{"id":114921,"date":"2024-03-25T15:37:19","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T22:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/?p=114921"},"modified":"2024-05-29T10:20:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T17:20:04","slug":"fcs-football-2024-conference-membership-bzbz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fcs-football-2024-conference-membership-bzbz\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 FCS Conference Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/college-football\/fcs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FCS<\/a>&nbsp;will have 129 teams across 13 conferences in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The subdivision lost one member from the 2023 season as Kennesaw State will officially join the FBS. One team has joined the FCS with West Georgia becoming a member of the ASUN and the United Athletic Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at the 2024 FCS conference membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/herosports.com\/fcs-conference-affiliation-changes-2024-bzbz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 FCS Conference Affiliation Changes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-black-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-black-background-color has-background\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b673653d gb-headline-text\"><strong>New Customer Offers at BetMGM<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.com\/en\/mobileportal\/register?utm_source=herosports&amp;utm_medium=green_button&amp;utm_campaign=registration_page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>New Customers: Up to $1,500 in Bonus Bets<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0cebdcd1 gb-headline-text\"><em>Bonus Bets Expire in 7 Days. 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