List of NAIA conferences
The following is a list of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics conferences as of the 2025–26 school year. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference membership occur on July 1 of the given year.
Current conferences
Football
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;NotesDefunct conferences
Football
- Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference
- Central States Intercollegiate Conference
- Dakota Athletic Conference
- Eastern [Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]
- Evergreen Conference
- Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–1976)
- Hoosier–Buckeye Conference
- Missouri College Athletic Union
- Nebraska College Conference
- North Dakota College Athletic Conference
- North Star Athletic Association
- Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference, formerly the Oklahoma Collegiate Conference
- Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (1974–1997)
- Pacific Northwest Athletic Conference
- South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference
- South East Atlantic Conference, football only, members became NAIA football independents
- Southern States Conference, formerly the Alabama Intercollegiate Conference and the Alabama Collegiate Conference
- Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1976–1996), also an NCAA Division III conference
- Tri-State Conference (1960–1981)
- Volunteer State Athletic Conference
- West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, 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.
Non-football
- American Mideast Conference
- Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference
- Midwest Collegiate Conference
- Northeastern Intercollegiate Athletics Conference
- Sunrise Athletic Conference
- TranSouth Athletic Conference
Former conferences
All transferred to the NCAA.Football
- Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Lone Star Conference
- Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, known as Northern Intercollegiate Conference until 1992
- Northwest Conference, Pacific Northwest Conference before 1984 and Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges until 1996
- Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, State Teachers Conference of Pennsylvania until 1956 and Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference before 1964
- Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference until 1910 and Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference until 1967
- Upper Midwest Athletic Conference, Twin Rivers Conference until 1983
Non-football
- Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference
- Conference Carolinas, known as the North State Intercollegiate Athletic Conference until 1961, later as the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference until 1995, became the Carolinas–Virginia Athletic Conference until 2007
- Dixie Conference, became the USA South Athletic Conference in 2003