• New Pacific Twelve Conference (Tier II)
• Rename OVC Big South -> Ohio Valley

• UTEP: CUSA -> MW
• Louisiana Tc: CUSA-> SB West
• N Illinois: MAC -> MW
• Boise St: MW -> P12
• Colorado St: MW -> P12
• Fresno St: MW -> P12
• San Diego St: MW -> P12
• Utah St: MW -> P12
• Texas State: SB West -> P12
• Oregon St: Indep-> P12
• Washington St: Indep -> P12
• Sacramento St: BSky -> MAC (promotion)
• Villanova: CAA -> Patriot
• William Mary: CAA -> Patriot
• N Dakota St: MVC -> MW (promotion)
• Tennessee Tc: OVC -> Southern
• S Utah: United -> BSky
• Utah Tech: United -> BSky
• Sacred Heart: Indep-FCS -> CAA

• St Francis PA (Northeast)

• W Florida (United)
• Chicago St (Indep-Tier III)

Admin Notes
Updated list above to clarify St Francis is being deleted. In practice, it will probably be renamed to W Florida, and only Chicago State will be a completely new team.

Comments
Jeff Blevins (Oct 15 13:16:22 2026 )
Gregor....You think Tier 2 cap should be higher or lower?

Gregor Ellis (Oct 19 00:27:05 2026 )
Enthusiastic for the change.

My only comment is that I am not sure that the tier 2 prestige cap should stay the same as it has been in the past.

@Jeff_Blevins I think it should probably be 18 rather than 16. With the transfer adjustments and various real world conference re-alignments, I think that 18 vs 20 is a closer reflection of what a Tier 2 school could achieve with consistent success these days. That said, this is just an opinion and not really something that would impact the playability of the game.