List of NCAA conferences
Defunct NCAA conferences
* - Operated before the NCAA split into divisions in 1955.

List of NCAA conferences

Section Title: Defunct NCAA conferences
Table Section Text: * - Operated before the NCAA split into divisions in 1955.

Conference	Division	Founded	Folded	Fate

America Sky Conference	Division I	2007	2014	Men's golf conference absorbed by the Big Sky Conference.

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).

American South Conference	Division I	1987	1991	Merged with the Sun Belt Conference. The new conference used the Sun Belt name.

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.

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.

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.

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 Athletic Conference for Women	Division III	1977	1994	Merged with the men's Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference, forming the current Midwest 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.

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.

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).

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.

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