List of defunct college football conferences explained

This is a list of defunct college football conferences in the United States and a defunct university football conference in Canada. Not all of the conferences listed here are truly defunct. Some simply stopped sponsoring football and continue under their current names, where others changed their names after changes in membership.

United States

• Conferences whose charter no longer functions, listed by year of dissolution.

██ indicates a former Division I FBS/I–A or University Division conference██ indicates a former Division I FCS/I–AA conference██ indicates a former Division II/College Division conference██ indicates a former Division III conference██ indicates a former NAIA conference

• • † indicates a former conference, of any level, that technically still exists but under a different name
  • ‡ indicates a conference that still exists but has ended its sponsorship of football
• Successor conferences in bold are still in existence:

Conference	First Season	Final Season	Geographic Areas	Predecessor(s)	Successor(s)
				NEFC	CCC
Great Northwest Athletic Conference ‡	2001			–
	2000			–	Sooner
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference ‡ College Athletic Conference (1962–1991)				–	SAA
New England Football Conference †				–	CCC Football
		2013		–	Mountain East
Great West Conference Great West Football Conference (2004–2008)	2004	2013		–	Big Sky MVFC
Western Athletic Conference ‡		2012 *		–	Mountain West
Big East Conference †	1993	2012		–	American
	2000	2012			North Star
Pacific-10 Conference † Pacific-8 Conference (1964–1978) Big Six Conference (1962–1964) Big Five Conference (1959–1962) Athletic Association of Western Universities (1959–1968)		2011		–	Pac-12
	2006	2011		–	GLVC
	1997	2010		–	Empire 8 NJAC USA South
Gateway Football Conference Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (1985–1992) ‡	1985	2008		–	MVFC
Illini-Badger Football Conference Illini-Badger-Hawkeye Football Conference (1989–1990)		2007		–	NACC
North Central Conference North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1922–1929)		2008		–
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ‡	1993	2007		–	–
Dixie Conference (1963–2003) †		2003		–	USA South
Atlantic 10 Conference ‡	1997	2006			CAA Football
Upstate Collegiate Athletic Conference†	1995	2004		–	Liberty League
	1992	2003		–	Empire Eight NEFC NJAC Liberty League
Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference † Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1969–1992)		2000		–	GPAC
Big West Conference ‡ Pacific Coast Athletic Association (1969–1988)		2000		–	WAC
	1987	2000			GNAC
	1997	2000		–	Northeast-10
North Dakota College Athletic Conference North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference		1999		–	Dakota AC
Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference †	1987	1998		–	HCAC
Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference Midwest Intercollegiate Conference (1990)	1990	1999		Heartland GLIAC	GLIAC
	1995	1999			DAC
Mid-Ohio Conference† Mid-Ohio League (1949–1961)		1998		–	American Mideast
Northern California Athletic Conference Far Western Conference (1925 –1982)		1998			–
Wisconsin State University Conference Wisconsin State Normal Conference	1913	1997		–	WIAC
		1997			Lone Star
		1997		–	ASC
	1990	1997		–	CCC Football
	1914	1996		–	Big 12 Conference USA
Big Eight Conference Big Seven Conference (1947–1958) Big Six Conference (1907–1946)	1907	1996			Big 12
		1996			Atlantic 10
	1993	1996			Big Sky Big West
	1917	1995		–	SDIAC
		1995		–	Gulf South Lone Star SCAC Sooner Athletic TransSouth Athletic
	1991	1995		–	–
Northern Intercollegiate Conference† State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota (1942 –1961) Northern Teachers Athletic Conference (1932–1941)		1993		–	Northern Sun
	1982	1993		–	Big Sky Great West
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association †	1912	1992		–	MIAA
	1985	1992			MAAC
College Athletic Conference†		1991		–	SCAC
		1991		–	Empire 8
	1988	1991		–	–
Heartland Collegiate Conference Indiana Collegiate Conference (1951–1977)		1989		–	MIFC
	1988	1989		–	–
		1988			NESCAC
	1987	1988			CFA
Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives † Big Ten Conference (1917-1946, 1949–1987) Big Nine Conference (1899–1906, 1912–1917, 1946–1948) Western Conference	1896	1987			Big Ten
	1984	1987		–	Southland
		1986			MIAA
Missouri Valley Conference ‡	1907	1985		–	Mountain West
Hoosier-Buckeye Conference Hoosier Conference (1948–1970)		1985		–	HCAC
		1984		–	Northwest
Evergreen Conference Washington Intercollegiate Conference (1938–1947)		1984			Columbia FL
	1979	1984			Liberty FC
Mid-Continent Athletic Association ‡ Summit League	1978	1981		–	Gateway/MVFC Ohio Valley
		1980		–	GPAC
		1978		–	–
		1977		–	Met-Intercollegiate
Nebraska College Athletic Conference Nebraska Intercollegiate Conference (1916–1926)	1916			–	NIAC/GPAC
					CSIC North Central RMAC
				–	Big Ten MAC Patriot
					ODAC
					ODAC
				–	–
				–	–
				–	Yankee NESCAC
					Oklahoma IC (II)
Carolinas Conference Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1961–1972) North State Conference (1930–1961)				–	–
Mid-South Athletic Conference†				–	Gulf South
					Heart of America
					–
					Gulf South
				–	KCAC Great Plains
				–	–
				–	–
Midwestern Conference Midwest Conference (1962–1963) Midwest Athletic Association (1926–1961)				–	–
				–	Evergreen
South Carolina Little Three South Carolina Little Four (1946–1951)				–	–
				–	–
					Big 8 WAC
				–	–
				–	WAC
Frontier Conference New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference (1940–1954)				–	–
					–
Southeastern Athletic Conference South Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1929–1942)				–	–
				–	SWAC
Badger-Gopher Conference Badger-Illini Conference (1948–1956 college football season) Badger State Intercollegiate Conference (1940–1947) Tri-State Conference (1932–1939)				–	–
				–	–
				–	Pac-12
				–	Alabama Collegiate
				–	CIAA
				–	–
Virginia Little Eight Conference Virginia Little Seven Conference (1954–1955) Virginia Little Six Conference (1949–1953)				–	Mason-Dixon VCAA
				–	Volunteer State
					Big 8
				Lone Star	SIAC
				–	–
					Southwest Lone Star
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1908–1950)				–	MAC
				–	Indiana CC
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
				–	Gulf States
				–	Yankee
				–	–
				–	Southern SAIAA Dixie Louisiana
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
					Mid-American
				–	Evergreen
					Mason-Dixon Virginia Little Eight
				–	Chesapeake Southern
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
Northwest Ohio League Little Ohio Conference				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
					–
				–	–
				–	Arkansas Intercollegiate
				–	–
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Association Kansas College Athletic Conference (1902–1920) Kansas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1890–1901)				–	KCAC (II)
				–	OCC Big Four Conference
				–	Big Six Missouri Valley
				–	–
					SIAA Louisiana IC
				–	Far Western
Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletics Association†				–	MAC
				–	Southern
				–	Illinois IAC
				–	Iowa IAC Western IC
				–	–
				–	KIAC
				–	RMAC
Triangular Football League Northeast Intercollegiate League (1891–1892) Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association (1887–1890) Northern Intercollegiate Football Association (1885–1886)				–	–
				–	SAIAA
				–	MVIAA
				–	–
				–	–
				–	–
				–	ICFR
				–	–

Notes

Canada

• Ontario-Québec Intercollegiate Football Conference (1975-2000) – This conference existed with varying membership with many Ontario teams leaving for the current Ontario University Athletics in 1980. The remaining Ontario teams departed after the 2000 season and the remaining Quebec teams ultimately became the Quebec University Football League in 2004.

See also

• List of defunct college football teams