Northern California Athletic Conference

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Northern California Athletic Conference
File:Northern California Athletic Conference logo.png
FormerlyFar Western Conference (1925–1982)
ConferenceNCAA
Founded1925; 101 years ago (1925)
Ceased1998; 28 years ago (1998)[1]
DivisionDivision II
No. of teams16 (total)
RegionWest Coast

The Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) was an 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

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The NCAC was founded as the Far Western Conference (FWC) in 1925 by its charter member schools: Fresno State, Saint Mary's, UC Davis, Nevada, San Jose State and College of the Pacific.[2]

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.[3] The conference looked to four nominees in Humboldt State (joined in 1940), San Francisco State, Santa Barbara State College (later UC Santa Barbara) and California Poly of San Luis Obispo.[4]

Shortly after World War II, the remaining members, with the exception of UC Davis, Chico State and Humboldt State, would leave for other conferences, to be replaced over the years by San Francisco State (joined in 1946), Southern Oregon (1947), Sacramento State (1953), Hayward State (1961) and Sonoma State (1966). 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, Sacramento State,[1] and Cal Poly.

Members

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File:Far Western Conference logo.png
Institution Location Founded Nickname Joined Left Current
conference
Cal State Hayward Hayward, CA 1956 Pioneers 1961 1998 CCAA
Chico State Chico, CA 1887 Wildcats 1928 1998 CCAA
Fresno State Fresno, CA 1911 Bulldogs 1925 1940 Mountain West
(Pac-12 in 2026)
Humboldt State Arcata, CA 1913 Lumberjacks 1940 1998 CCAA
Nevada Reno, NV 1874 Wolf Pack 1925
1953 		1940
1969 		Mountain West
Notre Dame (CA) Belmont, CA 1851 Argonauts 1988 1998 Discontinued athletics
Pacific (CA) Stockton, CA 1911 Tigers 1925 1942 West Coast
Sacramento State Sacramento, CA 1947 Hornets 1953 1985 Big Sky
St. Ignatius San Francisco, CA 1855 Dons 1927 1929 West Coast
Saint Mary's Moraga, CA 1863 Gaels 1925 1927 West Coast
San Francisco State San Francisco, CA 1899 Gators 1946
1953 		1951
1998 		CCAA
San Jose State San Jose, CA 1857 Spartans 1929 1935 Mountain West
Sonoma State Rohnert Park, CA 1960 Cossacks

(now Seawolves)

1966
1982 		1974
1998 		CCAA

(Discontinuing in 2026)

Southern Oregon Ashland, OR 1872 Raiders 1947 1953 Cascade Collegiate
Stanislaus State Turlock, CA 1957 Warriors 1975 1998 CCAA
UC Davis Davis, CA 1905 Aggies 1925 1998 Big West
(Mountain West in 2026)

Membership timeline

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 bar:2  color:Full from:1925 till:1927 text:Saint Mary's (CA) (1925–1927)
 bar:2  color:AssocF from:1927 till:1929
 bar:3  color:Full from:1925 till:1940 text:Nevada (1925–1940, 1953–1969)
 bar:3  color:FullxF from:1953 till:1954 text:Nevada
 bar:3  color:Full from:1954 till:1969
 bar:4  color:Full from:1925 till:1942 text:Pacific (CA) (1925–1942)
 bar:4  color:AssocF from:1942 till:1943
 bar:5  color:Full from:1925 till:1940 text:Fresno State (1925–1940)
 bar:6  color:Full from:1927 till:1929 text:St. Ignatius (1927–1929)
 bar:7  color:FullxF from:1928 till:1929 text:Chico State (1928–1998)
 bar:7  color:Full from:1929 till:1997
 bar:7  color:Fullxf from:1997 till:1998
 bar:8  color:Full from:1929 till:1935 text:San Jose State (1929–1935)
 bar:9  color:Full from:1940 till:1997 text:Humboldt State (1940–1998)
 bar:9  color:Fullxf from:1997 till:1998
 bar:10  color:Full from:1946 till:1951 text:San Francisco State (1946–1951, 1953–1998)
 bar:10  color:AssocF from:1951 till:1953
 bar:10  color:Full from:1953 till:1995
 bar:10  color:Fullxf from:1995 till:1998
 bar:11  color:Full from:1947 till:1953 text:Southern Oregon (1947–1953)
 bar:11  color:AssocF from:1953 till:1955
 bar:12  color:FullxF from:1953 till:1954 text:Sacramento State (1953–1985)
 bar:12  color:Full from:1954 till:1985
 bar:13  color:FullxF from:1964 till:1965 text:Cal State Hayward (1964–1998)
 bar:13  color:Full from:1965 till:1994
 bar:13  color:Fullxf from:1994 till:1998
 bar:14  color:FullxF from:1966 till:1970 text:Sonoma State (1966–1974, 1982–1998)
 bar:14  color:Full from:1970 till:1972
 bar:14  color:FullxF from:1972 till:1974
 bar:14  color:FullxF from:1982 till:1983
 bar:14  color:Full from:1983 till:1997
 bar:14  color:Fullxf from:1997 till:1998
 bar:15  color:FullxF from:1975 till:1998 text:Stanislaus State (1975–1998)
 bar:16  color:FullxF from:1988 till:1998 text:Notre Dame (CA) (1988–1998)


ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1925 </timeline>

Full members Full members (non-football) Football-only members

Conference champions

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Football

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Baseball

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  • 1948: Chico State
  • 1949: Chico State
  • 1950: Chico State
  • 1951: UC Davis
  • 1952: Chico State
  • 1953: Chico State & Sacramento State
  • 1954: Chico State & Sacramento State
  • 1955: Sacramento State
  • 1956: Sacramento State
  • 1957: Sacramento State
  • 1958: Sacramento State
  • 1959: Sacramento State & Chico State
  • 1960: Sacramento State
  • 1961: Sacramento State & San Francisco State
  • 1962: San Francisco State
  • 1963: San Francisco State
  • 1964: Sacramento State
  • 1965: Sacramento State
  • 1968: Sacramento State
  • 1969: Sacramento State & San Francisco State
  • 1970: Sacramento State
  • 1971: Sacramento State
  • 1972: Cal State Hayward
  • 1973: UC Davis
  • 1974: Sacramento State & UC Davis
  • 1975: Sacramento State
  • 1976: UC Davis
  • 1977: Cal State Hayward
  • 1978: Chico State
  • 1979: UC Davis
  • 1983: San Francisco State & Chico State
  • 1984: UC Davis
  • 1985: Sacramento State (Final season in league), Chico State, & UC Davis
  • 1986: San Francisco State
  • 1987: Chico State
  • 1989: San Francisco State
  • 1990: Sonoma State UC Davis
  • 1991: Sonoma State
  • 1992: Sonoma State
  • 1993: UC Davis
  • 1994: UC Davis
  • 1995: San Francisco State
  • 1996: Chico State
  • 1997: Chico State
  • 1998: Sonoma State & Chico State

Total Baseball Championships

  • Sacramento State - 18
  • Chico State - 14
  • UC Davis - 9
  • San Francisco State - 8
  • Sonoma State - 4
  • Cal State Hayward - 2

Women's volleyball

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Men's soccer

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Women's soccer

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Women's basketball

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Softball

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See also

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References

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