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List of NCAA conferences
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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is divided into three divisions, based roughly on school size. Each division is made up of several conferences for regional league play. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference affiliation will occur on July 1 of the given year.
Contents
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1 Division I
1.1 Football Bowl Subdivision
1.2 Football Championship Subdivision
1.3 Non-football, multi-sport conferences
1.4 Ice hockey conferences
1.5 Other single-sport conferences
2 Division II
2.1 Current conferences
2.2 Single-sport conferences
2.3 Other sports
3 Division III
3.1 Current conferences
3.2 Future conference
3.3 Single-sport conferences
4 Defunct NCAA conferences
5 Conferences set to disband
6 See also
7 References
Division I[edit]
Football Bowl Subdivision[edit]
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sports
Headquarters
Map
American Athletic Conference The American 1979
[a] 12
[b] 21
[c] Providence,
Rhode Island
Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 1953 15
[d] 27 Greensboro,
North Carolina
Big Ten Conference Big Ten 1896 14 28 Rosemont,
Illinois
Big 12 Conference Big 12 1996 10 23 Irving,
Texas
Conference USA C-USA 1995 14 19 Irving,
Texas
Division I
FBS Independents Ind. 4
[e] 1 None
Mid-American Conference MAC 1946 12 23 Cleveland,
Ohio
Mountain West Conference MW
MWC 1999 11
[f] 18 Colorado Springs,
Colorado
Pac-12 Conference Pac-12 1959
[g] 12 24 San Francisco,
California
Southeastern Conference SEC 1932 14 21 Birmingham,
Alabama
Sun Belt Conference Sun Belt 1976 12
[h] 18 New Orleans,
Louisiana
Jump up ^ Known as Big East Conference prior to 2013.
Jump up ^ 12 full members with Wichita State as a non-football member; 12 football members with Navy as a football-only affiliate
Jump up ^ 22 sports in 2018 with addition of women's lacrosse
Jump up ^ 15 members (14 football)
Jump up ^ 6 independents in 2018 with addition of Liberty and New Mexico State football
Jump up ^ 11 members (12 football) with Hawaii as a football-only affiliate
Jump up ^ Pacific Coast Conference chartered in 1915; current charter formed 1959 by five former PCC members, with three others joining by 1964
Jump up ^ 12 full members with Little Rock and Texas–Arlington as non-football members; 12 football-playing schools with Idaho and New Mexico State as football-only affiliates
10 football members in 2018 with loss of Idaho and New Mexico State football
Football Championship Subdivision[edit]
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Full Members
Sports
Headquarters
Map
Big Sky Conference Big Sky
BSC 1963 12
[a] 16 Ogden, Utah
Big South Conference Big South 1983 10
[b] 19 Charlotte, North Carolina
Colonial Athletic Association CAA 1983 10
[c] 21 Richmond, Virginia
Division I FCS Independents 0
[d] 1
Ivy League Ivy League 1954
[e] 8 33 Princeton, New Jersey
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference MEAC 1970 13
[f] 15 Norfolk, Virginia
Missouri Valley Football Conference MVFC 1985
[g] 10
[h] 1 St. Louis, Missouri
Northeast Conference NEC 1981 10
[i] 23 Somerset, New Jersey
Ohio Valley Conference OVC 1948 12
[j] 17 Brentwood, Tennessee
Patriot League Patriot 1986 10
[k] 24 Center Valley, Pennsylvania
Pioneer Football League PFL 1991 11
[l] 1 St. Louis, Missouri
Southern Conference SoCon 1921 10
[m] 21 Spartanburg, South Carolina
Southland Conference Southland 1963 13
[n] 17 Frisco, Texas
Southwestern Athletic Conference SWAC 1920 10 18 Birmingham, Alabama
Jump up ^ 12 full members, with Idaho as a non-football member; 13 football members with Cal Poly and UC Davis as football-only affiliates
11 full members, 13 football members in 2018 with loss of North Dakota and addition of Idaho football
Jump up ^ 10 full members, 6 football members with Kennesaw State and Monmouth as football-only affiliates (one full member, Campbell, plays football outside the Big South in the Pioneer Football League)
11 full members, 6 football members in 2018 with the following:
Addition of Campbell (already a full member) in football, Hampton in non-football sports, and USC Upstate as a full, non-football member
Loss of Liberty
11 full members, 8 football members in 2019 with addition of Hampton football and North Alabama as a football-only member
11 full members, 7 football members in 2020 with Presbyterian football leaving for independent status and eventually the Pioneer League
Jump up ^ 10 full members and 12 football members
Jump up ^ 3 independents in 2018 with Hampton transitioning from the MEAC to the Big South, North Dakota transitioning from the Big Sky to the MVFC, and North Alabama transitioning from Division II to FCS
1 independent in 2019 with Hampton and North Alabama joining Big South football
1 independent in 2020 with North Dakota joining the MVFC and Presbyterian transitioning to non-scholarship football
No independents in 2021 with Presbyterian football joining the Pioneer League
Jump up ^ While the Ivy League considers its athletic conference to have been established in 1954, the history of the athletic league can be traced back decades earlier:
In 1901, the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League (EIBL) was formed by five schools that would later become part of the current Ivy League; the EIBL membership eventually became identical to that of the future all-sports league. The EIBL was directly absorbed into the all-sports Ivy League, which considers the EIBL to be part of its history.
In 1945, the Ivy Group Agreement, which governed competition and policies among the Ivy schools in football, was signed by all eight schools that eventually formed the all-sports league.
The official formation of the athletic Ivy League came in 1954, when the Ivy Group Agreement was extended to cover all sports.
For more details, see the section on the history of the athletic Ivy League.
Jump up ^ 13 full members, 11 football members
12 full members, 10 football members with loss of Hampton
11 full members, 9 football members in 2019 with loss of Savannah State
Jump up ^ While the MVFC began football competition in 1985, the conference charter dates to 1982. See History of the Missouri Valley Football Conference for more details.
Jump up ^ 11 members in 2020 with addition of North Dakota
Jump up ^ 10 full members, 7 football members
Jump up ^ 12 full members, 9 football members (one full member, Morehead State, plays football outside the OVC in the Pioneer Football League)
Jump up ^ 10 full members and 7 football members
Jump up ^ 10 members in 2018 with loss of Campbell
11 members in 2021 with addition of Presbyterian
Jump up ^ 10 full members, 9 football members
Jump up ^ 13 full members, 11 football members
Non-football, multi-sport conferences[edit]
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sports
Headquarters
Map
America East Conference America East
AmEast 1979 9 19 Boston, Massachusetts
Atlantic Sun Conference ASUN 1978 8 [a] 19 Macon, Georgia
Atlantic 10 Conference A-10 1975 14 21 Newport News, Virginia
Big East Conference Big East 2013
[b] 10 22 New York City, New York
Big West Conference Big West
BWC 1969 9[c] 18 Irvine, California
Coastal Collegiate Sports Association CCSA 2008 21 [d] 3 Macon, Georgia
Horizon League Horizon 1979 10 19 Indianapolis, Indiana
Division I Independents 0
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC 1980 11 24 Edison, New Jersey
Missouri Valley Conference MVC
The Valley 1907 10 17 St. Louis, Missouri
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation MPSF 1992 38 10 Woodland, California
Summit League The Summit 1982 8 [e] 19 Elmhurst, Illinois
West Coast Conference WCC 1952 10 14 San Bruno, California
Western Athletic Conference WAC 1962 8 [f] 19[1] Englewood, Colorado
Jump up ^ 9 members in 2018 with addition of Liberty and North Alabama, plus loss of USC Upstate
Jump up ^ Although the charter of the current Big East dates only to the 2013 split of the original Big East, both the current Big East and the American Athletic Conference claim 1979 as their founding dates. The current Big East maintains the pre-split history of the original conference in all sports that it sponsors. In football and rowing, the two sports that are sponsored by The American but not the current Big East, neither conference recognizes the history of the original Big East.
Jump up ^ 11 members in 2020 with addition of CSU Bakersfield and UC San Diego
Jump up ^ Sponsors only men's and women's swimming & diving, plus beach volleyball.
21 total members (10 beach volleyball, 6 men's swimming & diving, 9 women's swimming & diving)
Jump up ^ 9 members in 2018 with addition of North Dakota
Jump up ^ 9 members in 2018 with addition of California Baptist
8 members in 2020 with loss of CSU Bakersfield
Ice hockey conferences[edit]
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members (Men/Women)
Headquarters
Map
Atlantic Hockey Atlantic Hockey 1997 11 (11/none) Haverhill, Massachusetts
College Hockey America CHA 1999 [a] 6 (none/6) Haverhill, Massachusetts
ECAC Hockey ECAC 1962 12 (12/12) Albany, New York
Hockey East Hockey East 1984 11 (11/9)[b] Wakefield, Massachusetts
Independents 2 (1/1)
National Collegiate Hockey Conference NCHC 2011 [c] 8 (8/none) Colorado Springs, Colorado
Western Collegiate Hockey Association WCHA 1951 15 (10/7) Edina, Minnesota
Jump up ^ College Hockey America was formed in 1999 as a men's-only conference; women's play began in 2002. The men's side of CHA folded after the 2009–10 season.
Jump up ^ 12 total members and 10 women's members in 2018 with addition of Holy Cross; men's membership will not change.
Jump up ^ Although founded in 2011, the NCHC did not begin play until 2013.
Other single-sport conferences[edit]
This list includes conferences in sports that the NCAA does not fully split into divisions, such as men's volleyball and rifle. Note also that sports in which the NCAA sponsors separate championships for men and women are officially treated by the NCAA as two separate sports.
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sports
Headquarters
Map
Central Collegiate Ski Association CCSA 2009 9 1 (skiing) ?
Collegiate Water Polo Association CWPA 1970s 28 [a] 1 (water polo) Bridgeport, Pennsylvania
East Atlantic Gymnastics League EAGL 1995 7 1 (gymnastics) ?
Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges EARC ? 18 1 (rowing) Danbury, Connecticut
Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges EAWRC ? 18 1 (rowing) Danbury, Connecticut
Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League EIGL ? 5 1 (gymnastics) Danbury, Connecticut
Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association EISA ? 15 1 (skiing) ?
Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association EIVA 1977 8 1 (men's volleyball) Bronxville, New York
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association EIWA 1905 16 1 (wrestling) ?
Eastern Women's Fencing Conference EWFC 2000 7 1 (fencing) ?
Eastern Wrestling League EWL 1976 7 1 (wrestling) ?
Golden Coast Conference GCC 2013 [b] 6 (men)
8 (women) 1 (water polo) ?
Great America Rifle Conference GARC 1998 9 1 (rifle) ?
Intercollegiate Fencing Conference of Southern California IFCSC 1996? 2 [c] 1 (fencing) ?
Metropolitan Swimming Conference METS ? 18 (men)
19 (women) 1 (swimming) ?
Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association MACFA 1952 8 [d] 1 (fencing) Hackettstown, New Jersey
Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference MAC 1978 7 [e] 1 (rifle) ?
Midwest Fencing Conference MFC 1968 6 [f] 1 (fencing) University of Notre Dame (?)
Midwest Independent Conference MIC ? 6 1 (women's gymnastics) UIC (?)
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association MIVA 1961 8 1 (men's volleyball) Columbus, Ohio
Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference MRGC 2013 4 1 (women's gymnastics)
National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association NIWFA 1929 10 [g] 1 (fencing) ?
New England Intercollegiate Fencing Conference NEIFC ? 8 [h] 1 (fencing) ?
Northeast Fencing Conference NFC 1992 8 [i] 1 (fencing) ?
Patriot Rifle Conference PRC 2013 6 1 (rifle) Colorado Springs, Colorado
Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association RMISA 1950 8 1 (skiing) ?
Southland Bowling League SBL 2015[j] 8 1 (bowling) Frisco, Texas
Western Water Polo Association WWPA 1981 8 (men)
8 (women)[k] 1 (water polo) ?
Jump up ^ 9 schools have both men's & women's varsity teams, 10 have men's varsity teams only, 9 have women's varsity teams only; additionally, there are 136 men's and 86 women's club teams.
Jump up ^ Founded in 2013 as a women's-only conference; men's play added in 2016.
Jump up ^ There are 2 varsity members; the conference also has 7 college club members.
Jump up ^ There are 8 varsity members; the conference also has 7 college club members.
Jump up ^ There are 7 varsity members; the conference also has 6 college club members.
Jump up ^ There are 6 varsity members; the conference also has 13 college club members.
Jump up ^ There are 10 varsity members; the conference also has 10 college club members.
Jump up ^ There are 8 varsity members; the conference also has 13 college club members.
Jump up ^ There are 8 varsity members; the conference also has 5 college club members.
Jump up ^ The SBL was established during the 2014–15 school year with competition starting immediately. While the Southland Conference provides administrative support, the SBL operates separately.[2]
Jump up ^ 7 women's members in 2019 with loss of UC San Diego; men's membership will not change.
Division II[edit]
Current conferences[edit]
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
D-II
Sports
Headquarters
Map
California Collegiate Athletic Association CCAA 1938 13[a] 13 Walnut Creek, California
Carolinas, ConferenceConference Carolinas CC 1930 11 21 [b] Thomasville, North Carolina
Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference CACC 1961 14 16 New Haven, Connecticut
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association CIAA 1912 12 15 Hampton, Virginia
East Coast Conference ECC 1989 10 17 Central Islip, New York
Great American Conference GAC 2011 12 16 Russellville, Arkansas
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference GLIAC 1972 12 [c] 21 Bay City, Michigan
Great Lakes Valley Conference GLVC 1978 15 [d] 22 Indianapolis, Indiana
Great Midwest Athletic Conference G-MAC 2011 13 [e] 23 [f] Greenwood, Indiana
Great Northwest Athletic Conference GNAC 2001 11 16 Portland, Oregon
Gulf South Conference GSC 1970 14 [g] 17 Birmingham, Alabama
Heartland Conference Heartland 1999 9[h] 13 Waco, Texas
Independent !Division II Independents 3
Lone Star Conference LSC 1931 11[i] 17 Richardson, Texas
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association MIAA 1912 14 19 Kansas City, Missouri
Mountain East Conference MEC 2012 12 [j] 17 Bridgeport, West Virginia
Northeast-10 Conference NE-10 1980 15 23 Mansfield, Massachusetts
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference NSIC 1932 16 18 Saint Paul !St. Paul, Minnesota
Pacific West Conference PacWest 1992 14 [k] 15 Newport Beach, California
Peach Belt Conference PBC 1990 12 15 Augusta, Georgia
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference PSAC 1951 18 [l] 23 Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference RMAC 1909 15 [m] 23 Colorado Springs, Colorado
South Atlantic Conference SAC 1975 11 [n] 20 Rock Hill, South Carolina
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference SIAC 1913 14 13 Tucker, Georgia
Sunshine State Conference SSC 1975 11 18 Melbourne, Florida
Jump up ^ 12 members in 2020 with loss of UC San Diego.
Jump up ^ Emerging sport Swimming & Diving (M) included.
Jump up ^ 12 members in 2018 with loss of Tiffin and addition of Wisconsin–Parkside.
Jump up ^ 14 members in 2018 with loss of Wisconsin–Parkside.
Jump up ^ 14 members in 2018 with addition of Tiffin.
Jump up ^ Emerging sport Wrestling included.
Jump up ^ 13 members in 2018 with loss of North Alabama.
Jump up ^ Likely to disband in 2019 following the announced departure of eight members to the Lone Star Conference, with the ninth (Newman) also seeking a new affiliation.
Jump up ^ 19 members in 2019 with addition of Arkansas–Fort Smith, Dallas Baptist, Lubbock Christian, Oklahoma Christian, Rogers State, St. Edwards, St. Mary's (TX), and Texas A&M International.
Jump up ^ 11 members in 2019 with loss of UVA–Wise.
Jump up ^ 12 members in 2018 with loss of California Baptist and Dixie State.
Jump up ^ 17 members in 2018 with loss of Cheyney.
Jump up ^ 16 members in 2018 with addition of Dixie State.
Jump up ^ 12 members in 2019 with addition of UVA–Wise.
Single-sport conferences[edit]
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sport
Headquarters
Map
Appalachian Swimming Conference ASC ? 6 (men)
4 (women) swimming ?
Bluegrass Mountain Conference BMC 2000 9 (men)
7 (women) swimming Spartanburg, South Carolina
ECAC Division II Field Hockey League ECAC 2014 6 field hockey Danbury, Connecticut
ECAC Division II Wrestling League ECAC 2015 7 wrestling Danbury, Connecticut
New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference NSISC 1995 6 (men)
6 (women) swimming ?
Pacific Collegiate Swim and Dive Conference PCSC 2003 4 (men)
8 (women) [a] swimming ?
Jump up ^ PCSC — 7 women's members in 2018 with loss of Dixie State; men's membership will not change.
Other sports[edit]
These conferences sponsor sports which do not have D-II championships.
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sport
Headquarters
Map
Carolinas, ConferenceConference Carolinas CC 1930 9 men's volleyball Thomasville, North Carolina
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association CIAA 1912 10 bowling Hampton, Virginia
East Coast Conference ECC 1989 10 bowling Central Islip, New York
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association MIAA 1912 7 bowling Kansas City, Missouri
Northeast-10 Conference NE-10 1980 6 men's ice hockey South Easton, Massachusetts
Division III[edit]
Current conferences[edit]
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sports
Headquarters
Map
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference AMCC 1997 10 16 Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
American Collegiate Athletic Association ACAA 2017 8[a] 8
American Southwest Conference ASC 1996 13 16 Richardson, Texas
Capital Athletic Conference CAC 1989 10[b] 21 Hollywood, Maryland
Centennial Conference Centennial 1981 11 24 Lancaster, Pennsylvania
City University of New York Athletic Conference CUNYAC 1987 9 16 Flushing, Queens, New York
College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin CCIW 1946 9 23 Naperville, Illinois
Colonial States Athletic Conference CSAC 1992 12[c] 17 Aston, Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Coast Conference CCC 1984 10[d] 17 Springfield, Massachusetts
Commonwealth Coast Football[e] CCC Football 1965[f] 7[g] 1 Springfield, Massachusetts
Eastern Collegiate Football Conference ECFC 2009 8[h] 1 Wilmington, Vermont
Empire 8 E8 1964 9 22 Rochester, New York
Great Northeast Athletic Conference GNAC 1995 13[i] 17 Boston, Massachusetts
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference HCAC 1987 10 16 Greenwood, Indiana
Division III Independents 1 (football)[j]
7 (basketball)[k]
Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference IIAC 1922 9 22 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Landmark Conference Landmark 2006 8 18 Madison, New Jersey
Liberty League Liberty 1995 11 26 Canton, New York
Little East Conference LEC 1986 8[l] 19 North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference MASCAC 1971 8 16 Westfield, Massachusetts
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association MIAA 1888 9 22 Freeland, Michigan
Middle Atlantic Conferences MAC 1912 17[m][n] 27 Annville, Pennsylvania
Midwest Conference Midwest 1921 10 20 Ripon, Wisconsin
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference MIAC 1920 13 22 St. Paul, Minnesota
New England Collegiate Conference NECC 2008 9[o] 16 Attleboro, Massachusetts
New England Small College Athletic Conference NESCAC 1971 11 26 Hadley, Massachusetts
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference NEWMAC 1998 11 20 Wellesley, Massachusetts
New Jersey Athletic Conference NJAC 1985 10 18 Pitman, New Jersey
North Atlantic Conference NAC 1996 10[p] 15 Waterville, Maine
North Coast Athletic Conference NCAC 1983 10 23 Westlake, Ohio
North Eastern Athletic Conference NEAC 2004 14[q] 18 Gansevoort, New York
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference NACC 2006 12[r] 19 Waukesha, Wisconsin
Northwest Conference NWC 1926 9 20 Seattle, Washington
Ohio Athletic Conference OAC 1902 10 23 Austintown, Ohio
Old Dominion Athletic Conference ODAC 1976 14[s] 24 Forest, Virginia
Presidents' Athletic Conference PAC 1955 10[t] 19 Wexford, Pennsylvania
Skyline Conference Skyline 1989 11[u] 17 Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Southern Athletic Association SAA 2012 8 21 Atlanta, Georgia
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference SCIAC 1915 9 21 Los Angeles, California
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference SCAC 1962 8[v] 18 Lawrenceville, Georgia
State University of New York Athletic Conference SUNYAC 1958 11 20 Fredonia, New York
St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference SLIAC 1989 10 14 St. Louis, Missouri
University Athletic Association UAA 1986 8 22 Rochester, New York
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference UMAC 1972 9 16 St. Paul, Minnesota
USA South Athletic Conference USA South 1965 19[w] 14 Fayetteville, North Carolina
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference WIAC 1913 8 22 Madison, Wisconsin
Jump up ^ 6 members in 2018 with loss of Maine–Presque Isle and SUNY Canton
Jump up ^ 8 members in 2018 with loss of Marymount and Wesley
Jump up ^ 9 members in 2018 with loss of Cabrini, Gwynedd Mercy, Immaculata, Marywood, and Neumann plus addition of Bryn Athyn and Wilson
Jump up ^ 9 members in 2018 with loss of Eastern Nazarene
Jump up ^ Commonwealth Coast Football is operated by the Commonwealth Coast Conference, but remains a separate entity.
Jump up ^ Commonwealth Coast Football is a 2017 rebranding of the New England Football Conference, which was founded in 1965.
Jump up ^ 8 members in 2019 with addition of Husson
Jump up ^ 7 members in 2018 with closure of Mount Ida
6 members in 2019 with loss of Husson
Jump up ^ 13 members in 2018 with addition of Colby–Sawyer and closure of Mount Ida
Jump up ^ 1 football independent in 2018 with Finlandia joining MIAA and Thomas More becoming independent in all sports
Jump up ^ 7 basketball independents in 2018 with IIT joining NACC and Thomas More becoming independent
No football independents and 6 basketball independents possible in 2019, with Thomas More having a standing invitation to join the NAIA
Jump up ^ 9 members in 2018 with addition of Castleton
Jump up ^ The MAC is actually an umbrella organization of three conferences. Nine schools are members of the Commonwealth Conference and eight are members of the Freedom Conference. Each league conducts competition in the same set of 15 sports, not including football. The third league, called the Middle Atlantic Conference, combines schools from the Commonwealth and Freedom Conferences for the following 12 sports: men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's ice hockey, men's and women's track & field (both indoor and outdoor), men's and women's swimming & diving, and men's volleyball.
Jump up ^ 16 total members and 7 MAC Freedom members in 2019 with loss of Manhattanville
Jump up ^ 10 members in 2018 with loss of Wheelock and addition of Eastern Nazarene and New England College
Jump up ^ 8 members in 2018 with loss of Castleton, Colby–Sawyer, Green Mountain, and New England College, plus addition of Maine–Presque Isle and SUNY Canton
Jump up ^ 12 members in 2018 with loss of Bryn Athyn and Wilson
Jump up ^ 13 members in 2018 with addition of IIT
Jump up ^ 15 members in 2018 with addition of Ferrum
Jump up ^ 9 members in 2018 with loss of Thomas More
Jump up ^ 12 members in 2019 with addition of Manhattanville
Jump up ^ 9 members in 2018 with addition of Johnson & Wales–Denver
Jump up ^ 18 members in 2018 with loss of Ferrum
Future conference[edit]
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sports
Headquarters
Map
Atlantic East Conference AEC 2018 7 19 TBA
Single-sport conferences[edit]
Conference
Nickname
Founded
Members
Sport
Headquarters
Map
Colonial Hockey Conference CHC 2015 7 Women's ice hockey
Continental Volleyball Conference CVC 2011 10 [a] Men's volleyball Madison, New Jersey
ECAC West ECAC-W 6 (men)
10 (women) Ice hockey Danbury, Connecticut
Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League MCVL 2014 10 [b] Men's volleyball Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Midwest Lacrosse Conference MLC 2009 8 Men's lacrosse Waukesha, Wisconsin
Midwest Women's Lacrosse Conference MWLC 2010 10 Women's Lacrosse Waukesha, Wisconsin
New England Hockey Conference NEHC 2015 10 (men)
14 (women) [c] Ice hockey N/A
Northern Collegiate Hockey Association NCHA 1981 10 (men)
7 (women) Ice hockey Waukesha, Wisconsin
Ohio River Lacrosse Conference ORLC 2014 7 (men)
10 (women) Lacrosse Greenwood, Indiana
United Volleyball Conference UVC 2010 9 Men's volleyball Rochester, New York
Jump up ^ 12 members in 2018 with addition of Elizabethtown, Immaculata, and Randolph–Macon, plus loss of Thiel
Jump up ^ 10 members in 2018 with addition of Trine and loss of Wittenberg
Jump up ^ 13 women's members in 2018 with loss of Holy Cross
Defunct NCAA conferences[edit]
Conference
Division
Founded
Folded
Fate
America Sky Conference Division I 2007 2014 Men's golf conference absorbed by the Big Sky Conference.[3]
American Lacrosse Conference Division I 2001 2014 Women's lacrosse conference that folded after the 2014 season due to fallout of the early-2010s conference realignment, specifically the 2013 announcement by the Big Ten that it would add men's and women's lacrosse for the 2014–15 school year (2015 season). Four of the seven final ALC members are full Big Ten members. Johns Hopkins went independent before joining Big Ten women's lacrosse in the 2017 season. The other two members became Big East affiliates.
American South Conference Division I 1987 1991 Merged with the Sun Belt Conference. The new conference used the Sun Belt name.[4]
Atlantic Central Football Conference Division III 1997 2010 Disbanded
Atlantic Soccer Conference Division I 2000 2012 Disbanded
Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference Division III 1995 2007 Disbanded
Big Central Soccer Conference Division I 1987 1991 Men's soccer-only conference disbanded after the all-sports conferences of all but two of its members began sponsoring the sport.
Big Eight Conference Division I 1907 1996 Initially formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association, before six schools split away to form the Big Six in 1928. Disbanded to join with four former Southwest Conference schools to create the Big 12 Conference.
Border Conference University Division 1931 1962 Members split between the newly formed WAC and Independent statuses.
Central Collegiate Hockey Association Division I 1971 2013 The decision of the Big Ten Conference to add men's ice hockey as a sponsored sport in the 2013–14 season, taking three of the most successful members of the then-11-member league, led to a major conference realignment that ultimately consumed the CCHA. Two members joined the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference, one member joined Hockey East, and the remaining five members joined or rejoined the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
Continental Divide Conference Division II ??? 1992 Women's-only conference that merged with the men's-only Great Northwest Conference (not to be confused with the current Great Northwest Athletic Conference) to form the Pacific West Conference.
Deep South Conference Division II 1994 2013 Men's lacrosse conference disbanded when the South Atlantic Conference and Sunshine State Conference, home to all nine of the final conference members, began sponsoring the sport.
Dixie Conference * 1930 1942 Disbanded after most of its members suspended athletics during World War II.
Dixie Conference * 1948 1954 Disbanded
East Coast Conference Division I 1958 1994 Absorbed by the Mid-Continent Conference, now known as The Summit League.
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League * 1901 1955 Basketball-only conference absorbed by the Ivy League, which claims the EIBL as part of its own history.
ECAC Lacrosse League Division I 1999 2014 Men's lacrosse conference that disbanded after the 2014 season. The conference lost many members after the 2010 season when the original Big East launched a men's lacrosse league, and lost still more members with the Big Ten announcement. At the end of the final ECAC Lacrosse season, only one member had not announced a new lacrosse affiliation for the 2014–15 school year; that school would later join Southern Conference men's lacrosse.
ECAC Division II Lacrosse League Division II 2012 2016 Disbanded. Six members began play in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, leaving three members to become independents.
Freedom Football Conference Division III 1992 2003 Disbanded
Great Lakes Football Conference Division II 2006 2012 Football-only conference, effectively absorbed by the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Great Midwest Conference Division I 1991 1995 Merged with Metro Conference to form Conference USA.
Great Northwest Conference Division II ??? 1992 The second part of the merger that created the current Pacific West Conference.
Great South Athletic Conference Division III 1999 2016 Disbanded
Great West Conference Division I 2004 2013 Disbanded after all but one of its members joined more established conferences during the early-2010s conference realignment. The men's golf history and Internet presence of the Great West were maintained by the America Sky Conference (above) before the latter conference's absorption by the Big Sky.
Great West Hockey Conference Division I 1985 1988 Ice hockey-only conference formed by four Western schools, but had one of its members drop hockey after its first season. After failing to attract additional members in 1988, the league folded when one of the remaining members shut down its entire athletic program.
Great Western Lacrosse League Division I 1993 2010 Members joined the ECAC Lacrosse League (see above).
Gulf Coast Conference College Division 1949 1957 Disbanded
Gulf Star Conference Division I 1984 1987 Effectively absorbed by the Southland Conference.
High Country Athletic Conference Division I 1983 1990 Women's-only conference absorbed by the Western Athletic Conference.
Indiana Collegiate Conference Division II 1950 1978 Disbanded
Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Division II 1922 1950 Disbanded
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference University Division 1908 1970 Previously known as Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, disbanded.
Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the Northwest * 1892 1893 Disbanded, precursor to the Big Ten Conference.
Lake Michigan Conference Division III 1974 2007 Merged with the Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference to form the Northern Athletics Conference, now known as the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference.
Metro Conference Division I 1975 1995 Merged with Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA.
Metropolitan Collegiate Conference University Division 1965 1969 Disbanded
Metropolitan New York Conference University Division 1933 1963 Disbanded
Mid-Continent Athletic Association Division II, later Division I 1978 1981 Football-only conference absorbed by the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982. Effectively one of the precursors to the current Missouri Valley Football Conference.
Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association Division III 1998 2013 Absorbed by the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association.
Midwestern Conference University Division 1970 1972 The five member schools were unable to find the 6th member required for NCAA recognition.
Mountain States Conference (aka Skyline Conference) University Division 1938 1962 Disbanded, members split between the newly formed WAC and Independent statuses.
Mountain West Athletic Conference Division I 1982 1988 Women's-only conference (not to be confused with the modern Mountain West Conference) absorbed by the Big Sky Conference.
National Lacrosse Conference Division I 2008 2012 Disbanded after the Atlantic Sun Conference and Big South Conference began sponsoring women's lacrosse.
New England Conference * 1938 1947 Disbanded; the final four members joined two other schools to form the Yankee Conference under a new charter. Effectively the earliest ancestor of today's Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) football conference.
New England Women's Lacrosse Alliance Division III 1998 2012 Disbanded
New South Women's Athletic Conference Division I 1985 1991 Women's-only conference initially known as the New South Conference; absorbed by the Trans America Athletic Conference, now legally known as the Atlantic Sun Conference and branded as the ASUN Conference.
North Central Conference Division II 1922 2008 Disbanded
North East Collegiate Volleyball Association Division III 1995 2011 Men's volleyball conference disbanded in 2011 due to the 2012 establishment of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship. Most of the all-sports conferences that were home to NECVA members began sponsoring men's volleyball at that time.
North Star Conference Division I 1983 1992 Women's-only conference effectively absorbed by the Mid-Continent Conference (now The Summit League).
Northern California Athletic Conference Division II 1925 1996 Football-only conference, dissolved when most members decided to drop football
Northern Illinois-Iowa Conference Division III 1969 2007 Merged with the Lake Michigan Conference to form the Northern Athletics Conference, now known as the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference.
Northern Pacific Conference Division I 1982 1986 Women's-only conference. Disbanded when the Pac-10, home to five of the seven final conference members, began sponsoring women's sports.
Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference Division I 1982 2015 Field hockey-only conference that folded after the 2014 season. After a period in which the conference expanded to span both coasts, most of the eastern teams left over time. Four of the six final members, all from California (and also the league's founding members), became America East affiliates. The remaining two members became independents; one is now a field hockey member of the Big East and the other is now a MAC field hockey member.
Northern Sun Conference Division II 1979 1992 Women's-only conference that merged with the men's Northern Intercollegiate Conference, forming the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.
Pacific Coast Conference Division I 1915 1959 Forerunner to the Pac-12, disbanded due to scandal and infighting
Pacific Coast Softball Conference Division I 2002 2013 Softball-only; disbanded due to fallout from the early-2010s conference realignment. After the 2012 season, it lost five members when the Big Sky added the sport and a sixth to the WAC. After the 2013 season, the final seven members left when the West Coast Conference began sponsoring the sport (five were already WCC members, and the other two joined the WAC in softball).
Pilgrim Lacrosse League Division III 1986 2013 Absorbed by the NEWMAC
Southeast Team Handball Conference Unknown 1997 2006 Handball only, disbanded
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association * 1894 1941 Disbanded with the onset of American involvement in World War II.
Southwest Conference Division I 1914 1996 Disbanded, members split into the Big 12, WAC, and C-USA
United Soccer Conference Division I 2005 2009 Women's soccer-only, absorbed by Great West Conference
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Division II 1924 2013 Disbanded after the conference's football schools announced a split from the non-football schools. Ultimately, nine of the final schools became charter members of the Mountain East Conference, three joined the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, two joined the PSAC, and one went independent.
Western Collegiate Athletic Association Division I 1981 1986 Women's-only conference; known in its final season of 1985–86 as the Pacific West Conference (not to be confused with the current NCAA Division II conference). Disbanded when the Pac-10, home to the final five conference members, began sponsoring women's sports.
Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Division II 2010 2015 Lacrosse-only conference absorbed by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference; all final teams are members of the RMAC, including one affiliate. The RMAC had absorbed the women's side of the WILA in 2013; five of the members were RMAC members including one affiliate, one additional women's member became an independent.
Western Wrestling Conference Division I 2006 2015 Wrestling-only conference effectively absorbed by the Big 12 Conference, with all of its final members becoming single-sport Big 12 associates.
Yankee Conference Division I 1947 1997 Football-only conference from 1975 until its absorption by the Atlantic 10 Conference in 1997. Also an effective ancestor of today's CAA football conference.
* - Operated before the NCAA split into divisions in 1955.
Conferences set to disband[edit]
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Conference
Division
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Background
Heartland Conference Division II 1999 2019 In August 2017, eight of the Heartland Conference's nine members announced a mass exodus to the Lone Star Conference after the 2018–19 school year.[5] The remaining member, Newman University, announced it would seek a new conference affiliation at that time.[6] According to the Newman student newspaper, the two leagues had been discussing a merger in spring 2017.[7]
See also[edit]
List of college athletic conferences in the United States
List of schools reclassifying their athletic programs to NCAA Division I
List of NAIA conferences
References[edit]
Jump up ^ http://www.wacsports.com
Jump up ^ "New Southland Bowling League Established" (Press release). Southland Conference. January 20, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ Burton, Roy (June 4, 2014). "WSU joins friends/foes as Big Sky brings back men's golf". Standard-Examiner. Ogden, UT. Retrieved June 13, 2014.
Jump up ^ http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/colleges-southern-united-states
Jump up ^ "Lone Star Conference to Add Eight Schools in 2019" (Press release). Lone Star Conference. August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ "Newman To Explore New Conference Affiliation" (Press release). Newman University Athletics. August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.
Jump up ^ Mannis, Taylor (March 9, 2017). "Heartland Conference Looking to Expand". The Vantage. Wichita, KS. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
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List of biblical names starting with F
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A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – Y – Z
F[edit]
Felix, happy,[1][2][3] happy, prosperous,[4]
Festus, festive[5] joyful, festal, prosperous,[6]
Fortunatus, lucky,[7] fortunate,[8][9] prosperous,[10]
References[edit]
Comay, Joan, Who's Who in the Old Testament, Oxford University Press, 1971, ISBN 0-19-521029-8
Lockyer, Herbert, All the men of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing House (Grand Rapids, Michigan), 1958
Lockyer, Herbert, All the women of the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28151-2
Lockyer, Herbert, All the Divine Names and Titles in the Bible, Zondervan Publishing 1988, ISBN 0-310-28041-9
Tischler, Nancy M., All things in the Bible: an encyclopedia of the biblical world , Greenwood Publishing, Westport, Conn. : 2006 ISBN 0-313-33082-4
Inline references[edit]
Jump up ^ Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
Jump up ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
Jump up ^ Easton's Bible Dictionary
Jump up ^ Lockyer, p. 118
Jump up ^ Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
Jump up ^ Lockyer, p. 119
Jump up ^ Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
Jump up ^ Smith's Bible Dictionary
Jump up ^ Easton's Bible Dictionary
Jump up ^ Lockyer, p. 120
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Resistance (psychoanalysis)
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Resistance, in the context of the field of psychoanalysis, refers to oppositional behavior when an individual's unconscious defenses of the ego are threatened by an external source. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalytic theory, developed his concept of resistance as he worked with patients who suddenly developed uncooperative behaviors during sessions of talk therapy. He reasoned that an individual that is suffering from a psychological affliction, which Sigmund Freud believed to be derived from the presence of suppressed illicit or unwanted thoughts, may inadvertently attempt to impede any attempt to confront a subconsciously perceived threat. This would be for the purpose of inhibiting the revelation of any repressed information from within the unconscious mind.[1]
Contents
1 History
2 Forms of resistance
2.1 Repression
2.2 Transference
2.3 Ego-resistance
2.4 Working-through
2.5 Self-sabotage
3 Applications
4 Criticisms
5 References
History[edit]
Having developed the theory of resistance through his direct experiences with patients undergoing therapy, Sigmund Freud noticed that patients would avoid subjects and topics that struck too closely to uncomfortable memories or unacceptable emotions and desires. Freud then integrated these findings with his previous theories concerning the functions of the id, ego and super-ego. As a result, he eventually advanced his concept of resistance by developing it into a multitude of individual forms that included repression, transference, ego-resistance, "working-through", and self-sabotage.[2]
The common theory behind many of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic techniques, alluding to the fundamentals of psychoanalysis as a science, was that it is possible that memories that have been lost from consciousness provide hints of their existence by the means of prompting certain thoughts and behaviors.[3] Accordingly, the aim of psychoanalysis is to bring what is unconscious or preconscious into consciousness through verbalization. Afterwards, the act of bringing such thoughts into consciousness prevents them from motivating behavior and thus allowing the individual to exert more personal control.[4]
Throughout its history, resistance has caused significant division between psychologists. It remains a debated issue as there are some who considered it to be merely a description of a patient’s temperament rather than a universal construct of the human mind. Nonetheless, the concept of resistance retains a firm place in the history of psychology and the development of modern psychoanalysis.[5]
Forms of resistance[edit]
Repression[edit]
Main article: Psychological repression
Repression is the form of resistance where the ego pushes offensive memories, ideas, and impulses down into the unconscious. Essentially, the patient is unconsciously hiding memories from the conscious mind.[6]
Transference[edit]
Main article: Transference
Typically unconscious, transference is when the patient allows past experiences to affect present relationships. In therapy, this may come about if the therapist reminds the patient, either consciously or unconsciously, of someone in their past who may have had an early impact on their life. Subsequently, the patient may suddenly tend to regard the therapist in either a positive or negative manner, depending upon the nature of the past influence.[7]
Ego-resistance[edit]
This form of resistance is a neurotic regression to a proposed state of childlike safety. Usually, it involves the patient's attempts to gain attention and sympathy by emphasizing minor medical symptoms (i.e. headaches, nausea, and depression).[6][8]
Working-through[edit]
Main article: Working through
Derived from the id,[8] this form of resistance reflects the unconscious desire for consistency in a manner that is based upon the pleasure principle. Since the id is an innate portion of human instinct, interpretation of the conscious is an insufficient method, thus the psychoanalyst must first be able to surmount resistances by the means of deduction of patients' unconscious defenses that are presented through exploitation of the mechanism of transference.[6]
Self-sabotage[edit]
The weakest form of resistance that reflects the moralistic sentiments of the superego.[6] Essentially, it is a manifestation of internal guilt that prompts personal punishment by the means of self-imposed impediment.[8]
Applications[edit]
Psychoanalysis is, altogether, considered to be a type of insight-oriented therapeutic program. Despite general initial reservations, these types of programs have since transitioned from being quite marginal to becoming more well-known and mainstream.[9] In consideration to the theory of resistance itself, within a clinical setting, the expression of resistance is considered to be a significant stage to recovery because it reveals the presence of repression. Additionally, it is indicative of progress in the effort of resolving any underlying issues that may be the cause of personal dysfunction. As resistance is theorized to be a manifestation of the unconscious mind's attempts to protect the ego, it is the task of the psychoanalyst to combat this opposition by directing the patient to confront the unacceptable desires or uncomfortable memories. By this course of action, the patient may reach a cathartic conclusion.[10]
Criticisms[edit]
See also: Psychoanalysis § Criticism, and Psychotherapy § General critiques
Psychologists remain divided with regard to the concept of resistance. Since Freud first developed his theory of resistance, he has been significantly criticized for using personally favorable and unfalsifiable methodology. For example, if a patient were to agree with a psychoanalyst's inference about themselves, it is a confirmation that there is something they are repressing. However, if the patient disagrees, it is also a sign they are engaged in repression, which means the psychoanalyst is correct in either scenario.[11] Additionally, many psychologists believe that the success of psychoanalysis is not due its various explanatory systems or its reasoning for repression, but rather simply due to the process of communication.[12]
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