All-time members
21
1912-2023
NCAA Division I FCS independent schools
The NCAA Division I FCS independent schools (NDIFIS) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1912-2023. 21 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Current/final members
1
Final tracked snapshot
National title seasons
0
Won by member programs while in the league
Heisman winners
0
Heisman-winning seasons from member programs
Current teams
1
Final tracked membership snapshot
Latest champion
No champion available
No champion is available yet
Most conference titles
Unavailable
No official title leader is available yet
Newest members
2023
Kennesaw State
Championship format
Standings
2004: Regular-season standings
Division status
No divisions
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Overview
Fast historical context for this conference.
The NCAA Division I FCS independent schools (NDIFIS) is a historical FBS football conference tracked from 1912-2023. 21 programs appear in the membership history, with 1 in the latest snapshot. 0 national title seasons and 0 Heisman-winning seasons come from member programs.
Complete latest member list
NCAA Division I FCS independent schools teams in the latest CFBTrack snapshot: Kennesaw State.
Major eras
- 1912-1923: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1968-1969: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1978: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1980-1981: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Current/final status
Historical league ending in 2023.
Latest champion: No champion available
Quick facts
- Founded / tracked from
- 1912
- Last tracked season
- 2023
- Standings seasons
- 3
- Title-game seasons
- 0
- Churn score
- 44
Members
All-time membership and tenure overview.
| Team | First season | Last season | Seasons | Status | Titles in conference | Heismans in conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Kentucky | 1982 | 2007 | 18 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| James Madison | 1980 | 1992 | 13 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Liberty | 1989 | 2001 | 13 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Houston | 1912 | 1923 | 12 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia Southern | 1984 | 1991 | 8 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Buffalo | 1993 | 1998 | 6 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UCF | 1990 | 1995 | 6 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas State | 1987 | 1991 | 5 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Florida Atlantic | 2001 | 2004 | 4 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| South Florida | 1997 | 2000 | 4 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Florida International | 2002 | 2004 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UAB | 1993 | 1995 | 3 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Boise State | 1968 | 1969 | 2 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Charlotte | 2013 | 2014 | 2 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Georgia State | 2010 | 2011 | 2 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana Tech | 1987 | 1988 | 2 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| UConn | 2000 | 2001 | 2 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Coastal Carolina | 2016 | 2016 | 1 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Kennesaw State | 2023 | 2023 | 1 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| Nevada | 1978 | 1978 | 1 | Former | 0 | 0 |
| South Alabama | 2011 | 2011 | 1 | Former | 0 | 0 |
Membership timeline
Membership events feed
- 2024: Kennesaw State departed
- 2023: Kennesaw State joined
- 2017: Coastal Carolina departed
- 2016: Coastal Carolina joined
- 2015: Charlotte departed
- 2013: Charlotte joined
- 2012: Georgia State departed
- 2012: South Alabama departed
- 2011: South Alabama joined
- 2010: Georgia State joined
- 2008: Western Kentucky departed
- 2007: Western Kentucky joined
- 2005: Florida Atlantic departed
- 2005: Florida International departed
- 2002: Liberty departed
- 2002: UConn departed
- 2002: Florida International joined
- 2001: South Florida departed
Standings
Season-aware conference standings, champion context, and tiebreak summary.
View
2023 alignment is available, but no completed conference standings are available yet. Showing latest usable standings: 2004.
View 2023 alignment2004 standings
InferredDerived from 1 completed conference game.
Member count
2
No divisions inferred; champion derived from conference standings.
Champion
Florida Atlantic
Champion inferred from best conference record.
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 Atlantic Champion | 1-0 | 100.0 | 14-3 | 17 | 10 | 7 | — |
| 2 | Florida International | 0-1 | 0.0 | 6-10 | 10 | 17 | -7 | — |
Champions
Conference title history by season.
| Season | Champion | Co-champion | Qualifiers | Title game | Notes |
|---|
Champion leaders
- No official title leaders are available yet.
Era breakdown
- 1912-1923: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1968-1969: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1978: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1980-1981: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 1982-1983: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 1984-1986: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1987-1989: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1990-1991: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
- 1992: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1993-1995: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
- 1996: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 1997-1998: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
- 1999: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 2000: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 2001: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
- 2002: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 2003-2004: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 2007: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 2010: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 2011: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
- 2013-2014: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 2016: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
- 2023: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Structure & Tiebreakers
Era groupings and confidence-based rules context.
1912-1923
Partial1912-1923: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1924: Sam Houston departed
- 1912: Sam Houston joined
1968-1969
Partial1968-1969: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1970: Boise State departed
- 1968: Boise State joined
1978-1978
Partial1978: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1979: Nevada departed
- 1978: Nevada joined
1980-1981
Partial1980-1981: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1982: Western Kentucky joined
- 1980: James Madison joined
1982-1983
Partial1982-1983: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1984: Georgia Southern joined
- 1982: Western Kentucky joined
1984-1986
Partial1984-1986: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1987: Arkansas State joined
- 1987: Louisiana Tech joined
- 1984: Georgia Southern joined
1987-1989
Partial1987-1989: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1990: UCF joined
- 1989: Louisiana Tech departed
- 1989: Liberty joined
- 1987: Arkansas State joined
1990-1991
Partial1990-1991: 6-6 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1992: Arkansas State departed
- 1992: Georgia Southern departed
- 1990: UCF joined
1992-1992
Partial1992: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1993: James Madison departed
- 1993: Buffalo joined
- 1993: UAB joined
- 1992: Arkansas State departed
1993-1995
Partial1993-1995: 5-5 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1996: UAB departed
- 1996: UCF departed
- 1993: James Madison departed
- 1993: Buffalo joined
1996-1996
Partial1996: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1997: South Florida joined
- 1996: UAB departed
- 1996: UCF departed
1997-1998
Partial1997-1998: 4-4 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 1999: Buffalo departed
- 1999: Western Kentucky departed
- 1997: South Florida joined
1999-1999
Partial1999: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2000: UConn joined
- 1999: Buffalo departed
- 1999: Western Kentucky departed
2000-2000
Partial2000: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2001: South Florida departed
- 2001: Florida Atlantic joined
- 2000: UConn joined
2001-2001
Partial2001: 3-3 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2002: Liberty departed
- 2002: UConn departed
- 2002: Florida International joined
- 2001: South Florida departed
2002-2002
Partial2002: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2002: Liberty departed
- 2002: UConn departed
- 2002: Florida International joined
2003-2004
Partial2003-2004: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2005: Florida Atlantic departed
- 2005: Florida International departed
2007-2007
Partial2007: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2008: Western Kentucky departed
- 2007: Western Kentucky joined
2010-2010
Partial2010: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2011: South Alabama joined
- 2010: Georgia State joined
2011-2011
Partial2011: 2-2 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2012: Georgia State departed
- 2012: South Alabama departed
- 2011: South Alabama joined
2013-2014
Partial2013-2014: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2015: Charlotte departed
- 2013: Charlotte joined
2016-2016
Partial2016: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2017: Coastal Carolina departed
- 2016: Coastal Carolina joined
2023-2023
Partial2023: 1-1 members, regular-season title era
Champion inferred from best conference record
- 2024: Kennesaw State departed
- 2023: Kennesaw State joined
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
22
Derived from membership starts
Departure events
22
Derived after final membership season
Newest member
Kennesaw State
Joined in 2023
Longest member
Western Kentucky
18 seasons
Shared members
Joined since start
- Kennesaw State
Departed since start
- Sam Houston
Realignment timeline
- 2024: Kennesaw State departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2023 season.
- 2023: Kennesaw State joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 2023 season.
- 2017: Coastal Carolina departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2016 season.
- 2016: Coastal Carolina joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 2016 season.
- 2015: Charlotte departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2014 season.
- 2013: Charlotte joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 2013 season.
- 2012: Georgia State departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2011 season.
- 2012: South Alabama departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2011 season.
- 2011: South Alabama joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 2011 season.
- 2010: Georgia State joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 2010 season.
- 2008: Western Kentucky departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2007 season.
- 2007: Western Kentucky joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 2007 season.
- 2005: Florida Atlantic departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2004 season.
- 2005: Florida International departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2004 season.
- 2002: Liberty departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2001 season.
- 2002: UConn departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2001 season.
- 2002: Florida International joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 2002 season.
- 2001: South Florida departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 2000 season.
- 2001: Florida Atlantic joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 2001 season.
- 2000: UConn joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 2000 season.
- 1999: Buffalo departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 1998 season.
- 1999: Western Kentucky departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 1998 season.
- 1997: South Florida joined NCAA Division I FCS independent schools for the 1997 season.
- 1996: UAB departed NCAA Division I FCS independent schools after the 1995 season.
Records
Conference-level leaderboards and contribution summaries.
Most conference titles
N/A
No title leader inferred yet.
Longest membership tenure
Western Kentucky
18 tracked seasons
Newest member
Kennesaw State
First joined in 2023
Most reshaped metric
44
22 joins and 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Boise State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Charlotte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Coastal Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Florida Atlantic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Florida International | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Georgia State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| James Madison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Kennesaw State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Liberty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Louisiana Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nevada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sam Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| South Alabama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| South Florida | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| UAB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| UCF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| UConn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Western Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Data Sources
How CFBTrack treats membership, standings, champions, and future-season caveats.
Membership is tracked from curated CFBTrack conference tables. Standings and champions may be official, curated, or inferred depending on season. Future seasons are provisional until games are played and source records settle.
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