Missouri State will transfer as much as the very best tier of Division I school soccer and be part of Convention USA in 2025, the league introduced Friday.
Missouri State will grow to be the twelfth full member of CUSA and the third college — together with Kennesaw State this season and Delaware in 2025 — to maneuver up from the FCS to the FBS and be part of the league over the subsequent two seasons.
A longtime member of the Missouri Valley Convention, Missouri State has been competing in FCS/I-AA since 1981. The Bears have reached the NCAA playoffs 4 occasions, most not too long ago in 2020 and 2021 underneath then-coach Bobby Petrino.
“The establishment boasts an important custom in athletics and teachers that can strengthen and additional place our membership for long run success within the nationwide panorama,” Convention USA commissioner Judy MacLeod mentioned.
Convention USA misplaced six members to the American Athletic Convention and have rebuilt by including former independents resembling Liberty and New Mexico State and former FCS faculties Sam Houston State and Jacksonville State final 12 months.
The remainder of Convention USA consists of Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky, Center Tennessee State, UTEP and Florida Worldwide.