 The other sports shifted back to the Big Sky Conference, rejoining after an 18-year absence.The Sun Belt Conference announced on March 1, 2016, that the affiliation agreement with Idaho and New Mexico State would not be extended past the 2017 season.In 2018, the Vandals will become the first football program to voluntarily drop from the FBS level to the FCS level, as the football program will rejoin the Big Sky Conference.