Conference |
First Season |
Final Season |
Geographic Areas |
Predecessor(s) |
Successor(s)
|
Commonwealth Coast Football |
2017 |
2022 |
New England |
NEFC |
CCC
|
Great Northwest Athletic Conference ‡
[a] |
2001 |
2021 |
Western States |
– |
|
Central States Football League
[b] |
2000 |
2017 |
Arizona,
Midwest,
South Central States |
– |
Sooner
|
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference ‡ College Athletic Conference (
1962–1991) |
1962 |
2016 |
South |
– |
SAA
|
New England Football Conference † |
1965 |
2016 |
New England |
– |
CCC Football
[c]
|
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
1924 |
2013 |
Pennsylvania,
West Virginia |
– |
Mountain East
[d]
|
Great West Conference
Great West Football Conference (2004–2008) |
2004 |
2013 |
California,
Interior West,
Upper Midwest |
– |
Big Sky
MVFC
|
Western Athletic Conference
[e] ‡ |
1962 |
2012 * |
Western States |
– |
Mountain West
|
Big East Conference † |
1993 |
2012 |
Eastern States |
– |
American
[f]
|
Dakota Athletic Conference |
2000 |
2012 |
North Dakota,
South Dakota |
NDCAC
SDIC |
North Star
|
Pacific-10 Conference †
Pacific-8 Conference (1964–1978) Big Six Conference (
1962–
1964) Big Five Conference (
1959–
1962)
Athletic Association of Western Universities (
1959–
1968) |
1959 |
2011 |
Arizona,
California,
Oregon,
Washington |
– |
Pac-12
|
Great Lakes Football Conference |
2006 |
2011 |
Midwest |
– |
GLVC
|
Atlantic Central Football Conference |
1997 |
2010 |
Mid-Atlantic |
– |
Empire 8
NJAC
USA South
|
Gateway Football Conference
[g] Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (1985–1992) ‡ |
1985 |
2008 |
Plains States,
Midwest States |
– |
MVFC
|
Illini-Badger Football Conference
Illini-Badger-Hawkeye Football Conference (1989–1990) |
1976 |
2007 |
Illinois,
Iowa,
Wisconsin |
– |
NACC
|
North Central Conference
North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (
1922–
1929) |
1922 |
2008 |
Upper Midwest |
– |
|
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
[h] ‡ |
1993 |
2007 |
Mid-Atlantic States |
– |
–
|
Dixie Conference (1963–2003) † |
1963 |
2003 |
Southern United States |
– |
USA South
|
Atlantic 10 Conference
[i] ‡ |
1997 |
2006 |
Mid-Atlantic States |
Yankee |
CAA Football
|
Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference† |
1995 |
2004 |
New York |
– |
Liberty League
|
Freedom Football Conference |
1992 |
2003 |
New England,
New York |
– |
Empire Eight
NEFC
NJAC
Liberty League
|
Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference †
Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1969–1992) |
1969 |
2000 |
Iowa,
Nebraska |
– |
GPAC
|
Big West Conference
[j] ‡
Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1969–1988) |
1969 |
2000 |
Western States |
– |
WAC
|
Columbia Football Association |
1987 |
2000 |
Oregon,
Washington |
CFL |
GNAC
|
Eastern Football Conference |
1997 |
2000 |
Northeast |
– |
Northeast-10
|
North Dakota College Athletic Conference North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference |
1931 |
1999 |
North Dakota |
– |
Dakota AC
|
Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference † |
1987 |
1998 |
Ohio Valley |
– |
HCAC
|
Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference
Midwest Intercollegiate Conference (1990) |
1990 |
1999 |
Midwest |
Heartland
GLIAC |
GLIAC
|
South Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference |
1995 |
1999 |
Iowa,
South Dakota |
SDIC |
DAC
|
Mid-Ohio Conference† Mid-Ohio League (
1949–1961) |
1949 |
1998 |
Ohio |
– |
American Mideast
|
Northern California Athletic Conference
Far Western Conference (
1925 –1982) |
1925 |
1998 |
California,
Nevada,
Oregon |
California Coast |
–
|
Wisconsin State University Conference Wisconsin State Normal Conference |
1913 |
1997 |
Wisconsin |
– |
WIAC
|
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference |
1974 |
1997 |
Oklahoma |
OCC |
Lone Star
|
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1976 |
1997 |
Texas |
– |
ASC
|
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference |
1990 |
1997 |
New England |
– |
CCC Football
|
Southwest Conference |
1914 |
1996 |
Arkansas,
Texas |
– |
Big 12
Conference USA
|
Big Eight Conference
Big Seven Conference (
1947–
1958 )
Big Six Conference (1907–
1946) |
1907 |
1996 |
Interior West,
Plains States |
MVIAA |
Big 12
|
Yankee |
1947 |
1996 |
Mid-Atlantic States,
New England |
New England |
Atlantic 10
|
American West Conference |
1993 |
1996 |
California,
Utah |
Western |
Big Sky
Big West
|
South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference |
1917 |
1995 |
South Dakota |
– |
SDIAC
|
Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference |
1928 |
1995 |
Arkansas |
– |
Gulf South
Lone Star
SCAC
Sooner Athletic
TransSouth Athletic
|
Association of Mideast Colleges |
1991 |
1995 |
Kentucky,
Ohio |
– |
–
|
Northern Intercollegiate Conference† State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota (
1942 –1961)
Northern Teachers Athletic Conference (
1932–
1941 ) |
1932 |
1993 |
Upper Midwest |
– |
Northern Sun
|
Western Football Conference |
1982 |
1993 |
California,
Utah |
– |
Big Sky
Great West
|
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association † |
1912 |
1992 |
Missouri |
– |
MIAA
|
Liberty Football Conference |
1985 |
1992 |
New York |
Met-Intercollegiate |
MAAC
|
College Athletic Conference† |
1962 |
1991 |
Southern United States |
– |
SCAC
|
Independent College Athletic Conference |
1964 |
1991 |
New Jersey,
New York |
– |
Empire 8
|
Atlantic Collegiate Football Conference |
1988 |
1991 |
Mid-Atlantic |
– |
–
|
Heartland Collegiate Conference
Indiana Collegiate Conference (
1951–1977) |
1951 |
1989 |
Indiana,
Ohio |
– |
MIFC
|
Tri-State Athletic Conference |
1988 |
1989 |
Iowa,
Nebraska,
South Dakota |
– |
–
|
Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Conference |
1965 |
1988 |
Maine |
Maine IAA |
NESCAC
|
Columbia Football League |
1987 |
1988 |
Oregon,
Washington |
Evergreen |
CFA
|
Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives † Big Ten Conference (1917-
1946,
1949–1987) Big Nine Conference (1899–1906, 1912–1917,
1946–
1948) Western Conference |
1896 |
1987 |
Midwestern United States |
IAAN |
Big Ten
|
Gulf Star Conference |
1984 |
1987 |
Louisiana,
Texas |
– |
Southland
|
Central States Intercollegiate Conference |
1976 |
1986 |
Kansas,
Missouri,
Nebraska |
Great Plains |
MIAA
|
Missouri Valley Conference
[k] ‡ |
1907 |
1985 |
Illinois,
Indiana,
Oklahoma |
– |
Mountain West
|
Hoosier-Buckeye Conference Hoosier Conference (1948–1970) |
1948 |
1985 |
Indiana,
Ohio |
– |
HCAC
|
Pacific Northwest Conference |
1926 |
1984 |
Idaho,
Oregon,
Washington |
– |
Northwest
|
Evergreen Conference
Washington Intercollegiate Conference (
1938–
1947) |
1948 |
1984 |
Oregon,
Washington |
Tri-Normal |
Columbia FL
|
Met-Intercollegiate Conference |
1979 |
1984 |
New York |
Metropolitan IC |
Liberty FC
|
Mid-Continent Athletic Association
[l] ‡
Summit League |
1978 |
1981 |
Midwestern States |
– |
Gateway/MVFC
Ohio Valley
|
Tri-State Conference |
1960 |
1980 |
Iowa,
Minnesota,
Nebraska,
South Dakota |
– |
GPAC
|
Twin River Collegiate Conference |
1976 |
1978 |
Minnesota |
– |
–
|
Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference |
1972 |
1977 |
New York |
– |
Met-Intercollegiate
|
Nebraska College Athletic Conference
Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference (1916–
1926) |
1916 |
1976 |
Nebraska |
– |
NIAC/GPAC
|
Great Plains Athletic Conference |
1972 |
1976 |
Colorado,
Plains States |
RMAC |
CSIC
North Central
RMAC
|
Middle Three Conference |
1929 |
1975 |
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania |
– |
Big Ten
MAC
Patriot
|
Virginia Collegiate Athletic Association |
1972 |
1975 |
Virginia |
Virginia Little Eight |
ODAC
|
Mason-Dixon Conference |
1936 |
1974 |
Mid-Atlantic States |
Chesapeake |
ODAC
|
Gateway Conference |
1962 |
1974 |
Illinois,
Wisconsin |
– |
–
|
Eastern Football Conference |
1965 |
1974 |
Northeast |
– |
–
|
Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1893 |
1973 |
Maine |
– |
Yankee
NESCAC
|
Oklahoma Collegiate Conference |
1929 |
1973 |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma IC (I) |
Oklahoma IC (II)
|
Carolinas Conference
Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1961–1972)
North State Conference (
1930–1961) |
1930 |
1973 |
North Carolina,
South Carolina |
– |
–
|
Mid-South Athletic Conference† |
1971 |
1972 |
Mid-South |
– |
Gulf South
|
Missouri College Athletic Union |
1924 |
1970 |
Missouri |
MIAA |
Heart of America
|
Gulf States Conference |
1948 |
1970 |
Alabama,
Louisiana,
Mississippi |
Louisiana IC |
–
|
Alabama Collegiate Conference |
1960 |
1969 |
Alabama |
Alabama Intercollegiate |
Gulf South
|
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
1928 |
1968 |
Kansas,
Missouri |
– |
KCAC
Great Plains
|
Prairie College Conference |
1953 |
1988 |
Illinois,
Indiana |
– |
–
|
Western Pennsylvania Conference |
1958 |
1967 |
Pennsylvania |
– |
–
|
Midwestern Conference Midwest Conference (
1962–
1963)
Midwest Athletic Association (
1926–1961) |
1926 |
1966 |
Central States |
– |
–
|
Oregon Collegiate Conference |
1950 |
1965 |
Oregon |
– |
Evergreen
|
South Carolina Little Three
South Carolina Little Four (
1946–
1951) |
1946 |
1964 |
South Carolina |
– |
–
|
Great Plains College Association |
1963 |
1964 |
Nebraska |
– |
–
|
Mountain States Conference |
1938 |
1963 |
Interior West |
RMAC
Border |
Big 8
WAC
|
Green Mountain Conference |
1963 |
1963 |
Vermont |
– |
–
|
Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1931 |
1962 |
Arizona,
New Mexico,
Texas |
– |
WAC
|
Frontier Conference
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference (
1940–
1954) |
1940 |
1962 |
Arizona,
Colorado
New Mexico,
Oklahoma,
Texas |
– |
–
|
Volunteer State Athletic Conference |
1949 |
1962 |
Tennessee |
Smoky Mountain |
–
|
Southeastern Athletic Conference
South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (
1929–
1942) |
1929 |
1961 |
Florida,
Georgia,
South Carolina |
– |
–
|
South Central Athletic Conference |
1942 |
1961 |
Southern United States |
– |
SWAC
|
Badger-Gopher Conference
Badger-Illini Conference (
1948–
1956 NCAA College Division football season )
Badger State Intercollegiate Conference (
1940–
1947)
Tri-State Conference (
1932–
1939 ) |
1932 |
1961 |
Minnesota,
Wisconsin |
– |
–
|
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference |
1958 |
1961 |
Louisiana,
Texas |
– |
–
|
Pacific Coast Conference |
1915 |
1959 |
Pacific States,
Interior West |
– |
Pac-12
|
Alabama Intercollegiate Conference |
1938 |
1959 |
Alabama |
– |
Alabama Collegiate
|
Eastern Intercollegiate Conference |
1953 |
1959 |
South Atlantic States |
– |
CIAA
|
Western New York Little Three Conference |
1946 |
1958 |
Western New York |
– |
–
|
Virginia Little Eight Conference
Virginia Little Seven Conference (
1954–
1955)
Virginia Little Six Conference (
1949–
1953 ) |
1949 |
1958 |
Virginia |
– |
Mason-Dixon
VCAA
|
Smoky Mountain Conference |
1927 |
1957 |
Tennessee,
Virginia |
– |
Volunteer State
|
Big Seven Conference |
1947 |
1957 |
Colorado,
Plains States |
Big Six
Skyline |
Big 8
|
Gulf Coast Conference |
1949 |
1957 |
Texas |
Lone Star |
SIAC
|
Central Church College Conference |
1951 |
1957 |
Missouri,
Nebraska |
– |
–
|
Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference |
1926 |
1956 |
New Mexico,
Texas |
TIAA |
Southwest
Lone Star
|
New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference |
1940 |
1954 |
New Mexico |
– |
–
|
Dixie Conference (1948–1954) |
1948 |
1954 |
Southeastern United States |
– |
–
|
Midlands Conference |
1947 |
1952 |
Illinois,
Iowa,
Wisconsin |
– |
–
|
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (
1908–
1950) |
1908 |
1970 |
Illinois,
Michigan |
– |
MAC
|
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference |
1922 |
1950 |
Indiana |
– |
Indiana CC
|
Vermont State Conference |
1948 |
1950 |
Vermont |
– |
–
|
Upper Peninsula Conference |
1949 |
1949 |
Michigan |
– |
–
|
Pioneer Conference |
1947 |
1949 |
Illinois |
– |
–
|
Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1928 |
1948 |
Nebraska |
– |
–
|
Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference |
1946 |
1948 |
Iowa,
South Dakota |
– |
–
|
Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference |
1939 |
1947 |
Louisiana |
– |
Gulf States
|
New England Conference |
1923 |
1946 |
New England |
– |
Yankee
|
North Atlantic Conference |
1946 |
1946 |
Mid-Atlantic States |
– |
–
|
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1894 |
1942 |
Southern United States |
– |
Southern
SAIAA
Dixie
Louisiana
|
Illinois Intercollege Conference |
1938 |
1942 |
Illinois |
– |
–
|
Dixie Conference (1930–1941) |
1930 |
1941 |
Southeastern United States |
– |
–
|
Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference |
1930 |
1941 |
Michigan,
Ontario |
– |
–
|
South Dakota College Conference |
1933 |
1940 |
South Dakota |
– |
–
|
Alamo Conference |
1936 |
1940 |
Texas |
– |
–
|
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference |
1937 |
1940 |
Pennsylvania |
– |
–
|
Buckeye Athletic Association |
1926 |
1939 |
Ohio |
Ohio Athletic |
Mid-American
|
Tri-Normal League |
1920 |
1937 |
Washington |
– |
Evergreen
|
Chesapeake Conference |
1933 |
1937 |
Virginia |
Virginia |
Mason-Dixon
Virginia Little Eight
|
Virginia Conference |
1928 |
1935 |
Virginia |
– |
Chesapeake
Southern
|
New York State Conference |
1925 |
1934 |
New York |
– |
–
|
Mississippi Valley Conference |
1928 |
1934 |
Mid-South |
– |
–
|
Tri-State Conference (1923–1934) |
1923 |
1934 |
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
West Virginia |
– |
–
|
Middle Atlantic Athletic Association |
1934 |
1936 |
Mid-Atlantic |
– |
–
|
Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1909 |
1932 |
Texas |
– |
–
|
Northwest Ohio League Little Ohio Conference |
1921 |
1932 |
Ohio |
– |
–
|
Big Four Conference of Wisconsin |
1923 |
1932 |
Wisconsin |
– |
–
|
Michigan Collegiate Conference |
1926 |
1932 |
Michigan |
– |
–
|
Big Four Conference |
1929 |
1932 |
Oklahoma |
Oklahoma Intercollegiate |
–
|
Metropolitan Conference |
1923 |
1931 |
New York |
– |
–
|
Arkansas Association |
1927 |
1929 |
Arkansas |
– |
Arkansas Intercollegiate
|
Metropolitan Collegiate Conference |
1928 |
1929 |
New York |
– |
–
|
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Association
Kansas College Athletic Conference (
1902–
1920)
Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (
1890–
1901) |
1890 |
1928 |
Kansas |
– |
KCAC (II)
|
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference |
1914 |
1928 |
Oklahoma |
– |
OCC
Big Four Conference
|
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1907 |
1927 |
Iowa,
Kansas,
Missouri,
Nebraska,
Oklahoma |
– |
Big Six
Missouri Valley
|
Western Interstate Conference |
1923 |
1927 |
Illinois,
Iowa |
– |
–
|
Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1912 |
1925 |
Louisiana |
SIAA |
SIAA
Louisiana IC
|
California Coast Conference |
1922 |
1924 |
California |
– |
Far Western
|
Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletics Association† |
1913 |
1922 |
Mid-Atlantic States |
– |
MAC'
|
South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1911 |
1921 |
East Coast |
– |
Southern
|
Little Five Conference |
1912 |
1917 |
Illinois |
– |
Illinois IAC
|
Hawkeye College Conference |
1914 |
1917 |
Iowa |
– |
Iowa IAC
Western IC
|
Indiana College Athletic League |
1916 |
1917 |
Indiana |
– |
–
|
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1914 |
1916 |
Kentucky |
– |
KIAC
|
Colorado Football Association |
1890 |
1908 |
Colorado |
– |
RMAC
|
Triangular Football League
Northeast Intercollegiate League (
1891–
1892)
Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (
1887–
1890)
Northern Intercollegiate Football Association (
1885–
1886) |
1885 |
1901 |
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire |
– |
–
|
Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association |
1894 |
1899 |
Maryland |
– |
SAIAA
|
Western Interstate University Football Association |
1892 |
1897 |
Iowa,
Kansas,
Missouri,
Nebraska |
– |
MVIAA
|
Illinois Intercollegiate Football League |
1891 |
1895 |
Illinois |
– |
–
|
Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
1890 |
1894 |
Indiana |
– |
–
|
Middle States Intercollegiate Football League |
1893 |
1894 |
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania |
– |
–
|
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest |
1892 |
1893 |
Illinois,
Michigan,
Minnesota,
Wisconsin |
– |
ICFR
|
Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association |
1891 |
1891 |
Pennsylvania |
– |
–
|