All-time members
30
1996-2026
Conference USA
Conference USA is a active FBS conference record spanning 1996-2026. 30 programs appear in the tracked membership history, with 10 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
10
Latest active snapshot
National title seasons
0
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
0
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
Conference USA is a active FBS conference record spanning 1996-2026. 30 programs appear in the tracked membership history, with 10 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Major eras
- 1996: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1997: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
- 1998: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
- 1999-2000: 9-9 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Active through 2026.
Latest champion: No champion inferred
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1996
- Last tracked season
- 2026
- Standings seasons
- 30
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 62
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida International | 2013 | Present | 14 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana Tech | 2013 | Present | 14 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Middle Tennessee | 2013 | Present | 14 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Western Kentucky | 2014 | Present | 13 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Jacksonville State | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Liberty | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| New Mexico State | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Houston | 2023 | Present | 4 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Kennesaw State | 2024 | Present | 3 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Missouri State | 2025 | Present | 2 | Current | 0 | 0 |
| Southern Miss | 1996 | 2021 | 26 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UAB | 1999 | 2022 | 22 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UTEP | 2005 | 2025 | 21 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Rice | 2005 | 2022 | 18 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Tulane | 1996 | 2013 | 18 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| East Carolina | 1997 | 2013 | 17 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Houston | 1996 | 2012 | 17 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Marshall | 2005 | 2021 | 17 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Memphis | 1996 | 2012 | 17 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Florida Atlantic | 2013 | 2022 | 10 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| North Texas | 2013 | 2022 | 10 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati | 1996 | 2004 | 9 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisville | 1996 | 2004 | 9 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Tulsa | 2005 | 2013 | 9 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Charlotte | 2015 | 2022 | 8 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| SMU | 2005 | 2012 | 8 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UCF | 2005 | 2012 | 8 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Army | 1998 | 2004 | 7 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| TCU | 2001 | 2004 | 4 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| South Florida | 2003 | 2004 | 2 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership timeline
Membership events feed
- 2026: UTEP departed
- 2025: Missouri State joined
- 2024: Kennesaw State joined
- 2023: Charlotte departed
- 2023: Florida Atlantic departed
- 2023: Florida International departed
- 2023: Louisiana Tech departed
- 2023: Middle Tennessee departed
- 2023: North Texas departed
- 2023: Rice departed
- 2023: UAB departed
- 2023: UTEP departed
- 2023: Western Kentucky departed
- 2023: Florida International joined
- 2023: Jacksonville State joined
- 2023: Liberty joined
- 2023: Louisiana Tech joined
- 2023: Middle Tennessee joined
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
2026 standings
UnavailableDerived from 0 completed conference games.
Member count
10
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
N/A
No champion inferred
How this season was decided
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
| Rank | Team | Conference | Win % | Overall | PF | PA | +/- | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida International | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2 | Jacksonville State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 3 | Kennesaw State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 4 | Liberty | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 5 | Louisiana Tech | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 6 | Middle Tennessee | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 7 | Missouri State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 8 | New Mexico State | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 9 | Sam Houston | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 10 | Western Kentucky | 0-0 | 0.0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Champions
Conference title history by season.
| Season | Champion | Co-champion | Qualifiers | Title game | Notes |
|---|
Champion leaders
- Army: 0 conference titles
- TCU: 0 conference titles
- Houston: 0 conference titles
- Louisville: 0 conference titles
- SMU: 0 conference titles
- Charlotte: 0 conference titles
Era breakdown
- 1996: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1997: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
- 1998: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
- 1999-2000: 9-9 members, regular-season title era
- 2001-2002: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
- 2003-2004: 11-11 members, regular-season title era
- 2005-2012: 12-12 members, regular-season title era
- 2013: 13-13 members, regular-season title era
- 2014-2016: 11-11 members, regular-season title era
- 2017-2021: 12-12 members, regular-season title era
- 2022: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
- 2023: 9-9 members, regular-season title era
- 2024: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
- 2025: 11-11 members, regular-season title era
- 2026: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1996-1996
Partial1996: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1997: East Carolina joined
- 1996: Cincinnati joined
- 1996: Houston joined
- 1996: Louisville joined
1997-1997
Partial1997: 7-7 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1998: Army joined
- 1997: East Carolina joined
1998-1998
Partial1998: 8-8 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1999: UAB joined
- 1998: Army joined
1999-2000
Partial1999-2000: 9-9 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2001: TCU joined
- 1999: UAB joined
2001-2002
Partial2001-2002: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2003: South Florida joined
- 2001: TCU joined
2003-2004
Partial2003-2004: 11-11 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2005: Army departed
- 2005: Cincinnati departed
- 2005: Louisville departed
- 2005: South Florida departed
2005-2012
Partial2005-2012: 12-12 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2013: Houston departed
- 2013: Memphis departed
- 2013: SMU departed
- 2013: UCF departed
2013-2013
Partial2013: 13-13 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2014: East Carolina departed
- 2014: Tulane departed
- 2014: Tulsa departed
- 2014: Western Kentucky joined
2014-2016
Partial2014-2016: 11-11 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2017: UAB joined
- 2015: UAB departed
- 2015: Charlotte joined
- 2014: East Carolina departed
2017-2021
Partial2017-2021: 12-12 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2022: Marshall departed
- 2022: Southern Miss departed
- 2017: UAB joined
2022-2022
Partial2022: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2023: Charlotte departed
- 2023: Florida Atlantic departed
- 2023: Florida International departed
- 2023: Louisiana Tech departed
2023-2023
Partial2023: 9-9 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2024: Kennesaw State joined
- 2023: Charlotte departed
- 2023: Florida Atlantic departed
- 2023: Florida International departed
2024-2024
Partial2024: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2025: Missouri State joined
- 2024: Kennesaw State joined
2025-2025
Partial2025: 11-11 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2026: UTEP departed
- 2025: Missouri State joined
2026-2026
Partial2026: 10-10 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2026: UTEP departed
Division history
Historical division assignments are not stored in the current dataset.
Selected season tiebreak summary
Standings are ordered from game results, but the dataset does not store the official conference tiebreak procedure for this season.
- Conference win percentage
- Conference wins
- Conference losses
- Alphabetical fallback
Official tiebreak path not available in dataset.
Realignment
Membership changes and before/after conference snapshots.
Join events
36
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
26
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Missouri State
Joined in 2025
Longest member
Southern Miss
26 seasons
Shared members
Joined since start
- Florida International
- Jacksonville State
- Kennesaw State
- Liberty
- Louisiana Tech
- Middle Tennessee
- Missouri State
- New Mexico State
- Sam Houston
- Western Kentucky
Departed since start
- Cincinnati
- Houston
- Louisville
- Memphis
- Southern Miss
- Tulane
Realignment timeline
- 2026: UTEP departed Conference USA after the 2025 season.
- 2025: Missouri State joined Conference USA for the 2025 season.
- 2024: Kennesaw State joined Conference USA for the 2024 season.
- 2023: Charlotte departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: Florida Atlantic departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: Florida International departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: Louisiana Tech departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: Middle Tennessee departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: North Texas departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: Rice departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: UAB departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: UTEP departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: Western Kentucky departed Conference USA after the 2022 season.
- 2023: Florida International joined Conference USA for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Jacksonville State joined Conference USA for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Liberty joined Conference USA for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Louisiana Tech joined Conference USA for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Middle Tennessee joined Conference USA for the 2023 season.
- 2023: New Mexico State joined Conference USA for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Sam Houston joined Conference USA for the 2023 season.
- 2023: UTEP joined Conference USA for the 2023 season.
- 2023: Western Kentucky joined Conference USA for the 2023 season.
- 2022: Marshall departed Conference USA after the 2021 season.
- 2022: Southern Miss departed Conference USA after the 2021 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Southern Miss
26 tracked seasons
Newest member
Missouri State
First joined in 2025
Most reshaped metric
62
36 joins and 26 departures tracked.
Team contribution leaderboard
In-conference totals only count seasons when the program was a member. All-time totals count the full program history.
| Team | Conference titles | National title seasons (in conference) | National title seasons (all-time) | Heismans (in conference) | Heismans (all-time) | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| TCU | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| SMU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Charlotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| East Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Florida Atlantic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Florida International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Jacksonville State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kennesaw State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Liberty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Memphis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Middle Tennessee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Missouri State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| North Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Sam Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| South Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
| Tulane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Tulsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| UAB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| UCF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| UTEP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
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