Mid - America Intercollegiate Athletics Association The Mid - America Intercollegiate Athletics Association ( MIAA ) is a college athletic conference which operates in the states of Kansas , Missouri , Nebraska and effective in 2012 in Oklahoma in the Midwestern United States . The conference was formerly known as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association , but changed its name in 1992 , after it expanded into Kansas . It participates in the NCAA ' s NCAA Division II . Overview . The MIAA sponsors 16 conference championships ( 8 men ' s , 8 women ' s ) in these sports : baseball , basketball , cross country , football , golf ( men ' s ) , soccer ( women ' s ) , softball , tennis , track and field ( indoor and outdoor ) , and volleyball ( women ' s ) . MIAA schools with additional sports ( swimming and men ' s soccer ) usually compete independently or as part of a nearby conference . The current staff consists of Bob Boerigter ( Commissioner ) , Larry House ( Assistant Commissioner for Championships and Business Development ) , Amber Feldman ( Assistant Commissioner for Compliance and Internal Operations / Senior Woman Administrator ) and Josh Slaughter ( Director of Communications ) . The MIAA is considered one of the top conferences in NCAA Division II , and has seen three member schools move up to NCAA Division I . Southwest Missouri State University ( now called Missouri State University ) made the jump in 1981 , Southeast Missouri State University moved up in 1991 , and the University of Nebraska at Omaha ( now branded athletically as " Omaha " ) joined The Summit League in 2012 . Nebraska – Omaha joined the conference on July 1 , 2008 . On July 3 , 2007 , Southwest Baptist University was granted independent status for their football team , while all remaining teams will stay in the MIAA . Lincoln University of Missouri ( after revitalizing its dormant football program ) was re - admitted to the MIAA by a vote of the CEO Council on January 30 , 2009 , and resumed membership in the 2010 - 11 academic year . On July 8 , 2009 , the MIAA CEO Council voted to remain a 12 - team league for the foreseeable future , denying an application by Rockhurst University ( which does not have a football team but wanted to compete in other sports ) . The vote ended short term speculation about the League expanding to 16 teams divided into two divisions . Southwest Baptist will rejoin the MIAA in football for the 2013 football season , which will mean the schools can then play an 11 - game conference football schedule with no non - conference games . Currently , only schools in the Football Bowl Subdivision ( formerly Division I - A ) are allowed to schedule 12 regular - season games in all seasons . Football Championship Subdivision ( formerly I - AA ) schools are allowed to schedule 12 games in years that contain 14 Saturdays in the period starting with Labor Day weekend and ending with the Saturday before Thanksgiving ; the next season this will occur will be 2013 . In July 2010 it was reported that the conference was seeking to expand to 16 teams and is considering adding the four following schools : On July 30 the MIAA announced the University of Central Oklahoma and Northeastern State University would join after leaving the Lone Star Conference tentatively in the 2012 - 13 academic year . Lindenwood University submitted an application in May 2010 and after a few months of speculation , Nebraska - Kearney formally submitted an application to the MIAA on August 2 , 2010 . Both were formally approved and accepted on September 24 , 2010 . Once the expansion completes in 2012 the schools will only play each other in football and will play no non - conference games . The MIAA has opted not to divide into divisions in the 16 - team arrangement . Teams that are closest geographically will play each other every year and will rotate through the other conference members in other years . The move to expand the league was spurred at least in part after Northwest Missouri during its national championship game run had problems finding non - conference teams that would play it resulting in 2010 with it having 10 - game rather than 11 - game schedule . The arrangement will end annual rivalries such as the Hickory Stick and Fall Classic at Arrowhead with the teams playing each other every other year or more . The following season after the expansion of the conference , on March 13 , 2011 , Nebraska – Omaha announced that they will be joining the Summit League and moving to Division I for the 2011 - 2012 season . In June , 2012 Truman State University announced they had been accepted for membership in the Great Lakes Valley Conference effective Fall , 2013 and would be leaving the MIAA . Truman is one of only three founding members of the MIAA remaining in the conference . Member schools . Former members . When the conference was created it consisted of private and public schools . In 1924 it reorganized to include only public schools . , and conference records tend to begin with that date . The schools left behind in the reorganization went on to later form the Missouri College Athletic Union , which would in time become the current Heart of America Athletic Conference in the NAIA . Lincoln University was removed from the conference in 1999 because it did not have a football program since 1989 . Lincoln has since revitalized its football program . Football . MIAA Championships Won or Shared Per School Conference Football Champions All - Time MIAA Standings ( 1924 – 2011 ) Volleyball . " MIAA champion was determined via postseason tournament from 1982 - 1992 , and 2006 - 2007 . From 2003 to 2005 , separate regular season and tournament champions were crowned . " MIAA championships won per school Volleyball Champions MIAA Tournament Champions Men ' s Basketball . MIAA Championships Won or Shared Per School Regular Season MIAA Champions " * = first place in MIAA standings , no championship awarded " < br > " = North Division Champion ( 89 - 90 only ) " < br > " = South Division Champion ( 89 - 90 only ) " < br > MIAA Basketball Tournament Champions All - Time MIAA Standings ( 1924 - 25 to 2010 - 11 ) Women ' s Basketball . Conference Championships Per School Regular Season MIAA Champions < br > " = North Division Champion ( 89 - 90 only ) " < br > " = South Division Champion ( 89 - 90 only ) " < br > MIAA Tournament Champions All - Time MIAA Standings ( 1982 - 83 to 2010 - 11 ) Cross Country . MIAA Men ' s Cross Country Championships Per School MIAA Men ' s Cross Country Champions MIAA Men ' s Cross Country Championships Per School MIAA Women ' s Cross Country Champions Golf . Men ' s MIAA Championships Per School MIAA Men ' s Golf Champions Women ' s MIAA Championships Per School Women ' s MIAA Golf Champions