1981 Conference Realignments

The following conference realignments took place during the summer preceding the 1981-1982 academic year:

Conferences Reclassified:

Mid-Continent Conference and all remaining teams moved from NCAA Division II to NCAA Division I-A

School	Left	Joined
Northern Michigan	Mid-Continent Conference	NCAA Division II Independents
Southwest Missouri State	Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Mid-Continent Conference
Youngstown State	Mid-Continent Conference	Ohio Valley Conference

Conferences Formed:

Conferences Renamed:

ECAC North becomes ECAC North Atlantic (now known as the America East Conference)

School	Left	Joined
Army	ECAC Metro	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Baltimore	ECAC South	ECAC Metro
Catholic	ECAC South	Old Dominion Athletic Conference
East Carolina	NCAA Division I Independents	ECAC South
Fairfield	ECAC Metro	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Fordham	ECAC Metro	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Iona	ECAC Metro	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Manhattan	ECAC Metro	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Maryland-Eastern Shore	NCAA Division II Independents	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Robert Morris (PA)	ECAC South	ECAC Metro
Saint Francis (PA)	ECAC South	ECAC Metro
Saint Peter's	ECAC Metro	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Towson	ECAC South	ECAC Metro

Conference Realignments by Year		edit
1870s	1870 • 1871 • 1872 • 1873 • 1874 • 1875 • 1876 • 1877 • 1878 • 1879
1880s	1880 • 1881 • 1882 • 1883 • 1884 • 1885 • 1886 • 1887 • 1888 • 1889
1890s	1890 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1894 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1898 • 1899
1900s	1900 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903 • 1904 • 1905 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1909
1910s	1910 • 1911 • 1912 • 1913 • 1914 • 1915 • 1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919
1920s	1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929
1930s	1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939
1940s	1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949
1950s	1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959
1960s	1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969
1970s	1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979
1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989
1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999
2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009
2010s	2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016

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