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(CSIC) in 1976.

Member schools

Final members

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Former members

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Membership timeline

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(1927–1940) bar:2 color:Full from:1927 till:1968 text: Emporia State (1927–1968) bar:2 color:AssocOS from:1968 till:1969 text: bar:3 color:Full from:1927 till:1968 text: Fort Hays State (1927–1968) bar:3 color:AssocOS from:1968 till:1969 text: bar:4 color:Full from:1927 till:1968 text: Pittsburg State (1927–1968) bar:4 color:AssocOS from:1968 till:1969 text: bar:5 color:Full from:1927 till:1958 text: Southwestern (Ks.) (1927–1958) bar:6 color:Full from:1927 till:1933 text:

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(1927–1933) bar:6 color:Full from:1940 till:1968 text:(1940–1968) bar:6 color:AssocOS from:1968 till:1969 text: bar:7 color:Full from:1927 till:1940 text:

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(1927–1940) bar:8 color:Full from:1937 till:1962 text:

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(1937–1962) bar:9 color:Full from:1948 till:1951 text: Rockhurst (1948–1951) bar:10 color:Full from:1959 till:1968 text: Nebraska–Omaha (1959–1968) bar:10 color:AssocOS from:1968 till:1969 text: ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1928 TextData = fontsize:M textcolor:black pos:(0,25) tabs:(400-center) text:^"Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference membership history" #> If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. <#

Football champions

*1928 – College of Emporia *1929 – Kansas State Teachers *1930 – Washburn *1931 – Washburn and Wichita *1932 – Wichita *1933 – Wichita *1934 – Kansas State Teachers–Hays *1935 – Kansas State Teachers–Hays, Kansas State Teachers–Pittsburg, Wichita *1936 – Kansas State Teachers–Hays *1937 – Wichita *1938 – Wichita *1939 – Wichita *1940 – St. Benedict's *1941 – Kansas State Teachers–Pittsburg *1942 – Kansas State Teachers–Pittsburg *1943 – ''No champion'' *1944 – ''No champion'' *1945 – ''No champion'' *1946 – Southwestern (KS) *1947 – Kansas State Teachers *1948 – Kansas State Teachers *1949 – Kansas State Teachers–Pittsburg and Washburn *1950 – Kansas State Teachers *1951 – Kansas State Teachers and Kansas State Teachers–Pittsburg *1952 – Kansas State Teachers *1953 – St. Benedict's and Washburn *1954 – Kansas State Teachers–Hays and Washburn *1955 – Kansas State Teachers–Pittsburg *1956 – St. Benedict's *1957 – Pittsburg State *1958 – St. Benedict's *1959 – St. Benedict's *1960 – St. Benedict's *1961 – Pittsburg State *1962 – Omaha *1963 – Omaha *1964 – Washburn *1965 – Omaha *1966 – Fort Hays State and Pittsburg State *1967 – Omaha *1968 – Nebraska–Omaha

References