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,
[a] 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
[b]
|
1997
|
NCAA
|
New England Conference
|
Atlantic 10 Conference,
CAA Football
[c]
|
Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference
[30]
|
CAA Football
|
2007
|
|
NCAA
|
New England Conference,
[d]
Yankee Conference,
[e]
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
|
|