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This season, there will be 26 schools either changing conferences are moving to Division I. Pretty much all of them involve mid-major conferences, with the notable moves being James Madison, Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss moving to the Sun Belt and recent NCAA tournament darling Loyola Chicago leaving the MVC for the Atlantic 10.
One of the weirdest changes is Hartford, who left the America East Conference to become independent before transitioning to Division III in 2023-2024.
Here is the list of schools moving this year:
*Bryant (Northeast) to America East Conference
*Austin Peay (OVC) and Queens (DII) to ASUN Conference
*Loyola Chicago (MVC) to Atlantic 10
*Hampton, North Carolina A&T (both from Big South), Monmouth (MAAC), and Stony Brook (America East) to the Colonial Athletic Conference
*Mount St. Mary’s (Northeast) to MAAC
*UIC (Horizon), Belmont, and Murray State (both from OVC) to Missouri Valley Conference
*Stonehill (DII) to Northeast Conference
*Little Rock (Sun Belt), Lindenwood, and Southern Indiana (both DII) to Ohio Valley Conference
*Lamar (WAC) and Texas A&M-Commerce (DII) to Southland Conference
*James Madison (Colonial), Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss (all from CUSA) to Sun Belt
*Southern Utah (Big Sky) and UT-Arlington (Sun Belt) to WAC
*Chicago State (WAC) and Hartford (America East) become independents.
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