1979 Conference Realignments

The following conference realignments took place during the summer preceding the 1979-1980 academic year:

Football

School	Left	Joined
Georgia Tech	NCAA Division I FBS Independents	Atlantic Coast Conference
Nevada	NCAA Division I FCS Independents	Big Sky Conference

Men's Basketball

New Conferences Formed:

• Big East Conference
• ECAC Metro (now known as the Northeast Conference)
• ECAC North (now known as the America East Conference)
• ECAC South (now known as the Colonial Athletic Association)
• Midwestern City Conference (now known as the Horizon League)

School	Left	Joined
Arkansas-Little Rock	Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference	Trans-America Athletic Conference
Army	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC Metro
Baltimore	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Boston College	NCAA Division I Independents	Big East Conference
Boston University	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Butler	NCAA Division I Independents	Midwestern City Conference
Canisius	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Catholic	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Colgate	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Connecticut	NCAA Division I Independents	Big East Conference
Detroit	NCAA Division I Independents	Midwestern City Conference
Evansville	NCAA Division I Independents	Midwestern City Conference
Fairfield	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC Metro
Fairleigh Dickinson	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC Metro
Florida A&M	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Fordham	New York/New Jersey 7 Conference	ECAC Metro
George Mason	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Georgetown	NCAA Division I Independents	Big East Conference
Georgia Southern	NCAA Division I Independents	Trans-America Athletic Conference
Georgia Tech	NCAA Division I Independents	Atlantic Coast Conference
Gonzaga	Big Sky Conference	West Coast Conference
Holy Cross	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Iona	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC Metro
James Madison	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Long Island-Brooklyn	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC Metro
Loyola (LA)	NCAA Division I Independents	Midwestern City Conference
Maine	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Manhattan	New York/New Jersey 7 Conference	ECAC Metro
Navy	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Nevada	NCAA Division I Independents	Big Sky Conference
New Hampshire	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Niagara	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Northeastern	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Northwestern State	NCAA Division I Independents	Trans-America Athletic Conference
Oklahoma City	Trans-America Athletic Conference	Midwestern City Conference
Old Dominion	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Oral Roberts	NCAA Division I Independents	Midwestern City Conference
Penn State	Eastern 8 Conference	NCAA Division I Independents
Providence	NCAA Division I Independents	Big East Conference
Rhode Island	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Richmond	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Robert Morris (PA)	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Saint Bonaventure	NCAA Division I Independents	Eastern 8 Conference
Saint Francis (NY)	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC Metro
Saint Francis (PA)	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Saint John's (NY)	New York/New Jersey 7 Conference	Big East Conference
Saint Peter's	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC Metro
Seton Hall	New York/New Jersey 7 Conference	Big East Conference
Siena	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC Metro
Syracuse	NCAA Division I Independents	Big East Conference
Towson	Mason-Dixon Conference (NCAA D-II)	ECAC South
Vermont	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC North
Wagner	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC Metro
William & Mary	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Xavier	NCAA Division I Independents	Midwestern City Conference

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