A-10 Schools in I-A/FBS
A-10 charter members Penn State, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, West Virginia and Villanova played I-A football as independents while members of the A-10 in other sports. Villanova became a member of the Big East in 1980 with Pittsburgh following in 1982. Temple joined the A-10 that year. Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1991, and three A-10 members joined the Big East as football-only members: Rutgers, West Virginia, and Temple.
All but Temple would join the Big East in all sports in 1995, but Virginia Tech joined the A-10 as a result of the merger that created Conference USA; they were already Big East football members, and would join that conference as full members in 2000. Temple remained a football-only member of the Big East until 2004; they would join the MAC for football in 2007-2012, and rejoin the Big East for the 2012 season, with all sports moving in 2013. Massachusetts will join them in FBS football with membership in the MAC beginning in the 2012 season. Charlotte, which will start a football program in 2013, will be leaving for Conference USA that year. It will start as an FCS program and fully transition to FBS in 2015.
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