NCAA Division I FCS independent schools
| FCS Independents | |
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| NCAA | Division I FCS |
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| Schools | 1 |
| Sports fielded | 1 (men's: 1; women's: 0) |
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NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions in the United States whose football programs are not part of a football conference. This does not mean that FCS independents schedule each other for competition as conference schools do.
Independent institutions
Current institutions
| Institution | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Nickname | Future Conference | Year Leaving |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee State University | Johnson City, TN | 1911 | Public | 15,536 | Buccaneers | Southern Conference | 2016 |
East Tennessee State resumed its football program in 2015; it had previously dropped the program in 2003. It will play the 2015 season as an independent before joining its primary conference, the Southern Conference, in 2016.[1]
Stadiums
| School | Football Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| East Tennessee State | Kermit Tipton Stadium | 6,600 |
Former FCS independents
The following is a complete list of teams which have been Division I-AA/FCS Independents since the formation of Division I-AA in 1978. The "Current Conference" column indicates affiliations for the 2015 college football season.
Teams in italics are current FBS members; this includes second-year transitional schools that are counted as FBS for scheduling purposes but not bowl game eligibility.
- ↑ Arkansas State has been a full Sun Belt member since 1991, but the conference did not sponsor football until 2001.
- ↑ Austin Peay only departed OVC football; it remained a full but non-football member before returning to OVC football in 2007.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 The conference now known as the Patriot League began in 1986 as the football-only Colonial League. It adopted its current name in 1990, when it became an all-sports conference.
- ↑ Buffalo became a full member of the MAC in 1998, but was not a football member until 1999.
- 1 2 The Great West Conference began in 2004 as the Great West Football Conference. It became an all-sports conference in 2008.
- ↑ Charlotte's second and current stint as a Conference USA member began in 2013, the same time that it began its football program. The football team completed its FBS transition in 2015 and joined C-USA football at that time.
- ↑ Delaware has been a full CAA member since 2001. However, the CAA did not sponsor football until 2007, when it effectively took over the football league previously sponsored by the Atlantic 10 Conference (A10).
- 1 2 3 4 The CAA football conference is the direct successor of both the Yankee Conference and A10 football conference. The football-only Yankee Conference was absorbed by the A10 after the 1996 season. After the 2006 season, the A10 dropped football after all of its football members joined the newly formed CAA football conference. The Yankee Conference's automatic bid to the I-AA/FCS playoffs passed in succession to the A10 and CAA.
- 1 2 3 The MVFC did not adopt its current name until 2008. Before then, it was known as the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (1982–1993) and Gateway Football Conference (1993–2008).
- 1 2 James Madison and William & Mary have been CAA members since the conference's establishment in 1979. However, the CAA did not sponsor football until 2007, when it effectively took over the football league previously sponsored by the Atlantic 10 Conference (A10).
- ↑ Liberty has been a full member of the Big South since 1991, but the conference did not sponsor football until 2002.
- ↑ South Alabama has been a Sun Belt member from the conference's creation in 1976. However, the Sun Belt did not sponsor football until 2001. South Alabama did not start a football program until 2009, and did not play Sun Belt football until 2012.
- ↑ The original Big East Conference split into the football-sponsoring American Athletic Conference and a new non-football Big East Conference in 2013. South Florida remained with the FBS schools in The American.
- ↑ Southeastern Louisiana dropped football after the 1985 season.
- ↑ Towson was a CAA member at the conference's formation in 1979, but left in 1981; after having been a member of four other conferences, it rejoined the CAA in 2001. However, the CAA did not sponsor football until 2007, when it effectively took over the football league previously sponsored by the Atlantic 10 Conference (A10).
- ↑ Troy joined the Sun Belt for football in 2004, and became an all-sports member in 2005.
- ↑ UAB was a charter member of Conference USA at its creation in 1995, but did not join for football until 1999. They then dropped football after the 2014 season, but have since announced that football will return in 2017 in C-USA.
See also
- NCAA Division I FBS independent schools
- NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
- NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
- NCAA Division II independent schools
- NCAA Division III independent schools
- NAIA independent schools
References
- ↑ http://jcnewsandneighbor.com/bucs-announce-2015-football-schedule-including-six-home-games/
- 1 2 "Lamar Football 2012 Info Guide" (PDF). Lamar University Department of Athletics. p. 101. Retrieved March 30, 2015.
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