- Reinhardt College (now Reinhardt University) joined the AAC in the 2009–10 academic year. 2010 - UVa Wise left the AAC to join the Mid-South Conference (MSC) after the 2009–10 academic year. 2011 - Columbia College and Point University (formerly Atlanta Christian College) joined the AAC in the 2011–12 academic year. 2012 - Bluefield left the AAC to join the Mid-South after the 2011–12 academic year. 2012 - St. Andrews University (formerly St. Andrews Presbyterian College) and the Savannah College of Art and Design at Atlanta joined the AAC in the 2012–13 academic year. 2013 - Truett McConnell University joined the AAC in the 2013–14 academic year. 2014 - Virginia Intermont left the AAC when the school announced its closure after the 2013–14 academic year. 2014 - Bluefield re-joined back to the AAC in the 2014–15 academic year. 2015 - Asbury University and the University of the Cumberlands joined the AAC as affiliate members for men's and women's lacrosse in the 2016 spring season (2015–16 academic year). 2016 - West Virginia University Institute of Technology (West Virginia Tech) joined the AAC as an affiliate member for men's and women's swimming in the 2016–17 academic year. 2016 - Allen University joined the AAC in the 2016–17 academic year. 2017 - Brenau University joined the AAC in the 2017–18 academic year. 2017 - Georgetown College joined the AAC as an affiliate member for women's lacrosse, while West Virginia Tech added men's wrestling to its AAC affiliate membership, both effective in the 2017–18 academic year. 2018 - Cumberlands (Ky.) and Georgetown (Ky.) left the AAC as affiliate members for women's lacrosse to compete in their primary home conference in the Mid-South (where they began sponsoring that sport) after the 2017–18 academic year. 2018 - Columbia International University joined the AAC in the 2018–19 academic year. 2019 - Asbury left the AAC as an affiliate member for men's lacrosse as the school announced to discontinue the sport in mid-season after the 2019 spring season (2018–19 academic year). 2019 - Kentucky Christian University joined the AAC in the 2019–20 academic year. 2019 - Savannah College of Art and Design at Savannah joined the AAC as an affiliate member for men's and women's lacrosse in the 2020 spring season (2019–20 academic year). 2020 - Allen left the AAC and the NAIA to join the NCAA Division II ranks and to re-join the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference