Location of RRAC members: current, east division current, east division (non-basketball) current, west division current, west division (non-basketball)
The Red River Athletic Conference began competition in fall 1998 with 16 charter members.[1] The conference at present counts 14 members, one of the most recent additions being
Texas A&M University–Texarkana in 2016.[2] In 2019,
St. Thomas Houston announced its departure from the conference to join the
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) of the
NCAA Division III as a provisional member.[3] In March 2020,
Texas A&M University–San Antonio was approved for membership into the NAIA and it was simultaneously announced that the Jaguars would begin competition in the conference starting in the 2020–21 academic year,[4] followed by
Xavier University of Louisiana and
Louisiana Christian University (formerly Louisiana College) in September and October respectively.[5][6] Xavier and Louisiana Christian officially joined the RRAC for the 2021–22 academic year.
On January 20, 2022, the
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) invited founding Red River member
Wiley College (now Wiley University) to become the GCAC's first Texas institution, effective later in July.[7]
On July 6, 2023,
North American University was accepted as the RRAC's 14th conference member for the 2023–24 school year.[8]
2002 - Two institutions left the RRAC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Northwestern Oklahoma State to the Sooner, and Southwestern Adventist to become an Independent within the
United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), both effective after the 2001–02 academic year.
2007 - Houston Christian left the RRAC and the NAIA to join the
NCAA Division I ranks as an
independent (which would later join the
Great West Conference beginning the 2008–09 academic year) after the 2006–07 academic year.
2015 - Two institutions left the RRAC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Texas–Brownsville (UTB) athletics was discontinued due to the merger with the
University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) to become the
University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), and Bacone to join the Sooner after the 2014–15 academic year.
^Texas–Brownsville's other nickname before the merger with Texas–Pan American (UTPA) was Scorpions until after the 2011–12 school year, then competed without a nickname during the 2012–13 school year, before accepting the Ocelots nickname for their final two seasons.
Location of RRAC members: current, east division current, east division (non-basketball) current, west division current, west division (non-basketball)
The Red River Athletic Conference began competition in fall 1998 with 16 charter members.[1] The conference at present counts 14 members, one of the most recent additions being
Texas A&M University–Texarkana in 2016.[2] In 2019,
St. Thomas Houston announced its departure from the conference to join the
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) of the
NCAA Division III as a provisional member.[3] In March 2020,
Texas A&M University–San Antonio was approved for membership into the NAIA and it was simultaneously announced that the Jaguars would begin competition in the conference starting in the 2020–21 academic year,[4] followed by
Xavier University of Louisiana and
Louisiana Christian University (formerly Louisiana College) in September and October respectively.[5][6] Xavier and Louisiana Christian officially joined the RRAC for the 2021–22 academic year.
On January 20, 2022, the
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) invited founding Red River member
Wiley College (now Wiley University) to become the GCAC's first Texas institution, effective later in July.[7]
On July 6, 2023,
North American University was accepted as the RRAC's 14th conference member for the 2023–24 school year.[8]
2002 - Two institutions left the RRAC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Northwestern Oklahoma State to the Sooner, and Southwestern Adventist to become an Independent within the
United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), both effective after the 2001–02 academic year.
2007 - Houston Christian left the RRAC and the NAIA to join the
NCAA Division I ranks as an
independent (which would later join the
Great West Conference beginning the 2008–09 academic year) after the 2006–07 academic year.
2015 - Two institutions left the RRAC to join their respective new home primary conferences: Texas–Brownsville (UTB) athletics was discontinued due to the merger with the
University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) to become the
University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), and Bacone to join the Sooner after the 2014–15 academic year.
^Texas–Brownsville's other nickname before the merger with Texas–Pan American (UTPA) was Scorpions until after the 2011–12 school year, then competed without a nickname during the 2012–13 school year, before accepting the Ocelots nickname for their final two seasons.