In New York City before World War II, all oral leases ended on May 1. On the same day, a vast number of the city’s renters would pick up and change residences. This phenomenon was known, appropriately enough, as “Moving Day.”
Moving Day may have died out in the Big Apple, but a version of it persists in the world of college athletics. On July 1, athletic directors everywhere will ditch their 2025–26 calendars in favor of 2026–27. With the start of the new academic year, over two dozen schools playing FBS football and/or Division I basketball will change conferences.
