Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
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- men's: 8
- women's: 8
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| Association | NAIA |
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| Founded | 1949; 77 years ago (1949) |
| Commissioner | Jeff Schimmelpfennig |
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| No. of teams | 13 (11 in 2026) |
| Region | Midwestern United States |
| Official website | ccacsports.com |
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The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Its 13 members are located in the Midwestern United States. In many sports, the conference champion qualifies directly for national competition.
The CCAC sanctions play in eight men's and eight women's sports. Men's sports include soccer, cross country, basketball, track and field, tennis, baseball, golf, and volleyball; while women's sports include soccer, volleyball, cross country, track and field, basketball, tennis, golf, and softball.
In all sports, it sanctions regular season league play as well as a post-season tournament.
Current members
The CCAC currently has 13 full members, all but three are private schools:
- Notes
- ↑ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
- ↑ This institution is a women's college, therefore it does not field men's sports.
- ↑ St. Ambrose will join the Heart of America Athletic Conference for all sports beginning in the 2026–27 academic year.
- ↑ Trinity Christian College will be ceasing operations at the end of the 2025–26 academic year.
Former members
The CCAC has 21 former full members, all but three are private schools:
- Notes
- ↑ Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
- ↑ Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
- ↑ Formerly known as Aurora College until 1985.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
- ↑ Barat was merged with DePaul University in 2001; which was later closed in 2005.
- 1 2 3 Didn't participate for the basketball charter member side before 1973.
- 1 2 Currently an NCAA Division I athletic conference.
- ↑ Formerly known as Rosary College until 1997.
- ↑ George Williams was merged into Aurora University in 2000.
- ↑ Kendall was purchased in 2008 by Laureate International Universities, and later transferred to National Louis University in 2018.
- ↑ Formerly known as Lewis College until 1973.
- 1 2 3 Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
- ↑ This institution was a women's college, therefore it did not compete in men's sports.
- ↑ Mundelein was merged with Loyola University Chicago in 1991.
- ↑ National Louis's nickname was Lakers before 1990.
- ↑ National-Louis dropped its athletic program during the 1990s.
- ↑ Northeastern Illinois dropped its athletic program after the 1997–98 school year.
- 1 2 3 Purdue–Northwest was formed in 2016 by the combining of Purdue–Calumet (located in Hammond, Indiana and competing as the Peregrines) and Purdue–North Central (located in Westville, Indiana and competing as the Panthers).
- Purdue–North Central joined the CCAC from before 2004–05 to 2015–16; while Purdue–Calumet joined from 1973–74 to 1974–75, and from 1993–94 to 2015–16.
- ↑ Robert Morris (Ill.) merged into Roosevelt University after the 2019–20 school year.
- ↑ Roosevelt left the CCAC after the 2023–24 school year. Initially the school joined the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) as a provisional member for most sports as a transitional NCAA Division II member school during 2023–24; but was fulfilling its commitments to the final year of competition in the CCAC and in the NAIA.
- ↑ Trinity International closed their residential campus after 2022–2023 school year and now it only have online modalities.
Former affiliate members
The CCAC currently had one former affiliate member, which is also a private school:
| Institution | Location | Founded | Affiliation | Nickname | Joined[a] | Left[b] | CCAC sport(s) |
Current primary conference |
Conference in former CCAC sport(s) |
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| Viterbo University | La Crosse, Wisconsin | 1890 | Catholic (Franciscan) |
V-Hawks | 2018 | 2024[c] | Men's volleyball | Chicagoland (CCAC)[c] | |
| 2018 | 2024[c] | Men's soccer | |||||||
| 2018 | 2024[c] | Women's soccer | |||||||
- Notes
References
- ↑ Andrew Bagnato (February 8, 1997). "New Entree On Kendall's Menu: Sports". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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