2023 will mark the first season in Conference USA for the Liberty Flames as well as Sam Houston State, Jacksonville State, and New Mexico State. Kennesaw State will make the jump in 2024.
These additions significantly change the dynamic of the league, which now stands at nine teams after the departure of six teams for the American Athletic Conference, including the teams that won the three programs that won the last six league titles.
In our most recent SB Nation Reacts survey, our readers indicated that the two most likely candidates in next season’s league title race would be Liberty and Western Kentucky.