The following is a list of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) conferences as of the 2023–24 school year. Unless otherwise noted, changes in conference membership occur on July 1 of the given year.
Current conferences
Football
Notes
Non-football
Notes
Defunct conferences
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.
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
See also
List of college athletic conferences in the United States