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American Collegiate Athletic Association

The American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) was an athletic conference with no regular-season competition. The ACAA competed in the NCAA's Division III. The conference was formed in 2017 primarily by Independent schools in the Northeastern United States, but also had members in Michigan, Wisconsin, and California.[1] The members of the ACAA merged with the Capital Athletic Conference in 2020.

Conference

NCAA

2017

2020
(merged with
Capital Athletic Conference)

  • 8

Division III

7

Northeastern United States, Great Lakes region, California

2017 - The American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) was founded. Charter members included , Finlandia University, the University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI), Mills College, Pine Manor College, the State University of New York at Canton (SUNY Canton), the State University of New York at Delhi (SUNY Delhi) and the University of Valley Forge, effective beginning the 2017-18 academic year.

Alfred State College

2018 - Maine–Presque Isle (UMPI) and SUNY Canton left the ACAA to join the (NAC), effective after the 2017-18 academic year.

North Atlantic Conference

2018 - , Pratt Institute and Thomas More University joined the ACAA, effective in the 2018-19 academic year.

Mount Mary University

2019 - Two institutions left the ACAA to join their respective new home primary conferences: Alfred State to join the (AMCC), and Thomas More to join the Mid-South Conference (MSC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), both effective after the 2018-19 academic year.

Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference

2019 - SUNY Delhi left the ACAA to join the NAC, while remaining in the conference for some sports as an affiliate member (men's & women's basketball and softball), effective after the 2018-19 academic year.

2019 - The (UC Santa Cruz) joined the ACAA, effective in the 2019-20 academic year.

University of California, Santa Cruz

2019 - The joined the ACAA as an affiliate member for men's soccer, effective in the 2019 fall season (2019-20 academic year).

University of Wisconsin–Whitewater

2020 - Valley Forge left the ACAA to join the (CSAC), effective after the 2019-20 academic year.

Colonial States Athletic Conference

2020 - The ACAA ceased operations as an athletic conference, effective after the 2019-20 academic year; as the remaining schools (excluding full member Valley Forge and including men's soccer affiliate Wisconsin–Whitewater) were merged with those from the (CAC) to form the Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (C2C), effective beginning the 2020-21 academic year.

Capital Athletic Conference

Member schools[edit]

Final members[edit]

The ACAA had seven full members in the conference's final season, all but one were private schools: