NAIA independent schools are four-year institutional members of the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that do not have formal conference affiliations. NAIA schools that are not members of any other athletic conference are members of the Continental Athletic Conference (CAC), formerly the Association of Independent Institutions (AII), which provides member services to the institution and allows members to compete in postseason competition. The CAC has one member institution in the U.S. Virgin Islands and another in Canada's British Columbia. It provides services to the member institutions that are not fitting in any other NAIA conference and allows members to compete in postseason competition. The AII renamed itself the Continental Athletic Conference at the end of June 2021, citing the need to identify as a proper conference.
Member schools
Schools that competes as independent in some sports that their own conference doesn't sponsor, competes in the CAC as affiliate members (except football).
Current full members
Departing members are highlighted in pink.
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Former full members
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See also
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NAIA independent football schools NAIA independent football schools are four-year institutional members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that play college football independent of any formal conference affiliation. In sports other than football, these ...
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NCAA Division I independent schools
NCAA Division I independent schools are four-year institutions that compete in college athletics at the NCAA Division I level, but do not belong to an established athletic conference for a particular sport. These schools may however still compete a ...
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NCAA Division II independent schools
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NCAA Division III independent schools
References
External links
Continental Athletic Conference website
{{NAIA conference navbox
Continental
Sports organizations established in 2008
Sports in the United States Virgin Islands
Sport in British Columbia