California Collegiate Athletic Association

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• 1938 – The California Collegiate Athletic Association was founded. Charter members included Fresno State Normal School, San Diego State College, San Jose State College and Santa Barbara State College, beginning the 1939–40 academic year.
• 1945 – [Pepperdine University|George Pepperdine University|Pepperdine College] and California State Polytechnic College joined the CCAA in the 1945–46 academic year.
• 1946 – The College of the Pacific joined the CCAA in the 1946–47 academic year.
• 1949:
• * Pacific left the CCAA to join the University Division ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association as an NCAA Independent after the 1948–49 academic year.
• * San Jose State left the CCAA to join the NCAA University Division ranks as an NCAA Independent after the 1949–50 academic year.
• 1950 – The Los Angeles State College of Applied Arts and Sciences joined the CCAA in the 1950–51 academic year.
• 1954 – Pepperdine left the CCAA to join the NCAA University I ranks as an NCAA Independent after the 1953–54 academic year.
• 1956 – Long Beach State College joined the CCAA in the 1956–57 academic year.
• 1961 – San Fernando Valley State College joined the CCAA in the 1961–62 academic year.
• 1967 – California State College at Fullerton and California State Polytechnic College, Kellogg-Voorhis joined the CCAA in the 1967–68 academic year.
• 1969:
• * Cal State–Los Angeles, Fresno State, Long Beach State, San Diego State and UC Santa Barbara left the CCAA to join the NCAA University Division ranks and form the Pacific Collegiate Athletic Association after the 1968–69 academic year.
• * The University of California, Riverside joined the CCAA in the 1969–70 academic year.
• 1972 – California State College, Bakersfield joined the CCAA in the 1972–73 academic year.
• 1974:
• * Cal State–Fullerton left the CCAA to join the PCAA after the 1973–74 academic year.
• * Cal State–Los Angeles rejoined the CCAA in the 1974–75 academic year.
• 1978 – Chapman College joined the CCAA in the 1978–79 academic year.
• 1980 – California State University, Dominguez Hills joined the CCAA in the 1980–81 academic year.
• 1990 – Cal State–Northridge left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division I ranks as an NCAA D-I Independent after the 1989–90 academic year.
• 1991 – California State University, San Bernardino joined the CCAA in the 1991–92 academic year.
• 1993 – Chapman left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division III ranks as an NCAA D-III Independent after the 1992–93 academic year.
• 1994:
• * Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division I ranks and the American West after the 1993–94 academic year.
• * Grand Canyon University joined the CCAA in the 1994–95 academic year.
• 1998 – California State University, Chico, California State University, Stanislaus, San Francisco State University, Sonoma State University and the University of California, Davis joined the CCAA in the 1998–99 academic year.
• 2000:
• * UC Riverside left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division I ranks and the Big West Conference after the 1999–2000 academic year.
• * The University of California, San Diego joined the CCAA in the 2000–01 academic year.
• 2004:
• * Two institutions left the CCAA to join their respective new home primary conferences, both effective after the 2003–04 academic year:
• ** Grand Canyon as an [NCAA NCAA Division II|Division II independent schools|NCAA D-II Independent]
• ** and UC Davis to join the NCAA Division I ranks as an NCAA D-I Independent
• * California State University, Monterey Bay joined the CCAA in the 2004–05 academic year.
• 2006 – Humboldt State University joined the CCAA in the 2006–07 academic year.
• 2007 – Cal State–Bakersfield left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division I ranks as an NCAA D-I Independent after the 2006–07 academic year.
• 2009 – California State University, East Bay joined the CCAA in the 2009–10 academic year.
• 2015 – California State University, San Marcos joined the CCAA in the 2015–16 academic year.
• 2020 – UC San Diego left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division I ranks and the Big West after the 2019–20 academic year.
• 2025:
• * Sonoma State left the CCAA after the 2024–25 academic year; as the school announced that it had ceased all athletic programs.
• * The University of California, Merced joined the CCAA in the 2025–26 academic year
• 2026 – Fresno Pacific University and Menlo College will join the CCAA, beginning the 2026–27 academic year. They will become the first private non-UCal or non-Cal State schools to join the conference since Grand Canyon.

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