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).

1 NCAA Division I 1.1 Division I Football Bowl Subdivision 1.1.1 Division I FBS Maps 1.2 Division I Football Championship Subdivision 1.2.1 Division I FCS Maps 1.3 Division I (non-football) 1.3.1 Division I Maps (non-football) 1.4 Division I Hockey 1.4.1 Division I Hockey Maps 1.5 Other Division I Conferences 2 Division II 2.1 Division II Maps 3 Division III 3.1 Division III Maps 4 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics - Affiliated Conferences 4.1 Conferences that sponsor football 4.2 Football Conference Maps 4.3 Conferences that do not sponsor football 5 Other Collegiate Sports Associations 5.1 Junior Colleges 5.2 Other 6 Defunct Conferences

Formerly known as Division I-A

• Atlantic Coast Conference
• Big 12 Conference
• Big East Conference
• Big Ten Conference
• Conference USA
• Mid-American Conference
• Mountain West Conference
• NCAA Division I-FBS independent schools
• Pacific-10 Conference
• Southeastern Conference
• Sun Belt Conference
• Western Athletic Conference

[edit] Division I FBS Maps

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

Formerly known as Division I-AA or "One Double A"

• Big Sky Conference
• Big South Conference
• Colonial Athletic Association
• Great West Conference
• Ivy League
• Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
• Missouri Valley Football Conference
• NCAA Division I-FCS independent schools
• Northeast Conference
• Ohio Valley Conference
• Patriot League
• Pioneer Football League
• Southern Conference
• Southland Conference
• Southwestern Athletic Conference

[edit] Division I FCS Maps

Big Sky	Big South	CAA	Great West
Ivy	MEAC	Missouri Valley	Northeast
Ohio Valley	Patriot	Pioneer	Southern
Southland	SWAC	Independents

• America East Conference
• Atlantic 10 Conference
• Atlantic Sun Conference
• Big West Conference
• Horizon League
• NCAA Division I independent schools (basketball)
• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
• Missouri Valley Conference
• The Summit League
• West Coast Conference

[edit] Division I Maps (non-football)

America East	Atlantic Sun	A-10	Big West
Horizon	MAAC	MVC	Summit
WCC	Independents

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

[edit] Division I Hockey Maps

CCHA	CHA	ECAC Hockey	Hockey East
WCHA	Independents

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 Association of Rowing Colleges
• 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

• California Collegiate Athletic Association
• Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
• Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• Conference Carolinas
• East Coast Conference
• Great Lakes Football Conference
• Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Great Lakes Valley Conference
• Great Northwest Athletic Conference
• Gulf South Conference
• Heartland Conference
• Lone Star Conference
• Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• NCAA Division II independent schools
• Northeast Ten Conference
• Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
• Peach Belt Conference
• Pacific West Conference
• Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
• Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
• South Atlantic Conference
• Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Sunshine State Conference
• West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

CCAA	CACC	CIAA	Conference Carolinas
ECC	GLFC	GLIAC	GLVC
GNAC	Gulf South	Heartland	LSC
MIAA	Northeast-10	NSIC	Pac-West
Peach Belt	PSAC	RMAC	South Atlantic
SIAC	SSC	WVIAC	Independents

• Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
• American Southwest Conference
• Atlantic Central Football Conference
• Capital Athletic Conference
• Centennial Conference
• City University of New York Athletic Conference
• College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
• Colonial States Athletic Conference
• Commonwealth Coast Conference
• Empire Eight
• Great Northeast Athletic Conference
• Great South Athletic Conference
• Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
• Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Landmark Conference
• Liberty League
• Little East Conference
• MAC Commonwealth Conference
• MAC Freedom Conference
• Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
• Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• Middle Atlantic Corporation
• Midwest Conference
• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• NCAA Division III independent schools
• New England Collegiate 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 Athletics Conference
• Northwest Conference
• Ohio Athletic Conference
• Old Dominion 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
• USA South Athletic Conference
• Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

AMCC	American Southwest	ACFC	Capital Athletic
Centennial	CUNYAC	CCIW	Colonial States
TCCC	Empire 8	GNAC	GSAC
Heartland	Illini-Badger	IIAC	Lake Michigan AC
Landmark	LL	LEC	MAC
MSCAC	MIAA	Midwest	MIAC
NECC	NEFC	NESCAC	NEWMAC
NJAC	NAC	Northern	NCAC
NEAC	Northwest	OAC	ODAC
Presidents'	Skyline	SCIAC	SCAC
SUNYAC	SLIAC	UAA	USA South
WIAC	Independents

[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
Football 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
• Golden State Athletic Conference
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
• Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Mid-Central College Conference
• Midwest Collegiate Conference
• Red River Athletic Conference
• Sooner Athletic Conference
• Southern States Athletic Conference
• The Sun Conference
• TranSouth Athletic Conference
• Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference

• Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA)
• Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL)
• Central Plains Athletic Conference (CPAC)
• Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
• National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA)
• National Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA)
• National Collegiate Wrestling Association
  • Mid-Atlantic - Teams from Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware
  • North Central - Teams from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin
  • Northeast - Teams from New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont
  • Northwest - Teams from Washington and British Columbia
  • Southeast - Teams from Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi
  • Southwest - Teams from Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Kansas
  • West - Teams from California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona
• United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA)
  • Penn State University Athletic Conference
  • Yankee Small College Conference

[edit] Junior Colleges

• NJCAA
  • Alabama Community College Conference
  • Arizona Community College Athletic Conference
  • Arrowhead Conference
  • Bi-State Conference
  • Carolinas Junior College Conference
  • City University of New York Athletic Conference
  • Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference
  • Garden State Athletic Conference
  • Georgia Junior College Athletic Association
  • Illinois N4C Conference
  • Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference
  • Iowa Community College Athletic Conference
  • Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
  • Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference
  • Michigan Community College Athletic Association
  • Mid-Florida Conference
  • Mid-Hudson Athletic Conference
  • Mid-State Athletic Conference
  • Mid-West Athletic Conference
  • Midwest Football Conference (NJCAA)
  • Minnesota Community College Conference
  • Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
  • MISS-LOU Junior College Conference
  • Missouri Community College Athletic Conference
  • Mon-Dak Conference
  • Mountain Valley Conference
  • Ohio Community College Athletic Conference
  • Nebraksa Community College Athletic Conference
  • Northeast JC Football Conference
  • Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges
  • Panhandle Conference
  • Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association
  • Southern Florida Conference
  • Scenic West Athletic Conference
  • Southwest Junior College Football Conference
  • Tennessee Junior & Community College Athletic Association
  • Western Junior College Athletic Conference
  • Western New York Athletic Conference
  • Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference
  • Western States Football League
  • Wisconsin Technical College Conference
  • Wyoming Community College Athletic Conference

• California Community College Athletic Association
  • Bay Valley Conference
  • Big Eight Conference (California)
  • Central Valley Conference
  • Coast Conference
  • Foothill Athletic Conference
  • Golden Valley Conference
  • Orange Empire Conference
  • Pacific Coast Conference (California)
  • South Coast Conference
  • Western State Conference

[edit] Other

• • Midwest Christian College Conference
  • Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  • Pacific Christian Athletic Conference
  • Wisconsin Collegiate Conference

• 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)
• Dixie Conference (the name of three different conferences, the latest of which was the original name of the current Division III USA South Athletic Conference)
• 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)
• Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (became the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1950)
• Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest (from 1892-1893,