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{{short description|US college sports conference}}{{About|the athletic conference|the defunct American soccer club|Chivas USA|5=CUSA (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox sports league
| name            = Conference USA
| title           = Conference USA
| logo            = CUSA logo.svg
| logo_size       = 250
| founded         = 1995<ref>{{cite web|title=About C-USA|url=https://conferenceusa.com/sports/2016/7/1/ot-about-c-usa-html.aspx|website=ConferenceUSA.com|date=July 1, 2016|access-date=July 25, 2019}}</ref>
| association     = [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]
| division        = [[NCAA Division I|Division I]]
| subdivision     = [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]]
| teams           = 12 (11 in 2026, 10 by 2027)
| sports          = 19<ref>{{cite web |url=https://conferenceusa.com/sports/2023/6/27/championships23-24.aspx |title=2023–24 Championships |publisher=Conference USA |access-date=July 1, 2023}}</ref>
| mens            = 8
| womens          = 11
| region          = [[Southern United States]] and
 [[Southwestern United States]]
| headquarters    = [[Dallas]], Texas
| commissioner    = [[Judy MacLeod]]
| since           = 2015
| TV              = [[CBS Sports]]<br />[[ESPN]]
| website         = {{URL|https://conferenceusa.com/}}
| color           = #00263A; {{box-shadow border|a|#E40046|2px}}
| font_color      = #FFFFFF
| map             = [[File:2025 CUSA Map.png|250px]]
| map_size        = 300px
}}

'''Conference USA''' ('''CUSA''') is a collegiate [[List of NCAA conferences|athletic conference]] of member institutions in the [[Southern United States|Southern]] and [[Western United States]]. The conference participates in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] in all sports, with [[American football|football]] competing in the top-level [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|Football Bowl Subdivision]] (FBS). CUSA's offices are located in [[Dallas]], Texas.

== Member schools ==
===Current full members===
{{color box|#d79cff}} Member departing for the [[Mountain West Conference]] in 2026.<br>
{{color box|#ffb12c}} Member departing for the [[Sun Belt Conference]] by 2027.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width=80%"
|-
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Type
! Enrollment
! Endowment<br />{{small|(millions)}}
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=full|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! class="unsortable" | Colors
|-
| '''[[University of Delaware]]'''
| [[Newark, Delaware]]
| 1743
| [[Public university|Public]]{{efn|group=full|Delaware is officially chartered as a "privately governed, state-assisted" institution. This status is broadly similar to that of New York State's [[statutory colleges]], most of which are housed at [[Cornell University]], or institutions in Pennsylvania's [[Commonwealth System of Higher Education]].}}
| 24,564<ref>{{cite web |title=An Examination of Fall 2025 Enrollment at the University of Delaware Compared With Fall 2024 |url=https://bpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.udel.edu/dist/e/2019/files/2025/09/Fall-Enrollment-Comparison-2025.pdf |publisher=University of Delaware |access-date=November 20, 2025 |date=September 19, 2025}}</ref>
| $1,770<ref>{{Cite web |title=UD Financial Profile {{!}} University of Delaware |url=https://www.udel.edu/about/facts-figures/financial-profile/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=www.udel.edu |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens|Blue Hens]]
| 2025
| {{college color boxes|Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens}}
|-
| '''[[Florida International University]]'''<br />{{small|(FIU)}}
| [[Miami|Miami, Florida]]{{efn|group=full|The FIU main campus is in the suburban [[Miami-Dade County, Florida|Miami-Dade County]] community of [[University Park, Florida|University Park]].}}
| 1965{{efn|group=full|Though founded in 1965, classes did not start until 1972, and freshmen and sophomores [[Upper division college|were not admitted]] until 1981.}}
| Public
| 58,064<ref>{{cite web|url=http://opir.fiu.edu/quickfacts.htm |title=Office of Planning & Institutional Research – Quick Facts |access-date=May 19, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816172656/http://opir.fiu.edu/quickfacts.htm |archive-date=August 16, 2011 }}</ref>
| $358
| [[FIU Panthers|Panthers]]
| 2013{{efn|group=full|Florida International (FIU) was a men's soccer affiliate from the 2005 to 2012 fall seasons (2005–06 to 2012–13 school years).}}
| {{college color boxes|FIU Panthers}}
|-
| '''[[Jacksonville State University]]'''<br />{{small|(Jax State)}}
| [[Jacksonville, Alabama]]
| 1883
| Public
| 9,955<ref>{{cite web |title=Jax Facts - Enrollment - Fall 2024 |url=https://www.jsu.edu/discover/at-a-glance.html |publisher=Jacksonville State University |access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref>
| $57
| [[Jacksonville State Gamecocks|Gamecocks]]
| 2023{{efn|group=full|Jacksonville State was a beach volleyball affiliate during the 2023 spring season (2022–23 school year).}}
| {{college color boxes|Jacksonville State Gamecocks}}
|-
| '''[[Kennesaw State University]]'''
| [[Kennesaw, Georgia]]{{efn|group=full|The KSU campus has a Kennesaw mailing address, but is located in unincorporated [[Cobb County, Georgia|Cobb County]].}}
| 1963
| Public
| 51,375<ref>{{cite web |title=USG Fall 2025 Enrollment |url=https://www.usg.edu/research/assets/research/documents/enrollment_reports/Fall_2025_SER_Final.pdf|website=Kennesaw State University |access-date=13 November 2025}}</ref>
| $100<ref name="kennesaw.edu">{{cite web |url=https://www.kennesaw.edu/news/stories/2021/ksu-fundraising-success-supports-growth.php |title=Rankings |website=www.kennesaw.edu|access-date=October 19, 2022}}</ref>
| [[Kennesaw State Owls|Owls]]
| 2024
| {{college color boxes|Kennesaw State Owls}}
|-
| '''[[Liberty University]]'''
| [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]
| 1971
| [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical<br />Protestant]]
| 95,148<ref>{{cite web |title=Liberty University Student Life |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/liberty-university-10392/student-life |publisher=U.S. News |access-date=September 27, 2021 |date=September 21, 2021}}</ref>{{efn|group=full|Includes online students. On-campus enrollment is approximately 16,000.}}
| $1,714<ref name=endowment>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 19, 2021}}</ref>
| [[Liberty Flames and Lady Flames|Flames &<br />Lady Flames]]
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Liberty Flames}}
|-bgcolor=#ffb12c
| '''[[Louisiana Tech University]]'''<br />{{small|(LaTech)}}
| [[Ruston, Louisiana]]
| 1894
| Public
| 12,039<ref>{{cite web |title=Louisiana Tech celebrates six-year enrollment milestone and record-setting freshman class |url=https://www.latech.edu/2024/09/23/louisiana-tech-celebrates-six-year-enrollment-milestone-and-record-setting-freshman-class/ |publisher=Louisiana Tech University |access-date=November 28, 2024 |date=September 23, 2024}}</ref>
| $117.9
| [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters|Bulldogs &<br />Lady Techsters]]
| 2013
| {{college color boxes|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}
|-
| '''[[Middle Tennessee State University]]'''<br />{{small|(MTSU)}}
| [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]]
| 1911
| Public
| 21,913<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnj.com/story/news/education/2014/09/16/mtsu-tops-tennessee-board-regents-enrollment/15714981/ |title=MTSU tops in Tennessee Board of Regents enrollment |date=September 16, 2014 |access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref>
| $108.9
| [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|Blue Raiders]]
| 2013
| {{college color boxes|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders}}
|-
| '''[[Missouri State University]]'''
| [[Springfield, Missouri]]
| 1905
| Public
| 25,038<ref>{{cite web |title=Headcount & Credit Hour Enrollment Summary by Student Classification |url=https://www.missouristate.edu/EnrollmentManagement/_Files/Fa2024-Enrollment-Student-Census.pdf |access-date=November 20, 2025 |date=September 25, 2024}}</ref>
| $193
| [[Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears|Bears &<br />Lady Bears]]{{efn|group=full|Missouri State's beach volleyball team uses Beach Bears instead of Lady Bears.}}
| 2025{{efn|group=full|Missouri State joined CUSA as a beach volleyball affiliate in 2023, two years before becoming a full member.}}
| {{college color boxes|Missouri State Bears}}
|-
| '''[[New Mexico State University]]'''
| [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
| 1888
| Public
| 22,711<ref>{{cite web |title=NMSU Enrollment Report - Fall 2024 Census |url=https://oia.nmsu.edu/nmsudata/docs/Fall-2024-Census-Enrollment-Report---ADA.pdf |publisher=NM State Office of Institutional Analysis |access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref>
| $235.9
| [[New Mexico State Aggies|Aggies]]
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|New Mexico State Aggies}}
|-
| '''[[Sam Houston State University]]'''
| [[Huntsville, Texas]]
| 1879
| Public
| 21,039<ref>{{cite web |title=Fact Book - Sam Houston State University Enrollment |url=https://www.shsu.edu/dept/data/fbenrollment |access-date=November 28, 2024}}</ref>
| $152.3
| [[Sam Houston Bearkats|Bearkats]]
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Sam Houston State Bearkats}}
|-
|-bgcolor=#d79cff
| {{sort|Texas El Paso|'''[[University of Texas at El Paso]]'''}}<br />{{small|(UTEP)}}
| [[El Paso, Texas]]
| 1914
| Public
| 25,151<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ktsm.com/news/school-yard/uteps-fall-enrollment-breaks-record-16th-consecutive-year |title=UTEP's fall enrollment breaks record for 16th consecutive year &#124; KTSM News Channel 9 &#124; News, Weather and Sports &#124; el Paso, las Cruces, Juarez |website=www.ktsm.com |access-date=January 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104080945/http://www.ktsm.com/news/school-yard/uteps-fall-enrollment-breaks-record-16th-consecutive-year |archive-date=January 4, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| $241.7
| [[UTEP Miners|Miners]]
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|UTEP Miners|order=134}}
|-
| '''[[Western Kentucky University]]'''<br />{{small|(WKU)}}
| [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]]
| 1906
| Public
| 17,672<ref>{{cite web |title=Fact Book 2024 |url=https://www.wku.edu/instres/documents/2024_fact_book.pdf |publisher=Western Kentucky University |access-date=November 28, 2024 |pages=21}}</ref>
| $209.5
| [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers|Hilltoppers &<br />Lady Toppers]]
| 2014{{efn|group=full|Western Kentucky was an affiliate in women's swimming & diving during the 2013–14 school year.}}
| {{college color boxes|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers}}
|}

;Notes:
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===Membership map===
{{Location map+
| USA
| width=700
| float=left
| caption=Conference USA Member locations<br />[[File:Blue pog.svg|10px]] – Full member<br />[[File:Red pog.svg|10px]] – Departing member<br />[[File:Yellow pog.svg|10px]] – Affiliate member
| places=
<small>
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[University of Delaware|Delaware]] | position=right | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=University of Delaware | lat= 39.6780 | long=-75.7506 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Florida International University|FIU]] | position=bottom | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Florida International University | lat=25.7570 | long=-80.3740 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Jacksonville State University|Jax<br>State]] | position=bottom | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Jacksonville State University | lat=33.8231 | long=-85.7682 }}
    {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Kennesaw State University|Kennesaw State]] | position=right | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Kennesaw State University | lat=34.0382 | long=-84.5827 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Liberty University|Liberty]] | position=bottom | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Liberty University | lat=37.3530 | long=-79.1770 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana Tech]] | position=bottom | mark=Red pog.svg | link=Louisiana Tech University | lat=32.5275 | long=-92.6475 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Middle Tennessee State University|Middle Tennessee]] | position=right | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Middle Tennessee State University | lat=35.8490 | long=-86.3650 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Missouri State University|Missouri State]] | position=top | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Missouri State University | lat=37.1997 | long=-93.28079 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[New Mexico State University|New Mexico State]] | position=top | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=New Mexico State University | lat=32.2793 | long=-106.7491 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Sam Houston State University|Sam Houston]] | position=bottom | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Sam Houston State University | lat=30.7130 | long=-95.5473 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[University of Texas at El Paso|UTEP]] | position=right | mark=Red pog.svg | link=University of Texas at El Paso | lat=31.7700 | long=-106.5050 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Western Kentucky University|Western Kentucky]] | position=top | mark=Blue pog.svg | link=Western Kentucky University | lat=36.9861 | long=-86.4556 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[University of Alabama at Birmingham|UAB]] | position=left | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=University of Alabama at Birmingham | lat=33.5000 | long=-86.8075 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Arkansas State University|Arkansas State]] | position=left | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Arkansas State University | lat=35.8411 | long=-90.6796 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Dallas Baptist University|Dallas Baptist]] | position=top | mark=Red pog.svg | link=Dallas Baptist University | lat=32.5 | long=-96.5 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Florida Atlantic University|Florida Atlantic]] | position=top | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Florida Atlantic University | lat=26.3710 | long=-80.1020 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln|Nebraska]] | position=left | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=University of Nebraska–Lincoln | lat=40.8202 | long=-96.7005 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Sacred Heart University|Sacred Heart]] | position=top | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Sacred Heart University | lat=41.2206 | long=-73.2424 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[University of South Florida|South Florida]] | position=left | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=University of South Florida | lat=28.054561 | long=-82.413058 }}
{{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Tarleton State University|Tarleton State]] | position=left | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Tarleton State University | lat=32.22 | long=-98.22 }}
 {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Tulane University|Tulane]] | position=bottom | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Tulane University | lat=29.9407 | long=-90.12 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Valparaiso University|Valparaiso]] | position=left | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Valparaiso University | lat=41.4636 | long=-87.0436 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt]] | position=left | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Vanderbilt University | lat=36.1486 | long=-86.8050 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Wichita State University|Wichita State]] | position=bottom | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Wichita State University | lat=37.719167 | long=-97.293056 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Wright State University|Wright State]] | position=left | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Wright State University | lat=39.7799 | long=-84.0651 }}
   {{Location map~ | USA | label=[[Youngstown State University|Youngstown State]] | position=right | mark=Yellow pog.svg | link=Youngstown State University | lat=41.1067 | long=-80.6503 }}
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}}

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! Institution
! Location
! Founded
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! Enrollment
! Endowment<br />{{small|(millions)}}
! Nickname
! Joining{{efn|group=future|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
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! Founded
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=== Affiliate members ===
In this table, all dates reflect the calendar year of entry into Conference USA, which for spring sports is the year before the start of competition.

{{color box|#ffa0a0}} Members departing for the [[Pac-12 Conference]] in 2026.

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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Type
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=aff|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! class="unsortable" | Colors
! CUSA<br />sport(s)
! Primary<br />conference
|-
| '''[[Arkansas State University]]'''
| [[Jonesboro, Arkansas]]
| 1909
| Public
| 14,109
| [[Arkansas State Red Wolves|Red Wolves]]
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Arkansas State Red Wolves}}
| Bowling
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-bgcolor="ffa0a0"
| '''[[Dallas Baptist University]]'''
| [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]
| 1898
| [[Baptist General Convention of Texas|Baptist]]
| 4,487
| [[Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball|Patriots]]
| 2022
| {{college color boxes|Dallas Baptist Patriots}}
| Baseball
| [[Lone Star Conference|Lone Star]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}
|-
| '''[[Florida Atlantic University]]'''<br />{{small|(FAU)}}
| [[Boca Raton, Florida]]
| 1961
| Public
| 30,808
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls|Owls]]
| 2023{{efn|group=aff|name=BV2023|Measured from FAU's and UAB's departure from full CUSA membership.}}
| {{college color boxes|Florida Atlantic Owls}}
| Beach volleyball
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| {{sort|Nebraska|'''[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]'''}}
| [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]
| 1869
| Public
| 23,986
| [[Nebraska Cornhuskers bowling|Cornhuskers]]
| 2025
| {{college color boxes|Nebraska Cornhuskers}}
| Bowling
| [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| '''[[Sacred Heart University]]'''
| [[Fairfield, Connecticut]]
| 1963
| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br />{{small|([[Diocese of Bridgeport|Dioceses of<br />Bridgeport]])}}
| 5,974
| [[Sacred Heart Pioneers|Pioneers]]
| 2025
| {{college color boxes|Sacred Heart Pioneers}}
| Bowling
| [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]]
|-
| {{sort|South Florida|'''[[University of South Florida]]'''}}
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| 1956
| Public
| 50,830<ref>{{Cite web |title=USF system facts: 2020-21 |url=https://www.usf.edu/ods/documents/system-facts/usf-system-facts-2020-21-final.pdf}}</ref>
| [[South Florida Bulls|Bulls]]
| 2025
| {{college color boxes|South Florida Bulls}}
| [[South Florida Bulls beach volleyball|Beach volleyball]]
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''[[Tarleton State University]]'''
| [[Stephenville, Texas]]
| 1899
| Public
| 11,350
| [[Tarleton State Texans|Texans]]
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Tarleton Texans}}
| Beach volleyball
| [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]<br>([[United Athletic Conference|UAC]] in 2026)
|-
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Tulane University]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| rowspan=2 | 1834
| rowspan=2 | Nonsectarian
| rowspan=2 | 11,722<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tulane.edu/about/facts-and-figures-0|title=Facts and Figures – Tulane University|website=tulane.edu|date=March 15, 2016|access-date=July 15, 2018|archive-date=September 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901112452/http://tulane.edu/about/facts-and-figures-0|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rowspan=2 | [[Tulane Green Wave|Green Wave]]
| 2022
| rowspan=2 | {{college color boxes|Tulane Green Wave}}
| Beach volleyball
| rowspan=2 | [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| 2023
| Bowling
|-
| '''[[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]'''<br />{{small|(UAB)}}
| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| 1969
| Public
| 22,563
| [[UAB Blazers|Blazers]]
| 2023{{efn|group=aff|name=BV2023}}
| {{college color boxes|UAB Blazers}}
| Beach volleyball
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''[[Valparaiso University]]'''
| [[Valparaiso, Indiana]]
| 1859
| [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]
| 2,900
| [[Valparaiso Beacons|Beacons]]
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Valparaiso Beacons}}
| Bowling
| [[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
|-
| '''[[Vanderbilt University]]'''
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| 1873
| Nonsectarian
| 13,798
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores|Commodores]]
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Vanderbilt Commodores}}
| Bowling
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| '''[[Wichita State University]]'''
| [[Wichita, Kansas]]
| 1895
| Public
| 17,548
| [[Wichita State Shockers|Shockers]]
| 2024
| {{college color boxes|Wichita State Shockers}}
| Bowling
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''[[Wright State University]]'''
| [[Fairborn, Ohio]]{{efn|group=aff|The Wright State campus is physically located in Fairborn but has a [[Dayton, Ohio|Dayton]] mailing address.}}
| 1964
| Public
| 17,074
| [[Wright State Raiders|Raiders]]
| 2025
| {{college color boxes|Wright State Raiders}}
| Bowling
| [[Horizon League|Horizon]]
|-
| '''[[Youngstown State University]]'''
| [[Youngstown, Ohio]]
| 1908
| Public
| 15,058
| [[Youngstown State Penguins|Penguins]]
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Youngstown State Penguins}}
| Bowling
| [[Horizon League|Horizon]]
|}

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! Joining{{efn|group=futaff|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
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! CUSA<br />sport(s)
! Primary<br />conference
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===Former full members===
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! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Type
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! Current<br />conference
|-
| '''{{sort|Alabama Birmingham|[[University of Alabama at Birmingham]]}}'''{{efn|group=former|name=BVB23|FAU and UAB remain CUSA affiliate members in beach volleyball.}}<br />{{small|(UAB)}}
| [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| 1969
| [[Public university|Public]]
| [[UAB Blazers|Blazers]]
| 1995{{efn|group=former|UAB was a full but non-football member at two different times—1995–96 to 1998–99, when the school was independent in football, and 2015–16 to 2016–17, after UAB discontinued its football program. UAB football returned for the 2017 fall season (effective the 2017–18 school year).<ref name="UAB football in 2017">{{cite press release |url=http://www.uabsports.com/genrel/072115aaa.html |title=UAB To Resume Rifle This Year, Bowling Next And Football In 2017 |publisher=UAB Athletics |date=July 21, 2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910172950/http://www.uabsports.com/genrel/072115aaa.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|UAB Blazers}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| {{sort|Central Florida|'''[[University of Central Florida]]'''}}<br />{{small|(UCF)}}
| [[Orlando, Florida]]{{efn|group=former|The UCF campus has an Orlando mailing address but is entirely located in unincorporated [[Orange County, Florida|Orange County]].}}
| 1963
| Public
| [[UCF Knights|Knights]]
| 2005
| 2013
| {{college color boxes|UCF Knights}}
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| {{sort|Cincinnati|'''[[University of Cincinnati]]'''}}
| [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| 1819
| Public
| [[Cincinnati Bearcats|Bearcats]]
| 1995
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|Cincinnati Bearcats}}
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| '''[[DePaul University]]'''
| [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]]
| 1898
| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br />{{small|([[Congregation of the Mission|Vincentians]])}}
| [[DePaul Blue Demons|Blue Demons]]
| 1995
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|DePaul Blue Demons}}
| [[Big East Conference|Big East]]
|-
| '''[[East Carolina University]]'''
| [[Greenville, North Carolina]]
| 1907
| Public
| [[East Carolina Pirates|Pirates]]
| 2001{{efn|group=former|East Carolina was an affiliate in football from the 1997 to 2000 fall seasons (1997–98 to 2000–01 school years).}}
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|East Carolina Pirates}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''[[Florida Atlantic University]]'''{{efn|group=former|name=BVB23}}<br />{{small|(FAU)}}
| [[Boca Raton, Florida]]
| 1961
| Public
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls|Owls]]
| 2013
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Florida Atlantic Owls}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| {{sort|Houston|'''[[University of Houston]]'''}}
| [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]
| 1927
| Public
| [[Houston Cougars|Cougars]]
| 1996{{efn|group=former|Houston was a founding member of CUSA in 1995 but did not begin competition until the 1996–97 school year because of its commitments to the final year of competition as a full member of the [[Southwest Conference]].}}
| 2013
| {{college color boxes|Houston Cougars}}
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| {{sort|Louisville|'''[[University of Louisville]]'''}}
| [[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| 1798
| Public
| [[Louisville Cardinals|Cardinals]]
| 1995
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|Louisville Cardinals}}
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| '''[[Marquette University]]'''
| [[Milwaukee|Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]
| 1881
| Catholic<br />{{small|([[Jesuits|Jesuit]])}}
| [[Marquette Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]
| 1995
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|Marquette Golden Eagles}}
| [[Big East Conference|Big East]]
|-
| '''[[Marshall University]]'''
| [[Huntington, West Virginia]]
| 1837
| Public
| [[Marshall Thundering Herd|Thundering Herd]]
| 2005
| 2022
| {{college color boxes|Marshall Thundering Herd}}
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
| {{sort|Memphis|'''[[University of Memphis]]'''}}
| [[Memphis, Tennessee]]
| 1912
| Public
| [[Memphis Tigers|Tigers]]
| 1995
| 2013
| {{college color boxes|Memphis Tigers}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''{{sort|North Carolina Charlotte|[[University of North Carolina at Charlotte]]}}'''<br />{{small|(UNC Charlotte)}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
| rowspan="2" | 1946
| rowspan="2" | Public
| rowspan="2" | [[Charlotte 49ers|49ers]]
| 1995
| 2005
| rowspan="2" | {{college color boxes|Charlotte 49ers}}
| rowspan="2" | [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| 2013
| 2023
|-
| '''{{sort|North Texas|[[University of North Texas]]}}'''
| [[Denton, Texas]]
| 1890
| Public
| [[North Texas Mean Green|Mean Green]]
| 2013
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|North Texas Mean Green}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''{{sort|Old Dominion University|[[Old Dominion University]]}}'''
| [[Norfolk, Virginia]]
| 1930
| Public
| [[Old Dominion Monarchs|Monarchs]]
| 2013{{efn|group=former|Old Dominion was an affiliate in men's golf, women's golf, rowing, men's tennis, and women's tennis in 2012–13; later becoming a full but non-football member in 2013–14; until adding football in 2014–15.}}
| 2022
| {{college color boxes|Old Dominion Monarchs}}
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
| '''[[Rice University]]'''
| [[Houston|Houston, Texas]]
| 1912
| Nonsectarian
| [[Rice Owls|Owls]]
| 2005
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Rice Owls}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''[[Saint Louis University]]'''
| {{sort|Saint Louis|[[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]}}
| 1818
| Catholic<br />{{small|([[Jesuits|Jesuit]])}}
| [[Saint Louis Billikens|Billikens]]
| 1995
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|Saint Louis Billikens}}
| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
|-
| {{sort|South Florida|'''[[University of South Florida]]'''}}{{efn|group=former|South Florida became an affiliate member for beach volleyball in 2025.}}<br />{{small|(USF)}}
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| 1956
| Public
| [[South Florida Bulls|Bulls]]
| 1995
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|South Florida Bulls}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''[[Southern Methodist University]]'''<br />{{small|(SMU)}}
| [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]{{efn|group=former|The SMU campus has a Dallas mailing address, but is located almost entirely in [[University Park, Texas|University Park]], a separate city contained within the Dallas city limits.}}
| 1911
| [[United Methodist Church|United<br />Methodist]]
| [[SMU Mustangs|Mustangs]]
| 2005
| 2013
| {{college color boxes|SMU Mustangs}}
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| '''{{sort|Southern Mississippi|[[University of Southern Mississippi]]}}'''<br />{{small|(Southern Miss)}}
| [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]
| 1910
| Public
| [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]
| 1995
| 2022
| {{college color boxes|Southern Miss Golden Eagles}}
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
| '''[[Texas Christian University]]'''{{efn|group=former|TCU returned to CUSA as a beach volleyball affiliate in 2023, but left after the 2024 spring season when the Big 12 began sponsoring that sport.}}<br />{{small|(TCU)}}
| [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| 1873
| [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples<br />of Christ]]
| [[TCU Horned Frogs|Horned Frogs]]
| 2001
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|TCU Horned Frogs|}}
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| '''{{sort|Texas–San Antonio|[[University of Texas at San Antonio]]}}'''<br />{{small|(UTSA)}}
| [[San Antonio|San Antonio, Texas]]
| 1969
| Public
| [[UTSA Roadrunners|Roadrunners]]
| 2013
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|UTSA Roadrunners}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| '''[[Tulane University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Tulane returned to CUSA as a beach volleyball affiliate in 2022, and added bowling to its CUSA membership in 2023.}}
| [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| 1834
| Nonsectarian
| [[Tulane Green Wave|Green Wave]]
| 1995
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Tulane Green Wave}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|-
| {{sort|Tulsa|'''[[University of Tulsa]]'''}}
| [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]]
| 1894
| Nondenominational{{efn|group=former|Historically affiliated with the [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian Church]] (USA).}}
| [[Tulsa Golden Hurricane|Golden Hurricane]]
| 2005
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Tulsa Golden Hurricane}}
| [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=former}}

===Former affiliate members===
In this table, all dates reflect each school's actual entry into and departure from Conference USA. In the case of the two former affiliates that became full CUSA members, the "left" date reflects their elevation to full membership.

For spring sports, the joining date is the calendar year before the start of competition. For fall sports, the departure date is the calendar year after the last season of competition.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Type
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Left{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.}}
! class="unsortable" | Colors
! CUSA<br />sport(s)
! Primary<br />conference
|-
| {{sort|Alabama|'''[[University of Alabama]]'''}}
| [[Tuscaloosa, Alabama]]
| 1831
| Public
| [[Alabama Crimson Tide|Crimson Tide]]
| 2009
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Alabama Crimson Tide}}
| Women's rowing
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| {{sort|Army|'''[[United States Military Academy]]'''}}<br />{{small|(Army)}}
| [[West Point, New York]]
| 1802
| Federal
| [[Army Black Knights|Black Knights]]
| 1998
| 2005
| {{college color boxes|Army Black Knights}}
| Football
| [[Patriot League|Patriot]]{{efn|group=faff|Football competed as an [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|FBS independent]] through the 2023 season, and joined the [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]] in 2024.}}
|-
| '''[[California State University, Bakersfield]]'''{{efn|group=faff|The university began rebranding its athletic program as the Bakersfield Roadrunners in 2023–24.}}
| [[Bakersfield, California]]
| 1965
| Public
| [[Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners|Roadrunners]]
| 2007
| 2010
| {{college color boxes|Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners}}
| Women's swimming & diving
| [[Big West Conference|Big West]]
|-
| {{sort|Sacramento State|'''[[California State University, Sacramento]]'''}}<br />{{small|(Sacramento State)}}
| [[Sacramento, California]]
| 1947
| Public
| [[Sacramento State Hornets|Hornets]]
| 2013
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Sacramento State Hornets}}
| Women's rowing
| [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]{{efn|group=faff|name=American|Rowing affiliate of the [[West Coast Conference|WCC]].}}<br>{{small|([[Big West Conference|Big West]] in 2026)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''[[Coastal Carolina University]]'''
| rowspan="2" | [[Conway, South Carolina]]
| rowspan="2" | 1954
| rowspan="2" | Public
| rowspan="2" | [[Coastal Carolina Chanticleers|Chanticleers]]
| 2021
| 2022
| rowspan="2" | {{college color boxes|Coastal Carolina Chanticleers}}
| Beach volleyball<ref name="BV21">{{cite press release |url=https://theccsa.com/sports/beachvball/2021-22/releases/20210709gx0wyg |title=CCSA Announces Beach Volleyball Membership Split With Conference USA; 2022 Championship Dates Set |publisher=Coastal Collegiate Sports Association |date=September 28, 2021 |access-date=October 9, 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" | [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
| 2021
| 2022
| Men's soccer
|-
| '''[[Colorado College]]'''
| [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]
| 1874
| Nonsectarian
| [[Colorado College Tigers|Tigers]]
| 2006
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Colorado College Tigers}}
| Women's soccer
| [[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference|SCAC]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}{{efn|group=faff|Women's soccer affiliate of the [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]].}}
|-
| {{sort|Evansville|'''[[University of Evansville]]'''}}
| [[Evansville, Indiana]]
| 1854
| [[United Methodist Church|United<br />Methodist]]
| [[Evansville Purple Aces|Purple Aces]]
| 1995
| 1996
| {{college color boxes|Evansville Purple Aces}}
| Women's soccer
| [[Missouri Valley Conference|Missouri Valley]]
|-
| '''[[Georgia State University]]'''
| [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
| 1913
| Public
| [[Georgia State Panthers women's beach volleyball|Panthers]]
| 2021<ref name=BV21/>
| 2022
| {{college color boxes|Georgia State Panthers}}
| Beach volleyball
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
| '''[[Jacksonville State University]]'''
| [[Jacksonville, Alabama]]
| 1883
| Public
| [[Jacksonville State Gamecocks|Gamecocks]]
| 2022
| 2023
| {{college color boxes|Jacksonville State Gamecocks}}
| Beach volleyball
| '''CUSA'''{{efn|group=faff|Jacksonville State joined CUSA beach volleyball a year before becoming a full member.}}
|-
| {{sort|Kansas|'''[[University of Kansas]]'''}}
| [[Lawrence, Kansas]]
| 1865
| Public
| [[Kansas Jayhawks|Jayhawks]]
| 2009
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Kansas Jayhawks}}
| Women's rowing
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| '''[[Kansas State University]]'''
| [[Manhattan, Kansas]]
| 1863
| Public
| [[Kansas State Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| 2009
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Kansas State Wildcats}}
| Women's rowing
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| {{sort|Kentucky|'''[[University of Kentucky]]'''}}
| [[Lexington, Kentucky]]
| 1865
| Public
| [[Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer|Wildcats]]
| 2005
| 2022
| {{college color boxes|Kentucky Wildcats}}
| Men's soccer
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]{{efn|group=faff|name=SBC|Men's soccer affiliate of the [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]].}}
|-
| '''[[Missouri State University]]'''
| [[Springfield, Missouri]]
| 1905
| Public
| [[Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears|Beach Bears]]
| 2023
| 2025
| {{college color boxes|Missouri State Bears}}
| Beach volleyball
| '''CUSA'''{{efn|group=faff|Missouri State joined CUSA beach volleyball two years before becoming a full member.}}
|-
| {{sort|New Mexico|'''[[University of New Mexico]]'''}}
| [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| 1889
| Public
| [[New Mexico Lobos|Lobos]]
| 2013
| 2019
| {{college color boxes|New Mexico Lobos}}
| Men's soccer
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]{{efn|group=faff|Dropped men's soccer after the 2018 season (2018–19 school year).}}
|-
| {{sort|North Dakota|'''[[University of North Dakota]]'''}}
| [[Grand Forks, North Dakota]]
| 1883
| Public
| [[North Dakota Fighting Hawks|Fighting Hawks]]
| 2008
| 2011
| {{college color boxes|North Dakota Fighting Hawks}}
| Women's swimming & diving
| [[Summit League|Summit]]
|-
| {{sort|Northern Colorado|'''[[University of Northern Colorado]]'''}}
| [[Greeley, Colorado]]
| 1889
| Public
| [[Northern Colorado Bears|Bears]]
| 2007
| 2010
| {{college color boxes|Northern Colorado Bears}}
| Women's swimming & diving
| [[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]{{efn|group=faff|name=WAC|Women's swimming & diving affiliate of the [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]].}}
|-
| {{sort|Oklahoma|'''[[University of Oklahoma]]'''}}
| [[Norman, Oklahoma]]
| 1890
| Public
| [[Oklahoma Sooners|Sooners]]
| 2009
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Oklahoma Sooners}}
| Women's rowing
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| '''[[San Diego State University]]'''
| [[San Diego|San Diego, California]]
| 1947
| Public
| [[San Diego State Aztecs|Aztecs]]
| 2013
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|San Diego State Aztecs}}
| Women's rowing
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]{{efn|group=faff|Dropped rowing after the 2020–21 season; had previously been an affiliate of the [[American Athletic Conference]] in that sport.}}<br />{{small|([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] in 2026)}}
|-
| {{sort|South Carolina|'''[[University of South Carolina]]'''}}
| [[Columbia, South Carolina]]
| 1801
| Public
| [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer|Gamecocks]]
| 2005
| 2022
| {{college color boxes|South Carolina Gamecocks}}
| Men's soccer
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]{{efn|group=faff|name=SBC}}
|-
| '''[[Stephen F. Austin State University]]'''<br />{{small|(Stephen F. Austin)}}
| [[Nacogdoches, Texas]]
| 1923
| Public
| [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks|Ladyjacks]]
| 2023
| 2025
| {{college color boxes|Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks}}
| Bowling
| [[Southland Conference|Southland]]{{efn|group=faff|Dropped bowling after the 2025 spring season (2024–25 school year).}}
|-
| '''[[Texas Christian University]]'''<br />{{small|(TCU)}}
| [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| 1873
| [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples<br />of Christ]]
| [[TCU Horned Frogs|Horned Frogs]]
| 2023
| 2024
| {{college color boxes|TCU Horned Frogs}}
| Beach volleyball
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|-
| {{sort|Tennessee|'''[[University of Tennessee]]'''}}
| [[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
| 1794
| Public
| [[Tennessee Volunteers|Lady Volunteers]]
| 2009
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Tennessee Volunteers}}
| Women's rowing
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| {{sort|Texas|'''[[University of Texas at Austin]]'''}}
| [[Austin, Texas]]
| 1883
| Public
| [[Texas Longhorns|Longhorns]]
| 2009
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|Texas Longhorns}}
| Women's rowing
| [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| {{sort|Louisiana–Monroe|'''[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]'''}}<br />{{small|(ULM)}}
| [[Monroe, Louisiana]]
| 1865
| Public
| [[Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks|Warhawks]]
| 2021<ref name=BV21/>
| 2022
| {{college color boxes|ULM Warhawks}}
| Beach volleyball
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
| '''[[West Virginia University]]'''
| [[Morgantown, West Virginia]]
| 1867
| Public
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
| 2012
| 2014
| {{college color boxes|West Virginia Mountaineers}}
| Women's rowing
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=faff}}

=== Membership timeline ===
<timeline>
DateFormat = yyyy
ImageSize  = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20
Period = from:1995 till:2032
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:40 top:5

Colors =  id:barcolor value:rgb(0.99,0.7,0.7)
          id:line value:black
          id:bg value:white

          id:Full value:rgb(0.742,0.727,0.852) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports
          id:FullxF value:rgb(0.551,0.824,0.777) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football
          id:AssocF value:rgb(0.98,0.5,0.445) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only
          id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.5,0.6,0.824) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in some sports, but not all (consider identifying in legend or a footnote)
          id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference
          id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved to another conference where OtherC1 has already been used, to distinguish the two
          id:OtherC3 value:rgb(0.999,0.859,0.984) # Use this color to denote a team that has move to another conference, when OtherC1 and OtherC2 have already been used

PlotData= 
   width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s

   bar:1  color:FullxF from:1995 till:1996 text:[[University of Cincinnati|Cincinnati]] (1995–2005)
   bar:1  color:Full from:1996 till:2005
   bar:1  color:OtherC1  from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:1  color:OtherC2  from:2013 till:2023 text:[[American Athletic Conference|American]]
   bar:1  color:OtherC1  from:2023 till:end  text:[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]

   bar:2  color:FullxF from:1995 till:2005 text:[[DePaul University|DePaul]] (1995–2005)
   bar:2  color:OtherC1  from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:2  color:OtherC2  from:2013 till:end text:[[Big East Conference|Big East]]

   bar:3  color:FullxF from:1995 till:1996 text:[[University of Louisville|Louisville]] (1995–2005)
   bar:3  color:Full from:1996 till:2005
   bar:3  color:OtherC1  from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:3  shift:(-25) color:OtherC2  from:2013 till:2014 text:[[American Athletic Conference|American]]
   bar:3  color:OtherC1  from:2014 till:end text:[[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:4  color:FullxF from:1995 till:2005 text:[[Marquette University|Marquette]] (1995–2005)
   bar:4  color:OtherC1  from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:4  color:OtherC2  from:2013 till:end text:[[Big East Conference|Big East]]

   bar:5  color:FullxF from:1995 till:2005 text:[[Saint Louis University|Saint Louis]] (1995–2005)
   bar:5  color:OtherC1  from:2005 till:end text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]

   bar:6  color:FullxF from:1995 till:2003 text:[[University of South Florida|South Florida]] (1995–2003)
   bar:6  color:Full from:2003 till:2005 text:(2003–2005)
   bar:6  shift:(20) color:OtherC1  from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]]
   bar:6  color:OtherC2  from:2013 till:end text:[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
   bar:6  color:AssocOS  from:2025 till:end text: (b.vb., 2025–present)

   bar:7  color:FullxF from:1995 till:2005 text:[[University of North Carolina at Charlotte|Charlotte]] (1995–2005)
   bar:7  color:OtherC1  from:2005 till:end text:[[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]
   bar:7  color:FullxF  from:2013 till:2015 text:(2013–2015)
   bar:7  shift:(20) color:Full  from:2015 till:2023 text:(2015–2023)
   bar:7  color:OtherC2  from:2023 till:end text:[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]

   bar:8  color:FullxF from:1995 till:1996 text:[[University of Southern Mississippi|Southern Miss]] (1995–2022)
   bar:8  color:Full from:1996 till:2022
   bar:8  color:OtherC1  from:2022 till:end text:[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]

   bar:9  color:FullxF from:1995 till:1999 text:[[University of Alabama at Birmingham|UAB]] (1995–1999)
   bar:9  color:Full from:1999 till:2015 text:(1999–2015)
   bar:9  color:FullxF from:2015 till:2017 text:(2015–2017)
   bar:9  shift:(20) color:Full from:2017 till:2023 text:(2017–2023)
   bar:9  color:AssocOS  from:2023 till:end text: (b.vb., 2023–present)

   bar:10 color:FullxF from:1995 till:1996 text:[[University of Memphis|Memphis]] (1995–2013)
   bar:10 color:Full from:1996 till:2013
   bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]

   bar:11 color:FullxF from:1995 till:1996 text:[[Tulane University|Tulane]] (1995–2014)
   bar:11 color:Full from:1996 till:2014
   bar:11 color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:2022 text:[[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]
   bar:11 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text:(b.vb., 2022–present; bowl., 2023–present)

   bar:12 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:1996 text:[[Southwest Conference|SWC]]
   bar:12 color:Full from:1996 till:2013 text:[[University of Houston|Houston]] (1996–2013)
   bar:12 color:OtherC1  from:2013 till:2023 text:[[American Athletic Conference|American]]
   bar:12 color:OtherC2  from:2023 till:end  text:[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]

   bar:13 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:1997 text:[[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]]
   bar:13 color:AssocF from:1997 till:2001 text:[[East Carolina University|East Carolina]] (1997–2001)
   bar:13 shift:(30) color:Full from:2001 till:2014 text:(2001–2014)
   bar:13 color:OtherC1  from:2014 till:end text: [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]

   bar:14 color:AssocF from:1998 till:2005 text:[[United States Military Academy|Army]] (1998–2005)
   bar:14 color:OtherC1 from:2024 till:end text: [[American Conference (NCAA)|American]]

   bar:15 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:1996 text:[[Southwest Conference|SWC]]
   bar:15 color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:2001 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:15 color:Full from:2001 till:2005 text:[[Texas Christian University|TCU]] (2001–2005)
   bar:15 color:OtherC1  from:2005 till:2012 text:[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
   bar:15 color:OtherC2  from:2012 till:2023 text:[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
   bar:15 color:AssocOS  from:2023 till:2024 text: (b.vb., 2023–2024)
   bar:15 color:OtherC2  from:2024 till:end text:

   bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:2001 text:[[Atlantic Sun Conference|TAAC]]
   bar:16 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2005 text:[[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
   bar:16 color:Full from:2005 till:2013 text:[[University of Central Florida|Central Florida]] (2005–2013)
   bar:16 color:OtherC1  from:2013 till:2023 text:[[American Athletic Conference|American]]
   bar:16 color:OtherC2  from:2023 till:end  text:[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]

   bar:17 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:1996 text:[[Southwest Conference|SWC]]
   bar:17 color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:2005 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
   bar:17 color:Full from:2005 till:2013 text:[[Southern Methodist University|SMU]] (2005–2013)
   bar:17 color:OtherC1  from:2013 till:2024 text:[[American Athletic Conference|American]]
   bar:17 color:OtherC2  from:2024 till:end text: [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]

   bar:18 color:OtherC1 from:1995 till:1996 text:[[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
   bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:2005 text:[[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]
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== History ==
CUSA (abbreviated "C-USA" before 2023) was founded in 1995 by the merger of the [[Metro Conference]] and [[Great Midwest Conference]], two Division I conferences that did not sponsor football. However, the merger did not include either Great Midwest member [[University of Dayton|Dayton]] or Metro members [[Virginia Commonwealth University|VCU]] and [[Virginia Tech]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950210/02100647.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716204344/http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950210/02100647.htm|url-status=dead|title=Digital Library and Archives, University, Virginia Tech|date=July 16, 2012|archive-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref> Since this left an uneven number of schools in the conference, [[University of Houston|Houston]] of the dissolving [[Southwest Conference]] was extended an invitation and agreed to join following the SWC's disbanding at the end of the 1995–96 academic year. The conference immediately started competition in all sports, except football which started in 1996.

Being the result of a merger, CUSA was originally a sprawling, large league that stretched from Florida to Missouri, Wisconsin to Texas. Many of its original schools were located in major urban centers and had strong basketball traditions, which helped establish the league on a national basis.

===2005–06 realignment===
The conference saw radical changes for the 2005–06 academic year. The [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East Conference]] had lost several members, and looked to Conference USA to attract replacements. Five CUSA members departed for the Big East, including three football-playing schools ([[University of Cincinnati|Cincinnati]], [[University of Louisville|Louisville]], and [[University of South Florida|South Florida]]) and two non-football schools ([[DePaul University|DePaul]] and [[Marquette University|Marquette]]; both joined the [[Big East Conference|New Big East]] in 2013). Another two schools ([[University of North Carolina at Charlotte|Charlotte]] and [[Saint Louis University|Saint Louis]]) left for the [[Atlantic 10 Conference|Atlantic 10]]; [[Texas Christian University|TCU]] joined the [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]] (and is now in the [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]] with several other former Southwest Conference members); and a ninth member, [[United States Military Academy|Army]], which was C-USA football-only, opted to become an independent in that sport again.

With the loss of these members, CUSA lured six schools from other conferences: [[University of Central Florida|UCF]] and [[Marshall University|Marshall]] from the [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]], as well as [[Rice University|Rice]], [[Southern Methodist University|SMU]], [[University of Tulsa|Tulsa]], and later [[University of Texas at El Paso|UTEP]] from the [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]]. UCF played in the MAC for football only; for all other sports, it was a member of the [[Atlantic Sun Conference]] (ASUN).

With CUSA's membership now consisting of 12 schools, all of which sponsor football, the conference adopted a two-division alignment.

===2013–14 realignment===

In 2013, CUSA entered its next phase with the departure of four schools (Houston, Memphis, SMU, and UCF) for the [[American Athletic Conference]], the football-sponsoring portion of the former Big East Conference. This was again the result of Big East schools leaving for the ACC, this time being [[Syracuse University|Syracuse]] and [[University of Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh]], as well as [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] for non-football sports.

However, when the conferences discussed their plans with the NCAA, they were told that if they merged, the new league would receive only one automatic bid to NCAA championships; at least one of the former conferences would lose expected future revenues from the NCAA men's basketball tournament; and at least one former conference would lose exit fees from any schools that departed for the new league. As a result, both CUSA and the MW backed away from a full merger. {{as of|2012|April}}, the likeliest scenario was an all-sports alliance in which both conferences retained separate identities.<ref name="McMurphy 2012-04-17">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/brett-mcmurphy/18623903 |title=Conference Mountain West merger "unlikely" |first=Brett |last=McMurphy |work=College Football Insider |publisher=CBSSports.com |date=April 17, 2012 |access-date=April 21, 2012}}</ref> However, after the MW added more members, the alliance was apparently abandoned.

For men's soccer, there was a chance that the MW, SEC, and CUSA along with the one Sun Belt member (FIU), that sponsor the sport, would play under the CUSA's men's soccer program. The MW, which does not sponsor men's soccer, would take three of the four members that offer the sport (UNLV, Air Force, New Mexico—San Diego State is a Pac-12 associate member in that sport), join CUSA's three full members that offer the sport (UAB, Marshall, Tulsa), the two SEC members already in CUSA for the sport (Kentucky, South Carolina), and the Sun Belt's FIU.<ref name="McMurphy 2012-04-17"/> However, the only MW member school that ultimately moved to CUSA men's soccer was New Mexico.

For the 2013–14 season CUSA invited five new members to join their conference, with all accepting. [[University of Texas at San Antonio|UTSA]] and [[Louisiana Tech University|Louisiana Tech]] joined from the WAC and [[University of North Texas|North Texas]] and [[Florida International University|FIU]], (an affiliate member of CUSA joining for men's soccer in 2005), from the Sun Belt Conference. [[Old Dominion University|Old Dominion]], which already housed five of its sports in CUSA, moved the rest of its athletic program from the [[Coastal Athletic Association|CAA]] (except for [[field hockey]], [[women's lacrosse]] and [[Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]], with the three sports joining the [[Big East Conference|new Big East]], the [[Atlantic Sun Conference|Atlantic Sun]], and the [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] respectively because CUSA does not sponsor those sports) and upgraded its football program from the [[Football Championship Subdivision]]. Charter member [[University of North Carolina at Charlotte|Charlotte]] returned from the A-10 and accelerated its recently established football program, which was set to begin play in 2013 as an FCS school, to FBS in 2015 with full conference rights in 2016.

===2014–15 realignment===
[[File:Conference USA Locations 3.png|thumb|Conference USA members after the 2014–15 realignment]]

On November 27, 2012, it was announced that Tulane would leave the conference, effective in the 2014 season, to join the Big East in all sports, and East Carolina would join the Big East for football only (ECU's membership was upgraded to all-sports in March 2013 after the Big East's non-football members, except ACC-bound [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]], announced they were leaving to form a new conference which took the [[Big East Conference|Big East]] name, leaving the football-playing members to become the [[American Athletic Conference]]). Conference USA responded by adding [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|Middle Tennessee]] and [[Florida Atlantic Owls|Florida Atlantic]], both from the Sun Belt.

On April 1, 2013, Conference USA announced it was adding Western Kentucky, also from the Sun Belt, to offset Tulsa's departure to The American in all sports which was confirmed the next day.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/9122292/western-kentucky-announces-move-c-usa|title=Western Kentucky announces move to C-USA|date=April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/bigeast/post/_/id/43297/tulsa-set-to-join-league-for-2014-15-season|title=Tulsa set to join league for 2014–15 season|date=April 2, 2013}}</ref>

===2014–2021===
The board of trustees in the University of Alabama system (of which UAB is a member) voted to shut down that football program on December 2, 2014, in a highly controversial move that many have attributed to a pro-Tuscaloosa bias (including trustees such as [[Paul Bryant Jr.]], son and namesake of [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|Alabama football]] coaching legend [[Bear Bryant]]). According to Conference USA bylaws, member schools must sponsor football. In January 2015, UAB announced an independent re-evaluation of the program and the finances involved, leaving open a possible resumption of the program as early as the 2016 season. On January 29, 2015, the conference announced that there was no time pressure in making a decision regarding UAB's future membership. The conference also stated that it would wait for the new study results before any further discussions on the subject.<ref name="ESPN">{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/11967626/uab-blazers-shut-football-program|title=UAB eliminating football for 'greater good'|date=December 2, 2014}}</ref> On June 1, UAB announced that it would reinstate football effective with the 2016 season, presumably keeping the school in CUSA for the immediate future.<ref name="Return of UAB football">{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/12991674/uab-blazers-football-return |title=UAB reinstates football for 2016 |first=Alex |last=Scarborough |work=ESPN.com |date=June 1, 2015 |access-date=June 1, 2015}}</ref> The return of football was later pushed back to 2017<ref name="UAB football in 2017"/> with their first game in September.<ref>[https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap/_/gameId/400938597 UAB rolls FCS Alabama A&M in first game since 2014 season] [[ESPN]] ([[Associated Press]])</ref> The Blazers won the 2018 conference championship their second year back and won the CUSA title again in 2020.

Commissioner Britton Banowsky stepped down on September 15, 2015, to become the head of the [[College Football Playoff]] Foundation. Executive associate commissioner and chief operating officer [[Judy MacLeod]] was subsequently named interim commissioner. On October 26 MacLeod was named the conference's third official commissioner, also becoming the first woman to head an [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]] conference.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/c-usas-macleod-1st-female-commissioner-fbs-league-174520340--ncaaf.html;_ylt=A0LEViq3izZWvMAATQQnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw--|title=C-USA's MacLeod is 1st female commissioner of FBS league|publisher=AP-sports|date=October 26, 2015|access-date=November 1, 2015}}</ref>

[[Marshall University]]'s [[Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer|men's soccer program]] captured the league's first team national championship with its 1–0 overtime win over Indiana in the [[2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game|2020 College Cup]], held in May 2021 due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]] issues, in [[Cary, North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2021/5/17/mens-soccer-msoc-national-champions-marshall-beats-indiana-1-0-in-ot-for-college-cup-title.aspx |title=National Champions! Marshall Beats Indiana 1–0 In OT For College Cup Title |publisher=Conference USA |date=May 17, 2021 |accessdate=May 29, 2021}}</ref>

=== 2020s realignment ===
{{see also|2021–2026 NCAA conference realignment}}
On October 18, 2021, [[Yahoo Sports]] reported that the [[American Athletic Conference]], which had been rocked by the impending departure of three of its most prominent schools ([[Cincinnati Bearcats|Cincinnati]], [[Houston Cougars|Houston]], [[UCF Knights|UCF]]) for the [[Big 12 Conference]], was preparing to receive applications from six CUSA members: Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/sports/sources-the-aac-close-to-massive-6-school-expansion-to-reshape-conference-014015069.html |title=Sources: The AAC is close to massive 6-school expansion to reshape conference |first=Pete |last=Thamel |author-link=Pete Thamel |website=[[Yahoo Sports]] |date=October 18, 2021 |access-date=October 19, 2021}}</ref> [[ESPN]] reported the next day that The American had received all six schools' applications,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32432496/six-schools-officially-apply-join-american-athletic-conference |title=Source: Six schools officially apply to join American Athletic Conference |first=Heather |last=Dinich |website=ESPN.com |date=October 19, 2021 |access-date=October 19, 2021}}</ref> and The American announced all six as future members on October 21, though it did not announce the effective date.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://theamerican.org/news/2021/10/21/general-american-athletic-conference-announces-the-addition-of-six-universities.aspx |title=American Athletic Conference Announces the Addition of Six Universities |publisher=American Athletic Conference |date=October 21, 2021 |access-date=October 21, 2021}}</ref> The entry date would eventually be confirmed as July 1, 2023.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://theamerican.org/news/2022/6/15/general-american-announces-entrance-agreements-with-incoming-members-for-2023-24-season.aspx |title=American Announces Entrance Agreements With Incoming Members for 2023–24 Season |publisher=American Athletic Conference |date=June 16, 2022 |access-date=June 16, 2022}}</ref>

The day after The American announced its expansion, [[The Action Network]] reported that Southern Miss had accepted an invitation to join the [[Sun Belt Conference]] in 2023, a move which was formally announced by the university on October 26.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Southern Miss Accepts Invitation to the Sun Belt Conference|url=https://southernmiss.com/news/2021/10/26/baseball-southern-miss-accepts-invitation-to-the-sun-belt-conference.aspx|access-date=October 26, 2021|website=Southern Miss|language=en}}</ref> The report added that the Sun Belt was preparing to add two other CUSA members in Marshall and Old Dominion, as well as [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] program [[James Madison Dukes|James Madison]]. Old Dominion officially announced its move to the Sun Belt Conference on October 27,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Old Dominion Joins Sun Belt Conference|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2021/10/27/general-old-dominion-joins-sun-belt-conference.aspx|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=sunbeltsports.org|date=October 27, 2021 |language=en}}</ref> followed later in the week by Marshall.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 29, 2021|title=Marshall now third from C-USA to join Sun Belt|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32503651/marshall-set-join-sun-belt-conference-usa-exodus-continues-sources-confirm|access-date=October 30, 2021|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref> On March 29, 2022, CUSA agreed to allow Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss to move to the Sun Belt beginning July 1, 2022, a year earlier than initially announced.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/33626016/move-marshall-old-dominion-southern-miss-conference-usa-sun-belt-now-complete |title=Move of Marshall, Old Dominion, Southern Miss from Conference USA to Sun Belt now complete |first=Pete |last=Thamel |author-link=Pete Thamel |website=ESPN.com |date=March 29, 2022 |accessdate=March 29, 2022}}</ref>

In response to these losses, on November 5, Conference USA announced the addition of four new members to start the 2023 athletic season. These included two [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]] schools, [[Liberty Flames and Lady Flames|Liberty]] and [[Jacksonville State Gamecocks|Jacksonville State]], along with two from the [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]], [[New Mexico State Aggies|New Mexico State]] and [[Sam Houston Bearkats|Sam Houston]]. Liberty and New Mexico State previously played football as [[NCAA Division I FBS independent schools|FBS independents]], while Jacksonville State and Sam Houston played at the FCS level in their respective conferences.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 5, 2021|title=Conference USA to add Liberty, Jacksonville State, New Mexico State, Sam Houston State beginning in 2023|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32560304/conference-usa-add-liberty-jacksonville-state-new-mexico-state-sam-houston-state-beginning-2023|access-date=November 7, 2021|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2021/11/4/general-conference-usa-adds-four-members.aspx |title=Conference USA Adds Four Members |publisher=Conference USA |date=November 5, 2021 |access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref>

On October 7, 2022, Pete Thamel of [[ESPN]] reported that current football-sponsoring ASUN member [[Kennesaw State Owls|Kennesaw State]] was in talks to become the tenth member of Conference USA for the 2024 season.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 7, 2022|title=College football realignment: Kennesaw State a 'favorite' to join C-USA by 2024, per report|url=https://247sports.com/Article/College-football-realignment-Kennesaw-State-a-favorite-to-join-C-USA-by-2024-per-report-194910857/|access-date=October 9, 2022|website=247sports.com|language=en}}</ref> One week later, CUSA officially announced Kennesaw State's 2024 entry.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2022/10/14/general-c-usa-adds-kennesaw-state-owls-to-join-in-2024.aspx |title=C-USA Adds Kennesaw State, Owls to Join in 2024 |publisher=Conference USA |date=October 14, 2022 |access-date=October 14, 2022}}</ref>

This was followed by the Sun Belt Conference adding beach volleyball for the 2023 season (2022–23 school year), taking with it the three full SBC members that had previously housed that sport in CUSA: Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, and Louisiana–Monroe. Southern Miss also left CUSA beach volleyball as part of its full-time move to the SBC.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2023/1/17/general-sun-belt-conference-adds-beach-volleyball-for-2023.aspx|title=Sun Belt Conference Adds Beach Volleyball For 2023 |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=January 18, 2023 |accessdate=January 19, 2023}}</ref> CUSA would add three new beach volleyball members for that season; Jacksonville State joined CUSA for beach volleyball in advance of full membership that July,<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2023/2/22/womens-beach-volleyball-bvb-2023-preseason-awards-announced.aspx |title=2023 Preseason Awards Announced |publisher=Conference USA |date=February 23, 2023 |access-date=March 12, 2023 |quote= The league serves up its second season with opening matches this weekend featuring (16) FIU, (12) Florida Atlantic and UAB, along with new members Jacksonville State and (ARV) Tulane.}}</ref> Tulane became an associate member, and full member UTEP added a new beach volleyball program. [[Tarleton State Texans|Tarleton]] announced on April 24, 2023, that it would join CUSA as an associate member for the school's first season of varsity beach volleyball in 2024;<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://tarletonsports.com/news/2023/4/24/womens-volleyball-tarleton-adds-beach-volleyball-as-17th-intercollegiate-sport-will-compete-in-conference-usa.aspx |title=Tarleton adds Beach Volleyball as 17th intercollegiate sport, will compete in Conference USA |publisher=Tarleton Texans |date=April 24, 2023 |access-date=April 27, 2023}}</ref> CUSA confirmed this on May 11, adding that [[Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears|Missouri State]] and [[TCU Horned Frogs|TCU]] would also join in beach volleyball for the 2024 season, and that Florida Atlantic and UAB would remain in CUSA beach volleyball after otherwise departing for The American.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2023/5/11/womens-beach-volleyball-bvb-c-usa-adds-tcu-tarleton-state-and-missouri-state-as-affiliate-members-for-beach-volleyball.aspx |title=BVB: C-USA Adds TCU, Tarleton State and Missouri State as Affiliate Members for Beach Volleyball |publisher=Conference USA |date=May 11, 2023 |access-date=May 18, 2023}}</ref>

On May 10, 2023, CUSA announced that it would add [[Ten-pin bowling|bowling]], a women-only sport in the NCAA, effective in 2023–24. The [[Southland Bowling League]], a single-sport conference established by the [[Southland Conference]], was merged into CUSA.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2023/5/10/general-conference-usa-to-add-bowling-for-2023-24-season.aspx |title=Conference USA to Add Bowling for 2023–24 Season |publisher=Conference USA |date=May 10, 2023 |access-date=May 15, 2023}}</ref> The bowling league added [[Wichita State Shockers|Wichita State]] when it elevated its club team to varsity status in 2024–25.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2023/11/13/bowl-wichita-state-joins-cusa-as-an-affiliate-member-for-bowling.aspx |title=BOWL: Wichita State Joins CUSA as an Affiliate Member for Bowling |publisher=Conference USA |date=November 13, 2023 |access-date=November 15, 2023}}</ref>

The conference unveiled a "brand refresh" on July 1, 2023, the same day that Jacksonville State, Liberty, New Mexico State, and Sam Houston joined. The former abbreviation of "C-USA" was retired in favor of "CUSA", and the logo was slightly updated.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2023/6/30/general-conference-usa-officially-welcomes-four-new-members.aspx |title=Conference USA Officially Welcomes Four New Members |publisher=Conference USA |date=July 1, 2023 |access-date=January 9, 2024}}</ref>

On November 27, 2023, Pete Thamel reported on X that Conference USA was expected to add [[University of Delaware|Delaware]] as a new member for the 2025–26 season.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Pete |last=Thamel
|title=Sources: Conference USA is expected to add Delaware as a new member for the 2025-26 season. The sides have been in talks and a decision is expected to be formalized in the upcoming days. |url=https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/status/1729163578639622538 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=X (formerly Twitter) |language=en}}</ref> On Tuesday, November 28, 2023, both CUSA and Delaware announced on their websites and social the official move to make Delaware the eleventh all-sports member of the conference.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-28 |title=CUSA Adds Delaware, Blue Hens to Join in 2025 |url=http://conferenceusa.com/news/2023/11/28/general-cusa-adds-delaware-blue-hens-to-join-in-2025.aspx |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=conferenceusa.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Delaware Accepts Invitation to Join Conference USA as Full Member |url=https://bluehens.com/news/2023/11/28/delaware-athletics-delaware-accepts-invitation-to-join-conference-usa-as-full-member |access-date=2023-11-28 |website=University of Delaware Athletics |language=en}}</ref> Six months later, on May 10, 2024, both CUSA and [[Missouri State University]] jointly announced on their respective websites that Missouri State would also join the league for the 2025–26 season, bringing league membership up to 12.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=CUSA Adds Missouri State, Bears to Join in 2025 |url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2024/5/9/general-cusa-adds-missouri-state.aspx |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=conferenceusa.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=Missouri State Accepts Invitation to Join Conference USA |url=https://missouristatebears.com/news/2024/5/10/general-missouri-state-accepts-invitation-to-join-conference-usa.aspx |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=Missouri State University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> The 12-member lineup will last only one year, as UTEP, the longest-tenured current member, will leave for the [[Mountain West Conference]] in 2026.<ref name=utepmw>{{cite press release |url=https://themw.com/news/2024/10/01/mountain-west-officially-welcomes-utep-into-the-conference/ |title=Mountain West Officially Welcomes UTEP Into The Conference |publisher=Mountain West Conference |date=October 1, 2024 |access-date=October 1, 2024 }}</ref>

On November 5, 2024, the conference announced that former full member [[South Florida Bulls|South Florida]] would join as an affiliate member in beach volleyball in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-05 |title=BVB: CUSA Adds South Florida as Affiliate Member for Beach Volleyball |url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2024/11/5/womens-beach-volleyball-bvb-cusa-adds-south-florida-as-affiliate-member-for-beach-volleyball.aspx |access-date=2024-11-06 |website=conferenceusa.com |language=en}}</ref> Bowling affiliate Stephen F. Austin announced on May 22, 2025 that it had dropped the sport effective immediately.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://sfajacks.com/news/2025/5/22/untitled-story |title=SFA Announces Sports Sponsorship Changes |publisher=SFA Athletics |date=May 22, 2025 |access-date=May 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Hall of Fame==

In 2019, Conference USA inducted its first Hall of Fame class, comprising 20 student-athletes, three coaches, and two administrators.<ref name="local12.com">{{Cite web|url=https://local12.com/sports/uc-bearcats/huggins-martin-youkilis-named-to-first-conference-usa-hall-of-fame-class-cincinnati-bearcats-bob-kenyon-kevin-college-basketball-baseball-boston-red-sox-new-jersey-nets-nba|title=Huggins, Martin, Youkilis named to first Conference-USA Hall of Fame class|date=July 8, 2019}}</ref> The inductees included former [[Cincinnati Bearcats|University of Cincinnati]] basketball player [[Kenyon Martin]], baseball player [[Kevin Youkilis]], and men's basketball head coach [[Bob Huggins]].<ref name="local12.com"/>

== Commissioners ==
* [[Michael Slive]] 1995–2002
* Britton Banowsky 2002–2015
* [[Judy MacLeod]] 2015–present

== Sports ==
===Sports sponsored===
Conference USA sponsors championship competition in eight men's and 11 women's NCAA sanctioned sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.conferenceusa.com/|title=Conference USA|website=www.conferenceusa.com}}</ref> Eleven schools are affiliate members—one in baseball, four in beach volleyball, five in bowling, and one in both beach volleyball and bowling. The most recent changes in sports sponsorship were the dropping of men's soccer and women's swimming and diving after the 2021–22 season, plus the addition of bowling in 2023–24.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+ '''Teams in CUSA competition'''{{efn|group=t|Numbers of teams are as of the 2023–24 school year.}}
!Sport||Men's||Women's
|-
|align=left|[[College baseball|Baseball]] || 12 || –
|-
|align=left|[[College basketball|Basketball]] || 12 || 12
|-
| align=left | [[Beach volleyball]] || – || 9
|-
| align=left | [[Ten-pin bowling|Bowling]] || – || 12
|-
|align=left|[[Cross country running|Cross Country]] || 10 || 12
|-
|align=left|[[College football|Football]] || 12 || –
|-
|align=left|[[Golf]] || 11 || 10
|-
|align=left|[[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]] || – || 12
|-
|align=left|[[College softball|Softball]] || – || 12
|-
|align=left|[[College tennis|Tennis]] || 6 || 12
|-
|align=left|[[Track and field#Indoor|Track and Field (Indoor)]] || 8 || 12
|-
|align=left|[[Track and field#Outdoor|Track and Field (Outdoor)]] || 9 || 12
|-
|align=left|[[Volleyball]] || – || 12
|}

{{notelist|group=t}}

===Men's sponsored sports by school===
<!-- Departing members in red. -->
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Member
! Baseball
! Basketball
! Cross Country
! Football
! Golf
! Tennis
! Indoor<br />Track<br />& Field
! Outdoor<br />Track<br />& Field
! Total<br />CUSA<br />Sports
|-
|{{left}}Delaware || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 5
|-
|align=left| FIU || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} || 5
|-
|{{left}}Jacksonville State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 6
|-
|{{left}}Kennesaw State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
|{{left}}Liberty || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
|align=left| Louisiana Tech || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 7
|-
|align=left| Middle Tennessee || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
|{{left}}Missouri State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 4
|-
|{{left}}New Mexico State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-
|{{left}}Sam Houston || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 7
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| align=left | UTEP || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 6
|-
|align=left| Western Kentucky || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 7
|-
!colspan=11| Affiliate members
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
|{{left}}Dallas Baptist || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || 1
|-
! Total || 12 || 12 || 10 || 12 || 11 || 6 || 8 || 9 || 80
<!-- |-
!colspan=11| Future members -->
|-
! Total in 2026 || 10 || 10 || 8 || 10 || 9 || 6 || 6 || 7 || 66
|}
{{notelist|group=m}}

====Men's varsity sports not sponsored by Conference USA====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! School !! Lacrosse !! Rifle{{efn|group=mn|NCAA rifle is a coeducational team sport, with men and women competing with and against one another as equals. Jacksonville State fields a single coed team.}} !! Soccer !! Swimming & diving
|-
|{{left}}Delaware || [[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]] || No || [[Summit League|Summit]] || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
|{{left}}FIU || No || No || [[American Athletic Conference|American]] || No
|-
|{{left}}Jacksonville State || No || IND || No || No
|-
|{{left}}Liberty || No || No || [[Ohio Valley Conference|OVC]]{{efn|group=mn|Joining the [[Southern Conference]] in 2026.}} || No
|-
|{{left}}Missouri State || No || No || [[American Athletic Conference|American]] || [[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
|}

{{notelist|group=mn}}

===Women's sponsored sports by school===
Departing members in pink.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Member
! Basketball
! Beach<br />Volleyball
! Bowling
! Cross Country
! Golf
! Soccer
! Softball
! Tennis
! Indoor<br />Track<br />& Field
! Outdoor<br />Track<br />& Field
! Volleyball
! Total<br />CUSA<br />Sports
|-
|{{left}}Delaware || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
|align=left| FIU || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
|{{left}}Jacksonville State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-
|{{left}}Kennesaw State || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
|{{left}}Liberty || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 8
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
|align=left| Louisiana Tech || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
|align=left| Middle Tennessee || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
|{{left}}Missouri State || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
|{{left}}New Mexico State || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
|{{left}}Sam Houston || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 11
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
|align=left| UTEP || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 10
|-
|align=left| Western Kentucky || {{yes}} || {{no}} || {{no}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || 9
|-
!colspan=13 | Affiliate members
|-
|align=left | Arkansas State || || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Florida Atlantic || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Nebraska || || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Sacred Heart || || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | South Florida || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Tarleton State || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Tulane || || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || 2
|-
|align=left | UAB || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Valparaiso || || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Vanderbilt || || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Wichita State || || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Wright State || || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
|align=left | Youngstown State || || || {{yes}} || || || || || || || || || 1
|-
! Total || 12 || 9 || 12 || 12 || 10 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 12 || 125
<!-- |-
!colspan=13 | Future members
|-
!colspan=13 | Future affiliate members -->
|-
! Total in 2026 || 11 || 9 || 12 || 11 || 9 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 11 || 116
|}
{{notelist|group=w}}

====Women's varsity sports not sponsored by Conference USA====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! School !! Acrobatics<br>& Tumbling{{efn|group=wns|name=emerging|Part of the [[NCAA Emerging Sports for Women]] program. Acrobatics & tumbling and stunt are now expected to become official NCAA championship sports in 2026–27.}} !! Equestrian{{efn|group=wns|name=emerging}} !! Field hockey !! Ice Hockey !! Lacrosse !! Rifle{{efn|group=wns|Rifle is technically classified as a men's sport by the NCAA, but allows competitors of both sexes, and also allows schools to field any combination of coed and single-sex teams. Jacksonville State and UTEP respectively field coed and women-only teams.}} !! Rowing !! Stunt{{efn|group=wns|name=emerging}} !! Swimming<br />& Diving
|-
|{{left}}Delaware || No || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]] || [[Atlantic Hockey America|AHA]] || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]] || No || [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]] || No || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
|{{left}}FIU || No || No || No || No || No || No || No || No || [[American Athletic Conference|American]]
|-
|{{left}}Jacksonville State || No || No || No || No || No || IND || No || No || No
|-
|{{left}}Kennesaw State || No || No || No || No || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]] || No || No || No || No
|-
|{{left}}Liberty || No || No || [[Big East Conference|Big East]] || No || [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]] || No || No || No || [[American Athletic Conference|American]]
|-
|{{left}}Missouri State || IND || No || No || No || No || No || No || IND || [[Missouri Valley Conference|MVC]]
|-
|{{left}}New Mexico State || No || IND || No || No || No || No || No || No || [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation|MPSF]]
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
|align=left| UTEP || No || No || No || No || No || [[Patriot Rifle Conference|PRC]] || No || No || No
|}
{{notelist|group=wns}}

===Football===
Conference USA used a divisional format for football from 2005 to 2021.
:[[File:AmericanFootball current event.svg|40px|alt=|link=2025 Conference USA football season]] ''For the upcoming season, see [[2025 Conference USA football season]].''
<!-- This chart has been fully updated (all teams are up to date) on July 1, 2023. PLEASE DO NOT UPDATE WITHOUT UPDATING THE ENTIRE CHART. This throws the entire table out of whack and produces incorrect information. All team records can be found at the reference listed above. Thanks.-->
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Team
! First<br />season
! All-time<br />record
! All-time<br />win %
! Bowl<br />appearances
! Bowl<br />record
! Conference<br />titles
! Head coach
|-
| '''[[FIU Panthers football|FIU]]'''
| 2002
| 92–178
| {{winpct|92|178}}
| 5
| 2–3
| 1
| {{sortname|Mike|MacIntyre}}
|-
| '''[[Jacksonville State Gamecocks football|Jacksonville State]]'''
| 1904
| 621–423–40
| {{winpct|534|392|40}}
| 2
| 1–1
| 25
| {{sortname|Rich|Rodriguez}}
|-
| '''[[Liberty Flames football|Liberty]]'''
| 1973
| 307–258–4
| {{winpct|307|258|4}}
| 6
| 3–3
| 8
| {{sortname|Jamey|Chadwell}}
|-
| '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]]'''
| 1901
| 645–504–38
|{{winpct|645|504|38}}
| 14
| 8–5–1
| 25
| {{sortname|Sonny|Cumbie}}
|-
| '''[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee]]'''
| 1911
| 608–472–28
|{{winpct|608|472|28}}
| 14
| 6–8
| 13
| {{sortname|Derek|Mason}}
|-
| '''[[New Mexico State Aggies football|New Mexico State]]'''
| 1893
| 459–679–30
| {{winpct|459|679|30}}
| 6
| 4–1–1
| 4
| {{sortname|Tony|Sanchez|Tony Sanchez (American football)}}
|-
| '''[[Sam Houston Bearkats football|Sam Houston]]'''
| 1912
| 573–489–36
| {{winpct|573|489|36}}
| 5
| 3–1–1
| 15
| {{sortname|K. C.|Keeler}}
|-
| '''[[UTEP Miners football|UTEP]]'''
| 1914
| 415–626–28
| {{winpct|415|626|28}}
| 15
| 5–10
| 2
| {{sortname|Scotty|Walden}}
|-
| '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]'''
| 1908
| 615–426–31
| {{winpct|615|426|31}}
| 11
| 7–4
| 13
| {{sortname|Tyson|Helton}}
|}<ref>[http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/misc/div_ia_wins.php All time Division I-A football records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040406131740/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/misc/div_ia_wins.php |date=April 6, 2004 }}, College Football Data Warehouse</ref>

'''CUSA champions'''

{{main|Conference USA Football Championship Game}}

'''Bowl games'''

Through the 2023 season, the highest-ranked champion from the so-called [[Group of Five conferences|"Group of Five" conferences]] ([[American Athletic Conference|The&nbsp;American]], CUSA, [[Mid-American Conference|MAC]], [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]], and [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]) was guaranteed a berth in one of the non-semifinal bowls of the [[College Football Playoff]] if the group's top team was not in the playoff.<ref name="espn-seeds">{{cite web|title=Six bowls in playoff format|last=McMurphy|first=Brett|work=ESPN.com|date=November 13, 2013|access-date=July 24, 2013|url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/8624387/six-bowls-pool-college-football-semifinal-games}}</ref> Starting in 2024, at least one Group of Five conference champion will receive a berth in the expanded 12-team CFP.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=190| Name
!width=190| Location
!width=190| Stadium
!width=190| Opposing Conference
|-
| '''[[Cotton Bowl Classic]]'''
| [[Arlington, Texas]]
| [[AT&T Stadium]]
| at-large
|-
| '''[[Fiesta Bowl]]'''
| [[Glendale, Arizona]]
| [[State Farm Stadium]]
| at-large
|-
| '''[[Peach Bowl]]'''
| [[Atlanta|Atlanta, Georgia]]
| [[Mercedes-Benz Stadium]]
| at-large
|}

For the 2014–19 seasons, Conference USA was guaranteed at least five of the following bowl games. Stadiums and names reflect those in use during that period.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=200| Name
!width=200| Location
!width=200| Stadium
!width=200| Opposing Conference
|-
| '''[[Arizona Bowl]]'''
| [[Tucson, Arizona]]
| [[Arizona Stadium]]
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
|-
| '''[[Armed Forces Bowl]]'''
| [[Fort Worth, Texas]]
| [[Amon G. Carter Stadium]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]<br />[[Army Black Knights football|Army]]<br />[[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]<br />[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]<br />[[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
|-
| '''[[Bahamas Bowl]]'''
| [[Nassau, Bahamas]]
| [[Thomas Robinson Stadium]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]<br />[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]<br />[[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
| '''[[Boca Raton Bowl]]'''
| [[Boca Raton, Florida]]
| [[FAU Stadium]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]<br />[[Mid-American Conference|MAC]]
|-
| '''[[First Responder Bowl]]'''
| [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]
| [[Cotton Bowl (stadium)|Cotton Bowl]]
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]<br />[[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]
|-
| '''[[Frisco Bowl]]'''
| [[Frisco, Texas]]
| [[Toyota Stadium (Texas)|Toyota Stadium]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
| '''[[Hawaii Bowl]]'''
| [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]]
| [[Aloha Stadium]]
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
|-
| '''[[Independence Bowl]]'''
| [[Shreveport, Louisiana]]
| [[Independence Stadium (Shreveport)|Independence Stadium]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]<br />[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]]
|-
| '''[[Miami Beach Bowl]]'''
| [[Miami|Miami, Florida]]
| [[LoanDepot Park|Marlins Park]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|-
| '''[[New Mexico Bowl]]'''
| [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]]
| [[University Stadium (Albuquerque)|Dreamstyle Stadium]]
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]
|-
| '''[[New Orleans Bowl]]'''
| [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| [[Caesars Superdome|Mercedes-Benz Superdome]]
| [[Sun Belt Conference|Sun Belt]]
|-
| '''[[Gasparilla Bowl]]'''
| [[Tampa, Florida]]
| [[Raymond James Stadium]]
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
|}

'''Rivalries'''

Current or former CUSA in-conference rivalries:
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!colspan=2|Teams !! Rivalry Name !! Trophy !! Meetings !!width=55| Record !! Series Leader !! Current Streak
|-
| [[Florida Atlantic Owls football|Florida Atlantic]]|| [[FIU Panthers football|FIU]]
| [[Shula Bowl]]
| Don Shula Award || 19 || 14–5 || Florida Atlantic || Florida Atlantic won 4
|-
| [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football|Louisiana Tech]] || [[Southern Miss Golden Eagles football|Southern Miss]]
| [[Rivalry in Dixie]]
| — || 52 || 17–35 || Southern Miss || Louisiana Tech won 2
|-
| [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee]] || [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]]
| [[100 Miles of Hate]]
| — || 70 || 35–34–1 || Middle Tennessee || WKU won 2
|-
| [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football|Middle Tennessee]] || [[Troy Trojans football|Troy]]
| [[Battle for the Palladium]]
| The Palladium || 22 || 13–9 || Middle Tennessee || Middle Tennessee won 1
|-
| [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football|Western Kentucky]] || [[Marshall Thundering Herd football|Marshall]]
| Moonshine Throwdown
| — ||13||8–5||Marshall|| Western Kentucky won 1
|}

=== Men's basketball ===

[[File:Basketball current event.svg|40px|alt=|link=2023–24 Conference USA men's basketball season]] ''For the most recent season, see [[2024–25 Conference USA men's basketball season]].''

{{see also|Conference USA men's basketball tournament|Conference USA Men's Basketball Player of the Year}}
This list goes through the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/m_basketball_RB/D1.pdf |title=2023–24 Division I Men's Basketball Records |publisher=NCAA |access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Team
! First<br />season{{efn|group=mbb|Reflects the calendar year in which the first season ended.}}
! All-time<br />record
! All-time<br />win %
! NCAA Tournament<br />appearances{{efn|group=mbb|Division I only.}}
! NCAA Tournament<br />record
! Arena
! Head coach
|-
| '''[[FIU Panthers men's basketball|FIU]]'''
| 1982
| 486–714
| {{Winning percentage|486|714}}
| 1
| 0–1
| [[Ocean Bank Convocation Center]]
| [[Jeremy Ballard]]
|-
| '''[[Jacksonville State Gamecocks men's basketball|Jacksonville State]]'''
| 1926
| 1238–884
| {{Winning percentage|1238|884}}
| 2
| 0–2
| [[Pete Mathews Coliseum]]
| [[Ray Harper (basketball)|Ray Harper]]
|-
| '''[[Liberty Flames basketball|Liberty]]'''
| 1973
| 793–753
| {{Winning percentage|793|753}}
| 5
| 1–5
| [[Liberty Arena]]{{efn|group=mbb|Liberty also schedules occasional games at the [[Vines Center]].}}
| [[Ritchie McKay]]
|-
| '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs basketball|Louisiana Tech]]'''
| 1910
| 1452–1074
| {{Winning percentage|1452|1074}}
| 5
| 4–5
| [[Thomas Assembly Center]]
| [[Talvin Hester]]
|-
| '''[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball|Middle Tennessee]]'''
| 1914
| 1302–1133
| {{Winning percentage|1302|1133}}
| 9
| 4–9
| [[Murphy Center]]
| [[Nick McDevitt]]
|-
| '''[[New Mexico State Aggies men's basketball|New Mexico State]]'''
| 1905
| 1302–1133
| {{Winning percentage|1302|1133}}
| 26
| 11–27
| [[Pan American Center]]
| [[Jason Hooten]]
|-
| '''[[Sam Houston Bearkats men's basketball|Sam Houston]]'''
| 1918
| 1401–1174
| {{Winning percentage|1401|1174}}
| 2
| 0–2
| [[Bernard Johnson Coliseum]]
| [[Chris Mudge]]
|-
| '''[[UTEP Miners men's basketball|UTEP]]'''
| 1915
| 1448–1126
| {{Winning percentage|1448|1126}}
| 17
| 14–16
| [[Don Haskins Center]]
| [[Joe Golding]]
|-
| '''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]'''
| 1915
| 1872–973
| {{Winning percentage|1872|973}}
| 23
| 19–24
| [[E. A. Diddle Arena]]
| [[Rick Stansbury]]
|}

{{notelist|group=mbb}}

=== Women's basketball ===
{{see also|Conference USA women's basketball tournament}}
This list goes through the 2022–23 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=2023-24 Division I Women's Basketball Records |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/D1.pdf |publisher=NCAA |access-date=September 27, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Team
! First<br />season{{efn|group=wbb|Reflects the calendar year in which the first season ended.}}
! All-time<br />record
! All-time<br />win %
! NCAA Tournament<br />appearances{{efn|group=wbb|Division I only,}}
! NCAA Tournament<br />record
! Arena
! Head coach
|-
| '''[[FIU Panthers women's basketball|FIU]]'''
| 1976
| 758–606
| {{Winning percentage|758|606}}
| 0
| 0–0
| [[Ocean Bank Convocation Center]]
| Jesyka Burks-Wiley
|-
| '''[[Jacksonville State Gamecocks women's basketball|Jacksonville State]]'''
| 1984
| 519–600
| {{Winning percentage|519|600}}
| 0
| 0–0
| [[Pete Mathews Coliseum]]
| [[Rick Pietri]]
|-
| '''[[Liberty Lady Flames basketball|Liberty]]'''
| 1976
| 824–547
| {{Winning percentage|824|547}}
| 16
| 2–16
| [[Liberty Arena]]{{efn|group=wbb|Liberty also schedules occasional games at the [[Vines Center]],}}
| [[Carey Green]]
|-
| '''[[Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball|Louisiana Tech]]'''
| 1975
| 1193–387
| {{Winning percentage|1193|387}}
| 30
| 65–28
| [[Thomas Assembly Center]]
| [[Brooke Stoehr]]
|-
| '''[[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball|Middle Tennessee]]'''
| 1976
| 998–450
| {{Winning percentage|998|450}}
| 20
| 5–20
| [[Murphy Center]]
| [[Rick Insell]]
|-
| '''[[New Mexico State Aggies women's basketball|New Mexico State]]'''
| 1983
| 634–572
| {{Winning percentage|634|572}}
| 6
| 0–6
| [[Pan American Center]]
| [[Jody Adams-Birch]]
|-
| '''[[Sam Houston Bearkats women's basketball|Sam Houston]]'''
| 1970
| 659–834
| {{Winning percentage|659|834}}
| 0
| 0–0
| [[Bernard Johnson Coliseum]]
| Ravon Justice
|-
| '''[[UTEP Miners women's basketball|UTEP]]'''
| 1975
| 632–716
| {{Winning percentage|632|716}}
| 2
| 1–2
| [[Don Haskins Center]]
| [[Keitha Adams]]
|-
| '''[[Western Kentucky Lady Toppers basketball|Western Kentucky]]'''
| 1915
| 1070–541
| {{Winning percentage|1070|541}}
| 20
| 17–20
| [[E. A. Diddle Arena]]
| Greg Collins
|}

{{notelist|group=wbb}}

===Baseball===

{{see also|Conference USA Baseball Tournament}}

== Championships ==

===Current CUSA champions===
<!--Champions from the previous school year are indicated with the calendar year of their title. -->"RS" is regular season, "T" is tournament.
{{col-begin}}
{{col-break}}
'''Fall 2024'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! width="125" | Sport
! width="175" | School
|-
| Football
| [[2024 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team|Jacksonville State]] (RS & [[2024 Conference USA Football Championship Game|Championship Game]])
|-
| Soccer (W)
| FIU (RS & T)<br>Liberty (RS)
|-
| Volleyball (W)
| Western Kentucky (RS & T)
|-
| Cross Country (M)
| Liberty
|-
| Cross Country (W)
| Liberty
|}
{{col-break}}
'''Winter 2024–25'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! width="150" | Sport
! width="150" | School
|-
| Basketball (M)
| [[2024–25 Liberty Flames basketball team|Liberty]] (RS & T)
|-
| Basketball (W)
| [[2024–25 Liberty Lady Flames basketball team|Liberty]] (RS & T)<br>[[2024–25 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team|Middle Tennessee]] (RS)
|-
| Bowling (W)
| Wichita State
|-
| Indoor Track & Field (M)
| Kennesaw State
|-
| Indoor Track & Field (W)
| Liberty
|}
{{col-break}}
'''Spring 2025'''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! width="150" | Sport
! width="150" | School
|-
| Baseball
| [[Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball|Dallas Baptist]] (RS)<br/>[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers baseball|Western Kentucky]] (T)
|-
| Softball
| [[Liberty Lady Flames softball|Liberty]] (RS & T)
|-
| Beach Volleyball (W)
| Florida Atlantic{{efn|group=cchamp|No regular-season championship is awarded because teams do not play the same number of conference matches.}}
|-
| Outdoor Track & Field (M)
| Kennesaw State
|-
| Outdoor Track & Field (W)
| Liberty
|-
| Golf (M)
| Sam Houston
|-
| Golf (W)
| Western Kentucky
|-
| Tennis (M)
| Middle Tennessee
|-
| Tennis (W)
| FIU
|}
{{col-end}}

{{notelist|group=cchamp}}

===National champions===

Only two current CUSA members, one full member and one associate, have won national team championships while representing the conference, both in bowling. Full member [[Jacksonville State Gamecocks|Jacksonville State]] won the 2024 NCAA championship in its first season of both varsity bowling and CUSA membership, and associate member [[Youngstown State Penguins|Youngstown State]] won the 2025 NCAA title. The only other school to have won such a championship while a CUSA member at any level is [[2020 Marshall Thundering Herd men's soccer team|Marshall]], which moved to the Sun Belt Conference in 2022. Marshall won the [[2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season|2020–21 men's soccer]] [[2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship Game|championship]] in May 2021 (with the tournament having moved from its normal schedule in fall 2020 to spring 2021 due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]]).

The following current and future CUSA teams have won national championships when they were not affiliated with CUSA. Current associate members, indicated in ''italics'', are listed with championships they won in their CUSA sports.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''School'''
|'''National titles'''
|'''Sport'''
|'''Years'''
|-
| rowspan=8 | '''[[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens|Delaware]]'''
| rowspan=8 | 17
| Equestrian
| 1997
|-
| Figure Skating
| 2002, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
|-
| Field Hockey
| 2016
|-
| Football (Division I FCS)
| [[2003 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team|2003]]
|-
| Football (Division II)
| 1979
|-
| Football (College Division)
| 1946, 1963, 1971, 1972
|-
| Women's Lacrosse
| 1983
|-
| Women's Lacrosse (AIAW Division II)
| 1981, 1982
|-
|'''[[FIU Panthers|FIU]]'''
|2
|Men's Soccer (Division II)
|1982, 1984
|-
| rowspan=4 | '''[[Jacksonville State Gamecocks|Jacksonville State]]'''
| rowspan=4 | 6
| Baseball (Division II)
| 1990, 1991
|-
| Men's basketball (Division II)
| 1985
|-
| Football (Division II)
| 1992
|-
| Women's gymnastics (Division II)
| 1984, 1985
|-
| rowspan=4 | '''[[Kennesaw State Owls|Kennesaw State]]'''
| rowspan=4 | 5
| Baseball (Division II)
| 1996
|-
| Men's basketball (Division II)
| 2004
|-
| Women's soccer (Division II)
| 2003
|-
| Softball (Division II)
| 1995, 1996
|-
|rowspan=2 | '''[[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters|Louisiana Tech]]'''
|rowspan=2 | 5
|Football (Division II)
|1972, 1973
|-
|Women's basketball
|1981 (AIAW), 1982, 1988
|-
| rowspan=3 | '''[[Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears|Missouri State]]'''
| rowspan=3 | 3
| Field hockey (AIAW Division II)
| 1979
|-
| Men's golf (Division II)
| 1983
|-
| Softball (AIAW)
| 1974
|-
| rowspan=2 | '''[[Sam Houston Bearkats|Sam Houston]]'''
| rowspan=2 | 2
| Bowling
| 2014
|-
| Football (Division I FCS)
| [[2020 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team|2020]]
|-
|rowspan=4 |'''[[UTEP Miners|UTEP]]'''
|rowspan=4 |21
|Men's basketball
|[[1965–66 Texas Western Miners men's basketball team|1966]]
|-
|Men's outdoor track and field
|1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982
|-
|Men's indoor track and field
|1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982
|-
|Men's cross country
|1969, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981
|-
| '''''[[Vanderbilt Commodores|Vanderbilt]]'''''
| 3
| Bowling
| 2007, 2018, 2023
|-
|'''[[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers|Western Kentucky]]'''
|1
|Football (Division I FCS)
|[[2002 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|2002]]
|-

! Total
! 84
!
!
|}

{{See also|List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships|List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships}}

== Facilities ==
<!--Future members are denoted in blue. -->Departing members are denoted in red.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Conference USA | School | Football stadium | Capacity | Basketball arena | Capacity | Baseball park | Capacity }}
|-
| style={{NCAA color cell|Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens}}"| [[Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens|{{color|white|'''Delaware'''}}]]
|[[Delaware Stadium]]
|18,500
|[[Bob Carpenter Center]]
|5,000
|[[Bob Hannah Stadium]]
|1,300
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|FIU Panthers}}"| [[FIU Panthers|{{color|white|'''FIU'''}}]]
|[[FIU Stadium|Pitbull Stadium]]
|20,000
|[[Ocean Bank Convocation Center]]
|5,000
|[[Infinity Insurance Park]]
|2,000
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Jacksonville State Gamecocks}}"| [[Jacksonville State Gamecocks|{{color|white|'''Jacksonville State'''}}]]
| [[AmFirst Stadium]]
| 22,500
| [[Pete Mathews Coliseum]]
| 3,500
| [[Rudy Abbott Field]]
| 1,000
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Kennesaw State Owls}}"| [[Kennesaw State Owls|{{color|white|'''Kennesaw State'''}}]]
| [[Fifth Third Stadium]]
| 10,200
| [[KSU Convocation Center]]
| 4,600
| [[Fred Stillwell Stadium]]
| 900
|-
| style="{{NCAA secondary color cell|Liberty Flames}}"| [[Liberty Flames and Lady Flames|{{color|white|'''Liberty'''}}]]
| [[Williams Stadium]]
| 25,000
| [[Liberty Arena]]{{efn|group=f|Liberty also schedules basketball games at the [[Vines Center]] (capacity 9,547).}}
| 4,000
| [[Liberty Baseball Stadium]]
| 2,500
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Louisiana Tech Bulldogs}}"| [[Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters|{{color|white|'''Louisiana Tech'''}}]]
|[[Joe Aillet Stadium]]
|28,562
|[[Thomas Assembly Center]]
|8,098
|[[J. C. Love Field at Pat Patterson Park]]
|2,000
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders}}"| [[Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders|{{color|white|'''Middle Tennessee'''}}]]
|[[Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium]]
|27,303
|[[Murphy Center]]
|11,802
|[[Reese Smith Jr. Field]]
|2,600
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Missouri State Bears}}"| [[Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears|{{color|white|'''Missouri State'''}}]]
|[[Robert W. Plaster Stadium]]
|17,500
|[[Great Southern Bank Arena]]
|11,000
|[[Hammons Field]]
|7,986
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|New Mexico State Aggies}}"| [[New Mexico State Aggies|{{color|white|'''New Mexico State'''}}]]
| [[Aggie Memorial Stadium]]
| 28,853
| [[Pan American Center]]
| 12,482
| [[Presley Askew Field]]
| 1,000
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Sam Houston Bearkats}}"| [[Sam Houston Bearkats|{{color|white|'''Sam Houston'''}}]]
| [[Bowers Stadium]]{{efn|group=f|Sam Houston schedules one nominal home game each season at [[NRG Stadium]] (capacity 72,220) in [[Houston]].}}
| 12,593
| [[Bernard Johnson Coliseum]]
| 6,110
| [[Don Sanders Stadium]]
| 1,163
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| style="{{NCAA color cell|UTEP Miners}}"| [[UTEP Miners|{{color|white|'''UTEP'''}}]]
|[[Sun Bowl Stadium]]
|51,500
|[[Don Haskins Center]]
|12,222
|colspan=2 | {{center|''Non-baseball school''}}
|-
| style="{{NCAA color cell|Western Kentucky Hilltoppers}}"| [[Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady Toppers|{{color|white|'''Western Kentucky'''}}]]
|[[Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium]]
|23,776
|[[E. A. Diddle Arena]]
|7,326
|[[Nick Denes Field]]
|1,500
|}

;Notes
{{notelist|group=f}}

==Athletic department revenue by school==
Total revenue includes ticket sales, contributions and donations, rights and licensing, student fees, school funds and all other sources including TV income, camp income, concessions, and novelties.

Total expenses includes coach and staff salaries, scholarships, buildings and grounds, maintenance, utilities and rental fees, recruiting, team travel, equipment and uniforms, conference dues, and insurance.

The following table shows institutional reporting to the [[United States Department of Education]] as shown on the DOE Equity in Athletics website for the 2023–24 academic year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Equity in Athletics Data Analysis |work=U.S. Department of Education |url=https://ope.ed.gov/athletics/#/institution/search }}</ref>

Incoming school in light gray.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! style="width:220px;"| Institution
! style="width:150px;"| 2023–24 Total Revenue from Athletics
! style="width:150px;"| 2023–24 Total Expenses on Athletics
|-
| [[Liberty University]]
| $69,076,595
| $69,076,595
|- 
| [[University of Delaware]]
| $48,411,479
| $48,411,479
|-
| [[Middle Tennessee State University]]
| $43,275,343
| $43,275,343
|-
| [[Florida International University]]
| $41,981,914
| $41,981,914
|-
| [[New Mexico State University]]
| $38,923,972
| $38,923,972
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| [[University of Texas at El Paso]]
| $37,006,248
| $36,602,226
|-
| [[Western Kentucky University]]
| $36,875,120
| $36,875,120
|- 
| [[Kennesaw State University]]
| $32,926,067
| $32,926,067
|-bgcolor=#ffa0a0
| [[Louisiana Tech University]]
| $30,305,928
| $30,305,928
|-
| [[Jacksonville State University]]
| $29,060,404
| $29,060,404
|-
| [[Sam Houston State University]]
| $26,631,390
| $26,567,953
|}

== Media ==
In 2016, CUSA began a long-term television contract with lead partners [[ESPN]] and [[CBS Sports Network]], with ESPN carrying 5 football games and the football championship game; and CBSSN carrying 6 football games, 5 basketball games, and both the men's and women's basketball championship games.<ref name="sbnation-cusa16">{{cite web|title=What Conference USA's new TV deal may tell us about conference expansion|url=http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2016/5/29/11807796/byu-football-big-12-expansion-tv-deal-conference-usa-2016|website=Vanquish the Foe (SBNation)|date=May 29, 2016|access-date=June 5, 2016}}</ref> CUSA also renewed and expanded its partnership with [[American Sports Network]]; owned and operated by [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], ASN will carry between 15 and 30 football games; between 13 and 55 men's basketball games; and between 2 and 5 women's basketball games. ASN will also carry 10 events in other C-USA sports.<ref>{{cite web|title=Comprehensive Television Packages Announced For Conference USA|url=http://www.conferenceusa.com/genrel/052516aad.html|publisher=Conference USA|access-date=June 5, 2016}}</ref>

The conference also entered into a contract with [[beIN Sports (USA)|beIN Sports]] for 10 football games (marking the first domestic American football rights the network has ever acquired, and the first broadcast rights deal it had ever entered into with a college conference), 10 men's and 10 women's basketball games, 12 baseball and 12 softball games, 10 men's and 10 women's soccer games (excluding conference men's soccer games at Kentucky and South Carolina, covered by their primary conference's contract), and 10 women's volleyball games.<ref name="dnj-beincusa">{{cite web|title=Getting to know new C-USA TV partner beIN Sports|url=http://www.dnj.com/story/sports/college/mtsu/2016/05/23/getting-know-new-c-usa-tv-partner-bein-sports/84800568/|website=The Daily News Journal|access-date=May 24, 2016}}</ref>

The total values of the 2016 contracts are notably lower than those of the previous contracts (which included [[Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports]]).<ref name="sbnation-cusa16"/>

Former men's soccer associate members [[Kentucky Wildcats men's soccer|Kentucky]] and [[South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer|South Carolina]] have an agreement with their primary conference for other sports to carry all home matches online through the [[SEC Network]] service. This included all of those teams' matches against CUSA opponents before the two schools moved men's soccer to the Sun Belt Conference in 2022. ESPN and the SEC Network had first rights to all CUSA home men's soccer matches featuring both schools.

In 2017 American Sports Network and Campus Insiders merged creating [[Stadium (sports network)|Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.multichannel.com/news/sports/stadium-streams-web-twitter-and-pluto-tv/414813|title=Stadium Streams to the Web, Twitter and Pluto TV – Multichannel|website=www.multichannel.com|access-date=September 27, 2017|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825060938/http://www.multichannel.com/news/sports/stadium-streams-web-twitter-and-pluto-tv/414813|url-status=dead}}</ref>  Stadium's C-USA content will be available to stream on [[Twitter]] and [[Pluto TV]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/streaming/least-15-conference-usa-football-games-will-broadcast-twitter-stadium.html|title=At least 15 Conference USA football games will be broadcast on Twitter through Stadium|date=May 25, 2017}}</ref>   In 2017 Stadium completed a deal with [[Facebook]] to exclusively stream some C-USA football games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/23/facebook-will-live-stream-over-a-dozen-college-football-games-this-year/|title=Facebook will live stream over a dozen college football games this year – TechCrunch|website=techcrunch.com|date=August 23, 2017 }}</ref>  In 2017 CUSA entered an agreement with the streaming subscription service FloSports to stream three football games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flosports.tv/flosports-expands-division-i-football-coverage-with-conference-usa-games-on-flofootball-com/|title=FloSports Expands Division I Football Coverage With Conference USA Games on FloFootball.com – FloSports|date=August 31, 2017}}</ref>

===CUSA.tv===

In 2016 CUSA partnered with SIDEARM Sports to create a subscription based streaming service named CUSA.tv.  In a statement CUSA Commissioner Judy MacLeod said, "Thanks to our partnership with SIDEARM Sports, this new site showcases a clean modern look with easy access to information and we are proud to offer live content and original feature stories through our CUSA.tv."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conferenceusa.com/news/2016/7/22/cusa_sidearm_partnership.aspx|title=Conference USA – Conference USA Announces Partnership With SIDEARM Sports|website=conferenceusa.com|date=July 22, 2016 }}</ref> Various sports including football, basketball, and baseball will exclusively air on CUSA.tv when they are not picked up by other networks.

===Return to ESPN and CBS Sports Network===

In 2022, CUSA signed a new media rights agreement establishing CBS Sports Network and ESPN as primary rights holders beginning in 2023. As part of this agreement, CUSA agrees to schedule eight midweek football games per season during the month of October, to be aired on ESPN platforms including both linear ESPN channels and the ESPN+ streaming outlet. CBS Sports Network continues with tier 1 selection status for CUSA football and men's basketball <ref> {{cite web|url=https://conferenceusa.com/news/2022/11/10/general-conference-usa-announces-multimedia-rights-deal.aspx|title=Conference USA announces Multimedia Rights Deal}} </ref>

==Academics==
A majority of the Conference's members are ranked as Tier One National Universities in ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s 2025 Best Colleges rankings.

Of the incoming members:
* Delaware is in the Carnegie Foundation's "very high research activity" classification, and tied for #76 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
* Jacksonville State is in the Carnegie Foundation's "Master's Colleges and Universities (Larger Programs)" classification, and is not ranked by US News as a national university, instead being classified as a Southern "Regional University".
* Kennesaw State is in the Carnegie Foundation's "high research activity" classification, and ranked between 331 and 440 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
* Liberty is in the Carnegie Foundation's "Doctoral/Professional" classification, and also ranked between 331 and 440 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
* New Mexico State is in the Carnegie Foundation's "high research activity" classification, and tied for #263 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
* Sam Houston is in the Carnegie Foundation's "high research activity" classification, and also in a tie for #263 in US News' "National Universities" classification.
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|-
! University
! Affiliation
! [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|Carnegie]]<ref name="carnegie">{{cite web|url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/lookup.php|title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |publisher=[[Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching]] |year=2020 |access-date=May 11, 2020 }}</ref>
! [[Financial endowment|Endowment]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2013NCSEEndowmentMarket%20ValuesRevisedFeb142014.pdf |title=National Association of College and University Business Officers |publisher=National Association of College and University Business |year=2013 |access-date=July 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521022511/http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2013NCSEEndowmentMarket%20ValuesRevisedFeb142014.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2014 }}</ref>
! [[U.S. News and World Report#Best Colleges|''US News'']]<ref name="US News Rankings">{{cite web|url=https://usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities|title=Best College Rankings and Lists |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |year=2021 |access-date=October 9, 2020 }}</ref>
! [[Forbes Magazine's List of America's Best Colleges|''Forbes'']]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/list/ |title=Forbes America's Top Colleges 2021 |work=[[Forbes]] |year=2021 |access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref>
|-
! {{sort|Florida International|[[Florida International University]]}}
| Public ([[State University System of Florida|SUSF]])
| {{ntsh|1}}Research (Very High)
| {{ntsh|149384000}}$230,954,000
| {{ntsh|162}}162
| {{nts|145}}
|-
! {{sort|Louisiana Tech|[[Louisiana Tech University]]}}
| Public ([[University of Louisiana System|UL System]])
| {{ntsh|2}}Research (High)
| {{ntsh|0}}N/A{{refn|group=d|name=endowment|Louisiana Tech and UTEP did not participate in the 2013 NACUBO Endowment Study.}}
| {{ntsh|277}}277
| {{nts|494}}
|-
! {{sort|Middle Tennessee|[[Middle Tennessee State University]]}}
| Public ([[Tennessee Board of Regents|TBR]])
| {{ntsh|3}}Doctoral/Professional
| {{ntsh|75710000}}$75,710,000
| {{ntsh|288}}288
| {{nts|362}}
|-
! {{sort|Texas El Paso|[[University of Texas at El Paso]]}}
| Public ([[University of Texas System|UT System]])
| {{ntsh|1}}Research (Very High)
| {{ntsh|0}}N/A{{refn|group=d|name=endowment}}
| {{ntsh|298}}RNP{{Refn|group=d|name=USNWR|In the 2022 ''US News'' national university rankings, UTEP and Western Kentucky are listed as Rank Not Published (RNP), otherwise known as Tier Two.}}
| {{nts|547}}
|-
! {{sort|Western Kentucky|[[Western Kentucky University]]}}
| Public
| {{ntsh|3}}Doctoral/Professional
| {{ntsh|118396000}}$118,396,000
| {{ntsh|298}}RNP{{Refn|group=d|name=USNWR}}
| {{nts|521}}
|}

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