North Central

A former conference: six schools on file. Our membership records under this name start in 1922. 2006 champion: North Dakota.

2007 standings

Team	Conf.	Overall	Rank
Nebraska–Omaha	8–⁠0	10–⁠1	7	champion, playoff
North Dakota	7–⁠1	10–⁠2	9	playoff
Central Washington	6–⁠2	10–⁠3	11	playoff
South Dakota	5–⁠3	6–⁠5
Minnesota State	3–⁠5	5–⁠6
Minnesota–Duluth	3–⁠5	4–⁠6
Augustana (SD)	2–⁠6	4–⁠7
St. Cloud State	1–⁠7	4–⁠7
Western Washington	1–⁠7	2–⁠8

In the template’s own order, its tiebreakers applied. Rank: AFCA Poll. Standings: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA): 2007 North Central Conference football standings (license).

Against other conferences, 2007

North Central teams are 1–⁠1 outside the conference.

Great West Conference1–⁠0
Southland Conference0–⁠1

The bar is the share of those games won. Games against teams from lower divisions count together.

Champions

Most titles

North Dakota State	25	last 1994
North Dakota	24	last 2006
South Dakota State	14	last 1963
Northern Iowa	12	last 1964
South Dakota	10	last 2005
Northern Colorado	5	last 2002

By year

2006	North Dakota
2005	North Dakota, South Dakota (shared)
2003	North Dakota
2002	Northern Colorado
2001	North Dakota
1999	North Dakota, Northern Colorado (shared)
1998	Northern Colorado
1997	Northern Colorado
1995	North Dakota
1994	North Dakota, North Dakota State (shared)
1993	North Dakota
1992	North Dakota State

61 earlier seasons, back to 1922

1991	North Dakota State
1990	North Dakota State
1988	North Dakota State
1986	North Dakota State
1985	North Dakota State
1984	North Dakota State
1983	North Dakota State
1982	North Dakota State
1981	North Dakota State
1980	Northern Colorado
1979	North Dakota
1978	South Dakota
1977	North Dakota State
1976	North Dakota State
1975	North Dakota
1974	North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota (shared)
1973	North Dakota State, South Dakota (shared)
1972	North Dakota, South Dakota (shared)
1971	North Dakota
1970	North Dakota State
1969	North Dakota State
1968	North Dakota State
1967	North Dakota State
1966	North Dakota, North Dakota State (shared)
1965	North Dakota State
1964	North Dakota, North Dakota State, Northern Iowa (shared)
1963	South Dakota State
1962	Northern Iowa, South Dakota State (shared)
1961	Northern Iowa, South Dakota State (shared)
1960	Northern Iowa
1958	North Dakota
1957	South Dakota State
1955	South Dakota State
1954	South Dakota State
1953	South Dakota State
1952	Northern Iowa
1951	South Dakota
1950	South Dakota State
1949	Northern Iowa, South Dakota State (shared)
1948	Northern Iowa
1947	Northern Iowa, South Dakota (shared)
1946	Northern Iowa
1942	Northern Iowa
1941	Northern Iowa
1940	Northern Iowa
1939	North Dakota, South Dakota, South Dakota State (shared)
1938	South Dakota
1937	North Dakota
1936	North Dakota
1935	North Dakota State
1934	North Dakota
1933	South Dakota State
1932	North Dakota State
1931	North Dakota
1930	North Dakota
1929	North Dakota
1928	North Dakota
1927	South Dakota
1925	North Dakota State, South Dakota State (shared)
1924	South Dakota State
1922	South Dakota State

Conference titles as each program’s Wikipedia infobox lists them (CC BY-SA), shared titles counted for every co-champion; the conference’s earlier names count as the same conference.

Schools

North Dakota State1922–⁠19421945–⁠2003
North Dakota1973–⁠2007
Northern Iowa1973–⁠1977
South Dakota1973–⁠2007
South Dakota State1973–⁠2003
Northern Colorado1980–⁠2002

Every school and its years (6)

Members

North Dakota 1973–⁠2007
South Dakota 1973–⁠2007
North Dakota State 1922–⁠1942, 1945–⁠2003
South Dakota State 1973–⁠2003
Northern Colorado 1980–⁠2002
Northern Iowa 1973–⁠1977

Football membership as CollegeFootballData.com records it under this conference’s name, from 1922; a school’s separate stays are listed apart.

Who came and went

Season	School	Announced
2008	North Dakota	Left for Great West Conference (football only)	Source
2008	South Dakota	Left for Great West Conference (football only)	Source
2004	North Dakota State	Left for Great West Conference (football only)	Source
2004	South Dakota State	Left for Great West Conference (football only)	Source
2003	Northern Colorado	Left to play as an independent	Source

Football moves from Wikipedia’s lists of NCAA Division I conference changes; the season is the first one played in the new conference, and the date the one the lists or their sources give for the announcement. SportsDataverse’s football memberships agree with ours in all 209 team-seasons from 1922. Conference realignment: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); memberships: SportsDataverse.

Honors while members

NFL first-round picks 1

South Dakota State

Counted only in seasons a school was a member on file (from 1922); a draft pick counts for the season before the draft. Heisman and All-America lists from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), draft picks from CollegeFootballData.com.