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The following is a list of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics conferences as of the 2022–23 school year. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference membership occur on July 1 of the given year.


Current conferences


Football

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Non-football

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Defunct conferences


Football

* Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (1928–1995) *
Central States Intercollegiate Conference The Central States Intercollegiate Conference (CSIC) was an American intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1976 to 1989. It was known to be one of the toughest NAIA c ...
(1976–1989) * Dakota Athletic Conference (2000–2012) * Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (closed in 2003) * Evergreen Conference (1948–1984) *
Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–1976) The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) was a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), operated in the western United States. It was aligned with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Co ...
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Hoosier–Buckeye Conference The Hoosier College Conference (HCC) was a men's intercollegiate athletics conference founded in 1947 by eight members of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference. After consisting solely of colleges in Indiana for 24 years, the conference changed i ...
(1948–1985) * Missouri College Athletic Union (1924–1970) * Nebraska College Conference (1916–1976) * North Dakota College Athletic Conference (closed in 2000) * Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference (1929–1973), formerly the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference * Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (1974–1997) * Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference (1984–1998) * South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (closed in 2000) *
South East Atlantic Conference {{unsourced, date=July 2023 The South East Atlantic Conference (SEAC) was an NAIA football conference founded in 2004. The last commissioner of the SEAC was Henry Smith, Sports Information Director/Director of Football Operations at Edward Waters Co ...
(2004–2008), football only, members became NAIA football independents * Southern States Conference (1938–1997), formerly the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference and the Alabama Collegiate Conference *
Tri-State Conference (1960–1981) The Tri-State Conference was an College athletics, intercollegiate athletic conference associated with National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) the that existed from 1960 to 1981 and one of two conferences to share this name. The ...
* Volunteer State Athletic Conference (1940s–early 1980s) * West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1924–2013), transferred to the NCAA in 1994. Most of the final WVIAC members are now in the NCAA Division II Mountain East Conference. ;Notes:


Non-football

* American Mideast Conference (1949–2012) * Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (1994–2015) * Midwest Collegiate Conference (1988–2015) * Northeastern Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (2016–2019) *
Sunrise Athletic Conference The Sunrise Athletic Conference was a college athletic conference founded in 2002 and affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Its member institutions were in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont. Hist ...
(2002–2011) *
TranSouth Athletic Conference The TranSouth Athletic Conference (TSAC) was a college athletic conference for smaller colleges and universities located in the Southern United States. It was affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and compe ...
(1996–2013) ;Notes:


Former conferences

All transferred to the NCAA.


Football

* Lone Star Conference (1931–1982) * Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (1932–1995), known as Northern Intercollegiate Conference until 1962 * Northwest Conference (1926–1996), Pacific Northwest Conference before 1984 and Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges until 1996 * Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (1972–2008)


Non-football

* Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (1961–2002) * Conference Carolinas (1930–1995), known as Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference until 1961, held dual membership with the NCAA for two years starting in 1993 * Dixie Conference (1963–1973), became the USA South Athletic Conference in 2003


See also

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List of college athletic conferences in the United States In college athletics in the United States, institutions typically join in conferences for regular play under different governing bodies. Varsity sports There are several national and regional associations governing the varsity teams of colleges ...


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