Editing Sun Belt Conference (section)

===Former affiliate members===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Institution
!Location
!Founded
!Joined
!Left
!Type
!Nickname
!class="unsortable"|Colors
!Sport
!Conference<br />in former<br />Sun Belt sport{{efn|group=faff|In all cases except those of Howard and Vanderbilt, this matches the school's primary conference affiliation. Howard is a full member of the [[Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference]], including FCS football. Vanderbilt has been a full member of the [[Southeastern Conference]] since that league's creation in 1932.}}
|-
| {{sort|Central Arkansas|'''[[University of Central Arkansas]]'''}}
| [[Conway, Arkansas]]
| 1907
| 2019
| 2021
| Public
| [[Central Arkansas Bears soccer|Bears]]{{efn|group=faff|Central Arkansas uses "Bears" only for men's teams, with women's teams known as "Sugar Bears". Men's soccer was the school's only Sun Belt sport.}}
| {{college color boxes|Central Arkansas Bears}}
| rowspan="3"|Soccer (m)
| [[Atlantic Sun Conference|ASUN]]
|-
| '''[[Hartwick College]]'''
| [[Oneonta, New York]]
| 1797
| rowspan="2"|2014
| 2018
| rowspan="2"|Private
| [[Hartwick Hawks|Hawks]]
| {{college color boxes|Hartwick Hawks}}
| [[Empire 8]]{{efn|group=former|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
|-
| '''[[Howard University]]'''
| [[Washington, D.C.]]
| 1867
| 2021{{efn|group=faff|Due to [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States|COVID-19]] concerns, Howard chose not to play soccer in the 2020–21 school year, although the Sun Belt chose to hold a men's soccer season, with the four remaining men's soccer members playing a fall conference schedule and spring non-conference games to accommodate the NCAA's move of the Division I tournament from fall 2020 to spring 2021.}} 
| [[Howard Bison|Bison]]
| {{college color boxes|Howard Bison}}
| [[Northeast Conference|Northeast]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|{{sort|Idaho|'''[[University of Idaho]]'''}}
| rowspan="2"|[[Moscow, Idaho]]
| rowspan="2"|1889
| 2001
| 2005
| rowspan="6"|Public
| rowspan="2"|[[Idaho Vandals football|Vandals]]
| rowspan="2"|{{college color boxes|Idaho Vandals}}
| rowspan="2"|Football
| rowspan="2"|[[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]]
|-
| rowspan="3"|2014
| 2018
|-
| '''[[New Jersey Institute of Technology]]'''
| [[Newark, New Jersey]]
| 1881
| 2016
| [[NJIT Highlanders|Highlanders]]
| {{college color boxes|NJIT Highlanders}}
| Soccer (m)
| [[America East Conference|America East]]
|-
| '''[[New Mexico State University]]'''
| [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]]
| 1888
| 2018
| [[New Mexico State Aggies football|Aggies]]
| {{college color boxes|New Mexico State Aggies}}
| Football
| [[Conference USA|CUSA]]
|-
| '''[[Stephen F. Austin State University]]'''
| [[Nacogdoches, Texas]]
| 1923
| 2022
| 2024
| [[Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks|Ladyjacks]]
| {{college color boxes|Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks}}
| Beach volleyball 
| [[Southland Conference|SLC]]
|-
| '''[[Utah State University]]'''
| [[Logan, Utah]]
| 1888
| 2003
| 2005
| [[Utah State Aggies football|Aggies]]
| {{college color boxes|Utah State Aggies}}
| Football
| [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]<br />([[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-12]] in 2026)
|-
| '''[[Vanderbilt University]]'''
| [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
| 1873
| 1995
| 1997
| Private
| [[Vanderbilt Commodores men's soccer|Commodores]]
| {{college color boxes|Vanderbilt Commodores}}
| Soccer (m)
| ''none''{{efn|group=faff|Vanderbilt dropped men's soccer after the 2005 fall season (2005–06 school year). It has been a full member of the Southeastern Conference since 1932.}}
|}

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