1982 Conference Realignments

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The following conference realignments took place during the summer preceding the 1982-1983 academic year:

Football

Conference Reclassification:

School Left Joined
Nevada-Las Vegas NCAA Division I Independents Pacific Coast Athletic Association

The following schools were reclassified to NCAA Division I-AA:

Ball State
Bowling Green
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Drake
Eastern Michigan
Harvard
Illinois State
Indiana State
Kent State
Miami (OH)
Northern Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Southern Illinois

Men's Basketball

Conferences Renamed:

School Left Joined
Nicholls State NCAA Division I Independents Trans-America Athletic Conference
Northeast Louisiana Trans-America Athletic Conference Southland Conference
Nevada-Las Vegas NCAA Division I Independents Pacific Coast Athletic Association
Old Dominion ECAC South Sun Belt Conference
Penn State NCAA Division I Independents Atlantic 10 Conference
Pittsburgh Eastern 8 Conference Big East Conference
Saint Joseph's (PA) East Coast Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Saint Louis Metro Conference Midwestern City Conference
Temple East Coast Conference Atlantic 10 Conference

† - Saint Joseph's and Temple retained their memberships in the Philadelphia Big Five.