Kennesaw State started its transition in 2023, playing that season as an FCS independent without playoff eligibility before joining Conference USA (CUSA) in 2024.
Delaware started its own transition in 2024, playing that season in CAA Football without playoff eligibility before following Kennesaw State to CUSA in 2025.
Jacksonville State, James Madison, and Sam Houston all began FBS transitions in 2022, with Jacksonville State and Sam Houston joining CUSA and James Madison joining the Sun Belt Conference.
Both schools started transitions to Division I, with the football teams becoming FCS independents while all other sports joined the non-football Western Athletic Conference.
The WAC reinstated football at the FCS level for the fall 2021 season, coinciding with the arrival of four schools from the Southland Conference.