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[QUOTE="HRE Otto IV, post: 4433695, member: 5685"]
When the BCS started in 1998 till future conference affiliations...

FBS
1998 112 schools
2024 134 schools (+22, added 23 lost 1)

ACC
1998 9 schools
2024 14 schools (added 6 and lost 1)
8 of 9 still remain

B12
1998 12 schools
2024 12 schools (added 6 and lost 6)
Only 6 of 12 remain

Big East / AAC
1998 8 schools
2024 14 schools (added 18 lost 12)
Only 1 of 8 remains (although that school got kicked out and added back)

B1G
1998 11 schools
2024 16 schools (added 5 lost 0)
All 11 remain

Big West
1998 6 schools
2024 0 schools
No longer an FBS conference

CUSA
1998 8 schools
2024 10 schools (added 23 lost 21)
0 schools remain

MAC
1998 12 schools
2024 12 schools (added 4 lost 4)
11 of 12 schools remain

P10/12
1998 10 schools
2024 10 schools (added 2 lost 2 so far)
8 of 10 remain

SEC
1998 12 schools
2024 16 schools (added 4)
All 12 remain

WAC
1998 16 schools
2024 0 schools
No longer an FBS conference

Indies
1998 8 schools
2024 4 schools
Only Notre Dame remains

The MWC and Sun Belt did not exist as conferences.

MWC
1999 8 schools
2024 12 schools (added 7 lost 3)
6 of 8 remain as of now

Sun Belt
2001 7 schools
2024 14 schools (added 15 lost 8)
Only 3 of 7 remain
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