NCAA Division Upgrades

Liberty Considers FBS Upgrade

Dec 15th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Big South Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades

When the news broke of Turner Gill accepting the head coaching job at Liberty, an FCS school, some scratched their heads. The migration of coaches from an FCS head job to an FBS head coaching gig is much more difficult than simply taking a coordinator position at an existing FBS school. But when Liberty announced [...]

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NKU to Atlantic Sun

Dec 8th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Atlantic Sun Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades, Summit League Expansion & Realignment

While the Summit League had looked like a likely destination for Northern Kentucky University, the school ultimately opted to join the Atlantic Sun. NKU will pay the Atlantic Sun $200,000 over the span of 5 years and will join in 2012, as the first year of their upgrade to Division 1 athletics.

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Appalachian St. Committee Recommends FBS Upgrade

Aug 23rd, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades, SoCon Expansion & Realignment, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

A report out of Winston-Salem is citing sources who claim that the Appalachian St. committee voted on Monday to recommend to ASU Chancellor Ken Peacock, that the school upgrade to FBS football. Appalachian St. has been the subject of many FBS upgrade rumors over the past decade due to it’s success at the FCS level [...]

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UMass to Join MAC for Football, Upgrade to FBS

Apr 19th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Atlantic 10 Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, MAC Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades

New England will have a third FBS level football school, joining Boston College and UConn in the highest level of college football. Per MAC sources and reported on the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the MAC and UMass will hold a joint press conference on Wednesday to make the official announcement. The move has been expected for [...]

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Jacksonville St. Approves FBS Upgrade Exploration

Apr 19th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades, OVC Expansion & Realignment

The Jacksonville State University Board of Trustees passed a resolution during Monday’s quarterly meeting that allows the University to explore the possibility of moving the Gamecock football team to the Football Bowl Subdivision, provided there is an opportunity in the future. The official statement is available on their website. Jacksonville St. is part one of [...]

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Northern Kentucky University Plans Division 1 Upgrade

Apr 8th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades, Summit League Expansion & Realignment

With the moratorium on Division 1 upgrades coming to an end soon, NKU is planning to follow in the footsteps of Nebraska-Omaha and rise to Division 1. Always thought to be a strong upgrade candidate, NKU was made strides in recent years with the building of the Bank of Kentucky Center, a 10,000 seat arena. [...]

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Nebraska-Omaha to Join Summit, Drop Football

Mar 13th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades, Summit League Expansion & Realignment

Discussions between the Summit League and UNO have been going on for some time. The Omaha based school made plenty of sense for the Summit, with nearby UMKC as well as three of the 4 Dakota schools. So the announcement of UNO joining the Summit isn’t a surprise. It’s the steps they are taking to [...]

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UCSD Eyes Division 1 Upgrade

Mar 12th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Big West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades

When the Big West lifted their moratorium on expansion in preparation of Hawaii’s move to the conference, D1 independent CSU-Bakersfield also applied to join the Big West…along with D2 UCSD. Well, it now appears that UCSD is preparing to officially make the move. The only hold-up will be that due to NCAA rules, UCSD will [...]

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Summit League Visits Nebraska-Omaha

Mar 10th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades, Summit League Expansion & Realignment

The Summit League is back in expansion exploratory mode. Following the Summit League conference tournament, officials headed south for a visit to Nebraksa-Omaha. UNO is currently in Division 2, but has been considering an upgrade to Division 1, especially since athletic director Trev Alberts came aboard. UNO has made sense for some time for the [...]

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Hawaii, CSU-Bakersfield & UC San Diego Apply to Big West

Dec 3rd, 2010 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Big West Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades

When the Big West lifted their moratorium on expansion last month, the flood gates were opened. Hawaii, who is seeking a conference home for it’s non-football sports should they get invited to the Mountain West for football-only, is hoping to make the Big West it’s new home. Such a move would benefit the schools sports [...]

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Liberty Considers FBS Upgrade

NKU to Atlantic Sun

Appalachian St. Committee Recommends FBS Upgrade

UMass to Join MAC for Football, Upgrade to FBS

Jacksonville St. Approves FBS Upgrade Exploration

Northern Kentucky University Plans Division 1 Upgrade

Nebraska-Omaha to Join Summit, Drop Football

UCSD Eyes Division 1 Upgrade

Summit League Visits Nebraska-Omaha

Hawaii, CSU-Bakersfield & UC San Diego Apply to Big West

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