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there was a contractual clause that had UMass playing in the MAC as a football-only member for two more seasons if UMass declined a full membership offer. Massachusetts announced that it would look for a "more suitable conference" for the team. In September 2014, Massachusetts announced that they would be leaving the MAC and would compete as an independent beginning with the 2016 season.
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and the resulting disruption to college football schedules. Specifically, as many other programs moved to conference-only schedules due to the pandemic, several of UConn's scheduled matches were canceled, and the program's status as an independent made it very difficult to schedule replacement games.
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until 2017, when Notre Dame switched to the Big Ten). As part of this agreement, Notre Dame plays five of its football games each season against ACC members. This arrangement required Notre Dame to eliminate or reduce the frequency of several rivalries: the Michigan, Michigan State, and Purdue series
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The following is an incomplete list of teams which have been Division I-A (FBS) Independents since the formation of Division I-A in 1978. School names reflect those in current use by their athletic programs, which may not reflect names used when those schools were independents. Conference alignments
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season, but the team cancelled their season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2024 season will be their fourth and final season in the deal. No home game has aired on the CBS network during their deal. In 2022 and 2023, one home game, both being against in-state FCS schools, were broadcast on The CW
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after the split, the team faded noticeably in later seasons, and Ollie was fired after the 2017–18 season amid an NCAA investigation. Ollie's final season saw UConn men's attendance reach its lowest level in 30 years. The women had a somewhat different issue, namely a severe lack of competition in
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Notre Dame is officially an independent football team. However, as part of the agreement to join the ACC in other sports, Notre Dame agreed to schedule 5 games per year against ACC opponents. In 2020, after several games against non-ACC schools were cancelled, Notre Dame opted to play a full ACC
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playing in their conference as a football-only member. In March 2014, the MAC and UMass announced an agreement for the Minutemen to leave the conference after the 2015 season due to declining an offer to become a full member of the conference. In the agreement between the MAC and the university,
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The Huskies received and accepted an invitation to join the reconfigured Big East in 2019, with a July 2020 entry date. Due to the Big East not sponsoring football, UConn was willing to stay in The American as a football-only member. After leaving the conference in all other sports, the American
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were canceled, while Boston College and Pitt, ACC members themselves, now play Notre Dame every three or four years. On the other hand, the move has allowed Notre Dame to resume old rivalries with ACC members Georgia Tech and Miami, while still scheduling Big Ten opponents from time to time.
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Athletic Conference was unwilling to allow UConn to remain as a football-only member, leading to UConn's independence in football beginning in 2020. Ironically, the football program's poor record in recent seasons may make it easier to find FBS opponents to fill out the schedule.
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football program played in the Football Championship Subdivision of NCAA Division I before 2011, including a national championship season in 1998. The Minutemen began a two-year Football Bowl Subdivision transition period in 2011, with the support of the
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In addition it may be possible that a new school leaves, is forced out from a conference, or has reclassified themselves from a diffrent NCAA division and are not able to join a new conference immediately thus forcing them to be an independent school.
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Previously, Notre Dame had filled its annual schedule without needing conference games to do so. It had longstanding rivalries with many different programs around the country, many under long-term contracts, including annual rivalry games with
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The American. In their seven seasons in that league, the Huskies went unbeaten in conference play, both in the regular season and the conference tournament, with all but two of their 139 conference wins being by double-digit margins.
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There are fewer independent schools than in years past; many independent schools join, or attempt to join, established conferences. The main reasons to join a conference are to gain a share of television revenue and access to
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coalition and its guaranteed payout. These factors help make Notre Dame one of the most financially valuable football programs in the country, thus negating the need for Notre Dame to secure revenue by joining a conference.
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became an FBS independent in 2016. Two further teams joined the ranks of FBS independents for the 2018 season: New Mexico State, whose membership in the Sun Belt Conference was not extended beyond the 2017 season, and
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did not have a conference for football. The ranks of football independents decreased by two in 2014 with the return of Idaho and New Mexico State as football-only members of the
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This school remained in the conference that includes the FBS members of the pre-2013 Big East Conference, which began operating as the American Athletic Conference in July 2013.
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In recent years, most independent FBS schools have joined a conference for two primary reasons: a guaranteed share of television and bowl revenues, and ease of scheduling.
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that agree to take teams from certain conferences, and to help deal with otherwise potentially difficult challenges in scheduling opponents to play throughout the season.
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In late February 2024, it was announced that the 2024 season for UMass will be the last season competing as an independent. The Minutemen will rejoin the
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followed Notre Dame into the ACC, also joining ACC football. The seven members without FBS football teams left to form a new non-football
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UAB dropped football after the 2014 season, but reinstated the sport for 2017 and beyond. The school remained a CUSA member throughout.
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Rutgers remained in the American Athletic Conference for the 2013 season before leaving for the Big Ten Conference in 2014.
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unsuccessfully attempted on three occasions to join an athletic conference in the early 20th century, including the
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in 2013. As noted previously, Notre Dame remained an FBS independent but placed its other sports in the ACC, and
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At the time Navy announced it would leave the independent ranks, its destination conference was known as the
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The ranks of football independents increased by one starting with the 2011 season with the announcement that
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into football-sponsoring and non-football conferences in July 2013, the non-football schools took the
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with them. The football-sponsoring conference now operate as the American Athletic Conference.
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Four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference
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season. The Irish were eligible for the conference championship game and for the ACC's
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CAA Football, the technically separate football league operated by the all-sports
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The most recent changes to the independent ranks came in 2023 when BYU joined the
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Independents historically had eligibility for the so-called "access bowls" (the
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under a separate charter. In 1997, the Yankee Conference merged with the
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In 2020, after several non-ACC games were canceled due to the
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streaming platform. The only non-streaming home game was in
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reflect those in place for the next NCAA season in 2024.
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List of former NCAA Division I-A/FBS Independent teams
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NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision conferences
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All Division I FBS independents are eligible for the
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September 10, 2021 878:One Notre Dame home game exclusively streams on 525:in 1926, but was turned down, reportedly due to 3587: 754:Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field 641:In the years after the split, UConn's flagship 649:basketball programs faced significant issues. 3640: 3527: 3088:"ACC sets 11-game slate, includes Notre Dame" 170:Football Bowl Subdivision independent schools 8: 3261:"Sources: UConn expected to rejoin Big East" 973:List of current and past independent schools 30: 2953:"Liberty to become FBS independent in 2018" 309:Departing members are highlighted in rose. 3668: 3647: 3633: 3625: 3534: 3520: 3512: 3504: 3162:"The most valuable college football teams" 2931:"Sun Belt Football to Be 10 Teams in 2018" 980: 703:(MAC) as a full member beginning in 2025. 311: 289:, and Liberty and New Mexico State joined 261:(The American) as a football-only member. 36: 3887:NCAA Division I FBS football independents 3469:Hernandez, Victoria (February 26, 2024). 949:UMass home games primarily stream on the 3902:Sports organizations established in 1978 3892:1978 establishments in the United States 787: 710: 162:National Collegiate Athletic Association 2976: 2974: 2770: 2686: 2684: 2662: 2631:NCAA Division I FCS independent schools 871: 574:, which played alongside Notre Dame in 340: 18:NCAA Division I-FBS independent schools 2704: 2702: 2700: 2692:Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference 2612:Division I-AA independent (1982-1992) 1999:Division I-AA Independent (1982–1983) 1445:Division I-AA independent (1982–1985) 1364:Division I-AA independent (1982–1985) 1242:Division I-AA independent (1982–1985) 919:UConn's home games primarily aired on 29: 2646:NCAA Division III independent schools 7: 2809:Hinnen, Jerry (September 12, 2012). 2783:"BYU leaving MWC for 2011–12 season" 2641:NCAA Division II independent schools 894:, and a portion of the game against 2636:NCAA Division I independent schools 688:University of Massachusetts Amherst 454:University of Massachusetts Amherst 3443:Withers, Tom (February 27, 2024). 2863:"Navy sets sail with the Big East" 25: 3360:Bromberg, Nick (August 5, 2020). 3168:. newsinfo.nd.edu. 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