Conference United states, officially abbreviated C-United states, occurs as college athletic conference which is now in the Southern United States. A conference participates in the NCAA's Section We, & within Division I personally-The for football.

C-America was founded inside 1995 by the merger of the Metro Conference and Great Midwest Conference, two Section We conferences that did non sponsor football. A conference immediately began competition all told sports, including football.

Member Schools
A conference saw radical changes for the 2005-06 academic month. A stage for these changes was placed within 2003, when a Atlantic Coast Conference successfully lured Miami and Virginia Tech to make a move from either the Big East Conference in 2004. Boston College would later produce a equivalent move, joining a ACC within 2005. Within response to it series of moves, which depleted a Heavy East football conference, a Heavy East raided Conference United states. 5 C-United states members, including troika football-swimming schools, left for the Heavy East. 2 more non-football schools left for the Atlantic 10; one further football member joined a Mountain West; and of these more football member opted to get an independent therein sport.

Sustaining a loss of these teams, C-United states was successful within luring sise teams from either more conferences: Central Florida and Marshall from the MAC, when well as Rice, SMU, Tulsa, and UTEP from the WAC. Note that UCF played in the Mackintosh for football single, & more sports played in the Atlantic Sun Conference.

By using C-United states's membership at present consisting of Twelve schools, 100% of which sponsor football, the conference has adopted a both-section alignment:

East Division
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB Blazers) University of Central Florida (UCF Golden Knights) East Carolina University (ECU Pirates) Marshall University (Marshall Thundering Herd) University of Memphis (Memphis Tigers) University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss Golden Eagles)

West Division
University of Houston (Houston Cougars) Rice University (Rice Owls) Southern Methodist University (SMU Mustangs) University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP Miners) Tulane University (Tulane Green Wave) University of Tulsa (Tulsa Golden Hurricane) Former members
A departing schools come: Big East: University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati Bearcats) DePaul University non-football member (DePaul Blue Demons) University of Louisville (Louisville Cardinals) Marquette University non-football member (Marquette Golden Eagles) University of South Florida (USF Bulls) Atlantic Ten: University of North Carolina at Charlotte non-football member (Charlotte 49ers) Saint Louis University non-football member (Saint Louis Billikens) Mountain West: Texas Christian University (TCU Horned Frogs) Independent: United States Military Academy football only (Army Black Knights)

Conference USA affiliate members
Florida International University, ''men's soccer just, otherwise the member of the Sun Belt Conference. University of Kentucky, men's soccer simply, otherwise the member of the Southeastern Conference. University of South Carolina, men's soccer merely'', otherwise the member of the Southeastern Conference.

Sports sponsored
Member schools participate around football, men's and women's basketball, volleyball, baseball, cross country, golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, women's swimming, tennis and track and field.