List of NAIA conferences

The following is a list of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics's conferences.

Football conferences

Conference	Nickname	Founded	Members	Sports	Headquarters	Map	Region
Central States Football League	CSFL	2000	6	1	Waco, Texas		n/a
Dakota Athletic Conference	DAC	2000	4	14	Dickinson, North Dakota		Region III
Frontier Conference	Frontier	1952	9	9	Billings, Montana		Region I
Great Plains Athletic Conference	GPAC	1969	11	19	Sioux City, Iowa		Region III
Heart of America Athletic Conference	HAAC	1971	10	20	Kansas City, Kansas		Region V
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	KCAC	1928	10	18	Wichita, Kansas		Region IV
Mid-South Conference	MSC	1995	17	16	Louisville, Kentucky		Region XI
Mid-States Football Association	MSFA	1993	16	1	Findlay, Ohio		n/a
NAIA independent football schools			8	1			various

Non-football conferences

Conference	Nickname	Founded	Members	Sports	Headquarters	Map	Region
American Mideast Conference	AMC	1949	8	15	Findlay, Ohio		Region IX
American Midwest Conference	AMC	1998	9	15	St. Louis, Missouri		Region V
Appalachian Athletic Conference	AAC	1985	10	15	Asheville, North Carolina		Region XII
California Pacific Conference	CalPac	1996	7	9	Oakland, California		Region II
Cascade Collegiate Conference	CCC	1994	10	13	Clackamas, Oregon		Region I
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	CCAC	1949	14	9	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Region VII
Golden State Athletic Conference	GSAC	1986	11	13	Azusa, California		Region II
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference	GCAC	1981	7	15	Liberty, Missouri		Region XIII
Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	KIAC	1916	10	15	Berea, Kentucky		Region XII
Mid-Central College Conference	MCCC	1959	10	14	Hartford City, Indiana		Region VIII
Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference	MCAC	1994	9	9	Point Lookout, Missouri		Region IV
Midwest Collegiate Conference	MCC	1988	9	15	Ames, Iowa		Region VII
Red River Athletic Conference	RRAC	1996	14	13	Dallas, Texas		Region VI
Sooner Athletic Conference	SAC	1978	12	15	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma		Region VI
Southern States Athletic Conference	SSAC	1999	15	13	Atlanta, Georgia		Region XIII
The Sun Conference	The Sun	1990	12	15	Daytona Beach, Florida		Region XIV
TranSouth Athletic Conference	TSAC	1996	9	13	Memphis, Tennessee		Region XI
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference	WHAC	1992	10	17	Livonia, Michigan		Region VIII
NAIA independent schools			37	21			various

Defunct conferences

• Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (closed in 2003), part of Region XIV
• North Dakota College Athletic Conference (closed in 2000), merged with South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference to form Dakota Athletic Conference
• South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference (closed in 2000), merged with North Dakota College Athletic Conference to form Dakota Athletic Conference
• South East Atlantic Conference (2004–2008), football only, members became NAIA football independents
• Sunrise Athletic Conference (2002–2011)

See also

• List of college athletic conferences

External links

• NAIA Member Institutions by Conference