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Regents Approve UT-San Antonio To Conference USA

AUSTIN (AP) - University of Texas System regents have approved letting UT-San Antonio move to Conference USA in 2013

The Roadrunners went 4-6 in their inaugural football season as an independent in FCS last year, but the program has sought to accelerate its national profile. The school will play in the Western Athletic Conference this year.

The regents unanimously approved the move on Thursday. UTSA will incur no exit fees for leaving the WAC and pay a $2 million initiation fee to C-USA.

Conference USA is losing Houston, SMU, Memphis and Central Florida. The remaining schools are Texas-El Paso, Tulane, Alabama-Birmingham, East Carolina, Marshall, Rice, Southern Miss and Tulsa.

(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

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