page_title: Central Arkansas Bears and Sugar Bears
section_title: Gulf South Conference to Southland Conference
hierarchical_section_title: Central Arkansas Bears and Sugar Bears / Gulf South Conference to Southland Conference
caption_attribution_description: English: UCA Bears playing football.
context_page_description: The University of Central Arkansas Bears and Sugar Bears participates in the NCAA Division I's Football Championship Subdivision as a member of the Southland Conference. The athletic program is supported by the efforts of a diverse group of over 400 male and female student-athletes. Its men's teams are called the Bears and the women's are the Sugar Bears.
context_section_description: From 1993 to 2006, UCA competed in the West Division of the Gulf South Conference. In 2005–2006, UCA's men's athletic teams won that conference's All Sports Trophy. However, on July 1, 2006, UCA began the transition to Division I and joined the Southland Conference, with the Bears also becoming Associate members of the Missouri Valley Conference for men's soccer. 
  In 2008, the UCA Bear Football Team defeated more Southland Conference Opponents than any other conference team and were declared "Unofficial Southland Conference Champions." (The Southland Conference nor the NCAA would recognize UCA as the champions due to the transition period from Division II.)
caption: Estes Stadium west side with players in action.
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