List of NAIA conferences

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.

Football

 * Notes

Non-football

 * Notes

Football

 * 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 (closed in 2000)
 * 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 (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.


 * Notes:

Non-football

 * American Mideast Conference (1949–2012)
 * Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference (1994–2015)
 * Midwest Collegiate Conference (1988–2015)
 * Northeastern Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (2016–2019)
 * Sunrise Athletic Conference (2002–2011)
 * TranSouth Athletic Conference (1996–2013)


 * Notes:

Former conferences
All transferred to the NCAA.

Football

 * Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1973–1988)
 * Lone Star Conference (1931–1982)
 * Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (1920–1982)
 * Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (1932–1995), known as Northern Intercollegiate Conference until 1992
 * Northwest Conference (1926–1996), Pacific Northwest Conference before 1984 and Northwest Conference of Independent Colleges until 1996
 * Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (1909–1992), Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference until 1910 and Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference until 1967
 * Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (1972–2008), Twin Rivers Conference until 1983

Non-football

 * Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (1961–2002)
 * Conference Carolinas (1930–1995), known as Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference until 1961, held dual membership with the NCAA for two years starting in 1993
 * Dixie Conference (1963–1973), became the USA South Athletic Conference in 2003