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List of NCAA conferences

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TheNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is divided into three divisions based onscholarship allocation. Each division is made up of severalconferences for regional league competition. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference affiliation will occur on July 1 of the given year.

Division I

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Main articles:NCAA Division I andList of NCAA Division I institutions

Under NCAA regulations, all Division I conferences defined as "multisport conferences" must meet the following criteria:[1]

  • A total of at least seven active Division I members.
  • Separate from the above, at least seven active Division I members that sponsor both men's and women's basketball.
  • Sponsorship of at least 12 NCAA Division I sports.
  • Minimum of six men's sports, with the following additional restrictions:
    • Men's basketball is a mandatory sport, and at least seven members must sponsor that sport.
    • Non-football conferences must sponsor at least two men's team sports other than basketball.
    • At least six members must sponsor five men's sports other than basketball, including either football or two other team sports.
  • Minimum of six women's sports, with the following additional restrictions:
    • Women's basketball is a mandatory sport, with at least seven members sponsoring that sport.
    • At least two other women's team sports must be sponsored.
    • At least six members must sponsor five women's sports other than basketball, including two other team sports. If a conference officially sponsors anNCAA "emerging sport" for women (as of 2023, acrobatics & tumbling, equestrianism, rugby union, stunt, triathlon, or wrestling), that sport will be counted if five members (instead of six) sponsor it.

Schools in all divisions that sponsor athletic programs for only one sex/gender need only meet the sports sponsorship requirements for that sex/gender.[2]

Football Bowl Subdivision

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Conferences in theFootball Bowl Subdivision must meet a more stringent set of NCAA requirements than other conferences. Among these additional NCAA regulations, institutions in the Football Bowl Subdivision must be "multisport conferences" and participate in conference play in at least six men's and eight women's sports, including football, men's and women's basketball, and at least two other women's team sports. Each school may count one men's and one women's sport not sponsored by its primary conference toward the above limits, as long as that sport competes in another Division I conference. The men's and women's sports so counted need not be the same sport.[3][4]

ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembersSportsHeadquartersMap
American ConferenceAmerican2013[a]13[b]22Irving,
Texas
Atlantic Coast ConferenceACC195318[c]28Charlotte,
North Carolina
Big Ten ConferenceBig Ten
B1G		18961828Rosemont,
Illinois
Big 12 ConferenceBig 12
B12		19961625Irving,
Texas
Conference USACUSA199512[d]18Dallas,
Texas
Division I
FBS independents[e]		Ind.N/A21N/A
Mid-American ConferenceMAC194613[f]23Cleveland,
Ohio
Mountain West ConferenceMW
MWC		199912[g]18[h]Colorado Springs,
Colorado[i]
Pac-12 ConferencePac-12
P12		1959[j]2[k]6[l]San Ramon, California
Southeastern ConferenceSEC
SE
Southeastern		19321622Birmingham,
Alabama
Sun Belt ConferenceSBC
SB
Sun Belt		197614[m]20New Orleans,
Louisiana
  1. ^Known asBig East Conference prior to 2013. The American operates under the original 1979 Big East charter, but considers its competitive history to have started in 2013.
  2. ^13 full members with Wichita State as a non-football member; 14 football members withArmy andNavy as football-only affiliates.
  3. ^18 full members, 17 football members. Notre Dame football is an FBS independent, but has a substantial cross-scheduling agreement with the ACC.
  4. ^10 members in 2026 with loss ofUTEP andLouisiana Tech.
  5. ^Note that "independents" is not a conference; it is simply a designation used for schools whose football programs do not play in any conference. All of these schools have conference memberships for other sports.
  6. ^12 members in 2026 with loss ofNorthern Illinois.
  7. ^12 full members, 12 football members with Grand Canyon as a non-football member and Hawaii as a football-only affiliate.
  8. ^20 sports in 2026 with addition of men's soccer and men's swimming & diving.
  9. ^Headquarters moving toLas Vegas, Nevada in July 2026.
  10. ^Pacific Coast Conference chartered in 1915; current charter formed 1959 by five former PCC members, with three others joining by 1964.
  11. ^9 full members and 8 football members in 2026 with addition of Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State,Texas State, and Utah State, plusGonzaga as a non-football member.
  12. ^19 sports upon resumption of full operation in 2026.
  13. ^Loses Texas State & gains Louisiana Tech in 2026

Football Championship Subdivision

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In addition to competing in football, multisport conferences in the Football Championship Subdivision must still meet the general NCAA Division I requirements regarding the minimum number of men's and women's sports (see above).[1]

ConferenceNicknameFoundedFull MembersSportsHeadquartersMap
Big Sky ConferenceBig Sky
BSC		196310[a]16Ogden, Utah
Big South ConferenceBig South19839[b]19Charlotte, North Carolina
Coastal Athletic Association Football ConferenceCAA Football2007[c]14[d][e]1Richmond, Virginia
Division I FCS Independents[f]2[g]1
Ivy LeagueIvy League1954[h]833[i]Princeton, New Jersey
Mid-Eastern Athletic ConferenceMEAC19708[j]14Norfolk, Virginia
Missouri Valley Football ConferenceMVFC1985[k]101St. Louis, Missouri
Northeast ConferenceNEC198110[l]25Somerset, New Jersey
Ohio Valley ConferenceOVC194811[m]19Brentwood, Tennessee
Patriot LeaguePatriot198610[n]24Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Pioneer Football LeaguePFL1991111St. Louis, Missouri
Southern ConferenceSoCon192110[o]20Spartanburg, South Carolina
Southland ConferenceSouthland
SLC		196312[p]18Frisco, Texas
Southwestern Athletic ConferenceSWAC19201218Birmingham, Alabama
United Athletic Conference[q][r]UAC20239[s]1[t]
  1. ^10 full members and 12 football members with Cal Poly and UC Davis as football-only affiliates.
  2. ^9 full members and 2 football members.
    • Both football members play in theOVC–Big South Football Association, an alliance between the Ohio Valley Conference and the Big South Conference which shares a single automatic berth in the FCS playoffs.
  3. ^While CAA Football was formally founded in 2007, its history can be traced back decades earlier.
    • The earliest predecessor is theNew England Conference, which existed from 1938–1947. However, CAA Football does not recognize this league as part of its history.
    • In 1947, four New England Conference members joined with other schools to form theYankee Conference under a new charter. CAA Football considers its history to have started with the Yankee Conference.
    • The Yankee Conference, by then a football-only league, was taken over by theAtlantic 10 Conference after the 1996 football season.
    • The all-sports CAA took over A-10 football in 2007, forming CAA Football as a separate entity.
  4. ^CAA Football is a separate entity from the multi-sports CAA.
  5. ^13 members in 2026 with loss ofVillanova andWilliam & Mary, plus addition ofSacred Heart.
  6. ^Note that "Independents" is not a conference; it is simply a designation used for schools whose football programs do not play in any conference. These schools have conference memberships for other sports.
  7. ^2 independents possible in 2026 with confirmed move of Sacred Heart to CAA Football and potential addition of Sacramento State.
  8. ^While the Ivy League considers its athletic conference to have been established in 1954, the history of the athletic league can be traced back decades earlier:
    • In 1901, theEastern Intercollegiate Basketball League (EIBL) was formed by five schools that would later become part of the current Ivy League; the EIBL membership eventually became identical to that of the future all-sports league. The EIBL was directly absorbed into the all-sports Ivy League, which considers the EIBL to be part of its history.
    • In 1945, the Ivy Group Agreement, which governed competition and policies among the Ivy schools in football, was signed by all eight schools that eventually formed the all-sports league.
    • The official formation of the athletic Ivy League came in 1954, when the Ivy Group Agreement was extended to cover all sports.
    For more details, see thesection on the history of the athletic Ivy League.
  9. ^Number of sports in which Ivy League championships are awarded, with the following caveats:
    • Championships are awarded in the non-NCAA sports of men's rowing plus men's and women's squash.
    • While championships are awarded in men's and women's ice hockey, no Ivy League tournaments are held. All Ivy ice hockey members compete in ECAC Hockey for that league's automatic NCAA tournament bids. Ivy champions are extrapolated from regular-season results of ECAC games that involve two Ivy teams.
  10. ^8 full members, 6 football members.
  11. ^While the MVFC began football competition in 1985, the conference charter dates to 1982. SeeHistory of the Missouri Valley Football Conference for more details.
  12. ^10 full members, 8 football members with Chicago State, Fairleigh Dickinson, and Le Moyne as non-football members and with Duquesne and Robert Morris as football-only affiliates.
    • 9 full members, 8 football members likely in 2026 with confirmed loss ofSaint Francis and expected addition of football by Chicago State.
  13. ^11 full members, 7 football members (full member Morehead State plays football in the Pioneer Football League).
    • 9 full members, 6 football members in 2026 with loss ofTennessee Tech andLittle Rock.
    • All current OVC football members (not counting Morehead State) play that sport in the OVC–Big South Football Association.
  14. ^10 full members and 8 football members with Army, Navy, American, Boston, and Loyola (MD) as non-football members (Army and Navy both compete in FBS football) and with Fordham, Georgetown, and Richmond as football-only affiliates.
    • 10 football members in 2026 with addition of Villanova and William & Mary as football affiliates.
  15. ^10 full members, 9 football members.
    • 11 full members, 10 football members in 2026 with addition of Tennessee Tech.
  16. ^12 full members, 10 football members.
  17. ^Not an officially recognized NCAA conference; that body treats the UAC as the continuation of a preexisting football-only alliance between theAtlantic Sun Conference andWestern Athletic Conference.
  18. ^Becomes an official NCAA conference in 2026 as a rebranded Western Athletic Conference.
  19. ^9 full members, 7 football members in 2026 with the following changes:
  20. ^Number of sports in 2026 to be determined.

Non-football, multi-sport conferences

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Multisport conferences that do not compete in football must still meet the general NCAA Division I requirements regarding the minimum number of men's and women's sports (see above).[1]

ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembersSportsHeadquartersMap
America East ConferenceAmerica East
AmEast		1979918Boston, Massachusetts
Atlantic Sun ConferenceASUN197812[a]20Jacksonville, Florida
Atlantic 10 ConferenceA-1019751422Newport News, Virginia
Big East ConferenceBig East1979[b]1123[c]New York City, New York
Big West ConferenceBig West
BWC		196911[d]21Irvine, California
Coastal Athletic AssociationCAA198313[e]23Richmond, Virginia
Horizon LeagueHorizon197911[f]19Indianapolis, Indiana
Independents–
Metro Atlantic Athletic ConferenceMAAC19801325[g]Edison, New Jersey
Missouri Valley ConferenceMVC
The Valley		19071118St. Louis, Missouri
Mountain Pacific Sports FederationMPSF199264[h]16[i]Woodland, California
Summit LeagueThe Summit19829[j]19Sioux Falls, South Dakota
West Coast ConferenceWCC195210[k]16San Bruno, California
Western Athletic Conference[l]WAC19627[m]19Arlington, Texas
  1. ^7 members in 2026 with loss ofAustin Peay,Central Arkansas,Eastern Kentucky,North Alabama, andWest Georgia.
  2. ^Although the charter of the current Big East dates only to the2013 split of the original Big East, both the current Big East and the American Conference claim 1979 as their founding dates. The current Big East maintains the pre-split history of the original conference in all sports that it sponsors. Neither conference recognizes the history of the original Big East in football (currently sponsored by the American but not the present Big East) or rowing (formerly sponsored by the American and never sponsored by the current Big East).
  3. ^22 NCAA-sanctioned sports, plus the non-NCAA and fully coeducational esports.
  4. ^12 members in 2026 with loss ofHawaiʻi andUC Davis, plus addition ofCalifornia Baptist,Sacramento State, andUtah Valley.
  5. ^The CAA Football Conference is a separate entity from the all-sports CAA.
  6. ^12 members in 2026 with return ofNorthern Illinois.
  7. ^23 NCAA-sanctioned sports plus two non-NCAA sports—men's rowing, and esports, which are fully coeducational.
  8. ^No more than 14 schools are competing in any one of the MPSF's sports in 2025–26.
    • 62 members in 2026 with loss of California Baptist and Southern Utah.
  9. ^Sponsors 14 fully recognized NCAA sports (two of which feature only Division II members) and 2 non-NCAA sports (artistic swimming and men's rowing).
  10. ^8 members in 2026 with loss ofDenver.
  11. ^10 members in 2026 with addition of Denver and loss ofGonzaga.
    • 11 members in 2027 with addition of UC San Diego.
  12. ^Rebranding as theUnited Athletic Conference in 2026, with football already being sponsored by the UAC.
  13. ^9 members under the United Athletic Conference banner in 2026 with the following changes:

Ice hockey conferences

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See also:List of NCAA Division I ice hockey programs

Division I ice hockey has a different conference structure than the above multisport conferences. These schools have memberships in other conferences for other sports.

ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembers (Men/Women)HeadquartersMap
Atlantic Hockey AmericaAtlantic Hockey
AHA		1997[a]14 (10/7)Haverhill, Massachusetts
Central Collegiate Hockey AssociationCCHA2020[b]9 (9/none)[c]Farmington Hills, Michigan
ECAC HockeyECAC196212 (12/12)Albany, New York
Hockey EastHockey East
HEA		198412 (11/10)Amesbury, Massachusetts
Independents5 (5/none)[d]
New England Women's Hockey AllianceNEWHA2018[e]8 (none/8)Winthrop, Massachusetts
National Collegiate Hockey ConferenceNCHC2011[f]9 (9/none)[g]Colorado Springs, Colorado
Western Collegiate Hockey AssociationWCHA1951[h]8 (none/8)Edina, Minnesota
  1. ^The Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America merged in 2024 to form Atlantic Hockey America. Atlantic Hockey was founded (as the MAAC) in 1997 and the CHA in 1999.
  2. ^Founded in 2020, with play starting in 2021, as the revival of an earlier CCHA that existed from 1971 to 2013; the current CCHA considers itself a continuation of the original. Bowling Green, which was a member of the original CCHA for its entire existence and is a charter member of the revived conference, maintained rights to the league name.
  3. ^8 members in 2026 with loss ofSt. Thomas.
  4. ^6 independents in 2026 with addition ofTennessee State.
  5. ^Established as a scheduling alliance in 2017, officially organized as a conference in 2018, and officially recognized by the NCAA in 2019.
  6. ^Although founded in 2011, the NCHC did not begin play until 2013.
  7. ^10 members in 2026 with addition of St. Thomas.
  8. ^Founded in 1951 as a men's-only conference; women's play began in 1999. The men's side of the WCHA folded after the 2020–21 season, with most of its members forming the revived CCHA.

Other single-sport conferences

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This list includes conferences in sports that the NCAA does not fully split into divisions, such as men's volleyball and rifle. Sports in which the NCAA sponsors separate championships for men and women are officially treated by the NCAA as two separate sports.

ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembersSportHeadquartersMap
Central Collegiate Fencing ConferenceCCFC6Fencing?
Central Collegiate Ski AssociationCCSA20097[a]Skiing?
Collegiate Water Polo AssociationCWPA1970s26[b]water poloBridgeport, Pennsylvania
East Atlantic Gymnastics LeagueEAGL19957gymnastics?
Eastern Association of Rowing CollegesEARC?18rowingDanbury, Connecticut
Eastern Association of Women's Rowing CollegesEAWRC?18rowingDanbury, Connecticut
Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics LeagueEIGL?51 (gymnastics)Danbury, Connecticut
Eastern Intercollegiate Ski AssociationEISA?151 (Skiing)?
Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball AssociationEIVA197771 (Men's volleyball)Bronxville, New York
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling AssociationEIWA1905171 (wrestling)?
Eastern Women's Fencing ConferenceEWFC200071 (fencing)?
Golden Coast ConferenceGCC2013[c]81 (water polo)?
Great America Rifle ConferenceGARC199891 (rifle)?
Gymnastics East ConferenceGEC202181 (Women's gymnastics)?
Intercollegiate Fencing Conference of Southern California.IFCSC1996?2[d]1 (fencing)?
Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing AssociationMACFA19528[e]1 (fencing)Hackettstown, New Jersey
Mid-Atlantic Rifle ConferenceMAC19787[f]1 (rifle)?
Mid-Atlantic Water Polo ConferenceMAWPC71 (Water polo)?
Midwest Fencing ConferenceMFC19686[g]1 (fencing)?
Midwest Independent ConferenceMIC?61 (women's gymnastics)UIC (?)
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball AssociationMIVA196191 (Men's volleyball)Columbus, Ohio
National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing AssociationNIWFA192910[h]1 (fencing)?
New England Intercollegiate Fencing ConferenceNEIFC?8[i]1 (fencing)?
Northeast Fencing ConferenceNFC19928[j]1 (fencing)?
Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive ConferencePCSC20029 (men)
15 (women)		1 (swimming)?
Patriot Rifle ConferencePRC201361 (rifle)Colorado Springs, Colorado
Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski AssociationRMISA19506[k]1 (Skiing)?
Western Water Polo AssociationWWPA19817 (men)
8 (women)		1 (water polo)?
  1. ^There are 7 NCAA varsity members; the conference also has one junior college member.
  2. ^9 schools have both men's & women's varsity teams, 9 have men's varsity teams only, 8 have women's varsity teams only; additionally, there are 136 men's and 86 women's club teams.
  3. ^Women only. The GCC was founded in 2013 as a women's-only conference; a men's division was added in 2016 and shut down in 2023.
  4. ^There are 2 varsity members; the conference also has 7 college club members.
  5. ^There are 8 varsity members; the conference also has 7 college club members.
  6. ^There are 7 varsity members; the conference also has 6 college club members.
  7. ^There are 6 varsity members; the conference also has 13 college club members.
  8. ^There are 10 varsity members; the conference also has 10 college club members.
  9. ^There are 8 varsity members; the conference also has 13 college club members.
  10. ^There are 8 varsity members; the conference also has 5 college club members.
  11. ^There are 6 varsity members; the conference also has 4 college club members.

Division II

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Main articles:NCAA Division II andList of NCAA Division II institutions

Among the NCAA regulations, Division II institutions have to sponsor at least five sports for men and five for women (or four for men and six for women), with two team sports for each sex, and each playing season represented by each sex. Teams that consist of both men and women are counted as men's teams for sports sponsorship purposes.[5]

Current conferences

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Conferences that sponsor football are highlighted in yellow.

ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembersSportsHeadquartersMap
California Collegiate Athletic AssociationCCAA193812[a]13Walnut Creek, California
Central Atlantic Collegiate ConferenceCACC196111[b]16New Haven, Connecticut
Central Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationCIAA191213[c]15Hampton, Virginia
Conference CarolinasCC193016[d]26[e]Greenville, South Carolina
East Coast ConferenceECC1989918Central Islip, New York
Great American ConferenceGAC20111216Russellville, Arkansas
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceGLIAC197211[f]21Bay City, Michigan
Great Lakes Valley ConferenceGLVC197815[g]26Indianapolis, Indiana
Great Midwest Athletic ConferenceG-MAC201113[h]25Greenwood, Indiana
Great Northwest Athletic ConferenceGNAC20011015Portland, Oregon
Gulf South ConferenceGSC197012[i]17Birmingham, Alabama
Division II independents5[j]
Lone Star ConferenceLSC193118[k]19Richardson, Texas
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics AssociationMIAA191214[l]19Kansas City, Missouri
Mountain East ConferenceMEC201211[m]23Bridgeport, West VirginiaMountainEastConference2025
Northeast-10 ConferenceNE-10198011[n]23Mansfield, Massachusetts
Northern Sun Intercollegiate ConferenceNSIC193215[o]18St. Paul, Minnesota
Pacific West ConferencePacWest199214[p]15Newport Beach, California
Peach Belt ConferencePBC19901115Augusta, Georgia
Pennsylvania State Athletic ConferencePSAC195117[q]23Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferenceRMAC190915[r]23Colorado Springs, Colorado
South Atlantic ConferenceSAC197513[s]20Rock Hill, South Carolina
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceSIAC191315[t]14Tucker, Georgia
Sunshine State ConferenceSSC19751118Melbourne, Florida
  1. ^13 members in 2026 with addition ofFresno Pacific.
  2. ^12 members in 2026 with addition ofMonroe.
  3. ^13 full members; 12 football members.
  4. ^16 full members, 7 football members.
  5. ^25 NCAA sports plus women's flag football, currently non-NCAA but expected to become part of theNCAA Emerging Sports for Women program in 2026–27.
  6. ^11 full members, 8 football members.
  7. ^15 full members, 9 football members.
  8. ^13 full members, 10 football members.
  9. ^12 full members, 4 football members.
  10. ^5 all-sports independents (non-football), plus one football independent (Northeastern State)
  11. ^18 full members, 10 football members withCentral Washington andWestern Oregon as football-only affiliates.
  12. ^14 full members, 10 football members withNortheastern State competing as aD-II Independent in football.
  13. ^11 full members, 9 football members.
    • 12 full members, 9 football members in 2026 with addition ofShawnee State.
  14. ^11 full members, 9 football members withPost as a football-only affiliate.
  15. ^16 full members, 14 football members.
  16. ^13 members in 2026 with loss ofAzusa Pacific.
  17. ^17 full members, 15 football members.
    • 18 full members, 16 football members in 2026 with addition ofLackawanna.
  18. ^15 full members, 10 football members.
  19. ^12 full members, 10 football members.
  20. ^15 full members, 13 football members.

Single-sport conferences

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ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembersSportHeadquartersMap
Appalachian Swimming ConferenceASC?6 (men)
4 (women)		swimming?
players+ ECAC Division II Field Hockey LeagueECAC20146field hockeyDanbury, Connecticut
ECAC Division II Wrestling LeagueECAC20157wrestlingDanbury, Connecticut
New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference.NSISC19955 (men)
6 (women)		swimming?
Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive ConferencePCSC20039 (men)
15 (women)		swimming?

Other sports

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These all-sports conferences sponsor sports which do not have D-II championships.

ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembers[a]SportHeadquartersMap
Conference CarolinasCC19308Men's volleyballGreenville, South Carolina
6Women's flag football[b]
9Women's wrestling
Central Atlantic Collegiate ConferenceCACC19616BowlingNew Haven, Connecticut
Central Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationCIAA191210BowlingHampton, Virginia
East Coast ConferenceECC198910BowlingCentral Islip, New York
4Men's volleyball
Great Lakes Valley ConferenceGLVC19787BowlingIndianapolis, Indiana
7Stunt[c]
8Men's volleyball
8Women's wrestling
Northeast-10 ConferenceNE-1019807Men's ice hockeySouth Easton, Massachusetts
Rocky Mountain Athletic ConferenceRMAC19095Women's wrestlingColorado Springs, Colorado
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceSIAC19137Men's volleyballTucker, Georgia
  1. ^Number reflects membership in the sport that lacks a D-II championship, not the number of full members.
  2. ^Expected to become part of theNCAA Emerging Sports for Women program no later than 2026–27.
  3. ^Part of theNCAA Emerging Sports for Women program; expected to become an official NCAA championship sport in 2026–27.

Division III

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Main articles:NCAA Division III andList of NCAA Division III institutions

Unlike the other two divisions, Division III institutions cannot offer athletic scholarships. Among the other NCAA Division III requirements, schools have sports sponsorship requirements set by the NCAA. All institutions, regardless of enrollment, must sponsor at least three team sports for each sex/gender, and each playing season represented by each sex/gender.[6]

A sports sponsorship rule unique to Division III is that the total number of sports that must be sponsored differs by a school's full-time undergraduate enrollment. Schools with an enrollment of 1,000 or fewer must sponsor at least five sports for men and five for women; those with larger enrollments must sponsor six men's and six women's sports. As in the other divisions, teams that include both men and women are treated as men's sports for the purpose of these regulations.[7]

Current conferences

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Conferences that sponsor football highlighted in yellow.

ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembersSportsHeadquartersMap
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate ConferenceAMCC19979[a]16North Boston, New York
American Rivers ConferenceA-R-C19229[b]22Cedar Rapids, Iowa
American Southwest ConferenceASC19964[c]16Richardson, Texas
Atlantic East ConferenceAEC20188[d]21[e]Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Centennial ConferenceCentennial198111[f]24Lancaster, Pennsylvania
City University of New York Athletic Conference[g]CUNYAC19878[h]16Flushing, Queens, New York
Coast to Coast Athletic ConferenceC2C19897[i]19Fredericksburg, Virginia
College Conference of Illinois and WisconsinCCIW19469[j]26Naperville, Illinois
Collegiate Conference of the South[8]CCS20229[k]14Atlanta, Georgia
Conference of New EnglandCNE198411[l]18Springfield, Massachusetts
Empire 8E8196412[m]22Rochester, New York
Great Northeast Athletic ConferenceGNAC19951417Boston, Massachusetts
Heartland Collegiate Athletic ConferenceHCAC198710[n]16Greenwood, Indiana
Division III Independents2[o]
Landmark ConferenceLandmark200610[p]23Madison, New Jersey
Liberty LeagueLiberty199512[q]26Troy, New York
Little East ConferenceLEC1986921North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic ConferenceMASCAC19719[r]16Westfield, Massachusetts
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationMIAA18889[s]22Freeland, Michigan
Middle Atlantic ConferencesMAC191216[t][u]27Annville, Pennsylvania
Midwest ConferenceMidwest19219[v]20Ripon, Wisconsin
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceMIAC192013[w]22St. Paul, Minnesota
New England Small College Athletic ConferenceNESCAC197111[x]26Hadley, Massachusetts
New England Women's and Men's Athletic ConferenceNEWMAC199812[y]20Wellesley, Massachusetts
New Jersey Athletic ConferenceNJAC198510[z]21Pitman, New Jersey
North Atlantic ConferenceNAC199610[aa]15Waterville, Maine
North Coast Athletic ConferenceNCAC19839[ab]23Westlake, Ohio
Northern Athletics Collegiate ConferenceNACC200614[ac]19Waukesha, Wisconsin
Northwest ConferenceNWC19269[ad]20Seattle, Washington
Ohio Athletic ConferenceOAC1902923Austintown, Ohio
Old Dominion Athletic ConferenceODAC197614[ae]26Forest, Virginia
Presidents' Athletic ConferencePAC195512[af]24Wexford, Pennsylvania
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceSLIAC1989914St. Louis, Missouri
Skyline ConferenceSkyline19891217Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Southern Athletic AssociationSAA20128[ag]21Atlanta, Georgia
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceSCIAC19159[ah]21Los Angeles, California
Southern Collegiate Athletic ConferenceSCAC196211[ai]9Suwanee, Georgia
State University of New York Athletic ConferenceSUNYAC195810[aj]20Fredonia, New York
United East ConferenceUnited East200415[ak]20Gansevoort, New York
University Athletic AssociationUAA1986822Rochester, New York
Upper Midwest Athletic ConferenceUMAC19728[al]16St. Paul, Minnesota
USA South Athletic ConferenceUSA South196510[am]14Fayetteville, North Carolina
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceWIAC1913822Madison, Wisconsin
  1. ^8 members in 2026 with loss ofAlfred State.
  2. ^8 members in 2026 with loss ofLuther.
  3. ^4 full members.
    • 6 full members in 2026 with addition of Schreiner and McMurry.
  4. ^6 members in 2026 with loss ofMarywood andNeumann.
  5. ^20 NCAA sports plus women's flag football, currently a non-NCAA sport but expected to become part of theNCAA Emerging Sports for Women program no later than 2026–27.
  6. ^11 full members, 7 football members.
  7. ^Plans to adopt a new name in 2027.
  8. ^9 members in 2027 with addition ofNew Jersey City.
  9. ^8 full members in 2026 with addition of Alverno.
  10. ^9 full members, 10 football members withWashington (MO) as a football-only affiliate.
    • 9 football members in 2026 with loss of Washington (MO).
    • 10 full members, 10 football members in 2027 with addition ofConcordia (WI).
  11. ^7 full members in 2026 with loss of Maryville and Wesleyan (GA).
  12. ^11 members, 8 football members withMaine Maritime andNew England College as football-only affiliates.
  13. ^12 full members with Elmira, Houghton, Keuka, Nazareth, Russell Sage, SUNY Geneseo, and SUNY Poly as non-football members; 8 football members with Hilbert, SUNY Cortland, and SUNY Morrisville as football-only affiliates.
  14. ^10 full members, 7 football members.
  15. ^2 all-sports independents (non-football), 0 football independent (which are members of non-football conferences).
  16. ^10 members with Drew, Elizabethtown, Goucher, and Scranton as non-football members and 7 football with Keystone as a football-only affiliate.
  17. ^12 full members, 7 football members with Buffalo State as a football-only affiliate.
  18. ^9 full members with MCLA and Salem State as non-football members, 11 football members withAnna Maria, Castleton, Plymouth State, UMass Dartmouth, and Western Connecticut as football affiliates.
  19. ^9 full members, 8 football members.
  20. ^The MAC is actually an umbrella organization of three conferences. Eight schools are members of theMAC Commonwealth and eight others are members of theMAC Freedom. Each league conducts competition in the same set of 14 sports, not including football. The third league, called the Middle Atlantic Conference, combines schools from the MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom for 13 other sports, including football.
  21. ^16 full members (8 Commonwealth, 8 Freedom) and 10 football members.
    • 18 full members in 2026 (9 Commonwealth, 9 Freedom) with addition of non-football Marywood (Freedom) and Neumann (Commonwealth).
  22. ^9 full members, 10 football members withChicago as a football affiliate.
    • 10 full members, 11 football members in 2026 with addition of Luther.
  23. ^13 full members, 10 football members.
  24. ^11 full members, 10 football members.
  25. ^12 full members and 8 football members.
  26. ^10 full members with New Jersey City, Ramapo, Rutgers–Camden, Rutgers–Newark, and Stockton as non-football members; 7 football members with Christopher Newport and Salisbury as football affiliates.
    • 11 full members in 2026 with addition ofSUNY New Paltz.
    • 10 full members in 2027 with loss of New Jersey City.
  27. ^8 full members in 2026 with loss ofSUNY Cobleskill andSUNY Delhi.
  28. ^10 football members in 2026 with addition of Washington (MO).
  29. ^14 full members, 9 football members with Eureka as a football-only affiliate.
    • 13 full members, 9 football members in 2026 with loss of non-football Alverno.
      • 12 full members, 8 football members in 2027 with loss of Concordia (WI).
  30. ^9 full members, 8 football members.
  31. ^14 full members, 9 football members withGallaudet as a football-only affiliate.
  32. ^12 full members, 12 football members, with two full members not sponsoring football (Chatham and Franciscan) and two football affiliates (Carnegie Mellon and Case Western Reserve).
    • 13 full members and 13 football members in 2026 with addition ofSaint Francis.
  33. ^8 full members, 8 football members with one full member not sponsoring football (Oglethorpe).
    • 9 full members and 9 football members in 2026 with addition of Maryville.
  34. ^9 full members, 6 football members.
    • 10 full members, 8 football members in 2026 with addition ofAzusa Pacific and reinstatement of football by full memberWhittier.
  35. ^11 full members, 5 football members with football-only affiliate Lyon.
    • 10 full members, 5 football members in 2026 with loss of Schreiner and McMurry.
  36. ^12 full members in 2026 with loss of SUNY New Paltz and promotion of associate members Alfred State, SUNY Cobleskill, and SUNY Delhi.
  37. ^14 members in 2026 with loss ofRosemont.
  38. ^8 full members with Bethany Lutheran, North Central, Northland, and Wisconsin–Superior as non-football members; 6 football members with Greenville, and Westminster (MO) as football-only affiliates.
  39. ^10 full members with Mary Baldwin, Meredith, Pfeiffer, Salem College, and William Peace as non-football members; 9 football members with Belhaven, Huntingdon, LaGrange, and Maryville as football-affiliates.

Single-sport conferences

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ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembersSportHeadquartersMap
Coastal Lacrosse ConferenceCLC20227Men's lacrosse
Colonial Women’s Golf ConferenceCWGC20257Women's golfN/A
Continental Volleyball ConferenceCVC20119Men's volleyballMadison, New Jersey
Midwest Collegiate Volleyball LeagueMCVL201410Men's volleyballBradenton, Florida
Midwest Lacrosse ConferenceMLC20098Men's lacrosseWaukesha, Wisconsin
Midwest Women's Lacrosse ConferenceMWLC201010Women's LacrosseWaukesha, Wisconsin
New England Collegiate ConferenceNECC2007[a]8Men's volleyball[b]Mansfield, Massachusetts
Northeast Women's Golf ConferenceNWGC201914Women's golfN/A
Northern Collegiate Hockey AssociationNCHA198110 (men)
7 (women)		Ice hockeyWaukesha, Wisconsin
United Volleyball ConferenceUVC20108Men's volleyballRochester, New York
United Collegiate Hockey ConferenceUCHC201612 (men)
13 (women)		Ice hockeyDanbury, Connecticut
  1. ^Operated as an all-sports conference from 2007–2023.
  2. ^Also organizes competition in the non-NCAA esports.

Other sports

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These all-sports conferences sponsor sports which do not have D-III championships.

ConferenceNicknameFoundedMembers[a]SportHeadquartersMap
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate ConferenceAMCC19978BowlingNorth Boston, New York
6Women's wrestling
American Rivers ConferenceA-R-C19227[b]Women's wrestlingCedar Rapids, Iowa
College Conference of Illinois and WisconsinCCIW19468BowlingNaperville, Illinois
8[c]Women's wrestling
Middle Atlantic ConferenceMAC19126Women's wrestlingAnnville, Pennsylvania
Metropolitan Swimming ConferenceMETS?14 (men)
17 (women)		1 (swimming)?
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceSLIAC19896[d]Women's wrestlingSt. Louis, Missouri
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceWIAC19138Women'sgymnasticsMadison, Wisconsin
  1. ^Number reflects membership in the sport that lacks a D-III championship, not the total conference membership.
  2. ^7 or 8 women's wrestling members in 2026. Full memberCoe will add the sport. Another full member,Luther (IA), will leave for theMidwest Conference, but since that conference does not sponsor women's wrestling, Luther may remain an A-R-C associate.
  3. ^9 women's wrestling members in 2026 with full conference memberMillikin adding the sport.
  4. ^7 women's wrestling members at an indeterminate future time, with full conference memberBlackburn adding the sport].

Defunct NCAA conferences

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ConferenceDivisionFoundedFoldedFate
America Sky ConferenceDivision I20072014Men's golf conference absorbed by theBig Sky Conference.[9]
American Collegiate Athletic AssociationDivision III20172020Merged with the Capital Athletic Conference, with the merged conference renaming itself theCoast to Coast Athletic Conference shortly thereafter.
American Lacrosse ConferenceDivision I20012014Women's lacrosse conference that folded after the 2014 season due to fallout of the early-2010s conference realignment, specifically the 2013 announcement by the Big Ten that it would add men's and women's lacrosse for the 2014–15 school year (2015 season). Four of the seven final ALC members are full Big Ten members. Johns Hopkins went independent before joining Big Ten women's lacrosse in the 2017 season. The other two members became Big East affiliates.
American South ConferenceDivision I19871991Merged with theSun Belt Conference. The new conference used the Sun Belt name.[10]
Atlantic Central Football ConferenceDivision III19972010Disbanded
Atlantic Hockey AssociationDivision I20032024Founded in 1997 as the men's hockey league of theMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference; separated from the MAAC in 2003. Merged with College Hockey America to form the current Atlantic Hockey America.
Atlantic Soccer ConferenceDivision I20002012Disbanded
Atlantic Women's Colleges ConferenceDivision III19952007Disbanded
Big Central Soccer ConferenceDivision I19871991Men's soccer-only conference disbanded after the all-sports conferences of all but two of its members began sponsoring the sport.
Big Eight ConferenceDivision I19071996Initially formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, before six schools split away to form the Big Six in 1928.
Brought in four formerSouthwest Conference schools to grow into theBig 12 Conference.
Border ConferenceUniversity Division19311962Members split between the newly formedWAC and independent statuses.
Central Collegiate Hockey Association (original)Division I19712013The decision of theBig Ten Conference to add men's ice hockey as a sponsored sport in the 2013–14 season, taking three of the most successful members of the then-11-member league, led to amajor conference realignment that ultimately consumed the CCHA. Two members joined the newNational Collegiate Hockey Conference, one member joinedHockey East, and the remaining five members joined or rejoined theWestern Collegiate Hockey Association. The CCHA would be revived in 2021 with eight members, four of which played in the final season of the original league; the current CCHA considers itself a continuation of the original.
Central Intercollegiate Bowling ConferenceDivision III20192020Bowling-only league effectively absorbed by theCollege Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.[11]
Coastal Collegiate Sports AssociationDivision I20082025Originally started as a joint venture of several all-sports conferences to house their swimming & diving programs. Beach volleyball was later added to the conference's scope. The swimming & diving side was effectively absorbed by theAtlantic Sun Conference when it started sponsoring men's and women's swim/dive in 2023. Of the final four beach volleyball members, two joined theBig 12 Conference and two joined theMountain Pacific Sports Federation for that sport after the 2025 season.
College Hockey AmericaDivision I19992024Founded as a men's-only league; added a women's division in 2002. The men's division disbanded in 2010 after steady losses of membership. The women's division merged with the Atlantic Hockey Association to form the current Atlantic Hockey America
Colonial Hockey ConferenceDivision III20152020Women's ice hockey-only conference. Disbanded after the 2019–20 season when the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), now known as theConference of New England, took over operations.[12] At that time, all of the remaining members were full members of the CCC.
Colonial States Athletic ConferenceDivision III19922023Merged with theUnited East Conference. The 'new' conference used the United East name.[13]
Commonwealth Coast FootballDivision III19652022Football-only conference, absorbed by the Commonwealth Coast Conference (now the Conference of New England). Rebranded in 2017 from its original name, the New England Football Conference.
Continental Divide ConferenceDivision II???1992Women's-only conference that merged with the men's-only Great Northwest Conference (not to be confused with the currentGreat Northwest Athletic Conference) to form thePacific West Conference.
Deep South ConferenceDivision II19942013Men's lacrosse conference disbanded when theSouth Atlantic Conference andSunshine State Conference, home to all nine of the final conference members, began sponsoring the sport.
Dixie Conference*19301942Disbanded after most of its members suspended athletics duringWorld War II.
Dixie Conference*19481954Disbanded
East Coast ConferenceDivision I19581994Absorbed by the Mid-Continent Conference, now known as TheSummit League.
Eastern Collegiate Football ConferenceDivision III20092024Football-only conference. Disbanded
Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League*19291992Baseball-only conference absorbed by theIvy League, disbanded when Army and Navy aligned their baseball teams with the bulk of their other teams in thePatriot League.
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League*19011955Basketball-only conference absorbed by theIvy League, which claims the EIBL as part of its own history.
Eastern Wrestling LeagueDivision I19752019Wrestling-only league absorbed by theMid-American Conference.[14]
ECAC Lacrosse LeagueDivision I19992014Men's lacrosse conference that disbanded after the 2014 season. The conference lost many members after the 2010 season when theoriginal Big East launched a men's lacrosse league, and lost still more members with the Big Ten announcement. At the end of the final ECAC Lacrosse season, only one member had not announced a new lacrosse affiliation for the 2014–15 school year; that school would later joinSouthern Conference men's lacrosse.
ECAC Division II Lacrosse LeagueDivision II20122016Disbanded. Six members began play in theGreat Midwest Athletic Conference, leaving three members to become independents.
ECAC NortheastDivision III19712016Ice hockey-only conference. Disbanded
ECAC WestDivision III19842016Ice hockey-only conference. Disbanded
Freedom Football ConferenceDivision III19922003Disbanded
Great Lakes Football ConferenceDivision II20062012Football-only conference, effectively absorbed by theGreat Lakes Valley Conference.
Great Midwest ConferenceDivision I19911995Merged with the Metro Conference to formConference USA.
Great Northwest ConferenceDivision II???1992The second part of the merger that created the current Pacific West Conference.
Great South Athletic ConferenceDivision III19992016Ended sponsorship of men's sports in 2012; remained a women-only league until disbanding entirely. One media outlet specializing in D-III sports coverage considered theCollegiate Conference of the South, formed in 2022 by an amicable split of theUSA South Athletic Conference, a spiritual successor, noting that seven of the nine charter CCS members had been Great South members in the last season that it sponsored men's sports.[15]
Great West ConferenceDivision I20042013Disbanded after allbut one of its members joined more established conferences during theearly-2010s conference realignment. The men's golf history and Internet presence of the Great West were maintained by the America Sky Conference (above) before the latter conference's absorption by the Big Sky.
Great West Hockey ConferenceDivision I19851988Ice hockey-only conference formed by four Western schools, but had one of its members drop hockey after its first season. After failing to attract additional members in 1988, the league folded when one of the remaining members shut down its entire athletic program.
Great Western Lacrosse LeagueDivision I19932010Members joined theECAC Lacrosse League (see above).
Gulf Coast ConferenceCollege Division19491957Disbanded
Gulf Star ConferenceDivision I19841987Effectively absorbed by theSouthland Conference.
Heartland ConferenceDivision II19992019In August 2017, eight of the nine members announced a mass exodus to theLone Star Conference (LSC)—a conference with which the Heartland Conference had recently discussed a potential merger[16]— effective in 2019.[17] One of the eight schools changed course and instead opted to become a de facto member of theMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association in 2019,[18] joining the remaining Heartland member in that status.[19]
High Country Athletic ConferenceDivision I19831990Women's-only conference absorbed by theWestern Athletic Conference.
Indiana Collegiate ConferenceDivision II19501978Disbanded
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference*19221950Disbanded
Indiana Intercollegiate ConferenceUnknown19221950Split into two conferences, theIndiana Collegiate Conference was made of the larger schools; the Hoosier Collegiate Conference was made of the small, private schools
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceUniversity Division19081970Previously known as Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, disbanded.
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest*18921893Disbanded, precursor to theBig Ten Conference.
Lake Michigan ConferenceDivision III19742007Merged with the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference to form the Northern Athletics Conference, now known as theNorthern Athletics Collegiate Conference.
Metro ConferenceDivision I19751995Merged with the Great Midwest Conference to formConference USA.
Metropolitan Collegiate ConferenceUniversity Division19651969Disbanded
Metropolitan New York ConferenceUniversity Division19331963Disbanded
Mid-Continent Athletic AssociationDivision II, later Division I19781981Football-only conference absorbed by theAssociation of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982. Effectively one of the precursors to the currentMissouri Valley Football Conference.
Midwest Athletic Conference for WomenDivision III19771994Merged with the men's Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference, forming the currentMidwest Conference.
Midwest Collegiate Hockey AssociationDivision III19982013Absorbed by theNorthern Collegiate Hockey Association.
Midwestern ConferenceUniversity Division19701972The five member schools were unable to find the 6th member required for NCAA recognition.
Mountain States Conference (aka Skyline Conference)University Division19381962Disbanded, members split between the newly formedWAC and independent statuses.
Mountain Rim Gymnastics ConferenceDivision I20132023Women's gymnastics conference; disbanded after theMountain West Conference began sponsoring women's gymnastics.
Mountain West Athletic ConferenceDivision I19821988Women's-only conference (not to be confused with the modernMountain West Conference) absorbed by theBig Sky Conference.
National Lacrosse ConferenceDivision I20082012Disbanded after theAtlantic Sun Conference andBig South Conference began sponsoring women's lacrosse.
New England Collegiate ConferenceDivision III20072023Disbanded as an all-sports conference after steady losses of membership, both by schools closing and moves to other conferences. Remains in operation for men's volleyball and the non-NCAA esports.
New England Conference*19381947Disbanded; the final four members joined two other schools to form theYankee Conference under a new charter. Effectively the earliest ancestor ofCAA Football, a conference operated by theCoastal Athletic Association but a separate legal entity, although CAA Football does not claim the NEC's history.
New England Hockey ConferenceDivision III20152025Ice hockey-only conference. Disbanded
New England Women's Lacrosse AllianceDivision III19982012Disbanded
New South Women's Athletic ConferenceDivision I19851991Women's-only conference initially known as the New South Conference; absorbed by the Trans America Athletic Conference, now known as theAtlantic Sun Conference.
North Central ConferenceDivision II19222008Disbanded
North East Collegiate Volleyball AssociationDivision III19952011Men's volleyball conference disbanded in 2011 due to the 2012 establishment of theNCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship. Most of the all-sports conferences that were home to NECVA members began sponsoring men's volleyball at that time.
Northeast Women's Hockey LeagueDivision III20172023Women's ice hockey only conference. It was absorbed bySUNYAC.
North Star ConferenceDivision I19831992Women's-only conference effectively absorbed by the Mid-Continent Conference (nowThe Summit League).
Northern California Athletic ConferenceDivision II19251996Football-only conference, dissolved when most members decided to drop football.
Northern Illinois-Iowa ConferenceDivision III19692007Merged with the Lake Michigan Conference to form the Northern Athletics Conference, now known as theNorthern Athletics Collegiate Conference.
Northern Pacific ConferenceDivision I19821986Women's-only conference. Disbanded when thePac-10, home to five of the seven final conference members, began sponsoring women's sports.
Northern Pacific Field Hockey ConferenceDivision I19822015Field hockey-only conference that folded after the 2014 season. After a period in which the conference expanded to span both coasts, most of the eastern teams left over time. Four of the six final members, all from California (and also the league's founding members), became America East affiliates. The remaining two members became independents; one is now a field hockey member of the Big East and the other is now a MAC field hockey member.
Northern Sun ConferenceDivision II19791992Women's-only conference that merged with the men's Northern Intercollegiate Conference, forming theNorthern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
Ohio River Lacrosse ConferenceDivision III20142018Men's and women's lacrosse-only conference. Disbanded after the 2017–18 season.
Pacific Coast ConferenceUniversity Division19151959Forerunner to thePac-12, disbanded due to scandal and infighting. The Pac-12 considers its history to have started with the formation of the PCC.
Pacific Coast Softball ConferenceDivision I20022013Softball-only; disbanded due to fallout from theearly-2010s conference realignment. After the 2012 season, it lost five members when theBig Sky added the sport and a sixth to theWAC. After the 2013 season, the final seven members left when theWest Coast Conference began sponsoring the sport (five were already WCC members, and the other two joined the WAC in softball).
Pilgrim Lacrosse LeagueDivision III19862014Absorbed by theNEWMAC.
Southeast Team Handball ConferenceDivision I (de facto)19972006Women-only team handball conference. Disbanded when the sport was dropped from theNCAA Emerging Sports for Women program.
Southland Bowling LeagueDivision I20152023Bowling-only league founded by, but independent of, theSouthland Conference.[20] Merged intoConference USA; one of the final members was already a full CUSA member, another became a full CUSA member in 2023, and the others became CUSA associates.[21]
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association*18941941Disbanded with the onset of American involvement inWorld War II.
Southwest ConferenceDivision I19141996Disbanded.
4 members left to join theBig Eight Conference in forming theBig 12.
3 members left to join theWAC.
1 member left to joinCUSA.
United Soccer ConferenceDivision I20052009Women's soccer-only, absorbed by theGreat West Conference.
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceDivision II19242013Disbanded after the conference's football schoolsannounced a split from the non-football schools. Ultimately, nine of the final schools became charter members of theMountain East Conference, three joined theGreat Midwest Athletic Conference, two joined thePSAC, and one wentindependent.
Western Collegiate Athletic AssociationDivision I19811986Women's-only conference; known in its final season of 1985–86 as the Pacific West Conference (not to be confused with thecurrent NCAA Division II conference). Disbanded when thePac-10, home to the final five conference members, began sponsoring women's sports.
Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse AssociationDivision II20102015Lacrosse-only conference absorbed by theRocky Mountain Athletic Conference; all final teams are members of the RMAC, including one affiliate. The RMAC had absorbed the women's side of the WILA in 2013; five of the members were RMAC members including one affiliate, one additional women's member became an independent.
Western Wrestling ConferenceDivision I20062015Wrestling-only conference effectively absorbed by the Big 12 Conference, with all but one of its final members immediately becoming single-sport Big 12 associates and the remaining member joining Big 12 wrestling in 2017.
Yankee ConferenceDivision I19471997Football-only conference from 1975 until its absorption by theAtlantic 10 Conference in 1997. Also an effective ancestor of CAA Football, and officially recognized by CAA Football as its earliest predecessor.
  • * - Operated before the NCAA split into divisions in 1955.

In addition to the above, two single-sport conferences that currently participate in NCAA National Collegiate sports (those whose championship events are open to members of more than one NCAA division) and previously operated both men's and women's divisions now operate as women-only leagues.

ConferenceDivisionFoundedFoldedFate
Golden Coast Conference (men's)National Collegiate20132023Water polo-only conference founded as a women's-only league; added a men's division in 2016. The men's division disbanded after the 2022 season (2022–23 school year) after all six of its final members joined the new men's water polo leagues of theBig West Conference andWest Coast Conference.
Western Collegiate Hockey Association (men's)Division I19512021Founded as a men's-only league; added a women's division in 1999. The men's division disbanded in 2021 after seven of its members left to reestablish theCentral Collegiate Hockey Association; two other men's members dropped hockey, and the other went independent.

See also

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References

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  1. ^abc"Bylaw 20.02.5: Multisport Conference".2020–21 NCAA Division I Manual(PDF). August 7, 2020. pp. 394–95.Archived(PDF) from the original on October 31, 2020. RetrievedApril 17, 2022.
  2. ^"Bylaw 20.10.5.3: Sports Sponsorship, Single-Gender Institution Exception".2021–22 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. August 1, 2021. p. 402.Archived from the original on April 28, 2023. RetrievedApril 23, 2022. Identically numbered and worded bylaws exist in theDivision IIArchived 2022-04-23 at theWayback Machine andDivision IIIArchived 2020-11-01 at theWayback Machine Manuals, though page numbering is different from that in the Division I Manual.
  3. ^"Bylaw 20.02.6: Football Bowl Subdivision Conference".2020–21 NCAA Division I Manual(PDF). August 7, 2020. p. 395.Archived(PDF) from the original on October 31, 2020. RetrievedApril 17, 2022.
  4. ^"Who We Are: Our Three Divisions". NCAA.Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. RetrievedApril 17, 2022.
  5. ^"Bylaw 20.10.3 Sports Sponsorship".2017–18 NCAA Division II Manual(PDF). p. 316.Archived(PDF) from the original on February 25, 2018. RetrievedApril 17, 2022.
  6. ^"Divisional Differences and the History of Multidivision Classification". NCAA.Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. RetrievedApril 17, 2022.
  7. ^"Bylaw 20.11.3: Sports Sponsorship".2021–22 NCAA Division I Manual. NCAA. August 1, 2021. pp. 221–25.Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. RetrievedApril 23, 2022.
  8. ^"USA South Announces Conference Restructuring". USA South Athletic Conference. February 18, 2022. Archived fromthe original on February 21, 2022. RetrievedFebruary 26, 2022.
  9. ^Burton, Roy (June 4, 2014)."WSU joins friends/foes as Big Sky brings back men's golf".Standard-Examiner.Ogden, UT. Archived fromthe original on July 14, 2014. RetrievedJune 13, 2014.
  10. ^"Miscellany".Los Angeles Times. April 9, 1991.Archived from the original on February 24, 2020. RetrievedAugust 7, 2014.
  11. ^"CCIW Announces the Addition of Women's Bowling as Its 25th Sport; Three Programs Added as Associate Members" (Press release). College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. July 23, 2020.Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. RetrievedSeptember 7, 2020.
  12. ^"Commonwealth Coast Conference starting women's hockey in 2020-21, will assume operation of Colonial Hockey Conference". 6 October 2019.Archived from the original on 29 December 2022. Retrieved29 December 2022.
  13. ^"United East Conference and Colonial States Athletic Conference Officially Merge".The Southern Maryland Chronicle. June 23, 2023.Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. RetrievedJuly 8, 2023.
  14. ^"MAC Announces Historic Wrestling Expansion" (Press release). Mid-American Conference. March 5, 2019.Archived from the original on March 6, 2019. RetrievedMarch 15, 2019.
  15. ^Coleman, Pat; McHugh, Dave (February 16, 2022)."USA South Athletic Conference to split in two".D3Sports.com.Archived from the original on February 17, 2022. RetrievedFebruary 28, 2022.
  16. ^Mannis, Taylor (March 9, 2017)."Heartland Conference Looking to Expand".The Vantage.Wichita, KS.Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. RetrievedDecember 19, 2017.
  17. ^"Lone Star Conference to Add Eight Schools in 2019" (Press release). Lone Star Conference. August 30, 2017.Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. RetrievedAugust 31, 2017.
  18. ^"Hillcats to join MIAA Conference for 2019-2020 season" (Press release).Rogers State Hillcats. October 18, 2018.Archived from the original on October 19, 2018. RetrievedOctober 18, 2018.
  19. ^"Newman to Compete in MIAA as Associate Member in 2019-20" (Press release). Newman Jets. February 8, 2018.Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. RetrievedFebruary 15, 2018.
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  21. ^"Conference USA to Add Bowling for 2023-24 Season" (Press release). Conference USA. May 10, 2023.Archived from the original on May 22, 2023. RetrievedMay 15, 2023.
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