico State
- Sam Houston State
- UTEP
- Western Kentucky
Independents
These teams could leave independents to play in a conference and get a better chance of building better teams. Notre Dame could go ACC, and UConn may go Pac-12. The other two schools don’t look like they want to leave this way of playing college ball.
- Army
- Notre Dame
- UConn
- UMass
MAC
The MAC has sat there just chilling in the last few years as they have watched other conferences panic and wonder who will win the championship in certain sports.
- Akron
- Ball State
- Bowling Green
- Buffalo
- Central Michigan
- Eastern Michigan
- Kent State
- Miami OH
- Northern Illinois
- Ohio
- Toledo
- Western Michigan
MWC
This conference could see some major shake up as the Pac-12 looks for new members. Boise State, Utah State, and San Diego State would be the most likely to make the move.
- Air Force
- Boise State
- Colorado State
- Fresno State
- Hawaii
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- San Diego State
- San Jose State
- UNLV
- Utah State
- Wyoming
Pac 12
The Pac 12 has a couple of options to stay together as a conference. They could just stay as the four of them. The other would be to bring more members in and rebuild the conference.
- California
- Oregon State
- Stanford
- Washington State
SEC
This conference will add Texas and Oklahoma in 2024 and stay the most competitive conference in college football.
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Auburn
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- LSU
- Mississippi State
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Ole Miss
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Texas A&M
- Vanderbilt
Sun Belt
This conference isn’t going to lose or gain members as the ones who are in conference are happy with how things are working.
- App State
- Arkansas State
- Coastal Carolina
- Georgia Southern
- Georgia State
- James Madison
- Louisiana
- Marshall
- Old Dominion
- South Alabama
- Southern Miss
- Texas State
- Troy
- UL Monroe
