Conferences

Name: Conferences
Creator: CollegeFootballData.com

Every conference on file and its division.

195 rows. Source: CollegeFootballData.com (API terms). On the site: Conferences.

195 rows, page 1 of 4. Click a column to sort.

conference	slug	name	short name	abbreviation	classification	members
1	acc	ACC	Atlantic Coast Conference	ACC	fbs	17
4	big-12	Big 12	Big 12 Conference	B12	fbs	16
5	big-ten	Big Ten	Big Ten Conference	B1G	fbs	18
8	sec	SEC	Southeastern Conference	SEC	fbs	16
9	pac-12	Pac-12	Pac-12 Conference	PAC	fbs	8
12	conference-usa	Conference USA	Conference USA	CUSA	fbs	10
15	mid-american	Mid-American	Mid-American Conference	MAC	fbs	13
16	western-athletic	Western Athletic	Western Athletic Conference	WAC	fcs	0
17	mountain-west	Mountain West	Mountain West Conference	MWC	fbs	10
18	fbs-independents	FBS Independents	FBS Independents	Ind	fbs	2
19	atlantic-10	Atlantic 10	Atlantic 10 Conference	A10	fcs	0
20	big-sky	Big Sky	Big Sky Conference	BSKY	fcs	13
21	mvfc	MVFC	Missouri Valley Football Conference	MVFC	fcs	9
22	ivy	Ivy	Ivy League	IVY	fcs	8
23	metro-atlantic-athletic	Metro Atlantic Athletic	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	MAAC	fcs	0
24	meac	MEAC	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	MEAC	fcs	6
25	nec	NEC	Northeast Conference	NEC	fcs	8
26	ovc	OVC	Ohio Valley Conference	OVC	fcs	8
27	patriot	Patriot	Patriot League	PAT	fcs	10
28	pioneer	Pioneer	Pioneer Football League	PFL	fcs	11
29	southern	Southern	Southern Conference	SOCON	fcs	10
30	southland	Southland	Southland Conference	SLC	fcs	10
31	swac	SWAC	Southwestern Athletic Conference	SWAC	fcs	12
32	fcs-independents	FCS Independents	FCS Independents	INDAA	fcs	2
37	sun-belt	Sun Belt	Sun Belt Conference	SBC	fbs	14
40	big-south	Big South	Big South Conference	BSOUTH	fcs	0
43	great-west	Great West	Great West Conference	GWEST	fcs	0
48	caa	CAA	Colonial Athletic Association	CAA	fcs	0
100	american-southwest	American Southwest	American Southwest		iii	6
102	cciw	CCIW	CCIW		iii	9
103	centennial	Centennial	Centennial		iii	7
104	ciaa	CIAA	CIAA		ii	12
105	ecfc	ECFC	ECFC		iii	0
106	empire-8	Empire 8	Empire 8		iii	9
107	gliac	GLIAC	GLIAC		ii	8
108	great-lakes	Great Lakes	Great Lakes		ii	10
109	great-northwest	Great Northwest	Great Northwest		ii	0
110	gulf-south	Gulf South	Gulf South		ii	4
111	heartland	Heartland	Heartland		iii	7
112	independent-dii	Independent DII	Independent DII		ii	2
113	independent-diii	Independent DIII	Independent DIII		iii	2
114	american-rivers	American Rivers	American Rivers Conference		iii	8
115	liberty-league	Liberty League	Liberty League		iii	7
116	lone-star	Lone Star	Lone Star		ii	11
117	michigan	Michigan	Michigan		iii	8
118	mid-america	Mid America	Mid America		ii	10
119	mid-atlantic	Mid Atlantic	Middle Atlantic Conference		iii	10
120	midwest	Midwest	Midwest		iii	11
121	minnesota	Minnesota	Minnesota		iii	10
122	nescac	NESCAC	NESCAC		iii	10

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Columns (7, what each one holds)

Column	Type
`conference_id`	whole number	The conference’s id
`slug`	text	The page’s address on this site
`name`	text	The name
`short_name`	text	No description yet.
`abbreviation`	text	The school’s short form (MICH)
`classification`	text	No description yet.
`members`	whole number	No description yet.

How to cite

"Conferences." CollegeFootballDigest, from CollegeFootballData.com (API terms). https://collegefootballdigest.com/data/conferences. Retrieved October 19, 2026.

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