Conference |
Alias |
Founded |
Defunct |
Type |
Predecessor |
Successor |
Rowing Association of American Colleges[1] |
RAAC |
1870 |
1894 |
Rowing |
|
Intercollegiate Rowing Association |
Intercollegiate Rowing Association[2] |
IRA |
1895 |
|
Rowing |
Rowing Association of American Colleges |
|
Intercollegiate Cricket Association[3] |
ICA |
1881 |
1924 |
Cricket |
|
|
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League[4] |
Ivy League |
1901 |
1955 |
Basketball |
|
Ivy League |
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association[5] |
EIWA |
1903 |
|
Wrestling |
|
|
Ivy League[6] |
Ivies |
1954 |
|
NCAA |
Rowing Association of American Colleges, Intercollegiate Cricket Association, Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association |
|
Big Ten Conference[7] |
B1G |
1896 |
|
NCAA |
Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives, Western Conference, Big Nine, does not retain legacy of Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest |
|
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest[8] |
IAAN |
1892 |
1893 |
Football, Baseball, Track |
|
Big Ten Conference |
Southwest Conference[9] |
SWC |
1914 |
1996 |
NCAA |
Southwest Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Big 12 Conference, Western Athletic Conference, Conference USA |
Big 12 Conference[10] |
Big 12 |
1994* |
|
NCAA |
Southwest Conference, Big Eight Conference, but does not retain legacy of either* |
|
Pac-12 Conference[11] |
Pac-12 |
1915 |
|
NCAA |
Pacific Coast Conference,[lower-alpha 1] Athletic Association of Western Universities, Pacific-8, Pacific-10 |
|
Missouri Valley Conference[12] |
MVC / Valley |
1907 |
|
NCAA |
Shares founding members with Big Eight Conference |
|
Big Eight Conference[13] |
Big 8 |
1907 |
1996 |
NCAA |
Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Big Six Conference, Big Seven Conference, Big Eight Conference |
Big 12 Conference |
Border Conference[14] |
|
1931 |
1962 |
NCAA |
Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Western Athletic Conference, Pac-12 Conference, Big 12 Conference |
Skyline Conference[15] |
Skyline Eight |
1938 |
1962 |
NCAA |
Mountain States Athletic Conference, Big Seven, Skyline Six |
Western Athletic Conference, Mountain West |
Western Athletic Conference[16] |
WAC |
1962 |
|
NCAA |
Border Conference, Skyline Conference, Pac-12 Conference |
Pac-12 Conference, Mountain West, Conference USA |
Metro Conference[17] |
Metro |
1975 |
1995 |
NCAA |
|
Conference USA, Big East, American Athletic Conference |
American Athletic Conference[18] |
The American / AAC |
1979 |
|
NCAA |
Big East |
|
Big East Conference[19] |
Big East |
1979 |
|
NCAA |
Atlantic 10 Conference |
American Athletic Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big East Conference |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association[20] |
SIAA |
1892 |
1947 |
NCAA |
|
Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Big 12 Conference, Conference USA, Ohio Valley Conference, Southern Athletic Association, and others |
Southern Conference[21] |
SoCon |
1921 |
|
NCAA |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
Southeastern Conference, Atlantic Coast Conference, Metro Conference, Atlantic 10 Conference, Coastal Athletic Association, Conference USA |
Southeastern Conference[22] |
SEC |
1932 |
|
NCAA |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Southern Conference, Big 12 Conference |
|
Atlantic Coast Conference[23] |
ACC |
1953 |
|
NCAA |
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Southern Conference, Metro Conference, Big East |
|
Mid-American Conference[24] |
MAC |
1946 |
|
NCAA |
|
|
Southwestern Athletic Conference[25] |
SWAC |
1920 |
|
NCAA |
|
|
Big West Conference[26] |
BWC |
1968 |
|
NCAA |
Pacific Coast Athletic Association |
Western Athletic Conference, Mountain West |
West Coast Conference[27] |
WCC |
1952 |
|
NCAA |
California Basketball Association, West Coast Athletic Conference |
Big West Conference, Western Athletic Conference, Mountain West |
Atlantic 10 Conference[28] |
A-10 |
1976 |
|
NCAA |
Eastern Collegiate Basketball League, Eastern Athletic Association, Eastern 8 |
Big East, American Athletic Conference |
Yankee Conference[29] |
|
1947[lower-alpha 2] |
1997 |
NCAA |
New England Conference |
Atlantic 10 Conference, CAA Football[lower-alpha 3] |
Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference[30] |
CAA Football |
2007 |
|
NCAA |
New England Conference,[lower-alpha 4] Yankee Conference,[lower-alpha 5] Atlantic 10 Conference |
|
Coastal Athletic Association[30] |
CAA |
1979 |
|
NCAA |
ECAC |
|
New England Conference[31] |
|
1923 |
1947 |
NCAA |
New England College Conference of Intercollegiate Athletics |
Yankee Conference |
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[32] |
IIAC |
1908 |
1970 |
NCAA |
Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
|
Western Collegiate Hockey Association[33] |
WCHA |
1951 |
|
Hockey |
Midwest Collegiate Hockey League, Western Intercollegiate Hockey League |
|
ECAC Hockey[34] |
ECAC |
1961 |
|
Hockey |
Eastern College Athletic Conference, ECAC Hockey League |
|
North Central Conference[35] |
NCC |
1922 |
2008 |
Division II |
|
Northern Sun, Summit |
Northern California Athletic Conference[36] |
NCAC |
1925 |
1996 |
Division II |
Far Western Conference |
|
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association[37] |
CIAA |
1912 |
|
Division II |
Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
|
Conference Carolinas[38] |
CVAC |
1930 |
|
Division II |
North State Conference, Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference |
|
California Collegiate Athletic Association[39] |
CCAA |
1938 |
|
Division II |
|
|
Lone Star Conference[40] |
LSC |
1931 |
|
Division II |
|
|
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association[41] |
MIAA |
1912 |
|
Division II |
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
|
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference[42] |
NSIC |
1932 |
|
Division II |
Northern Teachers Athletic Conference, State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota, Northern Intercollegiate Conference, Northern Sun Conference |
|
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference[43] |
RMAC |
1909 |
|
Division II |
Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference, Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference |
|
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[44] |
SIAC |
1913 |
|
Division II |
|
|
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[45] |
WVIAC |
1924 |
2013 |
Division II |
|
Mountain East, Great Midwest |
American Rivers Conference[46] |
ARC |
1922 |
|
Division III |
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
|
Middle Atlantic Conferences[47] |
MAC |
1912 |
|
Division III |
Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletics Association, Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference |
|
Midwest Conference[48] |
MWC |
1921 |
|
Division III |
Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference, Midwest Athletic Conference for Women |
|
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[49] |
MIAC |
1920 |
|
Division III |
|
|
Northwest Conference[50] |
NWC |
1926 |
|
Division III |
|
|
Ohio Athletic Conference[51] |
OAC |
1902 |
|
Division III |
|
|
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[52] |
SCIAC |
1915 |
|
Division III |
|
|
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference[53] |
WIAC |
1913 |
|
Division III |
Inter-Normal Athletic Conference of Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference, Wisconsin State College Conference, Wisconsin State University Athletic Conference |
|