Editing Big East Conference (1979–2013) (section)

===Previous members===

====Former full members====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Institution
! Location<br />(Population)
! Beginning Year
! Ending Year
! Nickname
! Current Conference
|-
| [[Boston College]]
| [[Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts]]<br />(22,491)
| 1979
| 2005
| [[Boston College Eagles|Eagles]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[University of Miami]]
| [[Coral Gables, Florida]]<br />(42,871)
| 1991
| 2004
| [[Miami Hurricanes|Hurricanes]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[Virginia Tech]] <sup>*</sup>
| [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]<br />(42,620)
| 2000
| 2004
| [[Hokies]]
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
|-
| [[West Virginia University]] <sup>**</sup>
| [[Morgantown, West Virginia]]<br />(29,660)
| 1995
| 2012
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
|}

''<sup>*</sup> Virginia Tech was an associate member of the Big East 1991–2000.''
''<sup>**</sup> West Virginia was an associate member of the Big East 1991–1995.''
''Note: Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and Louisville left the Big East and joined the ACC. Syracuse and Pittsburgh departed the Big East on July 1, 2013; each paid the Big East $7.5 million to depart on that date.<ref name=SyracuseDeparture/><ref>{{cite news|title=Pitt to join ACC next summer|url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8178762/pittsburgh-panthers-pay-75-million-leave-big-east-july-2013|agency=Associated Press|access-date=July 19, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719040724/http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8178762/pittsburgh-panthers-pay-75-million-leave-big-east-july-2013|archive-date=July 19, 2012}}</ref> Notre Dame joined the ACC on July 1, 2013, while Louisville left for the ACC on July 1, 2014.  Rutgers left for the Big Ten on July 1, 2014.''

====Former associate members====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Institution
! Location<br />(Population)
! Membership Type
! Primary Conference
! Joined
! Left
! Nickname
|-
| [[Rutgers University]] <sup>*</sup>
| [[New Brunswick, New Jersey]]<br />(55,181)
| Football
| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]] (1976–1995)
| 1991
| 1995
| [[Rutgers Scarlet Knights|Scarlet Knights]]
|-
| [[West Virginia University]] <sup>*</sup>
| [[Morgantown, West Virginia]]<br />(29,660)
| Football
| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]] (1976–1995)
| 1991
| 1995
| [[West Virginia Mountaineers|Mountaineers]]
|-
| [[Virginia Tech]] <sup>**</sup>
| [[Blacksburg, Virginia]]<br />(42,620)
| Football
| [[Metro Conference|Metro]] (1991–1995)<br />[[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]] (1995–2000)
| 1991
| 2000
| [[Hokies]]
|-
| [[Temple University]] <sup>***</sup>
| [[Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]<br />(1,526,006)
| Football
| [[Atlantic 10 Conference|A-10]] (1982–2013)
| 1991
| 2004
| [[Temple Owls|Owls]]
|}

''<sup>*</sup> Rutgers and West Virginia joined the Big East as full members in 1995.''
''<sup>**</sup> Virginia Tech joined the Big East as a full member in 2000.''
''<sup>***</sup> Temple was removed from the Big East as a football-only member after the 2004 football season. Temple was invited to the Big East as a full member in March 2012, with football returning in July 2012 and all other sports joining in July 2013.''

====Invited members====
The following is a list of institutions which planned to join the Big East conference but later reneged. The Big East invited ten schools – five full time members ([[University of Houston]], [[Texas Christian University]], [[Southern Methodist University]], [[University of Memphis]], [[University of Central Florida]]) and, five as football-only members ([[United States Air Force Academy]], [[United States Naval Academy]], [[Boise State University]], [[Brigham Young University]], [[San Diego State University]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Report: Big East extends six invites |publisher=ESPN |date=November 2, 2011 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7177969/big-east-invite-six-football-according-report }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BYU football: Cougars invited to join Big East, but have not accepted invitation — yet |work=Deseret News |date=November 15, 2011 |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700198259/BYU-football-Cougars-invited-to-join-Big-East-but-have-not-accepted-invitation-2-yet.html?pg=1 |author=Jeff Call |access-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204202133/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/700198259/BYU-football-Cougars-invited-to-join-Big-East-but-have-not-accepted-invitation-2-yet.html?pg=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> To further stabilize the conference, members unanimously agreed to double the exit fee from $5 million to $10 million, contingent on any one accepted invitation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big East votes to double exit fee|publisher=ESPN |date=October 18, 2011 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7119127/big-east-raises-exit-fee-seeks-12-football-teams }}</ref> Of the schools, all four invited to full membership accepted, as well as football-only Boise State, Navy, and San Diego State.<ref name="bigeastgowest">{{cite web | url=http://bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/229956/BIG-EAST-CONFERENCE-GOES-WEST,--ANNOUNCES-THE-ADDITION-OF-FIVE-UNIVERSITIES.aspx | title=Big East Conference Goes West, Announces the Addition of Five Universities | publisher=Big East Conference | date=December 7, 2011 | access-date=December 7, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109064622/http://www.bigeast.org/News/tabid/435/Article/229956/BIG-EAST-CONFERENCE-GOES-WEST,--ANNOUNCES-THE-ADDITION-OF-FIVE-UNIVERSITIES.aspx | archive-date=January 9, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/12/06/big-east-expansion.ap/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a4&eref=sihp | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116014442/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/ncaa/12/06/big-east-expansion.ap/index.html?sct=hp_t2_a4&eref=sihp | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 16, 2012 | work=CNN | title=Source: Big East set to add Boise State, four others in 2013 | date=December 6, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/02/07/big-east-memphis.ap/index.html?eref=sircrc | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714120514/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/ncaa/02/07/big-east-memphis.ap/index.html?eref=sircrc | url-status=dead | archive-date=July 14, 2012 | publisher=CNN | title=Source: Big East moving toward adding Memphis in all sports | date=February 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hp_8auywZX0t_QkS7Zod39a2Q2RQ?docId=6aa75136bed846b69f20fa28b3cf5a21]{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> BYU and the Big East were unable to come to terms; the conference insisted that BYU relinquish its TV rights for its home games as a condition of membership, and BYU was unwilling to do so.<ref name="McMurphy 2011-11-22">{{cite news |url=http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/29532522/33459898 |title=Big East done pursuing BYU |first=Brett |last=McMurphy |work=McMurphy's Law |publisher=CBS Sports |date=November 22, 2011 |access-date=May 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222011951/http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/29532522/33459898 |archive-date=February 22, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Institution
! Location<br />(Population)
! Former conference
! Current Conference
! Year 
! Nickname
|-
| [[University of Central Florida]] <sup>**</sup>
| [[Orlando, Florida]] <br />(307,573)
| [[Conference USA]] (2005–2012)
| [[Big 12]]
| 2012
| [[UCF Knights|Knights]]
|-
|[[University of Houston]] <sup>**</sup>
| [[Houston|Houston, Texas]] <br /> (2.3 million)
| [[Conference USA]] (1995–2012)
| [[Big 12]]
| 2012
| [[Houston Cougars|Cougars]]
|-
| [[University of Memphis]]<sup>**</sup>
| [[Memphis, Tennessee]] <br /> (650,910)
| [[Conference USA]] (1995–2012)
| [[American Athletic Conference|The American]]
| 2012
| [[Memphis Tigers|Tigers]]
|-
| [[Southern Methodist University]]<sup>**</sup>
| [[Dallas, Texas]] <br /> (1.3 million)
| [[Conference USA]] (2005–2012)
| [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]]
| 2012
| [[SMU Mustangs|Mustangs]]
|-
| [[Texas Christian University]] <sup>*</sup>
| [[Fort Worth, Texas]]<br />(758,738)
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]] (2005–2012)
| [[Big 12 Conference|Big 12]]
| 2011
| [[TCU Horned Frogs|Horned Frogs]]
|}
''<sup>*</sup> TCU was to join the Big East as a full member in 2012 before accepting an invitation to the Big 12.''
''<sup>**</sup> Houston, Memphis, SMU, and UCF accepted invitations to the Big East as full members.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7327683/big-east-conference-introduces-boise-state-broncos-san-diego-state-aztecs-houston-cougars-smu-mustangs-ucf-knights |title=Big East Introduces five new schools |publisher=ESPN |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=October 14, 2022 |url-status=live |first=Andy |last=Katz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015051240/https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/7327683/big-east-conference-introduces-boise-state-broncos-san-diego-state-aztecs-houston-cougars-smu-mustangs-ucf-knights |archive-date=October 15, 2022  }}</ref>''