Northern California Athletic Conference


The Northern California Athletic Conference was a NCAA Division II college athletic association that sponsored American football that was founded in 1925. It disbanded in 1998 after the majority of its member schools were forced to drop football.

History

The NCAC was founded as the Far Western Conference in 1925 by its charter member schools: Fresno State, Saint Mary's, UC Davis, Nevada, San Jose State and Pacific.
Nevada's departure from the conference in 1940 left the conference with only four members; Chico State, Fresno State, College of the Pacific and UC Davis. The conference looked to four nominees in Humboldt State, San Francisco State, Santa Barbara State and California Poly of San Luis Obispo.
Shortly after World War II, all of these charter members, with the exception of UC Davis, would leave for other conferences, to be replaced by San Francisco State, Sacramento State, Hayward State, Southern Oregon, Sonoma State and Chico State. During the 1990s, each of the universities associated with the California State system chose to disband their football teams in order to comply with Title IX, with the exception of Humboldt State, which added two women's sports to achieve compliance and Sacramento State.

Members

InstitutionLocationFoundedNicknameJoinedLeftCurrent
conference
Chico StateChico, CA1887Wildcats19271996CCAA
Fresno StateFresno, CA1911Bulldogs19251940Mountain West
Hayward StateHayward, CA1956Pioneers19641993CCAA
Humboldt StateArcata, CA1913Lumberjacks19301996CCAA
NevadaReno, NV1874Wolf Pack1925
1954		1939
1968		Mountain West
Pacific Stockton, CA1911Tigers19251942West Coast
Sacramento StateSacramento, CA1947Hornets19541984Big Sky
Saint Mary'sMoraga, CA1863Gaels19251928West Coast
San Francisco StateSan Francisco, CA1899Gators19471995CCAA
San Jose StateSan Jose, CA1857Spartans19291934Mountain West
Sonoma StateRohnert Park, CA1960Cossacks 1971
1983
1998		CCAA
Southern OregonAshland, OR1872Raiders19471954Cascade Collegiate
UC DavisDavis, CA1905Aggies19251992Big Sky

Membership timeline


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Conference champions

Football