College Realignment
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A sports fan with a particularly keen interest in college football and college realignment.
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The NCAA's lone Canadian member, Simon Fraser, is planning to leave and return to the Canada West Conference in U Sports. The move is tentatively planned to take effect in 2027-28.
SFU released a report earlier this month detailing some likely changes, which include eliminating 5 sports.
SFU released a report earlier this month detailing some likely changes, which include eliminating 5 sports.
Simon Fraser University to pursue U SPORTS membership
www.sfu.ca
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The NCAA's lone Canadian member, Simon Fraser, is planning to leave and return to the Canada West Conference in U Sports. The move is tentatively planned to take effect in 2027-28.
SFU released a report earlier this month detailing some likely changes, which include eliminating 5 sports.
SFU released a report earlier this month detailing some likely changes, which include eliminating 5 sports.
Between this and Michigan-USC stonewalling the Big Ten private capital deal (for now), there have been a few surprises this week.
But I know the money will eventually win out. It always does and it's not stopping at the FBS either. FCS/D2/D3 will follow suit, where possible and to a smaller degree.
But I know the money will eventually win out. It always does and it's not stopping at the FBS either. FCS/D2/D3 will follow suit, where possible and to a smaller degree.
Bowl Season executive Nick Carparelli tells me the proposal to move The Holiday Bowl to Saudi Arabia didn't get any traction.
The Holiday Bowl proposed moving to Saudi Arabia, according to an agenda for an ACC ADs call this summer.
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Between this and Michigan-USC stonewalling the Big Ten private capital deal (for now), there have been a few surprises this week.
But I know the money will eventually win out. It always does and it's not stopping at the FBS either. FCS/D2/D3 will follow suit, where possible and to a smaller degree.
But I know the money will eventually win out. It always does and it's not stopping at the FBS either. FCS/D2/D3 will follow suit, where possible and to a smaller degree.
That $30K a year they'll be getting from FloSports ought to patch up their financial issues real quick. 🙄
A great read on UChicago, arguing we’re seeing the result of decades of mismanagement: “The university’s trustees and leaders view it preeminently as a tax-free technology incubator, and its debt load is so great that it is abandoning ideals it once held dear in order to sustain that goal.”
The Crisis of the University Started Long Before Trump
The University of Chicago is in crisis. Under extraordinary financial strain, it has diminished its faculty-student ratio and hired hundreds of “lecturers”: teachers whom it pays little and whom it do...
www.compactmag.com
August 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
That $30K a year they'll be getting from FloSports ought to patch up their financial issues real quick. 🙄
A jam-packed realignment report:
- Pac-12 deal, Texas State
- Big Sky, ASUN/WAC/UAC
- PSAC invites Lackawanna
- Shawnee State joins MEC
- Marywood to MAC Commonwealth
- XULA Joins SSAC
- Lots more changes
#Realignment #CollegeSports
- Pac-12 deal, Texas State
- Big Sky, ASUN/WAC/UAC
- PSAC invites Lackawanna
- Shawnee State joins MEC
- Marywood to MAC Commonwealth
- XULA Joins SSAC
- Lots more changes
#Realignment #CollegeSports
College Realignment Report for June 28, 2025 - Sports Enthusiasts
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since June 21, 2025, and pro...
sportsenthusiasts.net
June 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A jam-packed realignment report:
- Pac-12 deal, Texas State
- Big Sky, ASUN/WAC/UAC
- PSAC invites Lackawanna
- Shawnee State joins MEC
- Marywood to MAC Commonwealth
- XULA Joins SSAC
- Lots more changes
#Realignment #CollegeSports
- Pac-12 deal, Texas State
- Big Sky, ASUN/WAC/UAC
- PSAC invites Lackawanna
- Shawnee State joins MEC
- Marywood to MAC Commonwealth
- XULA Joins SSAC
- Lots more changes
#Realignment #CollegeSports
Update:
Yes, Shawnee State was considering a move to D2 when I wrote this in February. The school announced a move to the Mountain East starting in 2026-27.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
Yes, Shawnee State was considering a move to D2 when I wrote this in February. The school announced a move to the Mountain East starting in 2026-27.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
June 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Update:
Yes, Shawnee State was considering a move to D2 when I wrote this in February. The school announced a move to the Mountain East starting in 2026-27.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
Yes, Shawnee State was considering a move to D2 when I wrote this in February. The school announced a move to the Mountain East starting in 2026-27.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
In this week's realignment report:
- Sac State to Big West
- IMG Academy paper
- D1 cuts and changes
- UAA signs with FloSports
- Saint Francis adding D3 swimming
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- Sac State to Big West
- IMG Academy paper
- D1 cuts and changes
- UAA signs with FloSports
- Saint Francis adding D3 swimming
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College Realignment Report for June 21, 2025 - Sports Enthusiasts
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since June 14, 2025, and pro...
sportsenthusiasts.net
June 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
In this week's realignment report:
- Sac State to Big West
- IMG Academy paper
- D1 cuts and changes
- UAA signs with FloSports
- Saint Francis adding D3 swimming
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- Sac State to Big West
- IMG Academy paper
- D1 cuts and changes
- UAA signs with FloSports
- Saint Francis adding D3 swimming
#CollegeSports #Realignment
In this week's realignment report:
- House Opt in date changed
- WCC adds 3 championships
- D2 Fresno Pacific moves to CCAA
- Great Southwest adds flag football
- Lots of NAIA individual sports changes
#Realignment #CollegeSports
- House Opt in date changed
- WCC adds 3 championships
- D2 Fresno Pacific moves to CCAA
- Great Southwest adds flag football
- Lots of NAIA individual sports changes
#Realignment #CollegeSports
College Realignment Report for June 14, 2025 - Sports Enthusiasts
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since June 7, 2025, and prov...
sportsenthusiasts.net
June 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In this week's realignment report:
- House Opt in date changed
- WCC adds 3 championships
- D2 Fresno Pacific moves to CCAA
- Great Southwest adds flag football
- Lots of NAIA individual sports changes
#Realignment #CollegeSports
- House Opt in date changed
- WCC adds 3 championships
- D2 Fresno Pacific moves to CCAA
- Great Southwest adds flag football
- Lots of NAIA individual sports changes
#Realignment #CollegeSports
The House Settlement is final, so I decided to take some guesses at how the new roster sizes could impact realignment.
I don't think it's going to be a fun time for Olympic sports, a trend that tennis has already been subjected to.
#CollegeSports
I don't think it's going to be a fun time for Olympic sports, a trend that tennis has already been subjected to.
#CollegeSports
House Settlement Finalized to Push College Athletics and NCAA Into a New Era - Sports Enthusiasts
The House v. NCAA settlement has been approved, and with it comes a whole different era of college athletics. Amateurism is officially gone and a de facto semi-professional model is in. There have bee...
sportsenthusiasts.net
June 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The House Settlement is final, so I decided to take some guesses at how the new roster sizes could impact realignment.
I don't think it's going to be a fun time for Olympic sports, a trend that tennis has already been subjected to.
#CollegeSports
I don't think it's going to be a fun time for Olympic sports, a trend that tennis has already been subjected to.
#CollegeSports
In this week's realignment report:
- The House Settlement is finalized
- Utah Valley and Villanova moves
- SUNYAC adds 3 full members
- Luther College leaves A-R-C for Midwest
- Individual sports changes
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- The House Settlement is finalized
- Utah Valley and Villanova moves
- SUNYAC adds 3 full members
- Luther College leaves A-R-C for Midwest
- Individual sports changes
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College Realignment Report for June 7, 2025 - Sports Enthusiasts
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since May 31, 2025, and prov...
sportsenthusiasts.net
June 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In this week's realignment report:
- The House Settlement is finalized
- Utah Valley and Villanova moves
- SUNYAC adds 3 full members
- Luther College leaves A-R-C for Midwest
- Individual sports changes
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- The House Settlement is finalized
- Utah Valley and Villanova moves
- SUNYAC adds 3 full members
- Luther College leaves A-R-C for Midwest
- Individual sports changes
#CollegeSports #Realignment
I had to re-read the SUNYAC press release to make sure I documented all the moves correctly. I didn't, haha.
The SUNYAC release did say SUNY Cobleskill will add women's field hockey and lacrosse, but there was no mention of that in Cobleskill's release.
The SUNYAC release did say SUNY Cobleskill will add women's field hockey and lacrosse, but there was no mention of that in Cobleskill's release.
June 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I had to re-read the SUNYAC press release to make sure I documented all the moves correctly. I didn't, haha.
The SUNYAC release did say SUNY Cobleskill will add women's field hockey and lacrosse, but there was no mention of that in Cobleskill's release.
The SUNYAC release did say SUNY Cobleskill will add women's field hockey and lacrosse, but there was no mention of that in Cobleskill's release.
Lots of realignment news today:
- Villanova FB to Patriot League
- PSAC adding 2 for men's tennis
- SUNYAC adding 3 full members + 4 associate members
- Union Commonwealth dropping tennis programs
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- Villanova FB to Patriot League
- PSAC adding 2 for men's tennis
- SUNYAC adding 3 full members + 4 associate members
- Union Commonwealth dropping tennis programs
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College Sports Realignment Changes for 2025 and Beyond - Sports Enthusiasts
Editor’s note: This post has been updated as of Thursday, June 5, 2025. Note that this list only reflects changes in effect beginning with the 2025-26 academic year. For a list of full membership and ...
sportsenthusiasts.net
June 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Lots of realignment news today:
- Villanova FB to Patriot League
- PSAC adding 2 for men's tennis
- SUNYAC adding 3 full members + 4 associate members
- Union Commonwealth dropping tennis programs
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- Villanova FB to Patriot League
- PSAC adding 2 for men's tennis
- SUNYAC adding 3 full members + 4 associate members
- Union Commonwealth dropping tennis programs
#CollegeSports #Realignment
The constant barrage of "updates" on the Pac-12 media rights have been one of my least favorite parts of realignment the last 10 months. I look forward to the day there's actually an agreement announced and the final numbers are leaked to put this behind us... until the next agreement in 5ish years.
I honest to God don't know. All the schools are under a gag order and would face a stiff fine if they talked to me. I've been burned listening to OSU/Wazzu people about TV rights before. The financial viability of all of stuff also depends, in large part, on mediation re: lawsuits.
Does the PAC 12 have a mountain West team lined up for their 8th member (maybe not UNLV)? Aka are they waiting to finish arbitration and settle all the lawsuits so that it doesn't make a scorched earth situation where the mountain West walks away.
June 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The constant barrage of "updates" on the Pac-12 media rights have been one of my least favorite parts of realignment the last 10 months. I look forward to the day there's actually an agreement announced and the final numbers are leaked to put this behind us... until the next agreement in 5ish years.
In this week's realignment report:
- Big 12 passes on private equity
- Lehigh adds wrestling
- NCAA D2 PSAC to add an 18th member
- NCAA/NAIA sports changes
- Men's club rugby shuffle
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- Big 12 passes on private equity
- Lehigh adds wrestling
- NCAA D2 PSAC to add an 18th member
- NCAA/NAIA sports changes
- Men's club rugby shuffle
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College Realignment Report for May 31, 2025 - Sports Enthusiasts
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since May 24, 2025, and prov...
sportsenthusiasts.net
May 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
In this week's realignment report:
- Big 12 passes on private equity
- Lehigh adds wrestling
- NCAA D2 PSAC to add an 18th member
- NCAA/NAIA sports changes
- Men's club rugby shuffle
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- Big 12 passes on private equity
- Lehigh adds wrestling
- NCAA D2 PSAC to add an 18th member
- NCAA/NAIA sports changes
- Men's club rugby shuffle
#CollegeSports #Realignment
In this week's realignment report:
- SFA cuts, Pacific adds
- Oklahoma cuts athletic staff
- College Football Playoff changes seeding format
- Sports cuts in NCAA D2, D3, and NAIA
- Tennis cuts trend
- Two NAIA Commissioner Openings
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- SFA cuts, Pacific adds
- Oklahoma cuts athletic staff
- College Football Playoff changes seeding format
- Sports cuts in NCAA D2, D3, and NAIA
- Tennis cuts trend
- Two NAIA Commissioner Openings
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College Realignment Report for May 24, 2025 - Sports Enthusiasts
This is part of an ongoing series covering various college realignment news for all three NCAA Divisions as well as the NAIA. The roundup below will cover news and reports since May 17, 2025, and prov...
sportsenthusiasts.net
May 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In this week's realignment report:
- SFA cuts, Pacific adds
- Oklahoma cuts athletic staff
- College Football Playoff changes seeding format
- Sports cuts in NCAA D2, D3, and NAIA
- Tennis cuts trend
- Two NAIA Commissioner Openings
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- SFA cuts, Pacific adds
- Oklahoma cuts athletic staff
- College Football Playoff changes seeding format
- Sports cuts in NCAA D2, D3, and NAIA
- Tennis cuts trend
- Two NAIA Commissioner Openings
#CollegeSports #Realignment
2 more tennis cuts today, although not surprising. Northwestern Ohio from the NAIA's WHAC will discontinue its tennis programs. The WHAC announced in January that it would stop sponsoring tennis.
36 NCAA and NAIA tennis programs won't return in 2025-26 and 12 will be added.
36 NCAA and NAIA tennis programs won't return in 2025-26 and 12 will be added.
Guess what sport lost another 4 teams for 2025-26 today? Yup, tennis.
Oh, and Stephen F. Austin dropped both golf programs, women's bowling, and women's beach volleyball.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
Oh, and Stephen F. Austin dropped both golf programs, women's bowling, and women's beach volleyball.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College tennis is getting crushed in realignment.
Concordia Irvine announced the discontinuation of their tennis programs, making it 30 teams across the NCAA and NAIA cutting the sport next year.
#CollegeSports
Concordia Irvine announced the discontinuation of their tennis programs, making it 30 teams across the NCAA and NAIA cutting the sport next year.
#CollegeSports
May 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
2 more tennis cuts today, although not surprising. Northwestern Ohio from the NAIA's WHAC will discontinue its tennis programs. The WHAC announced in January that it would stop sponsoring tennis.
36 NCAA and NAIA tennis programs won't return in 2025-26 and 12 will be added.
36 NCAA and NAIA tennis programs won't return in 2025-26 and 12 will be added.
Guess what sport lost another 4 teams for 2025-26 today? Yup, tennis.
Oh, and Stephen F. Austin dropped both golf programs, women's bowling, and women's beach volleyball.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
Oh, and Stephen F. Austin dropped both golf programs, women's bowling, and women's beach volleyball.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College tennis is getting crushed in realignment.
Concordia Irvine announced the discontinuation of their tennis programs, making it 30 teams across the NCAA and NAIA cutting the sport next year.
#CollegeSports
Concordia Irvine announced the discontinuation of their tennis programs, making it 30 teams across the NCAA and NAIA cutting the sport next year.
#CollegeSports
May 22, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Guess what sport lost another 4 teams for 2025-26 today? Yup, tennis.
Oh, and Stephen F. Austin dropped both golf programs, women's bowling, and women's beach volleyball.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
Oh, and Stephen F. Austin dropped both golf programs, women's bowling, and women's beach volleyball.
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College tennis is getting crushed in realignment.
Concordia Irvine announced the discontinuation of their tennis programs, making it 30 teams across the NCAA and NAIA cutting the sport next year.
#CollegeSports
Concordia Irvine announced the discontinuation of their tennis programs, making it 30 teams across the NCAA and NAIA cutting the sport next year.
#CollegeSports
May 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
College tennis is getting crushed in realignment.
Concordia Irvine announced the discontinuation of their tennis programs, making it 30 teams across the NCAA and NAIA cutting the sport next year.
#CollegeSports
Concordia Irvine announced the discontinuation of their tennis programs, making it 30 teams across the NCAA and NAIA cutting the sport next year.
#CollegeSports
In this week's realignment roundup:
- Two sports recommended for NCAA Championship status
- More flag football and volleyball teams announced
- Affiliate membership changes
- Teams make sports cuts
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- Two sports recommended for NCAA Championship status
- More flag football and volleyball teams announced
- Affiliate membership changes
- Teams make sports cuts
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College Sport Realignment Roundup for May 17, 2025
A look at the college realignment news for May 17, 2025, including multiple new volleyball and flag football programs, a pair of new NCAA Championship sports, and more realignment changes.
college-realignment.beehiiv.com
May 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In this week's realignment roundup:
- Two sports recommended for NCAA Championship status
- More flag football and volleyball teams announced
- Affiliate membership changes
- Teams make sports cuts
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- Two sports recommended for NCAA Championship status
- More flag football and volleyball teams announced
- Affiliate membership changes
- Teams make sports cuts
#CollegeSports #Realignment
In this week's realignment article:
- New Haven joins NCAA D1
- Marquette, St. Bonaventure add sports
- Two D3 schools add sports
- Plenty of NAIA news including PCC discontinuing athletics and Webber suspending 8 sports
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- New Haven joins NCAA D1
- Marquette, St. Bonaventure add sports
- Two D3 schools add sports
- Plenty of NAIA news including PCC discontinuing athletics and Webber suspending 8 sports
#CollegeSports #Realignment
College Sports Realignment Roundup for May 10, 2025
A look at the college realignment news for May 10, 2025, including New Haven's move to NCAA D1, Providence Christian dropping athletics, and Webber International suspending 8 programs.
college-realignment.beehiiv.com
May 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In this week's realignment article:
- New Haven joins NCAA D1
- Marquette, St. Bonaventure add sports
- Two D3 schools add sports
- Plenty of NAIA news including PCC discontinuing athletics and Webber suspending 8 sports
#CollegeSports #Realignment
- New Haven joins NCAA D1
- Marquette, St. Bonaventure add sports
- Two D3 schools add sports
- Plenty of NAIA news including PCC discontinuing athletics and Webber suspending 8 sports
#CollegeSports #Realignment