RE: Delaware starts $60 million upgrade-start of FBS move with JMU?
If we’re going to make a new FBS conference:
C-USA offers Delaware and James Madison football only membership starting with the 2024 football season.
In 2025, The CAA invites Marshall, Charlotte, Old Dominion, App State, Georgia State, and Georgia Southern effective July 1, 2026. UMass joins for football only. Stony Brook eventually moves up and effectively swaps with Hofstra.
In an attempt to rebuild its eastern flank, the Sun Belt invites Florida Atlantic, Florida International, and non-football UNC-Wilmington. New Mexico State joins for football only.
CAA:
JMU, ODU, UD, MU, App, UNCC, GS, GSU, SB, UMass*
Non-football: CofC, Elon, Drexel, Towson, NE, W&M
SBC:
FAU, FIU, TU, USA, CCU, UL, ULM, ASU, TXST, NMSU*
Non-football: UNCW, UTA, UALR
CUSA:
UTEP, UTSA, UNT, Rice, LTU, USM, UAB, MTSU, WKU
The G6 conferences clear with their TV partners a “play-in” round where one of the three winners becomes eligible for the CFP Access Bowl, which would be held in lieu of a conference championship game. The pairings rotate on a five year cycle which allows the possibility of a rematch to be minimized.
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