With over 120 schools moving programs to new conferences, it resulted in significant changes in the American collegiate athletic landscape.
The Great West likewise dropped football, and later disbanded after being left with unsustainable membership (1 school).
Another league, the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), was founded the same year by an alliance of established D-II members and schools moving from the NAIA; it began play in 2012.
This led to the demise of the WVIAC and creation of the Mountain East Conference, plus a significant expansion of the G-MAC.
Another single-sport conference, the 43-member North East Collegiate Volleyball Association in men's volleyball, disbanded after the 2010–11 school year, following the NCAA's announcement that it would sponsor an official Division III championship for that sport beginning in 2011–12.
While not actualized, some of these announced conference changes altered the dynamic of the broader realignment.