MIAMI – FIU Athletics is excited to welcome Liberty, Jacksonville State, Sam Houston State and New Mexico State as official members to the newly transformed Conference USA beginning today, July 1.
The four new members join current conference schools FIU, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, UTEP and Western Kentucky to form a nine-team NCAA Division I Conference. The league will expand to 10 teams when Kennesaw State officially joins Conference USA in 2024.
FIU has been a member of Conference USA since the 2013-14 academic year.
Conference USA also includes Dallas Baptist (baseball); Missouri State, TCU, Tarleton State and Tulane (beach volleyball) and Arkansas State, Stephen F.