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Atlantic 10 Conference (25)
On March 2, 1975, the idea of what is now the Atlantic 10 Conference was conceived. What started as an eight-school, men’s basketball-only affiliation has grown into a 14-university, 21-sport league

 Big Sky Conference (9)
The BSC was established in 1963 by six charter members; Idaho, Idaho State, Gonzaga, Montana, Montana State and Weber State. Those six schools formed the foundation of the Big Sky before the league expanded in 1970 by adding Boise State and Northern Arizona. Gonzaga would leave the Big Sky in 1979 and was replaced by Nevada, which gave the conference eight members. The league grew to nine schools in 1987 when Eastern Washington was admitted.

Big South Conference (11)
The BSC was formed on August 21, 1983, when Charleston Southern (then Baptist College) Athletic Director Howard Bagwell and Augusta President George Christenberry initially began recruiting members into the Big South. One month later, Dr. Edward M. Singleton was selected as the League's first Commissioner and continued to solicit new members. The League's seven charter members were Armstrong State, Augusta, Campbell, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, Radford and Winthrop.

 Big West Conference (1)
Big West Conference
Gateway Football Conference (15)
The GFC's first season was in 1985, and Missouri State defeated Southern Illinois, 40-28, on Sept. 7, 1985, in the first-ever league game. Since the league's inception, a total of nine different members have played in the conference, with Eastern Illinois (now in the Ohio Valley Conference) the only team to leave the Gateway.

 Great West Football Conference (1)
GWFC
Ivy League (9)
October, 1933 Stanley Woodward of the New York Herald Tribune first uses the phrase "Ivy colleges" in print to describe the eight current Ivy schools (plus Army). On February 8, 1935, AP Sports editor Alan Gould first uses the exact term "Ivy League".

Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (10)
The MAI, a nine-member conference of NCAA Division II institutions in Missouri and Kansas, was first organized in 1912 as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (12)
In 1969 A number of representatives from different institutions joined the steering committee in a two-day discussion about the new conference. Seven of these institutions agreed to become the MEAC: Delaware State College, Howard University, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and South Carolina State University.

 Northeast Conference (13)
When the NEC was first established as the ECAC-Metro Conference back in 1981, the league’s founders had one simple goal in mind: to create a competitive Division I men’s basketball conference for unaffiliated schools on the Eastern seaboard. A single-sport entity at its inception, even the league’s most ardent supporters during its formative years could not have envisioned a transformation into a burgeoning 11-member, 21-sport conference.

Ohio Valley Conference (18)
The OVC's proud past dates back to 1948, but seeds for the new league were actually planted in 1941. It was then that Roy Stewart, the athletics director at Murray State, Charles (Turkey) Hughes, the athletics director at Eastern Kentucky, and Kelly Thompson, the public relations director at Western Kentucky, first broached the idea of forming a new conference. Discussions were put on hold by World War II, but reemerged Feb. 27-28, 1948 at the Kentucky Hotel in Louisville as the three original institutions combined with Morehead State, Louisville and Evansville to form the OVC.

Patriot League (15)
The Patriot League began as a successful Division I-AA football conference in 1986. Full League members include American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy. Associate members include Fordham (football), Georgetown (football) and Villanova (women's lacrosse).

Pioneer Football League (10)
The league is comprised of NCAA Division I universities that previously sponsored intercollegiate football at other levels with the exception of Jacksonville, which started a non-scholarship program in 1998. With the passing of NCAA legislation at the January 1991 convention, Division I institutions were required to conduct all intercollegiate sports at the divisional level. Therefore, the five charter members (Evansville the fifth before dropping football in 1997) joined, sharing a common academic and athletic philosophy and a common commitment to operate quality football programs.

Southern Conference (13)
The SC was formed on February 25, 1921 at a meeting in Atlanta, Ga. Fourteen institutions from the 30-member Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) reorganized as the Southern Conference. Those charter members included Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi State, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Tennessee, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Washington & Lee. Athletic competition began in the fall of 1921.

Southland Conference (14)
The SC was formed on March 15, 1963, when administrators from Abilene Christian College, Arkansas State College, Arlington State College, Lamar State College of Technology and Trinity University met at the Baker Hotel in Dallas.

Southwestern Athletic Conference (11)
In 1920, eight men representing six colleges from the state of Texas met to discuss collegiate athletics and the many challenges that face their respective institutions. By the time the session in Houston had concluded, they had founded an athletic league that went on to become one of the leading sports associations in the world of collegiate athletics, the Southwestern Athletic Conference

America East Conference (11)
Since its modest beginning as a men’s basketball-only conference in 1979, AEC has evolved into one of the most comprehensive NCAA Division I conferences with a commitment to broad-based, competitive athletics programs, complementing the academic integrity and missions of the member institutions.

 Atlantic Sun Conference (9)
Founded September 19, 1978, the ASC has operated over a quarter century in the ever-changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics with a consistent commitment to its Constitutional Mission to "assist its member institutions in the maintenance of programs of intercollegiate athletics which are compatible with the highest standards of education and competitive sports." Formerly known as the Trans America Athletic Conference, the A-Sun changed its name in June of 2001 and introduced a new visual identity that distinguishes the league.
Colonial Athletic Conference (11)
The CAA conducts championships in 21 sports. Male athletes compete for championships in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and wrestling. Female athletes battle for conference titles in basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball. The CAA will also begin sponsorship of a 12-team Division I-AA football league in the fall of 2007.

Missouri Valley Conference (11)
In the fall of 1907, basketball became the first competitive sport. Today, the MVC sponsors the following sports: baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country and track & field (indoor and outdoor), men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball.

West Coast Conference (9)
The league was chartered by five Bay Area institutions (San Francisco, Saint Mary's, Santa Clara, San Jose State and Pacific) as the California Basketball Association, playing its first game on January 2, 1953. After two seasons of play under that name, the conference expanded to include Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine in 1955, and became the "West Coast Athletic Conference" in 1956. The name was shortened in 1989.

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