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New landscape: So who went where?

On July 1, dozens of programs found themselves in new conferences. It's not easy to keep up with all of the changes, so here's a handy guide to who ended up where in this latest round of realignment.

Abilene Christian -- Southland (from Division II)*
Boston University -- Patriot (from America East)
Butler -- Big East (from Atlantic 10)
Cal State Bakersfield -- WAC (from Independent)
Charleston -- Colonial (from Southern)
Charlotte -- Conference USA (from Atlantic 10)
Chicago State -- WAC (from Great West)
Cincinnati -- American (from Big East)
Connecticut -- American (from Big East)
Creighton -- Big East (from Missouri Valley)
Denver -- Summit (from WAC)
Florida Atlantic -- Conference USA (from Sun Belt)
Florida International -- Conference USA (from Sun Belt)
George Mason -- Atlantic 10 (from CAA)
Georgia State -- Sun Belt (from CAA)
Grand Canyon -- WAC (from Division II)
Houston -- American (from Conference USA)
Houston Baptist -- Southland (from Great West)
Incarnate Word -- Southland (from Division II)*
Louisiana Tech -- Conference USA (from WAC)
Louisville -- American (from Big East)
Loyola (IL) -- Missouri Valley (from Horizon)
Loyola (MD) -- Patriot (from MAAC)
Memphis -- American (from Conference USA)
Middle Tennessee -- Conference USA (from Sun Belt)
Monmouth -- MAAC (from NEC)
New Orleans -- Southland (from Independent)
North Texas -- Conference USA (from Sun Belt)
Notre Dame -- ACC (from Big East)
Oakland -- Horizon (from Summit)
Old Dominion -- Conference USA (from Colonial)
Quinnipiac -- MAAC (from NEC)
Pacific -- West Coast (from Big West)
Pittsburgh -- ACC (from Big East)
Rutgers -- American (from Big East)
San Jose State -- Mountain West (from WAC)
SMU -- American (from Conference USA)
South Florida -- American (from Big East)
Syracuse -- ACC (from Big East)
Temple -- American (from Atlantic 10)
Texas-Arlington -- Sun Belt (from WAC)
Texas-Pan American -- WAC (from Great West)
Texas State -- Sun Belt (from WAC)
UCF -- American (from Conference USA)
UMass Lowell -- America East (from Division II)
UMKC -- WAC (from Summit)
UTSA -- Conference USA (from WAC)
Utah State -- Mountain West (from WAC)
Utah Valley -- WAC (from Great West)
Xavier -- Big East (from Atlantic 10)

(Editor's note: Since they are technically still under the Big East name, for this list, we did not include DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's and Villanova.)

CONFERENCE LANDSCAPE

Here's a look at the conferences that will look different during the 2013-14 season (new programs in italics).

American Athletic Conference
Cincinnati
Connecticut
Houston
Louisville (moving to ACC in 2014)
Memphis
Rutgers (moving to Big Ten in 2014)
SMU
South Florida
Temple
UCF

America East
Albany
Binghamton
Hartford
Maine
New Hampshire
Stony Brook
Vermont
UMBC
UMass Lowell

Atlantic 10
Dayton
Duquesne
Fordham
George Mason
George Washington
La Salle
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Richmond
Saint Joseph's
Saint Louis
St. Bonaventure
Virginia Commonwealth

ACC
Boston College
Clemson
Duke
Florida State
Georgia Tech
Maryland (moving to Big Ten in 2014)
Miami
North Carolina
North Carolina State
Notre Dame
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest

Atlantic Sun (No changes)

Big 12 (No changes)

Big East
Butler
Creighton
DePaul
Georgetown
Marquette
Providence
St. John's
Seton Hall
Villanova
Xavier

Big Sky (No changes)

Big South (No changes)

Big Ten (No changes)

Big West
Cal Poly
Cal State Fullerton
Cal State Northridge
Hawaii
Long Beach State
UC Davis
UC Irvine
UC Riverside
UC Santa Barbara

Colonial
Charleston
Delaware
Drexel
Hofstra
James Madison
Northeastern
North Carolina-Wilmington
Towson
William & Mary

Conference USA
Charlotte
East Carolina (moving to AAC in 2014)
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Louisiana Tech
Marshall
Middle Tennessee
North Texas
Old Dominion
Rice
Southern Miss
Tulane (moving to AAC in 2014)
Tulsa (moving to AAC in 2014)
UAB
UTEP
UTSA

Independents
N.J.I.T.

Horizon
Cleveland State
Detroit
Green Bay
Illinois-Chicago
Milwaukee
Oakland
Valparaiso
Wright State
Youngstown State

Ivy (No changes)

MAAC
Canisius
Iona
Fairfield
Manhattan
Marist
Monmouth
Niagara
Quinnipiac
Rider
St. Peter's
Siena

Mid-American (No changes)

MEAC (No changes)

Missouri Valley
Bradley
Drake
Evansville
Illinois State
Indiana State
Loyola (IL)
Missouri State
Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois
Wichita State

Mountain West
Air Force
Boise State
Colorado State
Fresno State
Nevada
New Mexico
San Diego State
San Jose State
UNLV
Utah State
Wyoming

Northeast
Bryant
Central Connecticut State
Fairleigh Dickinson
LIU Brooklyn
Mount St. Mary's
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis (NY)
St. Francis (PA)
Wagner

Ohio Valley (No changes)

Pac-12 (No changes)

Patriot
American
Army
Boston University
Bucknell
Colgate
Holy Cross
Lafayette
Lehigh
Loyola (MD)
Navy

SEC (No changes)

Southern
Appalachian State (moving to Sun Belt in 2014)
Chattanooga
Citadel
Davidson (moving to A-10 in 2014)
Furman
Georgia Southern (moving to Sun Belt in 2014)
Elon (moving to CAA in 2014)
Samford
UNC Greensboro
Western Carolina
Wofford

Southland
Abilene Christian
Central Arkansas
Houston Baptist
Incarnate Word
Lamar
McNeese State
Nicholls State
New Orleans
Northwestern State
Oral Roberts
Sam Houston State
Southeastern Louisiana
Stephen F. Austin
Texas A&M-CC

SWAC (No changes)

Summit
Denver
IPFW
IUPUI
Nebraska-Omaha
North Dakota State
South Dakota
South Dakota State
Western Illinois

Sun Belt
Arkansas State
Arkansas-Little Rock
Georgia State
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
South Alabama
Texas-Arlington
Texas State
Troy
Western Kentucky (moving to C-USA in 2014)

WAC
Cal State Bakersfield
Chicago State
Grand Canyon
New Mexico State
Idaho (moving to Big Sky in 2014)
Seattle
Texas-Pan American
UMKC
Utah Valley

West Coast
Brigham Young
Gonzaga
Loyola Marymount
Saint Mary's
Santa Clara
San Diego
San Francisco
Pacific
Pepperdine
Portland

Changes for the 2014-15 season

East Tennessee State (to Southern, from Atlantic Sun)
Mercer (to Southern, from Atlantic Sun)
Virginia Military (to Southern, from Big South)

*Will be a member of the Southland, but will not play a full conference schedule as it transitions to Division I.