Following successful stays in the Big South Conference (1991-2018) and the Atlantic Sun (ASUN) Conference (2018-present), Liberty University will move its ever-growing athletics teams into Conference USA for the 2023-24 season.
Eight of Liberty’s nine men’s programs will move to Conference USA (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track & field) along with nine women’s programs (basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, volleyball, and indoor and outdoor track & field).
Field hockey will continue to compete in the BIG EAST Conference. Women’s lacrosse will remain in the ASUN Conference as an associate member, while the men’s soccer program will join a newly formed league within the Ohio Valley Conference.
Debuting in 1995, Conference USA teams have combined for 129 bowl appearances in football; 114 NCAA Tournament appearances in basketball, including three Final Fours; 78 NCAA baseball appearances, including six College World Series berths; 100 NCAA soccer tournament appearances, including five trips to the College Cup; and 41 individual national champions in track & field and cross country.
The league celebrated its first team national championship with Marshall winning the 2020 Men’s Soccer College Cup.
Success is not limited to athletic achievement, as more than 265 Conference USA student-athletes have garnered CoSIDA Academic All-America® honors. More than 877 have achieved academic all-district laurels.
*Joins C-USA in the 2023-24 season
**Joins C-USA in the 2024-25 season
