![]() ![]() Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State are possible expansion candidates for the Mid-American Conference. With nine teams out of the conference and four in, the number of teams in C-USA ahead of the 2023 football season currently sits at nine, though that’s tentative. Six of the teams are heading to the American Athletic Conference while Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss are heading to the Sun Belt. The move to add the four teams comes after Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Marshall, North Texas, Old Dominion, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB and UTSA left the conference earlier this fall. We have been deliberate in our efforts for the past few weeks to get us to this point and will continue to evaluate and consider our additional options for membership.” “This is a quality mix of established and emerging universities that provides us with a compelling group to continue to build with, focusing on competing for and winning championships well into the future. This leaves both leagues with the best of the rest from their respective conferences. Most likely, they’re going to lose a program or two themselves in the next shuffle. “We are incredibly excited about adding these four new members and feel there is tremendous upside in these moves for our conference,” Conference USA commissioner Judy MacLeod said in a statement. If Conference USA loses multiple teams, you have to take a long and hard look at some sort of conference consolidation with the Sun Belt. All four teams will be joining on July 1, 2023. ![]()
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