In college athletics in the United States, institutions typically join together in conferences for regular play under different governing bodies.
Varsity sports [edit]
There are several national and regional associations governing the varsity teams of colleges and universities. Varsity teams are typically funded by an institution's athletic department, and under some governing bodies players are eligible for athletic scholarships.
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) [edit]
Main article: List of NCAA conferences
- Multi-sport conferences
- America East Conference
- Atlantic 10 Conference
- Atlantic Coast Conference
- Atlantic Sun Conference
- Big 12 Conference
- Big East Conference
- The Big East will split into two conferences in July 2013—one conference that will not sponsor football and will carry on the Big East name, and a football-sponsoring conference that will maintain the charter of the original Big East but will operate as the American Athletic Conference.
- Big Sky Conference
- Big South Conference
- Big Ten Conference
- Big West Conference
- Colonial Athletic Association
- Conference USA
- Great West Conference (disbanding as an all-sports conference in July 2013)
- Horizon League
- Independents
- Ivy League
- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
- Mid-American Conference
- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
- Missouri Valley Conference
- Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
- Mountain West Conference
- Northeast Conference
- Ohio Valley Conference
- Pacific-12 Conference
- Patriot League
- Southeastern Conference
- Southern Conference
- Southland Conference
- Southwestern Athletic Conference
- Sun Belt Conference
- The Summit League
- West Coast Conference
- Western Athletic Conference
- Ice hockey conferences
- Atlantic Hockey (men)
- Central Collegiate Hockey Association (men; disbanding after the 2012–13 season)
- College Hockey America (women)
- ECAC Hockey
- Hockey East
- National Collegiate Hockey Conference (men; beginning play in 2013–14)
- Western Collegiate Hockey Association
- Other single-sport conferences
This list also includes conferences in sports that the NCAA does not split into divisions.
- American Lacrosse Conference (women)
- Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (men)
- ECAC Lacrosse League (men)
- Great America Rifle Conference
- Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (men)
- Pacific Coast Softball Conference (disbanding after the 2013 season)
- California Collegiate Athletic Association
- Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Conference Carolinas
- East Coast Conference
- Great American Conference
- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Great Lakes Valley Conference
- Great Midwest Athletic Conference
- Great Northwest Athletic Conference
- Gulf South Conference
- Heartland Conference
- Independents
- Lone Star Conference
- Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Mountain East Conference (beginning play in 2013–14)
- Northeast Ten Conference
- Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
- Pacific West Conference
- Peach Belt Conference
- Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
- Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
- South Atlantic Conference
- Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Sunshine State Conference
- West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (disbanding in July 2013)
- Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
- American Southwest Conference
- Capital Athletic Conference
- Centennial Conference
- City University of New York Athletic Conference
- College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
- Colonial States Athletic Conference
- Commonwealth Coast Conference
- Eastern Collegiate Football Conference
- Empire 8
- Great Northeast Athletic Conference
- Great South Athletic Conference
- Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
- Independents
- Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Landmark Conference
- Liberty League
- Little East Conference
- Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference
- Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Middle Atlantic Conference
- Midwest Conference
- Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- New England Collegiate Conference
- New England Football Conference
- New England Small College Athletic Conference
- New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
- New Jersey Athletic Conference
- North Atlantic Conference
- North Coast Athletic Conference
- North Eastern Athletic Conference
- Northern Athletics Conference
- Northwest Conference
- Ohio Athletic Conference
- Old Dominion Athletic Conference
- Presidents' Athletic Conference
- St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Skyline Conference
- Southern Athletic Association
- Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
- State University of New York Athletic Conference
- University Athletic Association
- Upper Midwest Athletic Conference
- USA South Athletic Conference
- Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) [edit]
Main article: List of NAIA conferences
- American Midwest Conference
- Appalachian Athletic Conference
- California Pacific Conference
- Cascade Collegiate Conference
- Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
- Crossroads League
- Frontier Conference
- Golden State Athletic Conference
- Great Plains Athletic Conference
- Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
- Heart of America Athletic Conference
- Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
- Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference
- Mid-South Conference
- Midwest Collegiate Conference
- Red River Athletic Conference
- Sooner Athletic Conference
- Southern States Athletic Conference
- TranSouth Athletic Conference
- The Sun Conference
- Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference
United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) [edit]
National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) [edit]
- Central Region
- East Region
- Mid-East Region
- Mid-West Region
- North Central Region
- South Region
- Southwest Region
- West Region
Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA) [edit]
National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) [edit]
- Alabama Community College Conference
- Arizona Community College Athletic Conference
- Arrowhead Conference
- Bi-State Conference
- Carolinas Junior College Conference
- Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference
- Garden State Athletic Conference
- Georgia Junior College Athletic Association
- Great Rivers Athletic Conference
- Illinois N4C Conference
- Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference
- Iowa Community College Athletic Conference
- Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
- Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference
- Michigan Community College Athletic Association
- Mid-Florida Conference
- Mid Hudson Athletic Conference
- Mid-State Athletic Conference
- Mid-West Athletic Conference
- Midwest Football Conference (NJCAA)
- Minnesota College Athletic Conference
- Mississippi Association of Community & Junior Colleges
- MISS-LOU Junior College Conference
- Missouri Community College Athletic Conference
- Mon-Dak Conference
- Mountain Valley Conference
- NJCAA Region 9
- Ohio Community College Athletic Conference
- Nebraska Community College Athletic Conference
- Northeast JC Football Conference
- Panhandle Conference
- Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association
- Southern Florida Conference
- Scenic West Athletic Conference
- Southwest Junior College Football Conference
- Tennessee Junior and Community College Athletic Association
- Western Junior College Athletic Conference
- Western New York Athletic Conference
- Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference
- Western States Football League
- Wisconsin Technical College Conference
- Wyoming Community College Athletic Conference
California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) [edit]
- Bay Valley Conference
- Big Eight Conference (California)
- Central Valley Conference
- Coast Conference
- Foothill Athletic Conference
- Golden Valley Conference
- Orange Empire Conference
- Pacific Coast Conference (California)
- South Coast Conference
- Western State Conference
Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) [edit]
- Northern Region
- Southern Region
- Eastern Region
- Western Region
Independent conferences [edit]
- Liga Atletica Interuniversitaria de Puerto Rico
- Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference
- Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Pacific Christian Athletic Conference
- Wisconsin Collegiate Conference
Other collegiate sports associations [edit]
Boxing [edit]
Cycling [edit]
- ACCC: Atlantic Collegiate Cycling Conference
- RMCCC: Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference
- ECCC: Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference
- SCCCC: South Central Collegiate Cycling Conference
- MWCCC: Midwestern Collegiate Cycling Conference
- SECCC: Southeastern Collegiate Cycling Conference
- NCCCC: North Central Collegiate Cycling Conference
- SWCCC: Southwestern Collegiate Cycling Conference
- NWCCC: Northwestern Collegiate Cycling Conference
- WCCC: Western Collegiate Cycling Conference
Gymnastics [edit]
- East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) (women)
- Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League (EIGL) (men)
Lacrosse [edit]
See also: Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association
Rowing [edit]
- Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) (men)
- Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC)
Softball [edit]
- Pacific Coast Softball Conference (PCSC) (women; disbanding after the 2013 season)
Sprint football [edit]
Volleyball [edit]
Water polo [edit]
Wrestling [edit]
- Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA)
- National Collegiate Wrestling Association
- Mid-Atlantic – Teams from Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware
- North Central – Teams from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin
- Northeast – Teams from New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont
- Northwest – Teams from Washington and British Columbia
- Southeast – Teams from Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi
- Southwest – Teams from Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Kansas
- West – Teams from California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona
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