Conference USA

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Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a College Athletic Conference which stretches from Texas in the west to Florida in the east. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I, and in Division I-A for football.

For 2004/2005, there will be 14 member schools:

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte [=Charlotte] (non-football member)
• University of Cincinnati
• DePaul University (non-football member)
• East Carolina University
• University of Houston
• University of Louisville
• Marquette University (non-football member)
• University of Memphis
• Saint Louis University (non-football member)
• University of South Florida
• University of Southern Mississippi [=Southern Miss]
• Texas Christian University [=TCU]
• Tulane University
• University of Alabama at Birmingham [=UAB]

After the 2003 football season, the United States Military Academy (Army) gave up its football-only membership in C-USA and reverted to independent status in that sport.

In 2005, eight of the current members will leave for other conferences:

• Big East
  • Cincinnati
  • DePaul
  • Louisville
  • Marquette
  • South Florida
• Atlantic 10
  • Charlotte
  • Saint Louis
• Mountain West
  • TCU

In the same year, six schools will join:

• University of Central Florida
• Marshall University
• Rice University
• Southern Methodist University
• University of Texas at El Paso
• University of Tulsa

Member schools participate in football, men's and women's basketball, volleyball, baseball, cross country, golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, women's swimming, tennis and track and field.

External link

• Conference USA Official Web Site