The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level, primarily in Olympic sports that are not directly sponsored by a school's home conference (such as the Pac-12 and Big West, whose members all participate in MPSF competition in at least one of its sports).
History
The MPSF was founded in 1992 and specifically created to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports. The MPSF conducts championships in men's volleyball; women's lacrosse; and indoor track, gymnastics, and water polo for both men and women. In 2010 the MPSF added women's swimming and diving to its list of sports, and added that sport for men in the 2011–12 season. The 2012–13 school year was the last for MPSF competition in men's soccer.
The conference's membership varies by sport; 37 schools are MPSF members in at least one of its sponsored sports. Schools are not required to participate in the MPSF competition for each sponsored sport if their primary conference affiliation sponsors a competition in that sport (e.g. Pac-12 soccer and women's gymnastics).
All MPSF members have a primary conference affiliation. All Pac-12 and Big West Conference members house at least one sport in the MPSF. The West Coast Conference is represented by six schools (BYU, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego), and the Mountain West Conference has four full members represented (Air Force, Fresno State, San Diego State, San Jose State). The Great Northwest Athletic Conference is represented by Alaska–Anchorage and Seattle Pacific. Five conferences are represented by one school each – the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (Penn State–Behrend), the Big 12 Conference (Oklahoma), the Big Sky Conference (Sacramento State), the Pacific West Conference (Concordia–Irvine), the Western Athletic Conference (Grand Canyon).
Members
Source:[1]
Current members
Institution |
Location |
Nickname |
Primary Conference |
Division |
Air Force !United States Air Force Academy |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
Falcons |
Mountain West |
NCAA D-I |
Alaska-Anchorage !University of Alaska Anchorage |
Anchorage, Alaska |
Seawolves |
Great Northwest |
NCAA D-II |
Arizona !University of Arizona |
Tucson, Arizona |
Wildcats |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Arizona State University |
Tempe, Arizona |
Sun Devils |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Brigham Young University |
Provo, Utah |
Cougars |
West Coast |
NCAA D-I |
California Polytechnic State University |
San Luis Obispo, California |
Mustangs |
Big West |
NCAA D-I |
California State University, Fresno |
Fresno, California |
Bulldogs |
Mountain West |
NCAA D-I |
California State University, Fullerton |
Fullerton, California |
Titans |
Big West |
NCAA D-I |
California State University, Long Beach |
Long Beach, California |
49ers |
Big West |
NCAA D-I |
California State University, Northridge |
Northridge, California |
Matadors |
Big West |
NCAA D-I |
California State University, Sacramento |
Sacramento, California |
Hornets |
Big Sky |
NCAA D-I |
California, Berkeley !University of California, Berkeley |
Berkeley, California |
Golden Bears |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
California, Davis !University of California, Davis |
Davis, California |
Aggies |
Big West |
NCAA D-I |
California, Irvine !University of California, Irvine |
Irvine, California |
Anteaters |
Big West |
NCAA D-I |
California, Los Angeles !University of California, Los Angeles |
Los Angeles, California |
Bruins |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
California, Riverside !University of California, Riverside |
Riverside, California |
Highlanders |
Big West |
NCAA D-I |
California, Santa Barbara !University of California, Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara, California |
Gauchos |
Big West |
NCAA D-I |
Colorado !University of Colorado Boulder |
Boulder, Colorado |
Buffaloes |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Concordia University–Irvine |
Irvine, California |
Eagles |
Pacific West |
NCAA D-II |
Grand Canyon University |
Phoenix, Arizona |
Antelopes |
Western Athletic |
NCAA D-I |
Hawai'i !University of Hawai'i at Manoa |
Honolulu, Hawai'i |
Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine |
Big West |
NCAA D-I |
Oklahoma !University of Oklahoma |
Norman, Oklahoma |
Sooners |
Big 12 |
NCAA D-I |
Oregon !University of Oregon |
Eugene, Oregon |
Ducks |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Oregon State !Oregon State University |
Corvallis, Oregon |
Beavers |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Pacific !University of the Pacific |
Stockton, California |
Tigers |
West Coast |
NCAA D-I |
Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College |
Erie, Pennsylvania |
Behrend Lions |
Allegheny Mountain |
NCAA D-III |
Pepperdine University |
Malibu, California |
Waves |
West Coast |
NCAA D-I |
Portland !University of Portland |
Portland, Oregon |
Pilots |
West Coast |
NCAA D-I |
Saint Mary's College of California |
Moraga, California |
Gaels |
West Coast |
NCAA D-I |
San Diego !University of San Diego |
San Diego, California |
Toreros |
West Coast |
NCAA D-I |
San Diego State University |
San Diego, California |
Aztecs |
Mountain West |
NCAA D-I |
San Jose State University |
San Jose, California |
Spartans |
Mountain West |
NCAA D-I |
Seattle Pacific University |
Seattle, Washington |
Falcons |
Great Northwest |
NCAA D-II |
Southern California !University of Southern California |
Los Angeles, California |
Trojans |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Stanford University |
Stanford, California |
Cardinal |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Utah !University of Utah |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
Utes |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Washington !University of Washington |
Seattle, Washington |
Huskies |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Washington State University |
Pullman, Washington |
Cougars |
Pac-12 |
NCAA D-I |
Future members
Institution |
Location |
Nickname |
Primary Conference |
Division |
Institution |
Location |
Nickname |
Primary Conference |
Division |
California Baptist University |
Riverside, California |
Lancers |
Pacific West[lower-alpha 1] |
NCAA D-II |
California State University, Bakersfield |
Bakersfield, California |
Roadrunners |
Western Athletic |
NCAA D-I |
California, San Diego !University of California, San Diego |
San Diego, California |
Tritons |
California |
NCAA D-II |
Denver !University of Denver |
Denver, Colorado |
Pioneers |
The Summit |
NCAA D-I |
Loyola Marymount !Loyola Marymount University |
Los Angeles, California |
Lions |
West Coast |
NCAA D-I |
Nevada, Las Vegas !University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Paradise, Nevada |
Rebels |
Mountain West |
NCAA D-I |
North Dakota !University of North Dakota |
Grand Forks, North Dakota |
Fighting Hawks |
Big Sky[lower-alpha 2] |
NCAA D-I |
Northern Colorado !University of Northern Colorado |
Greeley, Colorado |
Bears |
Big Sky |
NCAA D-I |
Seattle University |
Seattle, Washington |
Redhawks |
Western Athletic |
NCAA D-I |
Wyoming !University of Wyoming |
Laramie, Wyoming |
Cowboys & Cowgirls |
Mountain West |
NCAA D-I |
- Notes
Sports
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation sponsors championship competition in five men's and five women's NCAA sanctioned sports[2] The MPSF dropped men's soccer after the 2012 season. The moves of Denver (all sports) and New Mexico (soccer only) to other conferences left the MPSF with six soccer members, but all six would soon leave due to moves by the Western Athletic Conference. MPSF soccer member Seattle was already in the WAC, and another MPSF soccer school, CSU Bakersfield, was already committed to join the WAC in 2013. Because the WAC dropped football after the 2012 season due to a near-complete membership turnover, it needed to add another men's sport to maintain its Division I status. To that end, it invited the four remaining MPSF soccer schools to join them; all accepted, and the WAC began sponsoring men's soccer in 2013–14.[3]
In October 2015, Arizona State announced that it would elevate its club team in women's lacrosse to full varsity status starting in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season), which will give the Pac-12 six women's lacrosse schools. This number is required by league bylaws for official sponsorship of a sport, and is also the number of teams required for a conference to be an automatic NCAA tournament qualifier. This led the Pac-12 to announce that all of its women's lacrosse teams would leave the MPSF for the new Pac-12 lacrosse league for the 2018 season. The four remaining MPSF lacrosse schools will retain that league's automatic NCAA tournament bid for the 2018 and 2019 seasons while the MPSF seeks to add new members in that sport.[4]
The next major change in conference membership came in January 2016, when the Golden Coast Conference, a water polo-only league that previously operated only a women's competition, announced it would add a men's division effective with the 2016–17 season. The GCC took six of the 10 members of the MPSF men's water polo league, leaving the MPSF with only the four Pac-12 members that sponsor the sport.[5]
On May 31, 2016, the Big West Conference announced that it would begin sponsoring men's volleyball in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season). The Big West men's volleyball league now includes five full members Long Beach State, Cal State Northridge, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Hawai'i, plus associate member UC San Diego. The full Big West members remain in the MPSF in other sports, but UC San Diego exited the federation.[6] California Baptist also exited the MPSF after dropping its only conference sport of men's volleyball shortly after the 2017 season, and Cal State Bakersfield left the MPSF after dropping its last remaining conference sport of women's water polo at the same time.[7]
Men |
Women |
- Gymnastics
- Air Force
- California
- Oklahoma
- Stanford
- Swimming
& diving
- BYU
- Cal Poly
- UC Santa Barbara
- Hawai'i
- Pacific
|
- Volleyball
- BYU
- UCLA
- Concordia–Irvine
- Grand Canyon
- Pepperdine
- USC
- Stanford
- Water Polo
- California
- UCLA
- Penn State Behrend
- USC
- Stanford
|
- Track & field
Indoor
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- BYU
- Long Beach State
- Cal State Northridge
- California
- UCLA
- UC Riverside
- Colorado
- Oregon
- Portland
- USC
- Stanford
- Washington
- Washington State
|
- Gymnastics
- Air Force
- Alaska–Anchorage
- Sacramento State
- UC Davis
- San Jose State
- Seattle Pacific
- Lacrosse
- Fresno State
- UC Davis
- Saint Mary's
- San Diego State
|
- Swimming
& diving
- BYU
- Cal Poly
- UC Davis
- UC Santa Barbara
- Hawai'i
- Pacific
- San Diego
- Water Polo
- Arizona State
- California
- UCLA
- San Jose State
- USC
- Stanford
|
- Track & field
Indoor
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- BYU
- Cal State Fullerton
- Long Beach State
- Cal State Northridge
- California
- UC Irvine
- UCLA
- UC Riverside
- Colorado
- Hawai'i
- Oregon
- Oregon State
- Portland
- USC
- Stanford
- Utah
- Washington
- Washington State
|
- Penn State Behrend — participates only in conference tournament.
Conference champions
Men's gymnastics
Year | Team |
1992–93 | Stanford |
1993–94 | UCLA |
1994–95 | Stanford |
1995–96 | Oklahoma |
1996–97 | Nebraska |
1997–98 | California |
1998–99 | Nebraska Oklahoma |
1999–00 | Oklahoma |
2000–01 | Oklahoma |
2001–02 | Oklahoma |
2002–03 | Oklahoma |
2003–04 | California |
2004–05 | Oklahoma |
2005–06 | Oklahoma |
2006–07 | Oklahoma |
2007–08 | Oklahoma |
2008–09 | Stanford |
2009–10 | Oklahoma |
2010–11 | Stanford |
2011–12 | Oklahoma |
2012–13 | Oklahoma |
2013–14 | Oklahoma |
2014–15 | Oklahoma |
2015–16 | Oklahoma |
Women's gymnastics
Year | Team |
2001–02 | Sacramento State |
2002–03 | Sacramento State |
2003–04 | San Jose State |
2004–05 | Sacramento State |
2005–06 | Seattle Pacific |
2006–07 | Seattle Pacific |
2007–08 | UC Davis |
2008–09 | Alaska–Anchorage |
2009–10 | UC Davis |
2010–11 | UC Davis |
2011–12 | UC Davis |
2012–13 | UC Davis |
2013–14 | Sacramento State |
2014–15 | UC Davis |
2015–16 | Sacramento State |
Women's lacrosse
Year | Team |
2004 | California |
2005 | Stanford |
2006 | Stanford |
2007 | Stanford |
2008 | Stanford |
2009 | Stanford |
2010 | Stanford |
2011 | Stanford |
2012 | Oregon |
2013 | Stanford |
2014 | Denver |
2015 | Stanford |
2016 | USC |
Men's soccer
Year | Team |
1992 | Washington |
1993 | UCLA |
1994 | Fresno State |
1995 | UCLA |
1996 | UCLA |
1997 | UCLA |
1998 | Washington |
1999 | Washington |
2000 | San Jose State |
2001 | New Mexico |
2002 | New Mexico |
2003 | San Jose State |
2004 | New Mexico |
2005 | New Mexico |
2006 | New Mexico |
2007 | New Mexico |
2008 | Denver |
2009 | Sacramento State |
2010 | Sacramento State |
2011 | New Mexico |
2012 | Air Force |
|
Men's swimming & diving
Year | Team |
2010–11 | CSU Bakersfield |
2011–12 | Brigham Young |
2012–13 | UNLV |
2013–14 | Brigham Young |
2014–15 | Brigham Young |
2015–16 | Brigham Young |
Women's swimming & diving
Year | Team |
2010–11 | UC Davis |
2011–12 | Brigham Young |
2012–13 | UC Davis |
2013–14 | UC Davis |
2014–15 | Hawaii |
2015–16 | UC Davis |
Men's track & field indoor
Year | Team |
1992–93 | California |
1993–94 | Arizona |
1994–95 | Arizona |
1995–96 | Arizona |
1996–97 | Idaho |
1997–98 | Washington State |
1998–99 | Stanford |
1999–00 | Stanford |
2000–01 | Washington State |
2001–02 | UCLA |
2002–03 | UCLA |
2003–04 | UCLA |
2004–05 | UCLA |
2005–06 | Washington |
2006–07 | Washington |
2007–08 | Oregon |
2008–09 | UCLA |
2009–10 | UCLA |
2010–11 | Stanford |
2011–12 | Arizona State |
2012–13 | Arizona State |
2013–14 | California |
2014–15 | Oregon |
2015–16 | USC |
Women's track & field indoor
Year | Team |
1992–93 | UNLV |
1993–94 | Utah State |
1994–95 | Arizona |
1995–96 | Washington |
1996–97 | Stanford |
1997–98 | Stanford |
1998–99 | Washington State |
1999–00 | Washington State |
2000–01 | Arizona |
2001–02 | Arizona |
2002–03 | Stanford |
2003–04 | Stanford |
2004–05 | Stanford |
2005–06 | Stanford |
2006–07 | Arizona State |
2007–08 | Arizona State |
2008–09 | Stanford |
2009–10 | Oregon |
2010–11 | Oregon |
2011–12 | Stanford |
2012–13 | Oregon |
2013–14 | USC |
2014–15 | USC |
2015–16 | Oregon |
|
Men's volleyball
Year | Team |
1993 | UCLA |
1994 | UCLA |
1995 | UCLA |
1996 | UCLA |
1997 | Stanford |
1998 | Pepperdine |
1999 | Brigham Young |
2000 | UCLA |
2001 | UCLA |
2002 | Pepperdine |
2003 | Brigham Young |
2004 | Brigham Young |
2005 | Pepperdine |
2006 | UCLA |
2007 | UC Irvine |
2008 | Pepperdine |
2009 | USC |
2010 | Stanford |
2011 | UC Santa Barbara |
2012 | UC Irvine |
2013 | Brigham Young |
2014 | Brigham Young |
2015 | UC Irvine |
2016 | Brigham Young |
Men's water polo
Year | Team |
1992 | California |
1993 | California |
1994 | Stanford |
1995 | California |
1996 | USC |
1997 | USC |
1998 | Stanford |
1999 | UCLA |
2000 | UCLA |
2001 | Stanford |
2002 | California |
2003 | USC |
2004 | Stanford |
2005 | USC |
2006 | California |
2007 | USC |
2008 | USC |
2009 | UCLA |
2010 | USC |
2011 | UCLA |
2012 | USC |
2013 | USC |
2014 | Stanford |
2015 | UCLA |
2016 | USC |
Women's water polo
Year | Team |
1996 | UCLA |
1997 | UCLA |
1998 | UCLA |
1999 | California |
2000 | Stanford |
2001 | Stanford |
2002 | UCLA |
2003 | Stanford |
2004 | USC |
2005 | UCLA |
2006 | Stanford |
2007 | UCLA |
2008 | UCLA |
2009 | USC |
2010 | UCLA |
2011 | California |
2012 | UCLA |
2013 | USC |
2014 | Stanford |
2015 | UCLA |
2016 | USC |
2017 | UCLA |
|
NCAA titles
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation has won 86 NCAA titles in seven sports. UCLA has won 23 national titles. Stanford has won 15 titles. USC has won 13 titles. Oregon has won ten titles. Oklahoma has won seven titles. California has won six titles. UC Irvine has won four titles. Arizona State and Brigham Young have won three titles. Pepperdine has won two titles. The MPSF has won every men's and women's water polo NCAA title since the inception of the conference.
Men's gymnastics
Year | Team |
1992–93 | Stanford |
1994–95 | Stanford |
1996–97 | California |
1997–98 | California |
2001–02 | Oklahoma |
2002–03 | Oklahoma |
2004–05 | Oklahoma |
2005–06 | Oklahoma |
2007–08 | Oklahoma |
2008–09 | Stanford |
2010–11 | Stanford |
2014–15 | Oklahoma |
2015–16 | Oklahoma |
Men's soccer
Men's track & field indoor
Year | Team |
2007–08 | Arizona State |
2008–09 | Oregon |
2013–14 | Oregon |
2014–15 | Oregon |
2015–16 | Oregon |
|
Women's track & field indoor
Year | Team |
1999–00 | UCLA |
2000–01 | UCLA |
2006–07 | Arizona State |
2007–08 | Arizona State |
2009–10 | Oregon |
2010–11 | Oregon |
2011–12 | Oregon |
2012–13 | Oregon |
2013–14 | Oregon |
2015–16 | Oregon |
Men's volleyball
Year | Team |
1993 | UCLA |
1995 | UCLA |
1996 | UCLA |
1997 | Stanford |
1998 | UCLA |
1999 | Brigham Young |
2000 | UCLA |
2001 | Brigham Young |
2002 | Hawaii† |
2004 | Brigham Young |
2005 | Pepperdine |
2006 | UCLA |
2007 | UC Irvine |
2009 | UC Irvine |
2010 | Stanford |
2012 | UC Irvine |
2013 | UC Irvine |
† — Vacated due to NCAA violations
|
Men's water polo
Year | Team |
1992 | California |
1993 | Stanford |
1994 | Stanford |
1995 | UCLA |
1996 | UCLA |
1997 | Pepperdine |
1998 | USC |
1999 | UCLA |
2000 | UCLA |
2001 | Stanford |
2002 | Stanford |
2003 | USC |
2004 | UCLA |
2005 | USC |
2006 | California |
2007 | California |
2008 | USC |
2009 | USC |
2010 | USC |
2011 | USC |
2012 | USC |
2013 | USC |
2014 | UCLA |
2015 | UCLA |
2016 | California |
Women's water polo
Year | Team |
2001 | UCLA |
2002 | Stanford |
2003 | UCLA |
2004 | USC |
2005 | UCLA |
2006 | UCLA |
2007 | UCLA |
2008 | UCLA |
2009 | UCLA |
2010 | USC |
2011 | Stanford |
2012 | Stanford |
2013 | USC |
2014 | Stanford |
2015 | Stanford |
2016 | USC |
|
References
- ↑ Members - Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
- ↑ Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Athletics. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
- ↑ "WAC Adds Men's Soccer" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 9, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
- ↑ "Pac-12 Adds Women's Lacrosse for 2018 Season". Lacrosse Magazine. October 23, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
- ↑ "GCC Launches Men's Division To Begin Play in 2016" (Press release). Golden Coast Conference. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
- ↑ "Big West Conference Makes Men's Volleyball 18th Sponsored Sport". Big West Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
- ↑ "CSUB Athletics Announces Strategic Shift in Resources" (Press release). CSU Bakersfield Athletics. June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
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