This is a list of defunct college football

College football

College football refers to American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, colleges, and military academies, or Canadian football played by teams of student athletes fielded by Canadian universities...

 conferences in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Not all of the conferences listed here are truly defunct. Some simply stopped sponsoring football and continue under their current names, where others changed their names after changes in membership.

Disbanded conferences

Conferences whose charter no longer functions:

• Alabama Collegiate Conference
• Alabama Intercollegiate Conference
• Alamo Conference
• American West Conference
  American west conference
  The American West Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1993 to 1996. It consisted of schools in California and Utah...
  
   (1993–1996) – Two members joined the Big Sky Conference
  Big Sky Conference
  The Big Sky Conference is an intercollegiate college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. The BSC was founded in 1963. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the states of Arizona,...
  
  , one joined the Big West Conference
  Big West Conference
  The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...
  
   while one became independent.
• Arkansas Association
• Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference
• Association of Mideast Colleges
• Atlantic Collegiate Football Conference
• Badger-Gopher Conference – Also known as the Badger-Illini Conference (1948–1956), Badger State Intercollegiate Conference (1940–1947), and Tri-State Conference (1932–1939).
• Big 4 Conference
• Big Eight Conference
  Big Eight Conference
  The Big Eight Conference, a former NCAA-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football, was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association by its charter member schools: the University of Kansas, University of Missouri, University...
  
   (also called Big Six and Big Seven) (1907–1996) – All eight members, along with four from the Southwest Conference, formed the Big 12 Conference
  Big 12 Conference
  The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of ten schools located in the Central United States, with its headquarters located in Las Colinas, a community in the Dallas, Texas suburb of Irving...
  
   under a separate charter.
• Big Five Conference
• Big Four Conference of Wisconsin
• Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  The Border Conference , was an NCAA-affiliated college athletic conference founded in 1931 that disbanded following the 1961-1962 season...
  
   (1931–1962) – Four members joined the new WAC
  Western Athletic Conference
  The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
  
  , while three became independent.
• Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• California Coast Conference
• Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union
• Central Church College Conference
• Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was a college sports athletic conference established in 1923 in the United States.Member schools :* Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas, 1928–1968; 1976–1988...
  
  
• Central States Intercollegiate Conference
• Chesapeake Conference
  Chesapeake Conference
  The Chesapeake Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference composed of member schools located in the state of Virginia and Washington, D.C. The league existed from 1933 to 1937....
  
  
• Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Conference
• Colorado Football Association
• Columbia Football Association – Known as the Columbia Football Association Mount Ranier League from 1987 to 1995.
• Columbia Football Association Mount Hood League
• Columbia Football League
• Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference
• Dixie Conference
  Dixie Conference
  The Dixie Conference was the name of three collegiate athletic leagues in the United States. The first operated from 1930 until the United States' entry into World War II in 1942. The second conference to use the name existed from 1948 to 1954...
  
  
• Eastern Collegiate Football Conference
  Eastern Collegiate Football Conference
  The Eastern Collegiate Football Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Founded in 2009, it features institutions with teams primarily in other conferences.-Members:-External links:*...
  
  
• Eastern Football Conference – This was the name of two conferences: one in existence in the Connecticut area from 1965 to 1974, and the other in the Northeast region from 1997 to 2000.
• Eastern Intercollegiate Conference
  Eastern Intercollegiate Conference
  The Eastern Intercollegiate Conference was in the NCAA. The conference existed from 1932 to 1939.-Membership:*Carnegie Tech*Georgetown University*Penn State*University of Pittsburgh*Temple University*West Virginia University-External links:...
  
   – A black college conference.
• Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
• Evergreen Conference – Also known as the Washington Intercollegiate Conference from 1938 to 1947.
• Freedom Football Conference
  Freedom Football Conference
  The Freedom Football Conference was a college athletic conference that competed in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams were located in New England and New York...
  
   (1992–2003) – Members split between the Empire Eight, New England Football Conference
  New England Football Conference
  The New England Football Conference is an athletic conference which competes in football in the NCAA's Division III. Member teams are located in New England...
  
  , New Jersey Athletic Conference
  New Jersey Athletic Conference
  The New Jersey Athletic Conference , formerly the New Jersey State Athletic Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Full members are located in New Jersey, track-only and football-only members are located in Connecticut and New York.-Member...
  
  , and the Liberty League
  Liberty League
  The Liberty League is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Originally founded in 1995 as the Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association, was renamed during the summer of 2004 to the current name...
  
  .
• Frontier Conference – This was the name of a conference in New Mexico in existence from 1940 to 1962 and should not be confused with the modern Frontier Conference
  Frontier Conference
  The Frontier Conference is a college athletic conference, founded in 1952 and affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in the northwestern United States, in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Utah....
  
   in the NAIA
  National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
  
  . This conference was also known as the New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference from 1940 to 1954.
• Gateway Conference (1962–1975) – A small-college conference made up of schools in Illinois and Wisconsin. Not to be confused with the Gateway Football Conference that is the direct predecessor of today's Missouri Valley Football Conference.
• Great Lakes Football Conference
  Great Lakes Football Conference
  The Great Lakes Football Conference began operations in the 2006 season, with six institutions competing. A previous incarnation of the conference was disbanded after the 1999 season.-Members:*Kentucky Wesleyan College...
  
   (2006–2012) – A Division II football-only conference that played its final season in 2011, the GLFC will effectively be absorbed by the all-sports Great Lakes Valley Conference
  Great Lakes Valley Conference
  The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin....
  
  , which is adding football in 2012. All of the GLFC's final members will become either full or football-only members of the GLVC.
• Great Plains College Association
• Green Mountain Conference
• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
  Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
  The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA's Division I. Member institutions are located in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, USA....
  
  
• Gulf Coast Conference
  Gulf Coast Conference
  The Gulf Coast Conference was a short-lived NCAA college athletic conference in the U.S. State of Texas from 1949 until 1957. The charter members of the conference were University of Houston, Midwestern University , North Texas State University , and Trinity University...
  
  
• Gulf Star Conference
  Gulf Star Conference
  The Gulf Star Conference was a conference that existed from 1984 until 1987. It lasted for three school years. All of the schools subsequently joined the Southland Conference.-Members:*Nicholls State *Northwestern State...
  
  
• Gulf States Conference
• Hawkeye College Conference
• Heartland Collegiate Conference – Also known as the Indiana Collegiate Conference from 1951 to 1977.
• Hoosier-Buckeye Conference – Chartered and known as the Hoosier Conference from 1948 to 1970.
• Illini-Badger Football Conference
  Illini-Badger Football Conference
  The Illini-Badger Football Conference was an athletic conference with the NCAA's Division III. Member teams were located in Illinois and Wisconsin. As the name indicates, member teams only competed in football. They participated in other athletic conferences in other sports...
  
   – Also known as the Illini-Badger-Hawkeye Football Conference from 1989 to 1990.
• Illinois Intercollege Conference
• Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference was a college athletic conference that existed from 1908 to 1970 in the United States.-History:...
  
   – Also known as the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference from 1950 to 1970.
• Illinois Intercollegiate Football League
• Independent College Athletic Conference
• Indiana College Athletic League
• Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  The Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association was a college athletic conference that existed from 1889 until the early part of the 20th century...
  
  
• Indiana Intercollegiate Conference
  Indiana Intercollegiate Conference
  The Indiana Intercollegiate Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1922 to 1950. It consisted of schools in Indiana....
  
  
• Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest
  Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest
  The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest was a college athletic conference from 1892 to 1893 in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Four universities were members: the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University and the University of...
  
   (1892–1893) – Disbanded due to financial difficulties; its four schools became charter members of what is now the Big Ten Conference
  Big Ten Conference
  The Big Ten Conference is the United States' oldest Division I college athletic conference. Its twelve member institutions are located primarily in the Midwestern United States, stretching from Nebraska in the west to Pennsylvania in the east...
  
   in 1896.
• Intercollegiate Football Association
• Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. It is commonly called "The Kansas Conference", and as the name implies, all members are located in Kansas...
  
   – The conference existed from 1890 to 1927, and was also known as the Kansas College Athletic Conference and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Association from1890 to 1901.
• Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• Liberty Football Conference
• Little Five Conference
• Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
• Maine Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association
  Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association
  The Maryland Intercollegiate Football Association , also called the Maryland Intercollegiate League, was an early college football conference with a membership composed of schools located primarily in the state of Maryland. One exception to that was Gallaudet, which is located in Washington, D.C...
  
  
• Mason-Dixon Conference
  Mason-Dixon Conference
  The Mason-Dixon Conference is a defunct NCAA Division III athletics conference, formed in 1936 and disbanded in 1974.When the conference was formed in 1936, it was used for track and field only. Within four years it began to include all sports, including baseball, basketball, football, soccer,...
  
  
• Met-Intercollegiate Conference
• Metropolitan Collegiate Conference
• Metropolitan Conference
• Metropolitan Intercollegiate Conference
• Michigan Collegiate Conference
  Michigan Collegiate Conference
  The Michigan Collegiate Conference was an athletic conference that existed in the United States for six years, from 1927 through 1932.Formed in December 1926, the members were Michigan State Normal , Western State Teachers College , Central State Teachers College , and the College of the...
  
  
• Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference
• Mid-Ohio Conference
• Mid-South Athletic Conference
• Middle Atlantic Athletic Association
• Middle States Intercollegiate Football League
• Middle States League
• Middle Three Conference
• Midlands Conference
• Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference
  Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference
  The Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference was a football-only NCAA Division II Conference formed for the 1990 football season. The conference was formed as the result of a merger of the football only Heartland Football Conference and the football playing members of the Great Lakes...
  
   – Also known as the Midwest Intercollegiate Conference in 1990.
• Midwestern Conference – A black college conference, also known as the Midwest Conference (1962–1963) and the Midwest Athletic Association (1926–1961).
• Mississippi Valley Conference
• Missouri College Athletic Union
• Mountain States Conference (1938–1963) – Though officially named the Mountain States Conference for its entire existence, the conference was better known to the public as the Skyline Conference (not to be confused with the modern Skyline Conference
  Skyline Conference
  The Mountain States Conference, also known as the Skyline Conference, was a college athletic conference based in the Western United States. The league was established in 1938 when the seven charter members pulled out of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.From 1938 to 1946, the conference was...
  
  , a group of schools in the New York City area). Four of its members formed the WAC and would later become charter members of the Mountain West Conference
  Mountain West Conference
  The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...
  
  , while the remaining three became independent.
• Nebraska College Athletic Conference – Also known as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference from 1916 to 1926.
• Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• New England Conference
  New England Conference
  The New England Conference was a collegiate sports conference in the eastern United States, more specifically in New England, that operated from 1938 to 1947...
  
   (1938–1947) – Established by five land-grant universities and one private school in New England. After the private school left in 1945, the remaining members associated with another New England land-grant school and formed the Yankee Conference (see later in this section) in 1946 under a new charter. The new conference did not begin competition until 1947.
• New York State Conference
• North Atlantic Conference
  North Atlantic Conference
  The North Atlantic Conference is an athletic conference, affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III, consisting primarily of small liberal arts colleges throughout the New England states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont....
  
   – A black college conference.
• North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Also known as the North Central Intercollegiate Conference from 1922 to 1929.
• North Dakota College Athletic Conference
  North Dakota College Athletic Conference
  The North Dakota College Athletic Conference was an NAIA-associated collegiate athletic conference that ceased operations following the 1999–2000 academic school year when it merged with the South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference to form the Dakota Athletic Conference.The following is a list of...
  
   – Also known as the North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference.
• North State Conference
  North State Conference
  The North State Conference was a collegiate athletic conference in the United States and is the predecessor of Conference Carolinas. Founded on December 6, 1930 at the Washington Duke Hotel in Durham, North Carolina, the conference was formed “for the greater advantage of the small colleges in...
  
   – Also known as the North Carolina State Intercollegiate Conference from 1931 to 1957.
• Northern California Athletic Conference
  Northern California Athletic Conference
  The Northern California Athletic Conference , a former NCAA-affiliated Division II college athletic association that sponsored American football, was formed in 1925...
  
   – Also known as the Far Western Conference from 1925 to 1981.
• Northwestern Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Also known as the Little Ohio Conference.
• Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference
• Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference – This was the name of two conferences, one in existence from 1914 to 1928, and the other in existence from 1974 to 1996.
• Oregon Collegiate Conference
• Oregon Intercollegiate Conference
• Pacific Coast Conference
  Pacific Coast Conference
  The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pacific-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis...
  
   (1915–1959) – Claimed by today's Pac-12 as part of its history, but the PCC had a separate charter. All PCC members at the time of its demise except Idaho
  University of Idaho
  The University of Idaho is the State of Idaho's flagship and oldest public university, located in the rural city of Moscow in Latah County in the northern portion of the state...
  
   are now Pac-12 members.
• Pacific Northwest Conference (1908-1925) - Originally University of Idaho, University of Oregon, Whitman College, Oregon Agricultural College (Oregon State University), University of Washington, Washington State College (University). Later members included University of Montana, Willamette University, Pacific University, Gonzaga University. Pacific Coast Conference member schools maintained dual membership in PCC and PNC. Circa 1925, the six PCC schools left and the remaining active PNC schools formed the Northwest Conference.
• Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association
  Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association
  The Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Football Association, or PIFA, was formed on September 26, 1891.- Conference members :The PIFA consisted of:* University of Lewisburg * Dickinson* Franklin & Marshall* Haverford* Penn State...
  
  
• Pioneer Conference
• Prairie College Conference – This was the name of two conferences, one in existence from 1953 to 1967, and the other in existence for the 1988 season.
• Smoky Mountain Conference
• South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  The South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association was an intercollegiate athletic conference. The SAIAA was first formed in 1907 and remained active until 1921...
  
  
• South Carolina Little Three – Also known as the South Carolina Little Four from 1946 to 1951.
• South Central Athletic Conference – A black college conference.
• South Dakota College Conference
• South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
  South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
  The South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference was an NAIA-associated collegiate athletic conference that ceased operations following the 1999–2000 academic school year when it merged with the North Dakota College Athletic Conference to form the Dakota Athletic Conference...
  
   – Also known as the South Dakota-Iowa Athletic Conference from 1995 to 1999.Southeastern Athletic Conference – A black college conference, also known as the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1929–1942), but distinct from the conference of the same name
  South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  The South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association was an intercollegiate athletic conference. The SAIAA was first formed in 1907 and remained active until 1921...
  
   that disbanded in 1921.
• Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association was one of the first collegiate athletic conferences in the United States. Twenty-seven of the current Division I FBS football programs were members of this conference at some point, as were at least 19 other schools...
  
  
• Southwest Conference (1914–1996) – Due to fallout from numerous recruiting scandals throughout the 1980s, most notoriously at SMU
  Southern Methodist University football scandal
  The Southern Methodist University football scandal was an incident in which the football program at Southern Methodist University was investigated and punished for massive violations of NCAA rules and regulations. The most serious violation was the maintenance of a slush fund used for "under the...
  
  , the conference went into terminal decline.
  • Arkansas
    Arkansas Razorbacks
    The Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the names of college sports teams at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The term Arkansas Razorbacks properly applies to any of the sports teams at the university. The Razorbacks take their name from the feral pig of the same name...
    
     started the process, announcing it would leave the SWC for the Southeastern Conference
    Southeastern Conference
    The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
    
     effective in 1991, leaving the conference with eight teams in Texas
    Texas
    Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
    
    .
  • Four members—Baylor
    Baylor Bears
    Baylor Bears refers to the sports teams of Baylor University. Baylor's men's sports teams are nicknamed the Bears, and some women's teams are nicknamed the Lady Bears. Student athletes participate in the NCAA's Division I, and Baylor is the only private school in the Big 12 Conference...
    
    , Texas, Texas A&M
    Texas A&M Aggies
    Texas A&M Aggies refers to the students, graduates, and sports teams of Texas A&M University. The nickname "Aggie" is common at land-grant or "Ag" schools in many states. The teams compete in Division I of NCAA sports...
    
    , and Texas Tech
    Texas Tech Red Raiders
    The Texas Tech Red Raiders are the athletic teams that represent Texas Tech University . The women's basketball team uses the name Lady Raiders; however, the school's other women's teams use the "Red Raiders" name. The university's athletic program fields teams in 15 varsity sports and 30 club sports...
    
    —joined with the Big 8 in 1994, forming the Big 12 under a new charter.
  • Houston
    Houston Cougars
    Houston Cougars is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Houston. Informally, the Houston Cougars have also been referred to as the Coogs, UH, or simply Houston. Houston's nickname was created by early physical education instructor of the university and former head football...
    
     became a charter member of Conference USA
    Conference USA
    Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
    
     (C-USA) in 1995, and has remained there.
  • Rice
    Rice Owls
    The Rice University athletic teams are known as the Rice Owls. The name comes from the owls in Rice's crest.Rice participates in NCAA Division I athletics and is part of Conference USA. Rice was a member of the Southwest Conference until its breakup in 1996. Rice then joined the Western Athletic...
    
    , SMU
    SMU Mustangs
    The SMU Mustangs is the name of the athletic teams representing Southern Methodist University. The Mustangs participate in the NCAA's Division I as a member of Conference USA. In 2005, SMU accepted an invitation to the Western Division of Conference USA, and left the Western Athletic Conference...
    
    , and TCU
    TCU Horned Frogs
    The TCU Horned Frogs are the athletic teams that represent Texas Christian University, consisting of 18 varsity teams. The "horned frog" nickname and mascot refer to the Texas horned lizard, as known as the "horned frog". The women's athletics teams are often referred to often as the Lady Frogs...
    
     joined the WAC
    Western Athletic Conference
    The Western Athletic Conference is an American collegiate athletic conference, which was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I FBS...
    
    . TCU left the WAC in 2001 to join C-USA, and moved again to the Mountain West Conference
    Mountain West Conference
    The Mountain West Conference , popularly known as the Mountain West, is the youngest of the college athletic conferences affiliated with the NCAA’s Division I FBS . The MWC officially began operations in July 1999...
    
     in 2005. At the same time TCU departed for the MWC, Rice and SMU rejoined Houston in C-USA. During the 2010–11 realignment cycle, TCU initially accepted an invitation to the Big East Conference
    Big East Conference
    The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of sixteen universities in the eastern half of the United States. The conference's 17 members participate in 24 NCAA sports...
    
     effective in July 2012, but never joined that conference, instead accepting an offer from the Big 12.
• Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference
• Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  The Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association was an NCAA-affiliated Division III college athletic association for schools in Texas from 1976 to 1996....
  
  
• Tri-Normal League
• Tri-State Athletic Conference
• Tri-State Conference – This was the name of two conferences, one in Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota in existence from 1960 to 1978, and another located in Pennsylvania and West Virginia in existence from 1932 to 1934. It was also the name of the Badger-Gopher Conference during a period of its existence.
• Triangular Football League
  Triangular Football League
  The Triangular Football League was an American college football conference. Its founding members were Dartmouth, Williams College, and Amherst College...
  
   – Also known as the Northeast Intercollegiate League from 1891 to 1892, the Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association from 1887 to 1890, and the Northern Intercollegiate Football Association from 1885 to 1886.
• Twin River Collegiate Conference
• Upper Peninsula Conference
• Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference
• Vermont State Conference
• Virginia / North Carolina Athletic Conference
• Virginia Collegiate Athletic Association
• Virginia Conference
  Virginia Conference
  The Virginia Conference was an intercollegiate athletic conference composed of member schools located in the state of Virginia. The league existed from 1928 to 1935....
  
  
• Virginia Little Eight Conference – Also known as the Virginia Little Seven Conference from 1954 to 1955 and the Virginia Little Six Conference from 1949 to 1953.
• Volunteer State Athletic Conference
  Volunteer State Athletic Conference
  The Volunteer State Athletic Conference was a college athletic conference which was predominantly for smaller colleges in the U.S. state of Tennessee....
  
  
• Western Football Conference
  Western Football Conference (US-DII)
  The Western Football Conference was an NCAA Division II scholarship-awarding football conference that existed from 1982 to 1993.Among its member schools were:* Santa Clara University* Cal Poly SLO* Cal State Northridge* California Lutheran University...
  
   – Also known as the Western Football League from 1987 to 1990.
• Western Interstate Conference
• Western Interstate University Football Association
  Western Interstate University Football Association
  The Western Interstate University Football Association was one of the first intercollegiate athletic conferences in the United States, existing from 1892 to 1897.-Formation, history and evolution:...
  
  
• Western New York Little Three Conference
  Western New York Little Three Conference
  The Western New York Little Three Conference was in the NCAA. The conference existed from 1946 to 1958.-Membership:*Canisius College *Niagara University *St. Bonaventure University -Men's basketball:*1947 Canisius...
  
  
• Western Pennsylvania Conference
• Wisconsin State University Conference
  Wisconsin State University Conference
  The Wisconsin State University Conference is a former intercollegiate college athletic conference that was formed in July 1913 as the Wisconsin State Normal Conference. As implied by the name, all member institutions were located in the State of Wisconsin...
  
   (1913–1997) – This was a men's-only conference that merged with a parallel women's-only conference, with identical membership, to become today's Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member teams are located in the state of Wisconsin, although there are three associate members from Minnesota and one from Michigan...
  
  .
• Yankee Conference
  Yankee Conference
  The Yankee Conference was a collegiate sports conference in the eastern United States. It once sponsored competition in many sports, but eventually became a football-only league...
  
   (1947–1997) – Established by the five remaining members of the New England Conference (see above), plus the University of Vermont. Over time, the conference expanded to include schools far removed from New England, but retained its name. Dropped sponsorship of all sports except football in 1975, absorbed by the Atlantic 10 in 1997 (see below).

Conferences undergoing name changes

Conferences which today exist under the same charter but different names:

• College Athletic Conference
  Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference , founded in 1962, is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas...
  
   (1962–1991) – Adopted its current name of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference in 1991, presumably to reflect its traditional geographic focus in the South
  Southern United States
  The Southern United States—commonly referred to as the American South, Dixie, or simply the South—constitutes a large distinctive area in the southeastern and south-central United States...
  
  .
• Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (1985–1992), Gateway Football Conference (1992–2008) – Before 1985, the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference was a women's athletic conference whose membership featured several schools now in the Missouri Valley Conference
  Missouri Valley Conference
  The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...
  
   (MVC). When the MVC stopped sponsoring its hybrid Division I-A (now FBS) and Division I-AA (now FCS) football league in 1985, the Gateway Conference took on football as its only men's sport. The initial football membership included the three I-AA football programs then in the MVC. When the women's portion of the Gateway Conference merged with the MVC in 1992, the football conference maintained the Gateway charter, with a name change to Gateway Football Conference. In 2008, the Gateway Conference, by now featuring five current MVC members, changed its name to the Missouri Valley Football Conference to better align itself with the MVC. The two conferences, however, remain legally separate, although they operate out of the same offices in St. Louis
  St. Louis, Missouri
  St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
  
  .
• Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference (1987–1999) – Changed name to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio...
  
   after it began to admit schools outside Indiana. Still exists .
• Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1969–1992), Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference (1992–2000) – Names changed as a result of geographic expansion. Known as the Great Plains Athletic Conference
  Great Plains Athletic Conference
  The Great Plains Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota...
  
   since 2000.
• Before its most recent expansion, the organization now known as the Pacific-12 Conference officially used three different names and unofficially used two others since the establishment of its current charter in 1959:
  • Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) — Official name from 1959 through June 1968.
  • Big Five — Unofficial name used from 1959 to June 1962, when the conference consisted of charter members California, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington.
  • Big Six — Unofficially adopted when Washington State joined in July 1962, and used through June 1964.
  • Pacific-8 Conference — Unofficially adopted when Oregon and Oregon State joined in July 1964; officially adopted in July 1968.
  • Pacific-10 Conference — Adopted in July 1978 with the arrival of Arizona and Arizona State, and used until Colorado and Utah joined in July 2011.

Existing conferences that dropped football

Conferences which still exist, but which have dropped football as a conference sport

• Atlantic 10
  Atlantic Ten Conference
  The Atlantic 10 Conference is a college athletic conference which operates mostly on the United States' eastern seaboard. It also has two member schools in Ohio: Dayton and Xavier, located in Dayton and Cincinnati, respectively. Another member, Saint Louis is located in St. Louis, Missouri...
  
   (1975–present) – Initially formed as a non-football conference. Absorbed the Yankee Conference football programs and began football sponsorship in 1997. Dropped football after the 2006 season when all football members departed for the Colonial Athletic Association
  Colonial Athletic Association
  The Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...
  
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• Big West Conference
  Big West Conference
  The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...
  
   (1969–present) – Pacific Coast Athletic Association
  Big West Conference
  The Big West Conference is an NCAA-affiliated Division I mid-major college athletic conference. When the conference began in 1969, its name was the Pacific Coast Athletic Association . After nineteen years, in 1988, its name was changed to the Big West Conference. The conference stopped...
  
   (1969–1988) changed name to the Big West Conference in 1988 as it admitted more schools located in the interior West. Dropped football as a conference sport after the 2000 season.
• California Collegiate Athletic Association
  California Collegiate Athletic Association
  The California Collegiate Athletic Association or CCAA is an intercollegiate athletic conference in the Division II of the NCAA. All of its current members are public universities, and all except for UC San Diego are members of the California State University system.It was founded in December 1938...
  
  
• Conference Carolinas
  Conference Carolinas
  Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference , is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Conference Carolinas reached its modern incarnation in 1994. Member institutions are located in the southeastern United States in...
  
  
• Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference with membership in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics...
  
  
• Mid-Continent Conference – Sponsored Division II football from 1982 to 1984. Now known as The Summit League, and its football sponsoring members participate in Division I FCS as football-only members of other conferences.
• Missouri Valley Conference
  Missouri Valley Conference
  The Missouri Valley Conference is a college athletic conference whose members are located in the midwestern United States...
  
   (1907–present) – Dropped football as a conference sport after the 1985 season. As noted above, the Missouri Valley Football Conference is a separate entity from the MVC, although the football conference has a licensing agreement with the MVC allowing it to use an adapted version of the MVC logo.
• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
  Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
  The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the northeastern United States. MAAC teams compete in the NCAA's Division I. Most of the members are Catholic or formerly Catholic institutions; the only exception is the private but secular Rider...
  
  (1980–present) – Initially formed as a non-football conference, began sponsoring football in 1993. Dropped football after the 2007 season, after most of its member schools discontinued their football programs.