Affiliate members
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| Over the summer of 2015, Chicago and WashU announced that they would leave the SAA after two seasons of competition in order to join more geographically-convenient conferences.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wash U, Chicago already leaving SAA| publisher = [[d3football.com]] | date = June 12, 2015 | url = http://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/06/washu-chicago-already-leaving-saa| access-date = November 15, 2015}}</ref> WashU will maintain its football affiliation with the UAA for the 2017 season before joining the [[College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin]] in 2018 as a football-only member. For nearly a year, Chicago did not announce a future league affiliation, but it announced in May 2016 that it would become a football-only member of the [[Midwest Conference]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20160511j7jxzw |title=UChicago football set to join Midwest Conference as affiliate member in 2017 |publisher=Athletics & Recreation, The University of Chicago |date=May 11, 2016 |access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> | Over the summer of 2015, Chicago and WashU announced that they would leave the SAA after two seasons of competition in order to join more geographically-convenient conferences.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wash U, Chicago already leaving SAA| publisher = [[d3football.com]] | date = June 12, 2015 | url = http://www.d3football.com/notables/2015/06/washu-chicago-already-leaving-saa| access-date = November 15, 2015}}</ref> WashU will maintain its football affiliation with the UAA for the 2017 season before joining the [[College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin]] in 2018 as a football-only member. For nearly a year, Chicago did not announce a future league affiliation, but it announced in May 2016 that it would become a football-only member of the [[Midwest Conference]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/20160511j7jxzw |title=UChicago football set to join Midwest Conference as affiliate member in 2017 |publisher=Athletics & Recreation, The University of Chicago |date=May 11, 2016 |access-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref> |
| On November 18, 2015, [[Trinity University (Texas)]] and [[Austin College]] announced they would affiliate with the SAA for football<ref>{{cite press release | title = Austin College; Trinity Accept Football Affiliate Membership Offer from SAA | url = http://scacsports.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/affiliate_announcement | access-date = December 21, 2015}}</ref>, renewing a relationship that was lost when the SAA split from the [[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference]]. As a result, the SCAC will no longer offer football as a sport from 2017. On August 13, 2020, Austin College announced it would move to the [[American Southwest Conference]] as a football-only affiliate beginning with the 2021 season, committing to at least four years as an affiliate.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://acroos.com/sports/fball/2020-21/releases/20200813jgq4mc | title='Roo Football to Join ASC as Affiliate Member | publisher=Austin College Athletics|date=August 13, 2020 | access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref> | On November 18, 2015, [[Trinity University (Texas)]] and [[Austin College]] announced they would affiliate with the SAA for football, renewing a relationship that was lost when the SAA split from the [[Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference]].<ref>{{cite press release | title = Austin College; Trinity Accept Football Affiliate Membership Offer from SAA | url = http://scacsports.com/sports/fball/2015-16/releases/affiliate_announcement | access-date = December 21, 2015}}</ref> As a result, the SCAC will no longer offer football as a sport from 2017. On August 13, 2020, Austin College announced it would move to the [[American Southwest Conference]] as a football-only affiliate beginning with the 2021 season, committing to at least four years as an affiliate.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://acroos.com/sports/fball/2020-21/releases/20200813jgq4mc | title='Roo Football to Join ASC as Affiliate Member | publisher=Austin College Athletics|date=August 13, 2020 | access-date=February 2, 2021}}</ref> |
| On August 19, 2021, the conference announced that [[Southwestern University]], a current football-only affiliate member of the American Southwest Conference, would join the SAA as a football-only affiliate effective with the 2023 football season.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://saa-sports.com/news/2021/8/...eague-as-an-affiliate-member-in-football.aspx | title = SAA announces that Southwestern University will join the league as an affiliate member in football | date = August 19, 2021 | access-date = August 19, 2021}} </ref> On March 9, 2023, the SAA announced that Southwestern University and Trinity University (Texas) will join the SAA as full members in 2025.<ref name="SU and TU join" /> | On August 19, 2021, the conference announced that [[Southwestern University]], a current football-only affiliate member of the American Southwest Conference, would join the SAA as a football-only affiliate effective with the 2023 football season.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://saa-sports.com/news/2021/8/...eague-as-an-affiliate-member-in-football.aspx | title = SAA announces that Southwestern University will join the league as an affiliate member in football | date = August 19, 2021 | access-date = August 19, 2021}} </ref> On March 9, 2023, the SAA announced that Southwestern University and Trinity University (Texas) will join the SAA as full members in 2025.<ref name="SU and TU join" /> |
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