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The Big East, often referred to as the Classic Big East, was founded in 1979 after new NCAA basketball scheduling requirements caused the athletic directors of independent schools Providence, St. John's, Georgetown, and Syracuse to discuss the creation of a conference centered in the Northeast. [5]
This is a list of yearly Big East Conference (1979–2013) football standings. The conference first began football play in 1991. The conference first began football play in 1991. Big East standings
In March 2013, the new conference purchased the Big East Conference name, logos, basketball records, and the rights to the men's basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden from the football-playing members of the old Big East, who formed the American Athletic Conference (AAC), which is the old conference's legal successor. [4]
College football conference realignment history. ... Big East football ceased to exist after the 2012 season, with its remaining FBS schools forming what became the American Athletic Conference.
0–9. 1993 West Virginia Mountaineers football team; 1994 Miami Hurricanes football team; 1995 Virginia Tech Hokies football team; 1999 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
In March 2012, the Owls rejoined the Big East Conference, with football membership beginning in the 2012 season and all other sports beginning conference play in 2013. That same year, the conference was renamed the American Athletic Conference after several basketball-only schools split off to form a new conference that kept the Big East name.
History of divisions in college football. ... Since the current format began in 2014, the Big Ten East champion is 9-0 in the championship game, with an average margin of victory of 20.1 points ...
The 2012 Big East football season was the 22nd NCAA Division I FBS football season of the conference that was known as the Big East Conference from its formation in 1979 until July 2013, and ultimately proved to be the last for the conference under the "Big East" name, as well as the last with a full round-robin schedule for conference play.