Hey guys, been following the expansion Shenanigans pretty closely and first and foremost want to say I'm excited there's another conference joining FCS with western based teams. Now with the news that both NMSU and SHSU are leaving for CUSA I was curious on your guys's thoughts who you think are the best teams to replace them? Currently you guys will have this leftover:

SUU, Dixie State, Tarleton State, SFA, UTRGV, Lamar, Abilene Christian

Now based on that it seems like you guys will probably be limited to Southland schools for expansion or potential D2 move-ups. Personally my vote is for West Texas A&M

(11-02-2021 01:08 AM)Utgrizfan Wrote:  Hey guys, been following the expansion Shenanigans pretty closely and first and foremost want to say I'm excited there's another conference joining FCS with western based teams. Now with the news that both NMSU and SHSU are leaving for CUSA I was curious on your guys's thoughts who you think are the best teams to replace them? Currently you guys will have this leftover:

SUU, Dixie State, Tarleton State, SFA, UTRGV, Lamar, Abilene Christian

Now based on that it seems like you guys will probably be limited to Southland schools for expansion or potential D2 move-ups. Personally my vote is for West Texas A&M

Reports say the WAC will vote on Incarnate Word and McNeese this week. I’d vote with you on this one- WTAMU.

Not sure why we need another thread on this when there’s two or three threads covering it already. As Oscar said, McNeese and Incarnate Word are up for vote this week and this could be tied to the knowledge that one or more schools is leaving

Incarnate Word and McNeese. Try to keep up. And I agree, no need to start a new thread for this.

(Posted on KatFans and wanted to share here as it's applicable)

There have been questions on what Conference USA (or even the WAC really) would need to be to constitute a FBS conference. The rules for such can be found below.

As you can make out, there needs to be EIGHT football playing members that also contest at least six men's and eight women's conference sports within said conference. There's a bit more specific (i.e. need three women's team sports), but just want to spell it out for the people that are trying to understand the makeup of the WAC and/or CUSA as it relates to FBS status.

20.02.6 Football Bowl Subdivision Conference. A conference classified as a Football Bowl Subdivision conference shall be comprised of at least eight full Football Bowl Subdivision members that satisfy all bowl subdivision requirements. An institution shall be included as one of the eight full Football Bowl Subdivision members only if the institution participates in the
conference schedule in at least six men's and eight women's conference-sponsored sports, including men's basketball and football and three women's team sports including women's basketball. A conference-sponsored sport shall be a sport in which regular season and/or championship opportunities are provided, consistent with the minimum standards identified by the applicable
NCAA sport committee for automatic qualification. (Adopted: 10/31/02 effective 8/1/05, Revised: 12/15/06)

20.02.6.1 Exception. A Football Bowl Subdivision member institution shall be permitted to count as one of its required six men's sports and one of its required eight women's sports a sport in which its conference does not sponsor or conduct a championship, provided the sport is one in which it participates in another Division I multi- or single-sport conference. Different sports may be counted for men and women. (Adopted: 4/29/04 effective 8/1/05, Revised: 12/15/06)

20.02.6.2 Grace Period. A conference shall continue to be considered a Football Bowl Subdivision conference for two years following the date when it fails to satisfy the eight full Football Bowl Subdivision member requirement due to one or more of its member's failure to comply with the bowl subdivision membership requirements. (Adopted: 4/28/05 effective
8/1/05, Revised: 12/15/06)

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