List of college athletic conferences
This is a
list of athletic conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
Division I-A
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Atlantic Coast Conference*
Big East Conference*
Big Ten Conference*
Big 12 Conference*
Conference USA*
Mid-American Conference*
Mountain West Conference*
Pacific Ten Conference*
Southeastern Conference*
Sun Belt Conference*
Western Athletic Conference*
NCAA Division I-A independent schoolsDivision I-AA
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Atlantic Ten Conference**This conference will disband its football section in
2007, when its football members begin play in the
Colonial Athletic Association.
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Big Sky Conference*
Big South Conference*
Gateway Football Conference*
Great West Football Conference*
Ivy League*
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference*
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference*
Northeast Conference*
Ohio Valley Conference*
Patriot League*
Pioneer Football League*
Southern Conference*
Southland Conference*
Southwestern Athletic Conference*
NCAA Division I-AA independent schoolsDivision I-AAA
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America East Conference*
Atlantic Sun Conference*
Big West Conference*
Colonial Athletic Association**This conference will begin sponsoring Division I-AA football in
2007.
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Horizon League*
Mid-Continent Conference*
Missouri Valley Conference*
West Coast Conference*
NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)Division I Hockey
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Atlantic Hockey*
Central Collegiate Hockey Association*
College Hockey America*
ECAC Hockey League*
Hockey East*
Western Collegiate Hockey Association*
NCAA Division I independents (women's hockey)Other Division I Conferences
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Atlantic Soccer Conference*
American Lacrosse Conference*
Collegiate Water Polo Association*
ECAC Lacrosse League*
Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League*
Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association*
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association*
Eastern Wrestling League*
Great Western Lacrosse League*
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association*
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation*
Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference*
Pacific Coast Softball Conference*
United Soccer Conference*
Western Water Polo Association*
Western Wrestling Conference*
American South Conference (absorbed by
Sun Belt Conference)
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Big Eight Conference (previously known as Big Six and Big Seven)
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Border Conference (disbanded, members split between the newly-formed
WAC and independent status
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Eastern Athletic Association (Eastern 8) (became
Atlantic Ten Conference)
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Great Midwest Conference (merged with Metro Conference to form
Conference USA)
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Metro Conference (merged with Great Midwest Conference to form
Conference USA)
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Pacific Coast Athletic Association (still exists as the
Big West Conference)
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Pacific Coast Conference (forerunner to today's
Pac-10, disbanded in
1959 due to scandal and infighting)
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Southwest Conference (merged with the
Big 12 Conference)
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Yankee Conference (absorbed by
Atlantic Ten Conference)
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California Collegiate Athletic Association*
Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference*
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference*
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association*
Great Northwest Athletic Conference*
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
Great Lakes Valley Conference*
Great Lakes Football Conference*
Gulf South Conference*
Heartland Conference*
Lone Star Conference*
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association*
New York Collegiate Athletic Conference*
North Central Conference*
Northeast Ten Conference*
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference*
Pacific West Conference*
Peach Belt Conference*
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference*
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference*
South Atlantic Conference*
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
Sunshine State Conference*
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
NCAA Division II independent schools*
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference*
American Southwest Conference*
Atlantic Central Football Conference*
Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference*
Capital Athletic Conference*
Centennial Conference*
City University of New York Athletic Conference*
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin*
Commonwealth Coast Conference*
Empire Eight*
Freedom Football Conference*
Great Northeast Athletic Conference*
Great South Athletic Conference*
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference*
Illini-Badger Football Conference*
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
Lake Michigan Conference*
Liberty League*
Little East Conference*
MAC Commonwealth League*
MAC Freedom League*
Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference*
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association*
Midwest Conference*
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
New England Football Conference*
New England Small College Athletic Conference*
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference*
New Jersey Athletic Conference*
North Atlantic Conference*
North Coast Athletic Conference*
North Eastern Athletic Conference*
Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference*
Northwest Conference*
Ohio Athletic Conference*
Old Dominion Athletic Conference*
Pennsylvania Athletic Conference*
Presidents' Athletic Conference*
Skyline Conference*
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference*
State University of New York Athletic Conference*
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
University Athletic Association*
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference - Currently transitioning to NCAA Div. III status
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Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association*
USA South Athletic Conference *
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
NCAA Division III independent schools*
Eastern College Athletic ConferenceConferences that sponsor football
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Central States Football League - Only sponsors football
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Dakota Athletic Conference*
Frontier Conference*
Great Plains Athletic Conference*
Heart of America Athletic Conference*
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference*
Mid-South Conference*
Mid-States Football Association - Only sponsors football
Conferences that do not sponsor football
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American Mideast Conference*
American Midwest Conference*
Appalachian Athletic Conference*
California Pacific Conference*
Cascade Collegiate Conference*
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference*
Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
Florida Sun Conference*
Golden State Athletic Conference*
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference*
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference*
Mid-Central College Conference*
Midlands Collegiate Conference*
Midwest Classic Conference*
Red River Athletic Conference*
Sooner Athletic Conference*
Southern States Athletic Conference*
Sunrise Conference*
TranSouth Athletic Conference*
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference*
Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA)
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Collegiate Sprint Football League*
National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA)
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National Collegiate Baseball Association*
National Collegiate Boxing Association*
National Collegiate Wrestling Association**Northwest-teams from Washington and British Columbia
**West-teams from California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona
**North Central-teams from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin
**Southwest-teams from Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Kansas
**Mid-Atlantic-teams from Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware
**Southeast-teams from Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi
**Northeast-teams from New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont
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United States College Sports AssociationJunior Colleges
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NJCAA**
Iowa Community College Athletic Conference**
Montana Dakota Conference**
Minnesota Community College Conference**
MidWest Football League*Others
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Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC)
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Western State Conference (COA)
