Question: The Samford Bulldogs are the 17 varsity teams (8 men's and 9 women's), recording championships from men's and women's track, men's and women's basketball, softball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, football, and men's and women's tennis that represent Samford University, the school is a member of the Southern Conference in Division I of the NCAA (FCS in football), after moving from 2008, to which collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States?

Context articles: Samford Bulldogs women's basketball
Colorado Buffaloes
2011–12 Samford Bulldogs basketball team
Ohio Valley Conference
Samford Bulldogs
Samford Bulldogs baseball
Samford Bulldogs football
IUP Crimson Hawks
2017 Samford Bulldogs football team
Sacramento State Hornets

The Samford Bulldogs women's basketball team, formerly the Samford Lady Bulldogs, is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Samford University in Homewood, Alabama, United States.
 Since 2008, the team competes in the Southern Conference (SoCon), after leaving the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC).
 They are currently led by 13-year head coach Mike Morris and play their home games at the Pete Hanna Center.
The Colorado Buffaloes are the athletic teams that represent the University of Colorado Boulder.
 The university sponsors 17 varsity sports teams.
 Both the men's and women's teams are called the Buffaloes (Buffs for short) or, rarely, the Golden Buffaloes.
 "Lady Buffs" referred to the women's teams beginning in the 1970s, but was officially dropped in 1993.
 The nickname was selected by the campus newspaper in a contest with a $5 prize in 1934 won by Andrew Dickson of Boulder.
 The university participates as a member of the Pac-12 Conference at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level.
 Rick George was announced as the sixth athletic director in program history on July 17, 2013, following the resignation of Mike Bohn, and after an interim appointment by former Women's Basketball Head Coach and current senior associate athletic director and senior women's administrator Ceal Barry.
 Colorado has won 28 national championships in its history, with 20 in skiing, including 2015.
 It was ranked #14 of "America's Best Sports College" in a 2002 analysis performed by "Sports Illustrated."
 The University has no men's baseball, tennis, soccer, lacrosse, or volleyball programs.
The 2011–12 Samford Bulldogs basketball team represented Samford University during the 2011–12 college basketball season.
 This was head coach Jimmy Tillette's fifteenth season at Samford.
 The Bulldogs compete in the Southern Conference's North Division and played their home games at Pete Hanna Center.
 They finished the season 11–19, 8–10 on SoCon play to finish in a tie for third place in the North Division and lost in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament to Furman.
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States.
 It participates in Division I of the NCAA; the conference's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS; formerly known as Division I-AA), the lower of two levels of Division I football competition.
 The OVC has 12 members, 9 of which compete in football in the conference.
The Samford Bulldogs are the 17 varsity teams (8 men's and 9 women's), recording championships from men's and women's track, men's and women's basketball, softball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, football, and men's and women's tennis that represent Samford University.
 The Men's basketball team made its first NCAA appearance in the 1999 and 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
 The women's basketball team made its initial NCAA tournament appearance in the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament and made its second consecutive appearance in the tournament in 2012.
 The baseball team made its first NCAA tournament appearance in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, reaching the finals of the Tallahassee Regional.
 Additionally, the softball team made its first NCAA Tournament Appearance in 2016.
 For the first time in history, the lady bulldogs won the Regular Season Championship as well as the Tournament Championship to cap off a record high of 40 wins on the season.
 The school is a member of the Southern Conference in Division I of the NCAA (FCS in football), after moving from the Ohio Valley Conference in 2008.
 The Samford Athletics staff is headed by athletic director Martin Newton, whose appointment was announced on March 9, 2011.
The Samford Bulldogs baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of Samford University in Homewood, Alabama, United States.
 The team is a member of the Southern Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I.
 The team plays its home games at Joe Lee Griffin Stadium in Homewood, Alabama.
 The Bulldogs are coached by Casey Dunn.
The Samford Bulldogs football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Samford University located in the U.S. state of Alabama.
 The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Southern Conference.
 Samford's first football team was fielded in 1902.
 The team plays its home games at the 6,700 seat Seibert Stadium in Homewood, Alabama.
 The Bulldogs are coached by Chris Hatcher.
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks, commonly known as the IUP Crimson Hawks and formerly called the IUP Indians, are the varsity athletic teams that represent Indiana University of Pennsylvania, which is located in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
 The university and all of its intercollegiate sports teams compete in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) within the NCAA Division II.
 The university sponsors 19 different teams, including eight teams for men and eleven teams for women: baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's field hockey, football, men's golf, women's lacrosse, women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, women's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball.
The 2017 Samford Bulldogs football team represent Samford University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
 They are led by third-year head coach Chris Hatcher and play their home games at Seibert Stadium.
 They are a member of the Southern Conference.
The Sacramento State Hornets (also Sac State) represent California State University, Sacramento in Sacramento, the capital city of the U.S. state of California, in intercollegiate athletics.
 The school fields 21 teams including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, rowing, soccer, tennis, and track and field; women's-only gymnastics, beach volleyball, volleyball, and softball; and men's-only baseball and football.
 The Hornets compete in NCAA Division I, and are members of the Big Sky Conference.
 The men's soccer and women's beach volleyball teams play as affiliate members in the Big West Conference, the baseball team plays as an affiliate member in the Western Athletic Conference, and the women's rowing team is an affiliate of the American Athletic Conference.