College Football Realignment Tracker: Who's in What Conference Now?
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Conference realignment is a reality of college athletics, and it’s come for college football once again this season.
Though the changes taking effect for 2026 — which go into place today — are not as numerous nor impactful as they were in 2024, this is still a busier reshuffling than we saw last summer. In total, 11 programs changed conferences and two transitioned from the FCS to the FBS, bringing the membership total to 138.
The Power 4 conferences remain unchanged, but the Pac-12 has been almost completely remade around holdovers Oregon State and Washington State. The MAC, Mountain West, Conference USA and Sun Belt also saw additions or subtractions to their conference membership, leaving the American as the lone Group of 6 league untouched by realignment in this cycle.
Here is a list of the updated conference affiliations for the 10 FBS leagues.
(*Denotes program changed conferences. +Denotes an FBS newcomer.)
Power 4 Conferences
ACC
- Boston College
- California
- Clemson
- Duke
- Georgia Tech
- Florida State
- Louisville
- Miami
- North Carolina
- NC State
- Pittsburgh
- SMU
- Stanford
- Syracuse
- Virginia
- Virginia Tech
- Wake Forest
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Big 12
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- Baylor
- BYU
- Cincinnati
- Colorado
- Houston
- Iowa State
- Kansas
- Kansas State
- Oklahoma State
- TCU
- Texas Tech
- UCF
- Utah
- West Virginia
Big 12 All-Conference Team | Big 12 2026 Predictions | Ranking the Big 12’s Coaches
Big Ten
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Michigan State
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- Northwestern
- Ohio State
- Oregon
- Penn State
- Purdue
- Rutgers
- UCLA
- USC
- Washington
- Wisconsin
Big Ten All-Conference Team | Big Ten 2026 Predictions | Ranking the Big Ten’s Coaches
SEC
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Auburn
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- LSU
- Mississippi State
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- Ole Miss
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Texas A&M
- Vanderbilt
SEC All-Conference Team | SEC 2026 Predictions | Ranking the SEC’s Coaches
Group of 6 Conferences
American
- Army
- Charlotte
- East Carolina
- Florida Atlantic
- Memphis
- Navy
- North Texas
- Rice
- Temple
- Tulane
- Tulsa
- UAB
- South Florida
- UTSA
American Conference 2026 Predictions | Ranking the American Conference’s Coaches
Conference USA
- Delaware
- FIU
- Jacksonville State
- Kennesaw State
- Liberty
- Middle Tennessee
- Missouri State
- New Mexico State
- Sam Houston
- Western Kentucky
Conference USA 2026 Predictions | Ranking Conference USA’s Coaches
MAC
- Akron
- Ball State
- Bowling Green
- Buffalo
- Central Michigan
- Eastern Michigan
- Kent State
- Miami University
- Ohio
- Sacramento State+
- Toledo
- UMass
- Western Michigan
MAC All-Conference Team | MAC 2026 Predictions | Ranking the MAC’s Coaches
Mountain West
- Air Force
- Hawaii
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- North Dakota State+
- Northern Illinois*
- San Jose State
- UNLV
- UTEP*
- Wyoming
Mountain West All-Conference Team | Mountain West 2026 Predictions | Ranking the Mountain West’s Coaches
Pac-12
- Boise State*
- Colorado State*
- Fresno State*
- Oregon State
- San Diego State*
- Texas State*
- Utah State*
- Washington State
Pac-12 All-Conference Team | Pac-12 2026 Predictions | Ranking the Pac-12’s Coaches
Sun Belt
East
- Appalachian State
- Coastal Carolina
- Georgia Southern
- Georgia State
- James Madison
- Marshall
- Old Dominion
West
- Arkansas State
- Louisiana
- Louisiana Tech*
- South Alabama
- Southern Miss
- Troy
- ULM
Sun Belt 2026 Predictions | Ranking the Sun Belt’s Coaches
Independents
- Notre Dame
- UConn
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