After a month of negotiating with the CAA, College of Charleston has accepted an invitation to join the CAA for the 2013-2014 season. The move gives the CAA a school to replace Georgia St., VCU and ODU, which have already left or leaving next year. Charleston gains more recruiting and exposure in the northeast due to their association with the CAA.

For the Southern Conference, they will now have 11 members for the 2013 season. With the Sun Belt expected to make future moves, as well as potential defections from C-USA, SoCon members such as Appalachian St. and Georgia Southern could depart the conference in the near future. While the SoCon might not make any immediate moves, they likely would look to the Big South for future replacements.