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

====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.''