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The following is a list of
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) conferences as of the 2023–24 school year. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference membership occur on July 1 of the given year.
Current conferences
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sports
Headquarters
Map
Appalachian Athletic Conference
AAC
1985
16
[FB 1]
24
Asheville, North Carolina
Frontier Conference
Frontier
1952
6
[FB 2]
16
Billings, Montana
Great Plains Athletic Conference
GPAC
1969
12
[FB 3]
19
Sioux City, Iowa
Heart of America Athletic Conference
HAAC
1971
13
[FB 4]
23
Overland Park, Kansas
NAIA Independents
0
1
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
KCAC
1928
14
[FB 5]
21
Wichita, Kansas
Mid-South Conference
MSC
1995
7
[FB 6]
21
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Mid-States Football Association
MSFA
1993
14
[FB 7]
1
Findlay, Ohio
North Star Athletic Association
NSAA
2013
7
[FB 8]
18
Jamestown, North Dakota
Sooner Athletic Conference
SAC
1978
12
[FB 9]
15
[FB 10]
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sun Conference
The Sun
1990
9
[FB 11]
17
Daytona Beach, Florida
Notes
^ 16 members; 7 football members.
^ 6 full members with
Providence as a non-football member; 9 football members with
Arizona Christian ,
College of Idaho ,
Eastern Oregon , and
Southern Oregon as football affiliates.
7 full members and 10 football members in 2025 with addition of Dickinson State.
^ 12 members; 11 football members.
^ 13 members; 12 football members.
^ 14 members; 12 football members.
^ 7 members; 7 football members with
Freed–Hardeman as a non-football member, and with
Faulkner as a football-only affiliate.
^ 13 members in 2024 with loss of
Roosevelt and St. Ambrose and addition of Defiance
^ 7 members; 5 football members with
Bellevue and
Viterbo as non-football members.
6 members in 2024 with loss of Viterbo in non-football sports and Waldorf, and return of Jamestown.
5 members in 2025 with loss of Jamestown. Disbanding thereafter.
^ 12 members; 10 football members with
Central Christian ,
John Brown ,
Mid-America Christian ,
North Texas at Dallas ,
Oklahoma City ,
USAO , and
Southwestern Christian as non-football members, and with
Arkansas Baptist ,
Louisiana Christian ,
North American ,
Ottawa (AZ) , and
Texas College as football affiliates.
^ The conference began sponsoring football in 2018.
^ 9 members; 8 football members with
Thomas as a football-only affiliate.
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sports
Headquarters
Map
American Midwest Conference
AMC
1998
10
[NF 1]
17
St. Louis, Missouri
California Pacific Conference
CalPac
1996
13
[NF 2]
10
Oakland, California
Cascade Collegiate Conference
CCC
1988
12
13
Clackamas, Oregon
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
CCAC
1949
12
[NF 3]
16
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Continental Athletic Conference (Independents)
CAC
2008
16
[NF 4]
21
Crossroads League
CL
1959
10
15
Hartford City, Indiana
Golden State Athletic Conference
GSAC
1986
8
[NF 5]
13
Irvine, California
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
GCAC
1981
10
[NF 6]
16
New Orleans ,
Louisiana
Red River Athletic Conference
RRAC
1998
14
15
Dallas, Texas
River States Conference
RSC
1916
14
[NF 7]
15
Florence, Kentucky
Southern States Athletic Conference
SSAC
1999
13
[NF 8]
15
Atlanta, Georgia
Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference
WHAC
1992
12
[NF 9]
21
Livonia, Michigan
Notes
^ 12 members in 2024 with addition of
Crowley's Ridge and
Mission .
10 members in 2025 with loss of Missouri Baptist and William Woods.
^ 8 members in 2024 with losses of
Antelope Valley ,
Benedictine at Mesa ,
Embry–Riddle Prescott ,
Park–Gilbert , and
Saint Katherine .
^ 12 members in 2024 with loss of Roosevelt and addition of Viterbo.
^ 13 members in 2024 with losses of College of the Ozarks, Crowley's Ridge,
Voorhees , and
Wilberforce and addition of
Spartanburg Methodist .
^ 9 members in 2024 with losses of
Jessup ,
Menlo , and
Vanguard , additions of Benedictine at Mesa, Embry–Riddle Prescott, Park–Gilbert, and Saint Katherine.
^ 13 members in 2024 with addition of
Stillman , Voorhees, and Wilberforce.
^ 12 members in 2024 with loss of
Ohio Christian and
Point Park .
^ 13 members in 2024 with addition of
Abraham Baldwin and loss of Stillman.
^ 13 members in 2024 with addition of
Defiance .
Defunct conferences
Notes
Notes
Former conferences
All transferred to the NCAA.
See also
References
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