List of college athletic conferences
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This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
NCAA Division I
Division I FBS
- Atlantic Coast Conference
- Big East Conference
- Big Ten Conference
- Big 12 Conference
- Conference USA
- Mid-American Conference
- Mountain West Conference
- Pacific-10 Conference
- Southeastern Conference
- Sun Belt Conference
- Western Athletic Conference
- NCAA Division I-FBS independent schools
Division I FBS Maps
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Division I FCS
- Big Sky Conference
- Big South Conference
- Colonial Athletic Association
- Gateway Football Conference
- Great West Football Conference
- Ivy League
- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
- Northeast Conference
- Ohio Valley Conference
- Patriot League
- Pioneer Football League
- Southern Conference
- Southland Conference
- Southwestern Athletic Conference
- NCAA Division I-FCS independent schools
Division I FCS Maps
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Division I (non-football)
- America East Conference
- Atlantic Sun Conference
- Atlantic 10 Conference
- Big West Conference
- Horizon League
- Missouri Valley Conference
- The Summit League
- West Coast Conference
- Independents
Division I Maps (non-football)
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Division I Hockey
- Atlantic Hockey
- Central Collegiate Hockey Association
- College Hockey America
- ECAC Hockey
- Hockey East
- Western Collegiate Hockey Association
- NCAA Division I Independents (men's hockey)
- NCAA Division I independent schools (women's hockey)
Division I Hockey Maps
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Other Division I Conferences
- See also List of schools reclassifying their athletic programs to NCAA Division I
- Atlantic Soccer Conference
- American Lacrosse Conference
- Collegiate Water Polo Association
- ECAC Lacrosse League
- Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
- Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League
- Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
- Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association
- Eastern Wrestling League
- Great Western Lacrosse League
- Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
- Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
- Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference
- Pacific Coast Softball Conference
- United Soccer Conference
- Western Water Polo Association
- Western Wrestling Conference
Division II
- California Collegiate Athletic Association
- Conference Carolinas
- Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- East Coast Conference
- Great Northwest Athletic Conference
- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Great Lakes Valley Conference
- Great Lakes Football Conference
- Gulf South Conference
- Heartland Conference
- Lone Star Conference
- Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- North Central Conference
- 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
- NCAA Division II independent schools
Division II Maps
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Division III
- Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
- American Southwest Conference
- Atlantic Central Football Conference
- Capital Athletic Conference
- Centennial Conference
- City University of New York Athletic Conference
- College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
- Commonwealth Coast Conference
- Empire Eight
- Great Northeast Athletic Conference
- Great South Athletic Conference
- Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
- Illini-Badger Football Conference
- Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Lake Michigan Conference
- Landmark Conference
- Liberty League
- Little East Conference
- MAC Commonwealth League
- MAC Freedom League
- Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference
- Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
- Middle Atlantic Corporation
- Midwest Conference
- Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic 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
- Northern Athletics Conference
- North Coast Athletic Conference
- North Eastern Athletic Conference
- Northwest Conference
- Ohio Athletic Conference
- Old Dominion Athletic Conference
- Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
- Presidents' Athletic Conference
- Skyline Conference
- Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
- State University of New York Athletic Conference
- St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- University Athletic Association
- Upper Midwest Athletic Conference - Transitioning to NCAA Div. III status, 2008 they will become a full Div. III Conference
- USA South Athletic Conference
- Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- NCAA Division III independent schools
Division III Maps
) AMCC | ) American Southwest | ) ACFC | ) Capital Athletic |
) Centennial | ) CUNYAC | ) CCIW | ) TCCC |
) Empire 8 | ) GNAC | ) GSAC | ) Heartland |
Illini-Badger | ) IIAC | Lake Michigan AC | ) Landmark |
) LL | ) LEC | MAC | ) MSCAC |
) MIAA | ) Midwest | ) MIAC | ) NEFC |
) NESCAC | ) NEWMAC | ) NJAC | ) NAC |
Northern | ) NCAC | ) NEAC | ) Northwest |
) OAC | ) ODAC | ) PAC | ) Presidents' |
) Skyline | ) SCIAC | ) SCAC | SUNYAC |
) SLIAC | ) UAA | ) USA South | ) WIAC |
) Independents |
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics - Affiliated Conferences
Conferences that sponsor football
- Central States Football League - Only sponsors football
- Dakota Athletic Conference
- Frontier Conference
- Great Plains Athletic Conference
- Heart of America Athletic Conference
- Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
- Mid-South Conference
- Mid-States Football Association - Only sponsors football
Football Conference Maps
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Conferences that do not sponsor football
- American Mideast Conference
- American Midwest Conference
- Appalachian Athletic Conference
- California Pacific Conference
- Cascade Collegiate Conference
- Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
- Florida Sun Conference
- Golden State Athletic Conference
- Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
- Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Mid-Central College Conference
- Midwest Classic Conference
- Red River Athletic Conference
- Sooner Athletic Conference
- Southern States Athletic Conference
- TranSouth Athletic Conference
- Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
Other Collegiate Sports Associations
- Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA)
- Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL)
- Central Plains Athletic Conference (CPAC)
- Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges
- National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA)
- National Collegiate Boxing Association (NCBA)
- National Collegiate Wrestling Association
- Northwest - Teams from Washington and British Columbia
- West - Teams from California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona
- North Central - Teams from Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin
- Southwest - Teams from Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Louisiana, and Kansas
- Mid-Atlantic - Teams from Tennessee, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware
- Southeast - Teams from Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi
- Northeast - Teams from New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont
- United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA)
Junior Colleges
- NJCAA
- Southwest Junior College Football Conference
- Midwest Football Conference
- Illinois N4C Conference
- Iowa JUCO Conference
- Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference
- Western States Football League
- Minnesota Community College Conference
- Mississippi CC Athletic Association
- Northeast JC Football Conference
- Wisconsin Technical College Conference
- Pennsylvania Collegiate Athletic Association
- Michigan Community College Athletic Association
- Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges
- Western State Conference
Defunct Conferences
- American South Conference (absorbed by Sun Belt Conference)
- Big Eight Conference (previously known as Big Six and Big Seven, merged into the Big 12 Conference)
- Border Conference (disbanded in 1962, members split between the newly-formed WAC and independent status)
- East Coast Conference (Division I) (absorbed by Mid-Continent Conference)
- Eastern Athletic Association (Eastern 8) (became Atlantic Ten Conference)
- Great Midwest Conference (merged with Metro Conference to form Conference USA)
- Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest (from 1892-1893, precursor to the Big Ten Conference)
- Metro Conference (merged with Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA)
- Mountain States Conference aka (Skyline Conference) (disbanded in 1962, members split between the newly-formed WAC and independent status)
- Northern California Athletic Conference (Football conference, dissolved in 1996.)
- Pacific Coast Conference (forerunner to today's Pac-10, disbanded in 1959 due to scandal and infighting)
- Southwest Conference (disbanded in 1995, members split into the Big 12 Conference, Western Athletic Conference, and Conference USA)
- Yankee Conference (absorbed by Atlantic Ten Conference)
A conference usually refers to a grouping of teams, loosely based on geographical location. Sometimes if there are many teams, a conference can be split into divisions.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" or "N-C-Two-A" ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the
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National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) traces its roots to the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball. The NAIB was established on March 10, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri. Currently, the headquarters are located in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Division I (or D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States.
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Atlantic Coast Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I
Established 1953
Members 12
Region East Coast
Sports fielded 20
NCAA
championships 97
NCAA men's titles 116
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I
Established 1953
Members 12
Region East Coast
Sports fielded 20
NCAA
championships 97
NCAA men's titles 116
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Big East Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1979
Members 16 (full) 1 (associate)
National
championships 24
Sports fielded 23 (10 men's, 13 women's)
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1979
Members 16 (full) 1 (associate)
National
championships 24
Sports fielded 23 (10 men's, 13 women's)
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Big Ten Conference
Data
Established 1896
Members 11
Sports fielded 25 (12 men's, 13 women's)
Region Midwestern United States
States 8 - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
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Data
Established 1896
Members 11
Sports fielded 25 (12 men's, 13 women's)
Region Midwestern United States
States 8 - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
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Big 12 Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1996
Members 12
Sports fielded 21 (10 men's, 11 women's)
Region Central United States
States 7 - Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1996
Members 12
Sports fielded 21 (10 men's, 11 women's)
Region Central United States
States 7 - Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
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Conference USA
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1995
Members 12 full-time, 3 part-time
Sports fielded 19 (9 men's, 10 women's)
Region Southern United States
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1995
Members 12 full-time, 3 part-time
Sports fielded 19 (9 men's, 10 women's)
Region Southern United States
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Mid-American Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1946
Members 12
Sports fielded 23 (11 men's, 12 women's)
Region Great Lakes
States 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
New York, Ohio
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1946
Members 12
Sports fielded 23 (11 men's, 12 women's)
Region Great Lakes
States 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
New York, Ohio
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Mountain West Conference
Data
Established 1999
Members 9
Sports fielded 14
Region Western United States
States 7 - California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and
Wyoming
Headquarters Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Data
Established 1999
Members 9
Sports fielded 14
Region Western United States
States 7 - California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and
Wyoming
Headquarters Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Established 1959
Members 10
Sports fielded 22 (11 men's, 11 women's)
Region West Coast of the United States
States 4 - Arizona, California, Oregon,
Washington
Past names Athletic Association of Western Universities (1959-68)
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Members 10
Sports fielded 22 (11 men's, 11 women's)
Region West Coast of the United States
States 4 - Arizona, California, Oregon,
Washington
Past names Athletic Association of Western Universities (1959-68)
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Southeastern Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1932
Members 12
Sports fielded 17 (8 men's, 9 women's)
Region Southern United States
States 9 - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1932
Members 12
Sports fielded 17 (8 men's, 9 women's)
Region Southern United States
States 9 - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
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Sun Belt Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1976
Members 13
Sports fielded 19 (9 men's, 10 women's)
Region Southern United States
States 8 - Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1976
Members 13
Sports fielded 19 (9 men's, 10 women's)
Region Southern United States
States 8 - Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
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Western Athletic Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1962
Members 9
Sports fielded 19 (8 men's, 11 women's)
Region Western United States
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1962
Members 9
Sports fielded 19 (8 men's, 11 women's)
Region Western United States
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NCAA Bowl Sub-Division independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference. This means that I-A independents do not schedule each other for competition like conference schools do.
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Atlantic Coast Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I
Established 1953
Members 12
Region East Coast
Sports fielded 20
NCAA
championships 97
NCAA men's titles 116
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I
Established 1953
Members 12
Region East Coast
Sports fielded 20
NCAA
championships 97
NCAA men's titles 116
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Big East Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1979
Members 16 (full) 1 (associate)
National
championships 24
Sports fielded 23 (10 men's, 13 women's)
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1979
Members 16 (full) 1 (associate)
National
championships 24
Sports fielded 23 (10 men's, 13 women's)
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Big Ten Conference
Data
Established 1896
Members 11
Sports fielded 25 (12 men's, 13 women's)
Region Midwestern United States
States 8 - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
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Data
Established 1896
Members 11
Sports fielded 25 (12 men's, 13 women's)
Region Midwestern United States
States 8 - Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
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Big 12 Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1996
Members 12
Sports fielded 21 (10 men's, 11 women's)
Region Central United States
States 7 - Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1996
Members 12
Sports fielded 21 (10 men's, 11 women's)
Region Central United States
States 7 - Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
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Conference USA
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1995
Members 12 full-time, 3 part-time
Sports fielded 19 (9 men's, 10 women's)
Region Southern United States
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1995
Members 12 full-time, 3 part-time
Sports fielded 19 (9 men's, 10 women's)
Region Southern United States
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Mid-American Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1946
Members 12
Sports fielded 23 (11 men's, 12 women's)
Region Great Lakes
States 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
New York, Ohio
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1946
Members 12
Sports fielded 23 (11 men's, 12 women's)
Region Great Lakes
States 5 - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,
New York, Ohio
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Mountain West Conference
Data
Established 1999
Members 9
Sports fielded 14
Region Western United States
States 7 - California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and
Wyoming
Headquarters Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Data
Established 1999
Members 9
Sports fielded 14
Region Western United States
States 7 - California, Colorado, Nevada,
New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and
Wyoming
Headquarters Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Established 1959
Members 10
Sports fielded 22 (11 men's, 11 women's)
Region West Coast of the United States
States 4 - Arizona, California, Oregon,
Washington
Past names Athletic Association of Western Universities (1959-68)
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Members 10
Sports fielded 22 (11 men's, 11 women's)
Region West Coast of the United States
States 4 - Arizona, California, Oregon,
Washington
Past names Athletic Association of Western Universities (1959-68)
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Southeastern Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1932
Members 12
Sports fielded 17 (8 men's, 9 women's)
Region Southern United States
States 9 - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1932
Members 12
Sports fielded 17 (8 men's, 9 women's)
Region Southern United States
States 9 - Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
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Sun Belt Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1976
Members 13
Sports fielded 19 (9 men's, 10 women's)
Region Southern United States
States 8 - Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1976
Members 13
Sports fielded 19 (9 men's, 10 women's)
Region Southern United States
States 8 - Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
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Western Athletic Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1962
Members 9
Sports fielded 19 (8 men's, 11 women's)
Region Western United States
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FBS
Established 1962
Members 9
Sports fielded 19 (8 men's, 11 women's)
Region Western United States
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NCAA Bowl Sub-Division independent schools are four-year institutions whose football programs are not part of an NCAA-affiliated conference. This means that I-A independents do not schedule each other for competition like conference schools do.
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Big Sky Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I
(Football Championship Subdivision)
Established 1963
Members 9
Sports fielded 15 (7 men’s, 8 women’s)
Region Western United States
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I
(Football Championship Subdivision)
Established 1963
Members 9
Sports fielded 15 (7 men’s, 8 women’s)
Region Western United States
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Big South Conference
Data
Classification NCAA Division I FCS
Established 1983
Members 8
Sports fielded 16 (8 men’s, 8 women’s)
Region Southern United States
States 3 - North Carolina,
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Data
Classification NCAA Division I FCS
Established 1983
Members 8
Sports fielded 16 (8 men’s, 8 women’s)
Region Southern United States
States 3 - North Carolina,
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