List of NAIA conferences

The following is a list of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics conferences as of the 2021–22 school year. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference membership occur on July 1 of the given year.

Football conferences

Conference	Nickname	Founded	Members	Sports	Headquarters
Frontier Conference	Frontier	1952	6	16	Billings, Montana
Great Plains Athletic Conference	GPAC	1969	12 [FB 1]	19	Sioux City, Iowa
Heart of America Athletic Conference	HAAC	1971	14 [FB 2]	20	Overland Park, Kansas
NAIA Independents			1	1
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference	KCAC	1928	13 [FB 3]	21	Wichita, Kansas
Mid-South Conference	MSC	1995	12 [FB 4]	21	Louisville, Kentucky
Mid-States Football Association	MSFA	1993	16	1	Findlay, Ohio
North Star Athletic Association	NSAA	2013	8 [FB 5]	18	Jamestown, North Dakota
Sooner Athletic Conference	SAC	1978	12 [FB 6]	15 [FB 7]	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Sun Conference	The Sun	1990	11 [FB 8]	16 [FB 9]	Daytona Beach, Florida

Notes

12 members; 10 football members, 11 in 2022 with addition of Mount Marty.
14 members; 12 football members.
- 13 members and 11 football members in 2023 with loss of Evangel.
13 members; 11 football members.
- 14 members and 12 football members in 2023 with addition of Evangel.
12 members; 22 football members.
- 11 members and 15 football members in 2022 with loss of Life (GA) and 7 Sun Division football teams.
- 10 members and 14 football members in 2023 with loss of Thomas More.
8 members; 7 football members.
12 members; 10 football members.
The conference began sponsoring football in 2018.
11 members; 7 football members.
- 10 members and 8 football members in 2022 with loss of non-football South Carolina Beaufort and addition of that sport by Thomas.
17 sports in 2022 with return of football.

Non-football conferences

Conference	Nickname	Founded	Members	Sports	Headquarters
American Midwest Conference	AMC	1998	10 [NF 1]	17	St. Louis, Missouri
Appalachian Athletic Conference	AAC	1985	16	19	Asheville, North Carolina
California Pacific Conference	CalPac	1996	15 [NF 2]	10	Oakland, California
Cascade Collegiate Conference	CCC	1988	12	13	Clackamas, Oregon
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference	CCAC	1949	15	16	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Continental Athletic Conference	CAC	2008	19 [NF 3]	21
Crossroads League	CL	1959	10	15	Hartford City, Indiana
Golden State Athletic Conference	GSAC	1986	10	13	Irvine, California
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference	GCAC	1981	5 [NF 4]	16	New Orleans, Louisiana
Red River Athletic Conference	RRAC	1998	14 [NF 5]	15	Dallas, Texas
River States Conference	RSC	1916	13	15	Florence, Kentucky
Southern States Athletic Conference	SSAC	1999	10 [NF 6]	15	Atlanta, Georgia
Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference	WHAC	1992	12	21	Livonia, Michigan

Notes

10 members in 2022 with addition of Cottey and loss of Lyon.
14 members in 2022 with impending loss of Sierra Nevada.
17 members in 2022 with loss of Cottey and Lincoln Christian.
8 members in 2022 with addition of Oakwood and Wiley, and return of Southern–New Orleans.
13 members in 2022 with loss of Wiley.
11 members in 2022 with addition of Life (GA).

Defunct conferences

American Mideast Conference (1949–2012)
Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (1928–1995)
Central States Intercollegiate Conference (1976-1989)
Dakota Athletic Conference (2000–2012)
Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (closed in 2003)
Evergreen Conference (1948–1984)
Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–1976)
Hoosier–Buckeye Conference (1948–1985)
Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (1994–2015)
Midwest Collegiate Conference (1988–2015)
Missouri College Athletic Union (1924–1970)
Nebraska College Conference (1916–1976)
North Dakota College Athletic Conference (closed in 2000), merged with South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference to form Dakota Athletic Conference
Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference (1929–1973), formerly the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (1974–1997)
Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference (1984–1998)
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
Southern States Conference (1938–1997), formerly the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference and the Alabama Collegiate Conference
Sunrise Athletic Conference (2002–2011)
TranSouth Athletic Conference (1996–2013)
Tri-State Conference (1960–1981)
Volunteer State Athletic Conference (1940s–early 1980s)
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1924–2013), transferred to the NCAA in 1994. Most of the final WVIAC members are now in the NCAA Division II Mountain East Conference.

Former conferences

All transferred to the NCAA.

Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (1961–2002)
Conference Carolinas (1930–1995), known as Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference after 1961, held dual membership with the NCAA for two years starting in 1993
Dixie Conference (1963–1973), became the USA South Athletic Conference in 2003
Lone Star Conference (1931–1982)
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (1932–1995), known as Northern Intercollegiate Conference after 1962
Northwest Conference (1926–1998), Pacific Northwest Conference before 1984 and Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges until 1996
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (1972–2008)

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[GPAC-1] 12 members; 10 football members, 11 in 2022 with addition of Mount Marty.

[HAAC-2] 14 members; 12 football members.
13 members and 11 football members in 2023 with loss of Evangel.

[3] 13 members and 11 football members in 2023 with loss of Evangel.

[KCAC-3] 13 members; 11 football members.
14 members and 12 football members in 2023 with addition of Evangel.

[5] 14 members and 12 football members in 2023 with addition of Evangel.

[MSC-4] 12 members; 22 football members.
11 members and 15 football members in 2022 with loss of Life (GA) and 7 Sun Division football teams.

10 members and 14 football members in 2023 with loss of Thomas More.

[7] 11 members and 15 football members in 2022 with loss of Life (GA) and 7 Sun Division football teams.

[8] 10 members and 14 football members in 2023 with loss of Thomas More.

[NSAA-5] 8 members; 7 football members.

[SAC1-6] 12 members; 10 football members.

[SAC2-7] The conference began sponsoring football in 2018.

[8] 11 members; 7 football members.
10 members and 8 football members in 2022 with loss of non-football South Carolina Beaufort and addition of that sport by Thomas.

[13] 10 members and 8 football members in 2022 with loss of non-football South Carolina Beaufort and addition of that sport by Thomas.

[9] 17 sports in 2022 with return of football.

[10] 10 members in 2022 with addition of Cottey and loss of Lyon.

[11] 14 members in 2022 with impending loss of Sierra Nevada.

[12] 17 members in 2022 with loss of Cottey and Lincoln Christian.

[13] 8 members in 2022 with addition of Oakwood and Wiley, and return of Southern–New Orleans.

[14] 13 members in 2022 with loss of Wiley.

[15] 11 members in 2022 with addition of Life (GA).

NAIA conferences
Single Division	American Midwest Conference Appalachian Athletic Conference California Pacific Conference Cascade Collegiate Conference Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Continental 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^† Mid-South Conference^† North Star Athletic Association^† Red River Athletic Conference River States Conference Sooner Athletic Conference^† Southern States Athletic Conference Sun Conference Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference NAIA independent schools
Football-only	Mid-States Football Association^† NAIA independent football schools^†
^†Conference sponsors football