in the 2013–14 season, the american consisted of 10 members involved in the rearrangement of conferences between the 2013 and 2014 seasons. (cincinnati, connecticut, and south florida) had been full members of the original big east. one (temple) had been a football-only big east member before entering into full membership in the american. the remaining four schools (houston, memphis, smu, and ucf) had previously been members of conference usa.