NCAA Men's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision alignment history
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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.
A
- Air Force 1957-present
- Akron 1987-present
- Alabama 1937-1940, 1946-present
- UAB 1996-present
- Alcorn State 1977
- Appalachian State 1974-1981
- 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
- UCF 1996-present
- Central Michigan 1975-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 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-present
- 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
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
- 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 State 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
- UNLV 1978-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
- 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
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 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
- 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
- TCU 1937-1940, 1946-present
- UTEP 1940, 1946-present
- Texas Southern 1977
- 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
- UCLA 1937-1940, 1946-present
- Utah 1938-1940, 1946-present
- Utah State 1939-1940, 1946-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
- 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
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