The Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference was an NAIA intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1974 to 1997 and the second of two conferences to share this name. The conference's members were located in the state of

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.Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (1974-1996)
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in 1974, which itself evolved from the first iteration of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference in 1929. The conference disbanded in 1997 after most of its members joined the

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History

Chronological timeline

* 1974 – The Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (OIC) was founded. Charter members included Central State University (now the University of Central Oklahoma), East Central Oklahoma State University (now East Central University), Northeastern Oklahoma State University (now Northeastern State University), Northwestern Oklahoma State University,

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and Southwestern Oklahoma State University, beginning the 1974–75 academic year. * 1977 – Central State kla.(now Central Oklahoma) left the OIC after the 1976–77 academic year. * 1991 –

Langston University Langston University (LU) is a public land-grant historically black university in Langston, Oklahoma. It is the only historically black college in the state and the westernmost four-year public HBCU in the United States. The main campus in Lan ...

joined the OIC in the 1991–92 academic year. * 1994 – The

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(USAO) joined the OIC in the 1994–95 academic year. * 1995 –

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joined the OIC in the 1995–96 academic year. * 1997 – The OIC ceased operations as an athletic conference after the 1996–97 academic year; as many schools left to join their respective new home primary conferences, beginning the 1997–98 academic year: ** Langston, Northwestern Oklahoma State and the USAO as NAIA Independents (who all would later join the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC), beginning the 1998–99 school year) ** and Oklahoma Panhandle State (OPSU) to join the Division II ranks of the

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(NCAA) as an NCAA D-II Independent (which would later join the Heartland Conference, beginning the 2002–03 school year) ** and East Central kla. Northeastern State, Southeastern Oklahoma State and Southwestern Oklahoma State to join the

ranks and the

(LSC).

Member schools

Final members

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Former members

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Membership timeline

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(1974–1977) bar:1 shift:(110) color:OtherC1 from:1977 till:1987 text: NAIA Ind. bar:1 color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:2011 text: Lone Star bar:1 shift:(-20) color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2012 text: D-II Ind. bar:1 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text: MIAA bar:2 color:Full from:1974 till:1997 text: East Central (1974–1997) bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2011 text: Lone Star bar:2 color:OtherC2 from:2011 till:end text: Great American bar:3 color:Full from:1974 till:1997 text: Northeastern State (1974–1997) bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2011 text: Lone Star bar:3 shift:(-20) color:OtherC2 from:2011 till:2012 text: D-II Ind. bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:end text: MIAA bar:4 color:Full from:1974 till:1997 text: Northwestern Oklahoma State (1974–1997) bar:4 shift:(-30) color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:1998 text: NAIA Ind. bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:1998 till:2001 text: RRAC bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2012 text: Sooner bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text: Great American bar:5 color:Full from:1974 till:1997 text: Southeastern Oklahoma State (1974–1997) bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2011 text: Lone Star bar:5 color:OtherC2 from:2011 till:end text: Great American bar:6 color:Full from:1974 till:1997 text: Southwestern Oklahoma State (1974–1997) bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2011 text: Lone Star bar:6 color:OtherC2 from:2011 till:end text: Great American bar:7 shift:(-40) color:Full from:1991 till:1997 text: Langston (1991–1997) bar:7 shift:(-30) color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:1998 text: NAIA Ind. bar:7 color:OtherC2 from:1998 till:2018 text: RRAC bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:2018 till:end text: Sooner bar:8 shift:(-80) color:FullxF from:1994 till:1997 text: USAO (1994–1997) bar:8 shift:(-30) color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:1998 text: NAIA Ind. bar:8 color:OtherC2 from:1998 till:2000 text: RRAC bar:8 shift:(10) color:OtherC1 from:2000 till:end text: Sooner bar:9 shift:(-160) color:Full from:1995 till:1997 text: Oklahoma Panhandle State (1995–1997) bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2002 text: D-II Ind. bar:9 color:OtherC2 from:2002 till:2017 text: Heartland bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:2017 till:end text: Sooner bar:N color:red from:1974 till:1997 text:Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference bar:N color:white from:1997 till:end text:Post-OIC ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:4 start:1974 TextData = fontsize:M textcolor:black pos:(0,25) tabs:(400-center) text:^"Oklahoma Intercollegiate 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

*1974 – Southwestern Oklahoma State *1975 – East Central *1976 – Southeastern Oklahoma State *1977 – Southwestern Oklahoma State *1978 – East Central *1979 – East Central *1980 – East Central, Northeastern State, and Southwestern Oklahoma State *1981 – Northeastern State *1982 – Northeastern State *1983 – Northeastern State *1984 – East Central *1985 – East Central and Southwestern Oklahoma State *1986 – East Central and Northwestern Oklahoma State *1987 – East Central and Northeastern State *1988 – Southeastern Oklahoma State *1989 – Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southeastern Oklahoma State *1990 – Northeastern State *1991 – Northeastern State *1992 – East Central and Southwestern Oklahoma State *1993 – Langston (OK) *1994 – Langston (OK), Northeastern State, and Southeastern Oklahoma State *1995 – Northeastern State *1996 – Southeastern Oklahoma State and Southwestern Oklahoma State

References

College sports in Oklahoma Long stubs with short prose {{Oklahoma-sport-stub