List of college athletic conferences

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This is a list of athletic conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

Contents 1 NCAA Division I 1.1 Division I FBS 1.2 Division I FBS Maps 1.3 Division I FCS 1.4 Division I FCS Maps 1.5 Division I (non-football) 1.6 Division I Hockey 1.7 Other Division I Conferences 2 Defunct conferences 3 Division II 4 Division III 5 Multi-division conferences 6 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics - affiliated conferences 6.1 Conferences that sponsor football 6.2 Football Conference Maps 6.3 Conferences that do not sponsor football 7 Other Sports Associations 7.1 Junior Colleges

[edit] NCAA Division I

[edit] Division I FBS

• 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 schools

[edit] Division I FBS Maps

ACC	Big East	Big Ten	Big 12
Conference USA	MAC	Mountain West	Pac-10
SEC	Sun Belt	WAC	Independents

[edit] Division I FCS

• Big Sky Conference
• Big South Conference
• Colonial Athletic Association
• 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 schools

[edit] Division I FCS Maps

BSC	Big South	CAA	Gateway
Great West	Ivy	MAAC	MEAC
NEC	OVC	Patriot	Pioneer
SoCon	Southland	SWAC	Independents

[edit] Division I (non-football)

• Atlantic Ten Conference
• America East Conference
• Atlantic Sun Conference
• Big West Conference
• Horizon League
• Mid-Continent Conference
• Missouri Valley Conference
• United Basketball Conference
• West Coast Conference
• NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)

[edit] Division I Hockey

• Atlantic Hockey
• Central Collegiate Hockey Association
• College Hockey America
• ECAC Hockey League
• Hockey East
• Western Collegiate Hockey Association
• NCAA Division I Independents (men's hockey)
• NCAA Division I independents (women's hockey)

[edit] Other Division I Conferences

See also List of schools reclassifying their athletic programs to NCAA Division I

• 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

[edit] Defunct conferences

• American South Conference (absorbed by Sun Belt Conference)
• Big Eight Conference (previously known as Big Six and Big Seven, merged into the Big 12 Conference)
• Border Conference (disbanded in 1962, members split between the newly-formed WAC and independent status)
• East Coast Conference (Division I) (absorbed by Mid-Continent Conference)
• Eastern Athletic Association (Eastern 8) (became Atlantic Ten Conference)
• Great Midwest Conference (merged with Metro Conference to form Conference USA)
• Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest (1892-1894?)
• Metro Conference (merged with Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA)
• Pacific Coast Athletic Association (still exists as the Big West Conference)
• Pacific Coast Conference (forerunner to today's Pac-10, disbanded in 1959 due to scandal and infighting)
• Skyline Conference (disbanded in 1962, members split between the newly-formed WAC and independent status)
• Southwest Conference (disbanded in 1995, members split into the Big 12 Conference, Western Athletic Conference, and Conference USA)
• Yankee Conference (absorbed by Atlantic Ten Conference)

[edit] Division II

• California Collegiate Athletic Association
• Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference
• Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
• Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• East Coast Conference
• 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
• 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

[edit] Division III

• 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
• Landmark 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
• Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association
• USA South Athletic Conference
• Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• NCAA Division III independent schools

[edit] Multi-division conferences

• Eastern College Athletic Conference

[edit] National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics - affiliated conferences

[edit] Conferences that sponsor football

• Central States Football League - Only sponsors football
• 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

[edit] Football Conference Maps

CSFL	DAC	Frontier	GPAC
HAAC	KCAC	MSC	MSFA
Independents

[edit] Conferences that do not sponsor football

• 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

[edit] Other Sports Associations

• Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA)
• Collegiate Sprint Football League
• Central Plains Athletic Conference (CPAC)
• National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA)
• 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
• United States College Sports Association

[edit] Junior Colleges

• NJCAA
  • Southwest Junior College Football Conference
  • Illinois N4C Conference
  • Iowa JUCO Conference
  • Kansas Jayhawk Conference
  • Western States Football League
  • Minnesota Conference
  • Mississippi CC Athletic Association
  • Northeast JC Football Conference
  • Wisconsin Technical College Conference
  • Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association

• Others
  • Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC)
  • Western State Conference (COA)