1985 Conference Realignments

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The following conference realignments took place during the summer preceding the 1985-1986 academic year:

Football

Conference Renamed:

School Left Joined
Illinois State Missouri Valley Conference Gateway Football Conference
Southern Illinois Missouri Valley Conference Gateway Football Conference

† Illinois State and Southern Illinois continued competing in the Missouri Valley Conference for one more year.

Men's Basketball

Conference Formed:

Conference Renamed:

School Left Joined
Armstrong State NCAA Division II Independents Big South Conference
Augusta NCAA Division II Independents Big South Conference
Baptist NCAA Division I Independents Big South Conference
Campbell NCAA Division I Independents Big South Conference
Coastal Carolina NAIA Independents Big South Conference
Coppin State NCAA Division II Independents Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
North Carolina-Asheville NCAA Division I Independents Big South Conference
Oklahoma City Midwestern City Conference Sooner Athletic Conference
Radford NCAA Division I Independents Big South Conference
Stetson NCAA Division I Independents Trans-America Athletic Conference
Winthrop NCAA Division I Independents Big South Conference