UAB football will return, and continue to be a Division 1 program.
Athletic director Mark Ingram said Tuesday that football will return at the university in two years.
UAB dropped all three sports in December to cut costs and announced six months later they would be reinstated.
Ingram says the NCAA has told UAB that football can resume in 2017 and remain in the Football Bowl Subdivision.
UAB supporters pledged enough money to cover the projected $17 million cost to operate football over the next five years.
The Blazers will return to Conference USA, and be allowed to compete for championships.
H/T: New York Daily News