Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Explained

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
Founded:	1992
Association:	NCAA
Division:	Division I
Teams:	39 (38 in 2024)
Sports:	11
Mens:	5
Womens:	5
Region:	Western United States, Southwestern United States, Southern United States, Northwestern United States
Headquarters:	Seattle, Washington
Commissioner:	Foti Mellis
Since:	2021
Color:	005696
Font Color:	FFFFFF
Map:	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation map.svg
Map Size:	250

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference with members located mostly in the western United States, although it has added members as far east as Pennsylvania. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level, primarily in Olympic sports that are not sponsored by a school's primary conference (such as the Pac-12 and Big West, many of whose members participate in MPSF competition in at least one of its sports).

History

The MPSF was founded in 1992 to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports. The MPSF conducts championships in men's volleyball, as well as indoor track, gymnastics, and water polo for both men and women. In 2010 the MPSF added women's swimming and diving, and added those sports for men in the 2011–12 season. The 2012–13 school year was the last for MPSF competition in men's soccer, and the 2020–21 school year was the last for MPSF women's lacrosse.

The conference membership varies by sport; 39 schools are MPSF members in at least one of its sponsored sports. Schools are not required to participate in MPSF competition for a sponsored sport if their primary conference affiliation sponsors a competition in that sport (e.g. Pac-12 in soccer and women's gymnastics).

All MPSF members have a primary conference affiliation. All Big West Conference members house at least one sport in the MPSF. The West Coast Conference is represented by six schools (Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco). The Pac-12 Conference was represented by five (Arizona State, California, Stanford, UCLA, USC). Three conferences are represented by 2 schools: the Big 12 Conference (BYU, Oklahoma), the Mountain West Conference (Air Force and San Jose State), and the Western Athletic Conference (Grand Canyon and Southern Utah). Twelve conferences are represented by one school each – the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (Penn State Behrend), the Big Sky Conference (Sacramento State), the Big Ten Conference (Indiana), the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (Augustana (IL)), the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (Alaska Anchorage), the Lone Star Conference (Texas Woman's), the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (Wheaton (MA)), the Pacific West Conference (Concordia–Irvine), the Presidents' Athletic Conference (Washington & Jefferson), the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (Austin), and the Southland Conference (Incarnate Word).

All of the MPSF members from the Pac-12 left at the end of the 2023–24 school year, at which time the Big Ten is represented by three schools (adding UCLA and USC), and the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 are each be represented by two (ACC: California and Stanford; Big 12: adding Arizona State but losing Oklahoma). Also in 2024–25, the Pacific West representation will increase to four schools with the arrival of Jessup University Jessup, Menlo, and Vanguard while the Southeastern Conference will be represented by Oklahoma.

Due to the Big West addition of men's and women's swimming and diving as a sponsored sport beginning in the 2024-25 school year,^[1] six Big West members will move their aquatics programs to their primary conference, including three members (Bakersfield, Cal Poly, and UC Santa Barbara) who were only MPSF members in aquatics and will thus effectively leave the MPSF.

Al Beaird was the first Executive Director of the MPSF for 24 years, from 1998 to 2021. Foti Mellis became the second executive director on June 1, 2021. Mellis was a Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of California.

Members

Source:^[2]

Existing members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Division
	nowrap	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
	Anchorage, Alaska	Seawolves	GNAC	NCAA D-II
Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Sun Devils	Big 12	NCAA D-I
Augustana College (IL)	Rock Island, Illinois	Vikings	CCIW	NCAA D-III
Austin College^[3]	Sherman, Texas	Kangaroos	SCAC	NCAA D-III
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Big 12	NCAA D-I
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	Mustangs	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield, California	Roadrunners	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Titans	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Beach	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Matadors	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Hornets	Big Sky	NCAA D-I
	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	ACC	NCAA D-I
	Davis, California	Aggies	Big West	NCAA D-I
	Irvine, California	Anteaters	Big West	NCAA D-I
	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
	Riverside, California	Highlanders	Big West	NCAA D-I
	La Jolla, California	Tritons	Big West	NCAA D-I
	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Big West	NCAA D-I
Concordia University Irvine	Irvine, California	Eagles	Pacific West	NCAA D-II
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix, Arizona	Antelopes	WAC	NCAA D-I
	Honolulu, Hawai'i	nowrap		Big West	NCAA D-I
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	Cardinals	Southland	NCAA D-I
Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Hoosiers	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
	Norman, Oklahoma	Sooners	SEC	NCAA D-I
	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
	Stockton, California	Tigers	WCC	NCAA D-I
Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College	Erie, Pennsylvania	Lions	nowrap	AMCC	NCAA D-III
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	WCC	NCAA D-I
	Portland, Oregon	Pilots	WCC	NCAA D-I
Saint Mary's College of California	Moraga, California	Gaels	WCC	NCAA D-I
	San Diego, California	Toreros	WCC	NCAA D-I
	San Francisco, California	Dons	WCC	NCAA D-I
San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Spartans	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
	Los Angeles, California	Trojans	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
Southern Utah University	Cedar City, Utah	Thunderbirds	WAC	NCAA D-I
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	ACC	NCAA D-I
Texas Woman's University	Denton, Texas	Pioneers	Lone Star	NCAA D-II
	Seattle, Washington	Huskies	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
		Presidents	PAC	NCAA D-III
Wheaton College (MA)	Norton, Massachusetts	Lyons	NEWMAC	NCAA D-III

Future members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Division
Jessup University	Rocklin, California	Warriors	PacWest	NCAA D-II
Menlo College	Atherton, California	Oaks	PacWest	NCAA D-II
Vanguard University	Costa Mesa, California	Lions	PacWest	NCAA D-II

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Division
	Tucson, Arizona	Wildcats	Big 12	NCAA D-I
California Baptist University	Riverside, California	Lancers	WAC	NCAA D-I
California State University, Fresno	Fresno, California	Bulldogs	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
	Boulder, Colorado	Buffaloes	Big 12	NCAA D-I
	Denver, Colorado	Pioneers	Summit	NCAA D-I
University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	Vandals	Big Sky	NCAA D-I
	Los Angeles, California	Lions	WCC	NCAA D-I
University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	Cornhuskers	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
	Paradise, Nevada	Rebels	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Lobos	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Fighting Hawks	Summit	NCAA D-I
	Greeley, Colorado	Bears	Big Sky	NCAA D-I
	Corvallis, Oregon	Beavers	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Aztecs	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	Redhawks	WAC	NCAA D-I
Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, Washington	Falcons	GNAC	NCAA D-II
	Salt Lake City, Utah	Utes	Big 12	NCAA D-I
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Aggies	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Cougars	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
	Laramie, Wyoming	Cowboys & Cowgirls	Mountain West	NCAA D-I

Notes

Sports

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation sponsors championship competition in five men's and five women's NCAA sanctioned sports^[4] The MPSF dropped men's soccer after the 2012 season. The moves of Denver (all sports) and New Mexico (soccer only) to other conferences left the MPSF with six soccer members, but all six would soon leave due to moves by the Western Athletic Conference. MPSF soccer member Seattle was already in the WAC, and another MPSF soccer school, CSU Bakersfield, was already committed to join the WAC in 2013. Because the WAC dropped football after the 2012 season due to a near-complete membership turnover, it needed to add another men's sport to maintain its Division I status. To that end, it invited the four remaining MPSF soccer schools to join them; all accepted, and the WAC began sponsoring men's soccer in 2013–14.^[5]

In October 2015, Arizona State announced that it would elevate its club team in women's lacrosse to full varsity status starting in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season), which will give the Pac-12 six women's lacrosse schools. This number is required by league bylaws for official sponsorship of a sport, and is also the number of teams required for a conference to be an automatic NCAA tournament qualifier. This led the Pac-12 to announce that all of its women's lacrosse teams would leave the MPSF for the new Pac-12 lacrosse league for the 2018 season. MPSF women's lacrosse continued to operate through the 2021 season, though it would lose its automatic NCAA tournament bid after the 2019 season.^[6]

The next major change in conference membership came in January 2016, when the Golden Coast Conference, a water polo-only league that previously operated only a women's competition, announced it would add a men's division effective with the 2016–17 season. The GCC took six of the 10 members of the MPSF men's water polo league, leaving the MPSF with only the four Pac-12 members that sponsor the sport.^[7]

On May 31, 2016, the Big West Conference announced that it would begin sponsoring men's volleyball in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season). The Big West men's volleyball league launched with full members Long Beach State, Cal State Northridge, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Hawai'i, plus associate member UC San Diego (which joined the Big West full-time in July 2020). UC San Diego left the federation with the launch of Big West men's volleyball, but the other Big West members remain in the MPSF in other sports.^[8] California Baptist also exited the MPSF after dropping its only conference sport of men's volleyball shortly after the 2017 season, and Cal State Bakersfield (now being rebranded athletically as Bakersfield) left the MPSF after dropping its last remaining conference sport of women's water polo at the same time.^[9]

It was announced in August 2021 that the MPSF would add men's and women's fencing to the conference as the tenth sport.^[10]

It was announced in September 2021 that the MPSF would add women's artistic swimming to the conference as the eleventh sport.^[11]

On November 9, 2023, the MPSF announced that it would add beach volleyball, a women-only sport at the NCAA level, for the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The inaugural membership in that sport will consist mainly of schools that are leaving the Pac-12 Conference, which sponsors beach volleyball, after 2023–24: California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington. The only member not coming from the Pac-12 is Grand Canyon.^[12] The following month, the MPSF announced that Saint Mary's, which had been an MPSF member in women's lacrosse before the school dropped the sport in 2017, had returned to the conference in women's indoor track & field.^[13]

**MPSF Teams**! Sport !! Men's !! Women's
	-	4
	4	4
	4	4
	7	10
	5	11
	7	-
	8	7

Membership by sport

School	Artistic Swimming	Beach Volleyball	Fencing	Men's Gymnastics	Women's Gymnastics	Men's Indoor Track & Field	Women's Indoor Track & Field	Men's Swimming & diving	Women's Swimming & diving	Men's Volleyball	Men's Water Polo	Women's Water Polo	Total MPSF Sports
Air Force													2
Alaska Anchorage													1
Arizona State													1
Augustana (IL)													1
Austin													1
BYU													1
Cal Poly													2
Cal State Bakersfield													2
Cal State Fullerton													2
Cal State Northridge													2
California													4
Concordia–Irvine													1
Grand Canyon														2
Hawaii													3
Incarnate Word													4
Indiana													1
Long Beach State													2
Oklahoma													1
Oregon													1
Pacific													2
Penn State Behrend													1
Pepperdine													3
Portland													2
Sacramento State													1
Saint Mary's													1
San Diego													1
San Francisco													1
San Jose State													1
Southern California													4
Southern Utah													1
Stanford													6
Texas Woman's													1
UC Davis													3
UC Irvine													1
UCLA													4
UC Riverside													2
UC San Diego													3
UC Santa Barbara													2
Washington													1
Washington & Jefferson													1
Wheaton (MA)													1
Totals	4	7	4	4	4	5	11	7	10	7	8	7

Aquatics

There are three sports that are sponsored under the aquatics section. Men's and women's swimming and diving were launched in the 2010-11 season. Artistic swimming was later added in the 2021-22 season.

In June 2023, the Big West announced the addition of men's and women's swimming and diving as a sponsored sport beginning in the 2024-25 school year. As a result, six Big West members will move their aquatics programs to their primary conference, including three members (Bakersfield, Cal Poly, and UC Santa Barbara) who were only MPSF members in aquatics and will thus effectively leave the MPSF.

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Joined
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	Mustangs	Big West	2010 (W) 2014 (M)
California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield, California	Roadrunners	Big West	2010/2021 (M/W)
	Davis, California	Aggies	Big West	2010
	La Jolla, California	Tritons	Big West	2018 (M/W)
	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Big West	2010 (M) 2014 (M)
	Honolulu, Hawaii	nowrap		Big West	2011 (M) 2012 (W)
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	Cardinals	Southland	2021 (A) 2022 (M/W)
	Stockton, California	Tigers	WCC	2010 (M/W)
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	WCC	2023
	San Diego, California	Toreros	WCC	2010
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	ACC	2021
Texas Woman's University	Denton, Texas	Pioneers	Lone Star	2021
Wheaton College (MA)	Norton, Massachusetts	Lyons	NEWMAC	2021

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary conference	Joined	Left
	nowrap	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Men	Mountain West	2011	2013
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Men Women	Big 12	2011	2023
	Denver, Colorado	Pioneers	Men	Summit	2012	2013
	Los Angeles, California	Lions	Women	WCC	2010	2014
	Paradise, Nevada	Rebels	Men	Mountain West	2011	2013
	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Fighting Hawks	Men	Summit	2011	2013
	Greeley, Colorado	Bears	Women	Big Sky	2010	2012
Rowspan=2	Seattle University	Rowspan=2	Seattle, Washington	Rowspan=2	Redhawks	Men	Rowspan=2	WAC	Rowspan=2	2010	2013
Women	2012
	Laramie, Wyoming	Cowboys & Cowgirls	Men	Mountain West	2011	2013

Timeline

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bar:3 color:AssocF from:2010 till:2014 text:Loyola Marymount (W, 2010–2014)

bar:4 color:AssocF from:2010 till:2012 text:Northern Colorado (W, 2010–2012)

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bar:6 color:AssocF from:2010 till:end text:San Diego (W, 2010–present)

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bar:8 color:AssocF from:2010 till:2024 text:UC Davis (W, 2010–2024)

bar:9 color:AssocF from:2010 till:2014 text:UC Santa Barbara (M, 2014–2024; W, 2010–2024) bar:9 color:Full from:2014 till:2024 text:

bar:10 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2013 text:Air Force (M, 2011–2013)

bar:11 color:Full from:2011 till:2023 text:BYU (M, 2011–2023; W, 2011–2023)

bar:12 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2012 text:Hawaii (M, 2011–2024; W, 2012–2024) bar:12 color:Full from:2012 till:2024 text:

bar:13 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2013 text:North Dakota (M, 2011–2013)

bar:14 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2013 text:UNLV (M, 2011–2013)

bar:15 color:AssocOS from:2011 till:2013 text:Wyoming (M, 2011–2013)

bar:16 color:AssocOS from:2012 till:2013 text:Denver (M, 2012–2013)

bar:17 color:Full from:2018 till:2024 text:UC San Diego (M, 2018–2024; W, 2018–2024)

bar:18 color:FullxF from:2021 till:2022 text:Incarnate Word (M, 2022–Present; W, 2022–Present; A, 2021–Present) bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:end text:

bar:19 color:FullxF from:2021 till:end text:Stanford (A, 2021–Present)

bar:20 color:FullxF from:2021 till:end text:Texas Women's (A, 2021–Present)

bar:21 color:FullxF from:2021 till:end text:Wheaton (MA) (A, 2021–Present)

bar:22 color:AssocF from:2023 till:end text:Pepperdine (W, 2023–present)

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Conference Champions

Year	Men	Women
2010–11	CSU Bakersfield	UC Davis
2011–12	Brigham Young	Brigham Young
2012–13	UNLV	UC Davis
2013–14	Brigham Young	UC Davis
2014–15		Hawaii
2015–16		UC Davis
2016–17	UC Santa Barbara	Hawaii
2017–18	UC Santa Barbara
2018–19	Hawaii
2019–20	Hawaii
2020–21	Brigham Young
2021–22		UC San Diego
2022–23		Hawaii

Fencing

Fencing was introduced as an MPSF sport in the 2021-22 season.

Current members

The MPSF currently has three members that participate in fencing.

Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Joined
nowrap	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Mountain West	2021
La Jolla, California	Tritons	Big West
San Antonio, Texas	Cardinals	Southland

Timeline

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bar:2 color:Full from:2021 till:end text:Incarnate Word (2021-present)

bar:3 color:Full from:2021 till:2024 text:Stanford (2021-2024)

bar:4 color:Full from:2021 till:end text:UC San Diego (2021-present)

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Conference Champions

Year	Team
2021-22	Stanford
2022-23
2023-24

Gymnastics

Men's gymnastics was introduced as an MPSF sport with the formation of the conference while women's gymnastics was initiated for the 2001-02 season.

Current members

The MPSF currently has four members that participate in men's gymnastics and four for women's.

Institution	Location	Nickname	Men	Primary conference	Joined
	nowrap	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons		Mountain West	1992
	Anchorage, Alaska	Seawolves		GNAC	2002
	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears		ACC	1992
	Davis, California	Aggies		Big West	2001
California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Hornets		Big Sky	2001 2013
	Norman, Oklahoma	Sooners		SEC	1992
Southern Utah University^[14]	Cedar City, Utah	Thunderbirds		WAC	2023
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal		ACC	1992

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary conference	Joined	Left
	nowrap	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Women	Mountain West	2001	2023
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Men	Big 12	1992	2000
	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Men	Big Ten	1992	1994
	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Men	Big West	1992	2002
	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Women	Big West	2001	2002
	Lincoln, Nebraska	Cornhuskers	Men	Big Ten	1994	2011
	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Lobos	Men	Mountain West	1992	1999
San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Spartans	Men	Mountain West	1992	1997
			Women		2001	2005
			Women		2013	2023
Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, Washington	Falcons	Women	GNAC	2002	2020
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Aggies	Women	Mountain West	2012	2013

Timeline

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bar:4 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2000 text:BYU (M, 1992–2000)

bar:8 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:end text:California (M, 1992–present)

bar:3 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:1999 text:New Mexico (M, 1992–1999)

bar:9 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:end text:Oklahoma (M, 1992–present)

bar:2 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:1997 text:San Jose State (M, 1992–1997; W, 2001–2005, 20013–2023) bar:2 color:AssocF from:2001 till:2005 text: bar:2 color:AssocF from:2013 till:2023 text:

bar:10 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:end text:Stanford (M, 1992–present)

bar:1 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:1994 text:UCLA (M, 1992–1994)

bar:5 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2001 text:UC Santa Barbara (M, 1992–2002; W, 2001–2002) bar:5 color:Full from:2001 till:2002 text:

bar:6 color:AssocOS from:1994 till:2011 text:Nebraska (M, 1994–2011)

bar:12 color:AssocF from:2001 till:2005 text:Sacramento State (W, 2001–2005, 2013–present) bar:12 color:AssocF from:2013 till:end text:

bar:13 color:AssocF from:2001 till:end text:UC Davis (W, 2001–present)

bar:11 color:AssocF from:2002 till:end text:Alaska–Anchorage (W, 2002–present)

bar:14 color:AssocF from:2002 till:2020 text:Seattle Pacific (W, 2002–2020)

bar:15 color:AssocF from:2012 till:2013 text:Utah State (W, 2012–2013)

bar:16 color:AssocF from:2023 till:end text:Southern Utah (W, 2023–present)

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Conference champions

Year	Men	Women
1992–93	Stanford	rowspan="10"
1993–94	UCLA
1994–95	Stanford
1995–96	Oklahoma
1996–97	Nebraska
1997–98	California
1998–99	Nebraska
1998–99	Oklahoma
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02		Sacramento State
2002–03		Sacramento State
2003–04	California	San Jose State
2004–05	Oklahoma	Sacramento State
2005–06		Seattle Pacific
2006–07		Seattle Pacific
2007–08		UC Davis
2008–09	Stanford	Alaska–Anchorage
2009–10	Oklahoma	UC Davis
2010–11	Stanford
2011–12	Oklahoma
2012–13
2013–14		Sacramento State
2014–15		UC Davis
2015–16		Sacramento State
2016–17		San Jose State
2017–18		San Jose State
2018–19		Air Force
2019–20		rowspan="2"
2020–21	Oklahoma
2021–22	Stanford	San Jose State
2022–23		UC Davis
2023–24		Southern Utah

National champions

Year	Team
1993	Stanford (M)
1995	Stanford (M)
1997	California (M)
1998	California (M)
2002	Oklahoma (M)
2003	Oklahoma (M)
2005	Oklahoma (M)
2006	Oklahoma (M)
2008	Oklahoma (M)
2009	Stanford (M)
2011	Stanford (M)
2015	Oklahoma (M)
2016	Oklahoma (M)
2017	Oklahoma (M)
2018	Oklahoma (M)
2019	Stanford (M)
2021	Stanford (M)
2022	Stanford (M)
2023	Stanford (M)
2024	Stanford (M)

Indoor Track & Field

Men's and women's indoor track & field were introduced for the 1992–93 season as one of the conference's inaugural sports. Conference records before 1999 are incomplete.

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Joined
California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Titans	Big West	2021 (M) 2013 (W)
California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Matadors	Big West	1994, 2001, 2007 (M) 1992, 2001, 2007 (W)
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Beach	Big West	1995
	Honolulu, Hawai'i	nowrap		Big West	2012
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	WCC	2022
	Portland, Oregon	Pilots	WCC	1995, 2014 (M) 1993, 2014 (W)
Saint Mary's College of California	Moraga, California	Gaels	WCC	2024
	San Francisco, California	Dons	WCC	2017
	Davis, California	Aggies	Big West	2004, 2017
	Irvine, California	Anteaters	Big West	2002, 2010
	Riverside, California	Highlanders	Big West	2001, 2016

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary conference	Joined	Left
	Tucson, Arizona	Wildcats	Men & Women	Big 12	1993	2020
Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Sun Devils	Men & Women	Big 12	1996 2006	2002 2020
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Men & Women	Big 12	2011	2023
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	Mustangs	Women	Big West	2002	2006
	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	Men & Women	ACC	1992	2020
	Davis, California	Aggies	Men	Big West	2004	2005
	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Men	Big Ten	2000	2020
	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Women	Big Ten	1996	2020
	Boulder, Colorado	Buffaloes	Men & Women	Big 12	2011	2020
University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	Vandals	Men	Big Sky	1995 2002	1997 2004
University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	Vandals	Women	Big Sky	1995	1996
	Paradise, Nevada	Rebels	Women	Mountain West	1992	1996
	Reno, Nevada	Wolf Pack	Women	Mountain West	1992	2000
	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	Men & Women	Big Ten	1992	2020
	Corvallis, Oregon	Beavers	Women	Pac-12	2014	2020
	Los Angeles, California	Trojans	Men & Women	Big Ten	2013	2020
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Men & Women	ACC	1992	2020
	Salt Lake City, Utah	Utes	Women	Big 12	2011	2020
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Aggies	Men & Women	Mountain West	1992	2004
	Seattle, Washington	Huskies	Men & Women	Big Ten	1992	2020
Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Cougars	Men & Women	Pac-12	1993	2020

Conference champions

Year	Men	Women
1992–93	California	UNLV
1993–94	Arizona	Utah State
1994–95		Arizona
1995–96		Washington
1996–97	Idaho	Stanford
1997–98	Washington State	Stanford
1998–99	Stanford	Washington State
1999–00	Stanford	Washington State
2000–01	Washington State	Arizona
2001–02	UCLA	Arizona
2002–03		Stanford
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06	Washington
2006–07	Washington	Arizona State
2007–08	Oregon	Arizona State
2008–09	UCLA	Stanford
2009–10	UCLA	Oregon
2010–11	Stanford	Oregon
2011–12	Arizona State	Stanford
2012–13	Arizona State	Oregon
2013–14	California	USC
2014–15	Oregon	USC
2015–16	USC	Oregon
2016–17	Oregon	USC
2017–18	USC
2018–19	Brigham Young
2019–20	Brigham Young	Oregon
2020–21
2021-22	BYU	BYU
2022-23	BYU	BYU

National champions

All national champions are in men's volleyball.

Year	Team
1999–00	UCLA (W)
2000–01	UCLA (W)
2006–07	Arizona State (W)
2007–08	Arizona State (M)
2007–08	Arizona State (W)
2008–09	Oregon (M)
2009–10	Oregon (W)
2010–11	Oregon (W)
2011–12	Oregon (W)
2012–13	Oregon (W)
2013–14	Oregon (M)
2013–14	Oregon (W)
2014–15	Oregon (M)
2015–16	Oregon (M)
2015–16	Oregon (W)
2016–17	Oregon (W)
2020–21	Oregon (M)

Volleyball

Men's volleyball was introduced for the 1993 season (1992–93 school year) as one of the conference's inaugural sports. The MPSF will add beach volleyball in the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The MPSF added the sport in the wake of the collapse of the Pac-12 Conference, which saw 10 of its 12 members leave for other conferences after the 2023–24 school year. Of the 10 departing schools, nine sponsor beach volleyball. Three left for the Big 12 Conference, which announced it would start sponsoring beach volleyball in 2024–25.^[15] The other six, which joined either the Atlantic Coast Conference or the Big Ten Conference, will make up almost all of the inaugural MPSF beach volleyball membership. California, Stanford, UCLA, and USC are current MPSF members in other sports, and Oregon and Washington are returning MPSF members. The only inaugural beach volleyball member not arriving from the Pac-12 is Grand Canyon.

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Joined
	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Big 12	1992
	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	ACC	2024
Concordia University Irvine	Irvine, California	Eagles	Pacific West	2017
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix, Arizona	Antelopes	WAC	2017 (M) 2024 (W)
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	WCC	1992
	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	Big Ten	2024
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	ACC	1992 (M) 2024 (W)
	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Big Ten
	Los Angeles, California	Trojans
	Seattle, Washington	Huskies		2024

Future members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Joining
Menlo College	Atherton, California	Oaks	PacWest	2024
Vanguard University	Costa Mesa, California	Lions	PacWest	2024
Jessup University	Rocklin, California	Warriors	PacWest	TBD

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary conference	Joined	Left
California Baptist University	Riverside, California	Lancers	Men	WAC	2012	2017
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Beach		Big West	1992
California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Matadors
	Irvine, California	Anteaters
	La Jolla, California	Tritons
	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos
	Honolulu, Hawai'i	nowrap
	Los Angeles, California	Lions		WCC		2000
	Stockton, California	Tigers		WCC		2014
San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Aztecs		Mountain West		2000

Timeline

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bar:2 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2017 text:Cal State Northridge (M, 1992–2017)

bar:3 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2017 text:Hawaii (M, 1992–2017)

bar:4 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2017 text:Long Beach State (M, 1992–2017)

bar:5 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2000 text:Loyola Marymount (M, 1992–2000)

bar:6 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2014 text:Pacific (M, 1992–2014)

bar:7 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:end text:Pepperdine (M, 1992–present)

bar:8 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2000 text:San Diego State (M, 1992–2000)

bar:9 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2024 text:Stanford (M, 1992–present; W, 2024–future) bar:9 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:

bar:10 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2017 text:UC Irvine (M, 1992–2017)

bar:11 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2017 text:UC San Diego (M, 1992–2017)

bar:12 color:AssocOS from:1992 till:2017 text:UC Santa Barbara (M, 1992–2017)

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bar:15 color:AssocOS from:2012 till:2017 text:Cal Baptist (M, 2012–2017)

bar:16 color:AssocOS from:2017 till:end text:Concordia Irvine (M, 2017–present)

bar:17 color:AssocOS from:2017 till:2024 text:Grand Canyon (M, 2017–present; W, 2024–2025) bar:17 color:Full from:2024 till:end text:

bar:18 color:AssocF from:2024 till:end text:California (W, 2024–present)

bar:19 color:AssocOS from:2024 till:end text:Menlo (M, 2024–future)

bar:20 color:AssocF from:2024 till:end text:Oregon (W, 2024–present)

bar:21 color:AssocOS from:2024 till:end text:Vanguard (M, 2024–future)

bar:22 color:AssocF from:2024 till:end text:Washington (W, 2024–present)

bar:23 color:AssocF from:end till:end text:Jessup (M, TBD–future)

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Conference champions

Year	Men	Women (Beach)
1993	UCLA	rowspan="32"
1994	UCLA (2)
1995	UCLA (3)
1996	UCLA (4)
1997	Stanford
1998	Pepperdine
1999	Brigham Young
2000	UCLA (5)
2001	UCLA (6)
2002	Pepperdine (2)
2003	Brigham Young (2)
2004	Brigham Young (3)
2005	Pepperdine (3)
2006	UCLA (7)
2007	UC Irvine
2008	Pepperdine (4)
2009	USC
2010	Stanford (2)
2011	UC Santa Barbara
2012	UC Irvine (2)
2013	Brigham Young (4)
2014	Brigham Young (5)
2015	UC Irvine (3)
2016	Brigham Young (6)
2017	Long Beach State
2018	Brigham Young (7)
2019	Pepperdine (5)
2020
2021	Brigham Young (8)
2022	Pepperdine (6)
2023	UCLA (8)
2024	Grand Canyon

National champions

All national champions are in men's volleyball.

Year	Team
1993	UCLA
1995	UCLA
1996	UCLA
1997	Stanford
1998	UCLA
1999	Brigham Young
2000	UCLA
2001	Brigham Young
2002	Hawaii†
2004	Brigham Young
2005	Pepperdine
2006	UCLA (6)
2007	UC Irvine
2009	UC Irvine
2010	Stanford
2012	UC Irvine
2013	UC Irvine
2023	UCLA
2024	UCLA

† — Vacated due to NCAA violations

Conference champions

Source: ^[16]

Women's lacrosse

Year	Team
2004	California
2005	Stanford
2006	Stanford
2007	Stanford
2008	Stanford
2009	Stanford
2010	Stanford
2011	Stanford
2012	Oregon
2013	Stanford
2014	Denver
2015	Stanford
2016	USC
2017	USC
2018	San Diego State
2019	San Diego State
2020	N/A
2021	UC Davis

Men's soccer

Year	Team
1992	Washington
1993	UCLA
1994	Fresno State
1995	UCLA
1996	UCLA
1997	UCLA
1998	Washington
1999	Washington
2000	San Jose State
2001	New Mexico
2002	New Mexico
2003	San Jose State
2004	New Mexico
2005	New Mexico
2006	New Mexico
2007	New Mexico
2008	Denver
2009	Sacramento State
2010	Sacramento State
2011	New Mexico
2012	Air Force

Men's track & field indoor

Year	Team
1992–93	California
1993–94	Arizona
1994–95	Arizona
1995–96	Arizona
1996–97	Idaho
1997–98	Washington State
1998–99	Stanford
1999–00	Stanford
2000–01	Washington State
2001–02	UCLA
2002–03	UCLA
2003–04	UCLA
2004–05	UCLA
2005–06	Washington
2006–07	Washington
2007–08	Oregon
2008–09	UCLA
2009–10	UCLA
2010–11	Stanford
2011–12	Arizona State
2012–13	Arizona State
2013–14	California
2014–15	Oregon
2015–16	USC
2016–17	Oregon
2017–18	USC
2018–19	Brigham Young
2019–20	Brigham Young
2020–21	N/A

Women's track & field indoor

Year	Team
1992–93	UNLV
1993–94	Utah State
1994–95	Arizona
1995–96	Washington
1996–97	Stanford
1997–98	Stanford
1998–99	Washington State
1999–00	Washington State
2000–01	Arizona
2001–02	Arizona
2002–03	Stanford
2003–04	Stanford
2004–05	Stanford
2005–06	Stanford
2006–07	Arizona State
2007–08	Arizona State
2008–09	Stanford
2009–10	Oregon
2010–11	Oregon
2011–12	Stanford
2012–13	Oregon
2013–14	USC
2014–15	USC
2015–16	Oregon
2016–17	USC
2017–18	USC
2018–19	USC
2019–20	Oregon
2020–21	N/A

Men's water polo

Year	Team
1992	California
1993	California
1994	Stanford
1995	California
1996	USC
1997	USC
1998	Stanford
1999	UCLA
2000	UCLA
2001	Stanford
2002	California
2003	USC
2004	Stanford
2005	USC
2006	California
2007	USC
2008	USC
2009	UCLA
2010	USC
2011	UCLA
2012	USC
2013	USC
2014	UCLA
2015	UCLA
2016	California
2017	USC
2018	Stanford
2019	Stanford
2020	Stanford
2021	UCLA

Women's water polo

Year	Team
1996	UCLA
1997	UCLA
1998	UCLA
1999	California
2000	Stanford
2001	Stanford
2002	UCLA
2003	Stanford
2004	USC
2005	UCLA
2006	Stanford
2007	UCLA
2008	UCLA
2009	USC
2010	UCLA
2011	California
2012	UCLA
2013	USC
2014	Stanford
2015	UCLA
2016	USC
2017	UCLA (11)
2018	USC
2019	USC
2020	N/A
2021	USC
2022	Stanford
2023	Stanford
2024	UCLA

NCAA titles

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation has won 100 NCAA titles in seven sports. UCLA has won 25 national titles. Stanford has won 20 titles. USC has won 16 titles. Oregon has won 12 titles. Oklahoma has won nine titles. California has won six titles. UC Irvine has won four titles. Arizona State and Brigham Young have won three titles. Pepperdine has won two titles. The MPSF has won every men's and women's water polo NCAA title since the inception of the conference.

Men's gymnastics

Year	Team
1992–93	Stanford
1994–95	Stanford
1996–97	California
1997–98	California
2001–02	Oklahoma
2002–03	Oklahoma
2004–05	Oklahoma
2005–06	Oklahoma
2007–08	Oklahoma
2008–09	Stanford
2010–11	Stanford
2014–15	Oklahoma
2015–16	Oklahoma
2016–17	Oklahoma
2017–18	Oklahoma
2018–19	Stanford
2020–21	Stanford
2021–22	Stanford
2022–23	Stanford

Men's water polo

Year	Team
1992	California
1993	Stanford
1994	Stanford
1995	UCLA
1996	UCLA
1997	Pepperdine
1998	USC
1999	UCLA
2000	UCLA
2001	Stanford
2002	Stanford
2003	USC
2004	UCLA
2005	USC
2006	California
2007	California
2008	USC
2009	USC
2010	USC
2011	USC
2012	USC
2013	USC
2014	UCLA
2015	UCLA
2016	California
2017	UCLA
2018	USC
2019	Stanford
2020	UCLA (9)

Women's water polo

Year	Team
2001	UCLA
2002	Stanford
2003	UCLA
2004	USC
2005	UCLA
2006	UCLA
2007	UCLA
2008	UCLA
2009	UCLA (7)
2010	USC
2011	Stanford
2012	Stanford
2013	USC
2014	Stanford
2015	Stanford
2016	USC
2017	Stanford
2018	USC
2019	Stanford
2021	USC
2022	Stanford
2023	Stanford
2024	UCLA (8)

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GCC Launches Men's Division To Begin Play in 2016 . Golden Coast Conference . January 21, 2016 . January 31, 2017.
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CSUB Athletics Announces Strategic Shift in Resources . . June 27, 2017 . July 12, 2017 .
Web site: MPSF Adds Fencing in 2021-22 as 10th Sport. October 4, 2021. MPSF . August 2, 2021 . en.
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MPSF Adds Beach Volleyball as Record-Setting 12th Sport . Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . November 9, 2023 . November 11, 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231111091116/https://mpsports.org/news/2023/11/3/general-mpsf-adds-beach-volleyball-as-record-setting-12th-sport.aspx . November 11, 2023 .
St. Mary's to Compete in MPSF Women's Indoor Track & Field . Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . December 7, 2023 . December 26, 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231227001509/https://mpsports.org/news/2023/11/28/st-marys-to-compete-in-mpsf-indoor-track-field.aspx . Dec 27, 2023 .
Web site: Flippin’ Birds Find a New Conference . Southern Utah University Athletics . 23 September 2023 . Cedar City, UT . en . 21 September 2023 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231110162840/https://suutbirds.com/news/2023/9/21/womens-gymnastics-flippin-birds-find-a-new-conference.aspx . Nov 10, 2023 .
Big 12 to Add Beach Volleyball & Women's Lacrosse . Big 12 Conference . November 9, 2023 . November 11, 2023.
Web site: MPSF ♦ NCAA Championship History . 2023-07-29 . Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.