RE: A little help -- someone posted an interesting fact in a thread, and I can't find it
Southern Conference, MVC and RMAC were known as FBS conferences back in the old days.
Schools that were part of the conferences with what are known as FBS today.
Phillips University in Oklahoma. Closed now. Was a member of the SWC with Texas at one time.
Southwestern, Texas, was in the SWC, dropped football, then just readded the sport a couple years back. Now at D3 level.
Sewannee, School of the South, was a former member of Southern Conference and a former founding member of the SEC. Now they are D3.
Big 8 Conference and MVC both split from Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Drake and Grinnell were members. Washington, Mo.
Chattanooga, The Citadel, Furman, VMI, Washington and Lee, George Washington (dropped football), Richmond, William and Mary, Davidson,
Hardin Simmons, Northern Arizona, West Texas A&M Border Conference with Texas Tech, Utep, New Mexico, New Mexioc State, Arizona and Arizona State.
Dixie Conference with Florida State: Birmingham Southern, Samford (was Howard), Stetson, Tampa, Lambuth (now closed), Mercer, Oglethorpe, Millsaps and Mississippi College. Only FSU, Birmingham Southern, Samford, Stetson, Millsaps, Miss. College, Tampa played football. Birmingham Southern wound up dropping mot lomg.
Mountain States had Denver with football, Montana,
Big 10 University of Chicago D3 now.
MAC, Butler, Wayne State Michigan and Case Western Reserves
Washburn, Illinois State, Indiana State, Missouri State, Southern Illinois and Wichita State.
Colorado College, Northern Colorado, Colorado Mines, Montana State, Western State,
Washington and Jefferson, Saint Mary's, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon and some other D3 schools made Bowl Game appearances back then as well.
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