Ģ023 Southern Conference baseball standings Houston Baptist University became Houston Christian University on September 21, 2022.Dixie State University changed its forward-facing name to Utah Tech University in May 2022, ahead of the legal name change on July 1.Two Division I members adopted new names after the 2022 season. Western Illinois will leave the Summit League for the Ohio Valley Conference.Jacksonville State and Liberty are leaving the ASUN, and New Mexico State and Sam Houston the WAC. Jacksonville State, Liberty, New Mexico State, and Sam Houston will all join C-USA.Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, Rice, UAB, and UTSA will leave C-USA for The American.Campbell will leave the Big South Conference for the CAA.BYU is leaving the West Coast Conference, while the others are leaving the American Athletic Conference. BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF will move to the Big 12 Conference.The 2023 season is the last for 15 baseball schools in their current conferences, as well as the aforementioned Hartford's only season as a D-I independent. Incarnate Word had announced plans to leave the SLC for the WAC after the 2022 season, but days before that move was to take effect, the school announced it was staying in the SLC. UIC left the Horizon League for the MVC.Stony Brook left the America East for the CAA.North Carolina A&T left the Big South Conference after only one season for the CAA.Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss left C-USA for the SBC.Little Rock and UT Arlington left the SBC, respectively for the OVC and WAC.Lamar, which had announced it would leave the WAC to return to its former home of the Southland Conference (SLC) in 2023–24, expedited this move to 2022–23.James Madison left the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) for the Sun Belt Conference (SBC).Hartford, which began a transition to NCAA Division III in the 2021–22 school year, left the America East to become an independent for 2022–23 before joining the D-III Commonwealth Coast Conference in 2023.Dallas Baptist, a baseball-only member of the MVC, left for Conference USA (C-USA).Mary's left the NEC, respectively for the America East Conference and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

Peay joined the ASUN Conference, and Belmont and Murray State joined the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). Austin Peay, Belmont, and Murray State left the Ohio Valley Conference.

Accordingly, Coppin State, Delaware State, Maryland Eastern Shore, and Norfolk State became NEC baseball affiliates for the 2023 season and beyond. On July 12, 2022, the Northeast Conference (NEC) and MEAC announced a partnership in which all MEAC members that sponsored baseball and men's and women's golf became NEC affiliates in those sports effective immediately.

The 2022 season proved to be the last for baseball in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) for the immediate future.Further information: 2021–2024 NCAA conference realignmentĪ total of 22 baseball-sponsoring schools changed conferences after the 2022 season.

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