College football has been no stranger to conference realignment over the past half-decade, and the major moves that shifted the sport's tectonic plates a few years ago are still having ripple effects today. There are now 138 teams that compete at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level, and a number of them will have new conference homes for the 2026 season. In fact, there's no conference that hasn't been affected by the last five years of realignment.
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