The following is a list of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) conferences as of the 2024–25 school year. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference membership occur on July 1 of the given year.
Conference | Nickname | Founded | Members | Sports | Headquarters | Map |
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Appalachian Athletic Conference | AAC | 1985 | 16[FB 1] | 24 | Asheville, North Carolina | ![]() |
Frontier Conference | Frontier | 1952 | 6[FB 2] | 16 | Billings, Montana | |
Great Plains Athletic Conference | GPAC | 1969 | 12[FB 3] | 19 | Sioux City, Iowa | |
Heart of America Athletic Conference | HAAC | 1971 | 13[FB 4] | 23 | Overland Park, Kansas | |
NAIA Independents | 1[FB 5] | 1 | ||||
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference | KCAC | 1928 | 14[FB 6] | 21 | Wichita, Kansas | |
Mid-South Conference | MSC | 1995 | 7[FB 7] | 21 | Bowling Green, Kentucky | |
Mid-States Football Association | MSFA | 1993 | 13 | 1[FB 8] | Findlay, Ohio | |
North Star Athletic Association | NSAA | 2013 | 6[FB 9] | 18 | Jamestown, North Dakota | ![]() |
Sooner Athletic Conference | SAC | 1978 | 13[FB 10] | 15 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | ![]() |
Sun Conference | The Sun | 1990 | 10[FB 11] | 17 | Daytona Beach, Florida |
Conference | Nickname | Founded | Members | Sports | Headquarters | Map |
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American Midwest Conference | AMC | 1998 | 12[NF 1] | 17 | St. Louis, Missouri | ![]() |
California Pacific Conference | CalPac | 1996 | 8[NF 2] | 10 | Oakland, California | ![]() |
Cascade Collegiate Conference | CCC | 1988 | 12 | 13 | Clackamas, Oregon | ![]() |
Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference | CCAC | 1949 | 12 | 16 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | ![]() |
Continental Athletic Conference (Independents) | CAC | 2008 | 12 | 21 | ![]() | |
Crossroads League | CL | 1959 | 10 | 15 | Hartford City, Indiana | ![]() |
Great Southwest Athletic Conference | GSAC | 1986 | 8 | 13 | Irvine, California | ![]() |
HBCU Athletic Conference | HBCUAC | 1981 | 13 | 16 | New Orleans, Louisiana | ![]() |
Red River Athletic Conference | RRAC | 1998 | 14 | 15 | Dallas, Texas | ![]() |
River States Conference | RSC | 1916 | 12 | 15 | Florence, Kentucky | ![]() |
Southern States Athletic Conference | SSAC | 1999 | 13[NF 3] | 15 | Atlanta, Georgia | ![]() |
Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference | WHAC | 1992 | 13 | 21 | Livonia, Michigan | ![]() |
All transferred to the NCAA.
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