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James Madison reportedly jumping to Sun Belt Conference in all sports in 2022
James Madison's jump to the Sun Belt Conference of the FBS will happen sooner rather than later, according to Chris Vannini of The Athletic.
Vannini reports James Madison University will announce Wednesday that all sports will compete in the Sun Belt Conference beginning in fall 2022. Conference realignment is typically a two-year process and JMU announced in November that it would join the Sun Belt no later than summer 2023, but the university will speed up that process and do it in less than one year.
The JMU Dukes have been a football power at the FCS level, earning Colonial Athletic Association titles in six of the last seven seasons and a national title in 2016. The university's basketball program won the CAA regular season title last season, but hasn't been to the NCAA Tournament since 2013.
Two other teams, Sam Houston State and Jacksonville State, will also make the jump from the FCS to the FBS when they join Conference USA. But both of those teams have already announced that the transition won't happen until 2023.
James Madison will be ineligible to play in the Sun Belt Conference Championship in 2022.
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