On March 7 , 2012 , the Temple Owls announced that they would be rejoining the Big East Conference for all sports in 2013 after 31 years in the Atlantic 10 Conference , with the Owls football team membership beginning in the 2012 season . However , before Temple became an all-sports member of the Big East , the conference split along football lines . The league 's non-FBS football schools formed a new Big East in 2013 , while Temple and the remaining football members remained in the old conference , but renamed it the American Athletic Conference
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