List of NAIA conferences

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• Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (1928–1995)
• Central States Intercollegiate Conference (1976–1989)
• Dakota Athletic Conference (2000–2012)
• Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (closed in 2003)
• Evergreen Conference (1948–1984)
• Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–1976)
• Hoosier–Buckeye Conference (1948–1985)
• Missouri College Athletic Union (1924–1970)
• Nebraska College Conference (1916–1976)
• North Dakota College Athletic Conference{{efn|group=defunct1|name=DAC|Both the NDCAC and the SDIC merged to form the Dakota Athletic Conference.}} (closed in 2000)
• North Star Athletic Association (2013–2025)
• Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference (1929–1973), formerly the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference
• Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (1974–1997)
• Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference (1984–1998)
• South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference{{efn|group=defunct1|name=DAC}} (closed in 2000)
• South East Atlantic Conference (2004–2008), football only, members became NAIA football independents
• Southern States Conference (1938–1997), formerly the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference and the Alabama Collegiate Conference
• Tri-State Conference (1960–1981)
• Volunteer State Athletic Conference (1940s–early 1980s)
• West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1924–2013), transferred to the NCAA in 1995 after a two-year dual membership. Most of the final WVIAC members are now in the NCAA Division II Mountain East Conference.

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• American Mideast Conference (1949–2012)
• Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1971–1999)
• Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (1994–2015)
• Midwest Collegiate Conference (1988–2015)
• Northeastern Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (2016–2019){{efn|group=defunct2|name=USCAA|Also formerly a United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) athletic conference.}}
• Sunrise Athletic Conference (2002–2011)
• TranSouth Athletic Conference (1996–2013)

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All transferred to the NCAA.

• Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference{{efn|group=former1|name=D2|Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.}} (1973–1988)
• Lone Star Conference{{efn|group=former1|name=D2}} (1931–1982)
• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference{{efn|group=former1|name=D3|Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.}} (1920–1982)
• Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference{{efn|group=former1|name=D2}} (1932–1995), known as Northern Intercollegiate Conference until 1992
• Northwest Conference{{efn|group=former1|name=D3}} (1926–1996), Pacific Northwest Conference before 1984 and Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges until 1996
• Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference{{efn|group=former1|name=D2}} (1909–1992), Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference until 1910 and Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference until 1967
• Upper Midwest Athletic Conference{{efn|group=former1|name=D3}} (1972–2008), Twin Rivers Conference until 1983

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• Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference{{efn|group=former2|name=D2|Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.}} (1961–2002)
• Conference Carolinas{{efn|group=former1|name=D2}} (1930–1995), known as the North State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference until 1961, later as the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference until 1995 (which held dual membership with the NCAA for two years starting in 1993), became the Carolinas–Virginia Athletic Conference until 2007
• Dixie Conference{{efn|group=former1|name=D3|Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.}} (1963–1973), became the USA South Athletic Conference in 2003

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• List of college athletic conferences in the United States
• List of NCAA conferences

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