Metro Conference

The Metro Conference was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because all of its charter members were situated in urban metropolitan areas in, or at least on the fringes of, the Southern United States. The conference never sponsored football. In 1995 it merged with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA. The merger was driven mainly by football, as several Metro Conference members had been successfully lured to larger conferences that sponsored the sport.

Member Schools

• University of Cincinnati (1976-91)
• Georgia Tech (1976-78)
• University of Louisville (1976-95)
• Memphis State University (1976-91)
• Saint Louis University (1976-82)
• Tulane University (1976-85, 1990-95)

• Florida State University (1977-91)
• Virginia Tech University (1979-95)
• University of Southern Mississippi (1983-95)
• University of South Carolina (1984-1991)
• University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1992-95)
• University of South Florida (1992-95)
• Virginia Commonwealth University (1992-95)

Conference Champions

Year	Regular Season	Tournament
1976		Memphis State University
1977		Florida State University
1978		Memphis State University
1979		Tulane University
1980		Florida State University
1981		Florida State University
1982		Tulane University
1983		Florida State University
1984		Florida State University
1985	Florida State University	Florida State University
1986	Florida State University	Florida State University
1987	University of South Carolina	Florida State University
1988	University of South Carolina	Florida State University
1989	Florida State University	Florida State University
1990	Florida State University	Florida State University
1991	Florida State University	Florida State University University of Southern Mississippi
1992	Virginia Commonwealth University	Tulane University
1993	University of South Florida	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1994	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Virginia Tech University
1995	Virginia Tech University	University of South Florida