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Message: [QUOTE="huskymedic, post: 2147385, member: 549"] >>The addition of Wichita State gives the AAC nine baseball members, as Southern Methodist, Temple and Tulsa don’t field teams and Navy is a football-only member. The conference has finished in the top six in conference RPI every year since it was created following the Big East Conference’s split after the 2013 season, and ranks fifth this season. The addition of a ninth member will allow the AAC to change its schedule format. Currently, the teams play eight conference series, facing six teams once and one “rival” twice in home-and-home weekends. The format makes sense in some cases, such as Central Florida and South Florida, but less so in others, such as Connecticut and East Carolina. It also can lead to significantly different strength of schedules in an otherwise balanced system. While next season’s schedule has not been finalized, sources said they expect the conference season will remain at 24 games with every team playing one series against each of the other eight teams, with one bye week.<< Read more at [URL="http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/wichita-state-leaving-missouri-valley-american-athletic-conference-july/#pH2KRk1fO7SVxXBh.99"]Wichita State Leaving Missouri Valley For American Athletic Conference In July | BaseballAmerica.com[/URL] [/QUOTE]