NCAA Men's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision alignment history

This is a list of NCAA Men's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision alignment history. Teams in italics are no longer in the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I 10 J 11 K 12 L 13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P 17 R 18 S 19 T 20 U 21 V 22 W 23 X 24 Y 25 See also

A

• Air Force 1957-present
• Akron 1987-present
• Alabama 1937-1940, 1946-present
• UAB 1996-present
• Alcorn State 1977
• Appalachian State 1974-1981
• Arizona 1939-1940, 1946-present
• Arizona State 1946-1948, 1950-1954, 1956-present
• Arkansas 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Arkansas State 1975-1981, 1992-present
• Army 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Auburn 1937-1940, 1946-present

B

• Ball State 1975-81, 1983-present
• Baylor 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Boise State 1996-present
• Boston College 1939-1940, 1946-present
• Boston U. 1939-1940, 1947-1965
• Bowling Green 1961-81, 1983-present
• Brigham Young 1938-1940, 1946-present
• Brown 1937-1940, 1946-1981
• Bucknell 1938-1940, 1946-1947
• Buffalo 1962-1970, 1999-present

C

• California 1937-1940, 1946-present
• California State Fullerton 1976-1992
• Carnegie Tech 1937-1940
• Case Western Reserve 1948
• Centenary 1938-1947
• UCF 1996-present
• Central Michigan 1975-present
• Chattanooga 1946-1948, 1950, 1977-1981
• Chicago 1937-1939
• Cincinnati 1946, 1948-1981, 1983-present
• Citadel 1939, 1946-1952, 1959-1981
• Clemson 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Colgate 1937-1940, 1946-1981
• Colorado 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Colorado College 1946-1947
• Colorado State 1940, 1946-present
• Columbia 1938-1940, 1946-1981
• Connecticut 2002-present
• Cornell 1937-1940, 1946-1981
• Creighton 1939-1942

D

• Dartmouth 1937-1940, 1946-1981
• Davidson 1937-1940, 1946-1953, 1967-1976
• Dayton 1956-1976
• Denver 1940-1960
• Detroit 1939-1964
• Drake 1939-1940, 1946-1958, 1973-1980
• Duke 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Duquesne 1937-1940, 1947-1950

E

• East Carolina 1966-present
• East Tennessee State 1978-1981
• Eastern Michigan 1976-81, 1983-present

F

• Florida 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Florida Atlantic 2006-present
• Florida International 2006-present
• Florida State 1955-present
• Fordham 1937-1940, 1946-1954
• Fresno State 1973-present
• Furman 1946-1953, 1955-1957, 1965, 1973-1981

G

• Georgetown 1937-1940, 1946-1950
• George Washington 1939-1966
• Georgia 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Georgia Tech 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Gonzaga 1938-1941
• Grambling 1977

H

• Hardin-Simmons 1946-1948, 1950-1962
• Harvard 1937-1940, 1946-1981
• Haskell 1937-1938
• Hawaii 1974-present
• Holy Cross 1938-1940, 1946-1981
• Houston 1949-present

I

• Idaho 1938-1940, 1946-1967, 1969-1977, 1997-present
• Illinois 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Illinois State 1976-1981
• Indiana 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Indiana State 1976-1981
• Iowa 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Iowa State 1937-1940, 1946-present

J

• Jackson State 1977

K

• Kansas 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Kansas State 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Kent State 1962-1981, 1983-present
• Kentucky 1937, 1940-present

L

• Lafayette 1938-1940, 1946-1950
• Lamar 1974-1981
• Lehigh 1938-1940, 1946-1947
• Long Beach State 1973-1991
• Louisiana-Lafayette 1974-present
• Louisiana-Monroe 1975-1981, 1994-present
• Louisiana State 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Louisiana Tech 1975-1981, 1989-present
• Louisville 1951, 1962-present
• Loyola Marymount 1950-1951
• Loyola (Ill.) 1940

M

• Manhattan 1937-1942
• Marquette 1937-1960
• Marshall 1962-1981, 1998-present
• Maryland 1937, 1940, 1946-present
• McNeese State 1975-1981
• Memphis 1960-present
• Merchant Marine 1946-1947
• Miami (Fla.) 1946-present
• Miami (Ohio) 1948-1949, 1961-1981, 1983-present
• Michigan 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Michigan State 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Middle Tennessee State 1999-present
• Minnesota 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Mississippi 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Mississippi State 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Missouri 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Montana 1939-1940, 1946-1962
• Montana State 1946-1948

N

• Navy 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Nebraska 1937-1940, 1946-present
• UNLV 1978-present
• Nevada 1946-1950, 1992-present
• New Hampshire 1940
• New Mexico 1940, 1946-present
• New Mexico State 1946-1947, 1952-1953, 1959-present
• New York U. 1937-1948, 1951-1952
• North Carolina 1937-1940, 1946-present
• North Carolina State 1940, 1946-present
• North Texas 1957-1981, 1995-present
• Northern Arizona 1946-1947
• Northern Colorado 1946-1947
• Northern Illinois 1969-1981, 1983-present
• Northwestern 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Northwestern State 1976-1977
• Notre Dame 1937-1940, 1946-present

O

• Ohio 1948, 1961-1981, 1983-present
• Ohio State 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Oklahoma 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Oklahoma State 1939-1940, 1946-present
• Oregon 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Oregon State 1937-1940, 1946-present

P

• Pacific 1950-1960, 1962-1963, 1966, 1969-1995
• Pennsylvania 1937-1940, 1946-1981
• Pennsylvania State 1938-1940, 1946-present
• Pittsburgh 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Portland 1946-1948
• Princeton 1937-1940, 1946-1981
• Purdue 1937-1940, 1946-present

R

• Rice 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Richmond 1940, 1946-1981
• Rutgers 1946-present

S

• St. Louis 1940-1949
• St. Mary’s (Cal.) 1937-1940, 1946-1950
• San Diego State 1969-present
• San Francisco 1940-1951
• San Jose State 1939-1940, 1950-present
• Santa Clara 1937-1942, 1946-1952
• Sewanee 1937
• South Carolina 1939-1940, 1946-present
• South Florida 2001-present
• Southern California 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Southern Illinois 1973-1981
• SMU 1937-1940, 1946-1986, 1989-present
• Southern Mississippi 1960, 1963-present
• Southern U. 1977
• Stanford 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Syracuse 1937-1940, 1946-present

T

• Tampa 1973-1974
• Temple 1938-1940, 1946-1953, 1971-present
• Tennessee 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Tennessee State 1977-1980
• Texas 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Texas-Arlington 1972-1981
• Texas A&M 1937-1940, 1946-present
• TCU 1937-1940, 1946-present
• UTEP 1940, 1946-present
• Texas Southern 1977
• Texas Tech 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Toledo 1962-present
• Trinity (Tex.) 1960
• Troy 2002-present
• Tulane 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Tulsa 1937-1940, 1946-present

U

• UCLA 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Utah 1938-1940, 1946-present
• Utah State 1939-1940, 1946-present

V

• Vanderbilt 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Villanova 1939-1940, 1946-1980
• Virginia 1940, 1946-present
• Virginia Military Institute 1939-40, 1946-81
• Virginia Tech 1940, 1946-present

W

• Wake Forest 1939-1940, 1946-present
• Washington 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Washington & Lee 1940, 1946-1953
• Washington-St. Louis 1937-1940
• Washington State 1937-1940, 1946-present
• West Texas A&M 1946-1947, 1951-1953, 1958-1980
• West Virginia 1939-1940, 1946-present
• Western Carolina 1977-1981
• Western Kentucky 2008–present
• Western Michigan 1962-present
• Wichita State 1946-1986
• William & Mary 1940, 1946-1981
• Wisconsin 1937-1940, 1946-present
• Wyoming 1940, 1946-present

X

• Xavier 1960-1973

Y

• Yale 1937-1940, 1946-1981

See also

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball alignment history
• NCAA Men's Division I Football Championship Subdivision alignment history