This is a list of defunct
college football
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Unlike most ...
conferences in the
United States
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and a defunct university football conference in
Canada
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. Not all of the conferences listed here are truly defunct. Some simply stopped sponsoring football and continue under their current names, where others changed their names after changes in membership.
United States
*Conferences whose charter no longer functions, listed by year of dissolution.
**
██ indicates a former
Division I FBS/I–A or
University Division conference
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██ indicates a former
Division I FCS/I–AA conference
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██ indicates a former
Division II/College Division conference
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██ indicates a former
Division III
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Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
conference
**
██ indicates a former
NAIA conference
**† indicates a former conference, of any level, that technically still exists but under a different name
**‡ indicates a conference that still exists but has ended its sponsorship of football
*Successor conferences in bold are still in existence:
Notes
Canada
* Ontario-Québec Intercollegiate Football Conference (1975-2000) – This conference existed with varying membership with many Ontario teams leaving for the current
Ontario University Athletics
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in 1980. The remaining Ontario teams departed after the 2000 season and the remaining Quebec teams ultimately became the
Quebec University Football League The Quebec University Football League was the Canadian football conference for Quebec universities who participate in CIS football until the completion of the 2010 football season. It has since been renamed Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec foo ...
in 2004.
See also
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List of defunct college football teams
This is a list of universities in the United States that sponsored football at one time but have since discontinued their programs. The last season that the school fielded a football team is included.
Schools are split up based on their current at ...
References
External links
Previous Conferences, A–F College Football Data Warehouse, accessed February 20, 2009.
Previous Conferences, G–M College Football Data Warehouse, accessed February 20, 2009.
Previous Conferences, N–Z College Football Data Warehouse, accessed February 20, 2009.
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College football
College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States.
Unlike most ...