collegiate athletic conference
C191
concept
A collegiate athletic conference is an organized group of colleges and universities that compete against each other in intercollegiate sports under shared rules, governance, and scheduling agreements.
All labels observed (62)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| collegiate athletic conference canonical | 162 |
| college athletic conference | 58 |
| NCAA Division I conference | 55 |
| NCAA Division III athletic conference | 37 |
| NCAA Division I athletic conference | 19 |
| NCAA Division II athletic conference | 19 |
| athletic conference | 18 |
| NCAA Division III conference | 16 |
| intercollegiate athletic conference | 13 |
| NAIA conference | 10 |
| NCAA Division II conference | 9 |
| college football conference | 8 |
| NCAA athletic conference | 6 |
| Big Ten Conference member | 5 |
| NCAA Division I FCS football conference | 5 |
| NCAA Division I ice hockey conference | 5 |
| Pac-12 Conference member | 5 |
| college athletic conference grouping | 5 |
| collegiate athletic competition | 5 |
| university athletic association | 4 |
| NCAA Division I men's soccer conference | 3 |
| NCAA conference | 3 |
| Power Five conference | 3 |
| college soccer conference | 3 |
| Big 12 Conference member | 2 |
| Big Ten Conference athletics program | 2 |
| NCAA Division I FCS conference | 2 |
| NCAA Division I men's basketball conference | 2 |
| NCAA Division I tennis conference competition | 2 |
| NCAA Division I wrestling-only conference | 2 |
| NCAA football conference | 2 |
| college basketball association | 2 |
| college basketball conference | 2 |
| collegiate athletic organization | 2 |
| collegiate sailing conference | 2 |
| university athletic conference | 2 |
| FBS conference | 1 |
| HBCU athletic conference | 1 |
| NCAA Division I FBS conference | 1 |
| NCAA Division I conference predecessor | 1 |
| NCAA Division I track and field conference | 1 |
| NCAA Division I women’s basketball conference | 1 |
| NCAA rifle conference | 1 |
| NCAA skiing conference | 1 |
| Pac-12 Conference athletic program | 1 |
| U Sports conference | 1 |
| U Sports football conference | 1 |
| West Coast Conference athletic program | 1 |
| Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season | 1 |
| amateur athletic association | 1 |
| athletic conference of historically Black colleges and universities | 1 |
| college athletics conference | 1 |
| college athletics organization | 1 |
| college athletics organization member | 1 |
| college basketball rivalry association | 1 |
| college tennis conference | 1 |
| collegiate athletic conference category | 1 |
| collegiate athletic conference grouping | 1 |
| collegiate men's volleyball conference | 1 |
| collegiate wrestling system | 1 |
| informal collegiate athletic conference | 1 |
| intercollegiate athletics agreement | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: collegiate athletic conference
Generated description
A collegiate athletic conference is an organized group of colleges and universities that compete against each other in intercollegiate sports under shared rules, governance, and scheduling agreements.
Instances (365)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| B12 | — |
| Inter-Academic League | athletic conference |
|
Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference
linked to:
ACAC
|
— |
| Empire 8 Conference | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
|
Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
linked to:
EIAA
|
college athletic conference |
| Canada West football division | college football conference |
| Northern California Athletic Conference | — |
| Far Western Conference | college athletic conference |
| Western Conference | college athletic conference |
| Big Eight Conference | college athletic conference |
|
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association
linked to:
EIWA
|
— |
| Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | — |
| Pac-12 Conference | — |
|
Ivy League
linked to:
Ivy
|
— |
|
American Athletic Conference
linked to:
AAC
|
— |
| Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
| Great Plains Athletic Conference | college athletic conference |
|
Patriot League
linked to:
PL
|
NCAA Division I athletic conference |
| New England Collegiate Conference | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
| Liberty League | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
| Coastal Athletic Association | — |
| Conference USA men's basketball competition | NCAA Division I men's basketball conference |
| CAA Football | NCAA Division I FCS football conference |
| CAA | — |
| Horizon League | NCAA Division I athletic conference |
| Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | — |
|
Great Midwest Conference
linked to:
GMC
|
NCAA athletic conference |
|
Southwest Conference
linked to:
SWC
|
college athletic conference |
| MVFC | college athletic conference |
|
Big Sky Conference
linked to:
Big Sky
|
NCAA Division I athletic conference |
| Sunshine State Conference | NCAA Division II athletic conference |
| NCAA conferences | — |
| Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association | college athletic conference |
| California Basketball Association | — |
| Big South Conference | — |
| Ivy League football | college football conference |
|
Missouri Valley Conference
linked to:
MVC
|
NCAA Division I athletic conference |
|
Southland Conference
linked to:
SLC
|
— |
| P5 | college athletic conference grouping |
| Group of Five | college athletic conference grouping |
|
Ohio Valley Conference
linked to:
OVC
|
— |
| Canada West Universities Athletic Association | college athletic conference |
|
Northeast Conference
linked to:
NEC
|
NCAA Division I athletic conference |
|
United Athletic Conference
linked to:
UAC
|
college athletic conference |
| Indiana Collegiate Conference | NCAA athletic conference |
| Southeastern Conference | — |
| Midwestern Collegiate Conference | NCAA Division I athletic conference |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | — |
| Heartland Collegiate Conference | college athletic conference |
| WCC | — |