NCAA Men's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision alignment history

This is a list of NCAA Men's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision alignment history. Teams in italics are no longer in the Football Bowl Subdivision. As of the 2015 season, no team is transitioning to FBS football. Coastal Carolina has announced that it will begin a transition to FBS football in the 2016 season; it will be counted as an FBS member for scheduling purposes in 2017, with full FBS membership following in 2018.

Idaho has announced it will downgrade to FCS football effective in 2018.

A

• Air Force 1957–present
• Akron 1987–present
• Alabama 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Alcorn State 1977
• Appalachian State 1974–1981, 2014–present
• Arizona 1939–1940, 1946–present
• Arizona State 1946–1948, 1950–1954, 1956–present
• Arkansas 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Arkansas State 1975–1981, 1992–present
• Army 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Auburn 1937–1940, 1946–present

B

• Ball State 1975–81, 1983–present
• Baylor 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Boise State 1996–present
• Boston College 1939–1940, 1946–present
• Boston U. 1939–1940, 1947–1965
• Bowling Green 1961–81, 1983–present
• Brigham Young 1938–1940, 1946–present
• Brown 1937–1940, 1946–1981
• Bucknell 1938–1940, 1946–1947
• Buffalo 1962–1970, 1999–present

C

• California 1937–1940, 1946–present
• California State Fullerton 1976–1992
• Carnegie Tech 1937–1940
• Case Western Reserve 1948
• Centenary 1938–1947
• Central Michigan 1975–present
• Charlotte 2015–present
• Chattanooga 1946–1948, 1950, 1977–1981
• Chicago 1937–1939
• Cincinnati 1946, 1948–1981, 1983–present
• Citadel 1939, 1946–1952, 1959–1981
• Clemson 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Colgate 1937–1940, 1946–1981
• Colorado 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Colorado College 1946–1947
• Colorado State 1940, 1946–present
• Columbia 1938–1940, 1946–1981
• Connecticut 2002–present
• Cornell 1937–1940, 1946–1981
• Creighton 1939–1942

D

• Dartmouth 1937–1940, 1946–1981
• Davidson 1937–1940, 1946–1953, 1967–1976
• Dayton 1956–1976
• Denver 1940–1960
• Detroit 1939–1964
• Drake 1939–1940, 1946–1958, 1973–1980
• Duke 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Duquesne 1937–1940, 1947–1950

E

• East Carolina 1966–present
• East Tennessee State 1978–1981
• Eastern Michigan 1976–81, 1983–present

F

• Florida 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Florida Atlantic 2006–present
• Florida International 2006–present
• Florida State 1955–present
• Fordham 1937–1940, 1946–1954
• Fresno State 1973–present
• Furman 1946–1953, 1955–1957, 1965, 1973–1981

G

• Georgetown 1937–1940, 1946–1950
• George Washington 1939–1966
• Georgia 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Georgia Southern 2014–present
• Georgia State 2013–present
• Georgia Tech 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Gonzaga 1938–1941
• Grambling 1977

H

• Hardin–Simmons 1946–1948, 1950–1962
• Harvard 1937–1940, 1946–1981
• Haskell 1937–1938
• Hawaii 1974–present
• Holy Cross 1938–1940, 1946–1981
• Houston 1949–present

I

• Idaho 1938–1940, 1946–1967, 1969–1977, 1997–2017
• Illinois 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Illinois State 1976–1981
• Indiana 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Indiana State 1976–1981
• Iowa 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Iowa State 1937–1940, 1946–present

J

• Jackson State 1977

K

• Kansas 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Kansas State 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Kent State 1962–1981, 1983–present
• Kentucky 1937, 1940–present

L

• Lafayette 1938–1940, 1946–1950
• Lamar 1974–1981
• Lehigh 1938–1940, 1946–1947
• Long Beach State 1973–1991
• Louisiana–Lafayette 1974–present
• Louisiana–Monroe 1975–1981, 1994–present
• Louisiana State 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Louisiana Tech 1975–1981, 1989–present
• Louisville 1951, 1962–present
• Loyola Marymount 1950–1951
• Loyola (Ill.) 1940

M

• Manhattan 1937–1942
• Marquette 1937–1960
• Marshall 1962–1981, 1998–present
• Maryland 1937, 1940, 1946–present
• Massachusetts 2012–present
• McNeese State 1975–1981
• Memphis 1960–present
• Merchant Marine 1946–1947
• Miami (Fla.) 1946–present
• Miami (Ohio) 1948–1949, 1961–1981, 1983–present
• Michigan 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Michigan State 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Middle Tennessee 1999–present
• Minnesota 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Mississippi 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Mississippi State 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Missouri 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Montana 1939–1940, 1946–1962
• Montana State 1946–1948

N

• Navy 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Nebraska 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Nevada 1946–1950, 1992–present
• New Hampshire 1940
• New Mexico 1940, 1946–present
• New Mexico State 1946–1947, 1952–1953, 1959–present
• New York U. 1937–1948, 1951–1952
• North Carolina 1937–1940, 1946–present
• North Carolina State 1940, 1946–present
• North Texas 1957–1981, 1995–present
• Northern Arizona 1946–1947
• Northern Colorado 1946–1947
• Northern Illinois 1969–1981, 1983–present
• Northwestern 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Northwestern State 1976–1977
• Notre Dame 1937–1940, 1946–present

O

• Ohio 1948, 1961–1981, 1983–present
• Ohio State 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Oklahoma 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Oklahoma State 1939–1940, 1946–present
• Old Dominion 2014–present
• Oregon 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Oregon State 1937–1940, 1946–present

P

• Pacific 1950–1960, 1962–1963, 1966, 1969–1995
• Pennsylvania 1937–1940, 1946–1981
• Pennsylvania State 1938–1940, 1946–present
• Pittsburgh 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Portland 1946–1948
• Princeton 1937–1940, 1946–1981
• Purdue 1937–1940, 1946–present

R

• Rice 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Richmond 1940, 1946–1981
• Rutgers 1946–present

S

• St. Louis 1940–1949
• St. Mary’s (Cal.) 1937–1940, 1946–1950
• San Diego State 1969–present
• San Francisco 1940–1951
• San Jose State 1939–1940, 1950–present
• Santa Clara 1937–1942, 1946–1952
• Sewanee 1937
• South Alabama 2012–present
• South Carolina 1939–1940, 1946–present
• South Florida 2001–present
• Southern California 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Southern Illinois 1973–1981
• SMU 1937–1940, 1946–1986, 1989–present
• Southern Mississippi 1960, 1963–present
• Southern U. 1977
• Stanford 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Syracuse 1937–1940, 1946–present

T

• Tampa 1973–1974
• TCU 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Temple 1938–1940, 1946–1953, 1971–present
• Tennessee 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Tennessee State 1977–1980
• Texas 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Texas–Arlington 1972–1981
• Texas A&M 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Texas Southern 1977
• Texas State 2012–present
• Texas Tech 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Toledo 1962–present
• Trinity (Tex.) 1960
• Troy 2002–present
• Tulane 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Tulsa 1937–1940, 1946–present

U

• UAB 1996–2014, 2017–future
• UCF 1996–present
• UCLA 1937–1940, 1946–present
• UNLV 1978–present
• Utah 1938–1940, 1946–present
• Utah State 1939–1940, 1946–present
• UTEP 1940, 1946–present
• UTSA 2012–present

V

• Vanderbilt 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Villanova 1939–1940, 1946–1980
• Virginia 1940, 1946–present
• Virginia Military Institute 1939–40, 1946–81
• Virginia Tech 1940, 1946–present

W

• Wake Forest 1939–1940, 1946–present
• Washington 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Washington & Lee 1940, 1946–1953
• Washington–St. Louis 1937–1940
• Washington State 1937–1940, 1946–present
• West Texas A&M 1946–1947, 1951–1953, 1958–1980 (as West Texas State)
• West Virginia 1939–1940, 1946–present
• Western Carolina 1977–1981
• Western Kentucky 2008–present
• Western Michigan 1962–present
• Wichita State 1946–1986
• William & Mary 1940, 1946–1981
• Wisconsin 1937–1940, 1946–present
• Wyoming 1940, 1946–present

X

• Xavier 1960–1973

Y

• Yale 1937–1940, 1946–1981

See also

• NCAA Men's Division I Basketball alignment history
• NCAA Men's Division I Football Championship Subdivision alignment history