Colonial States Athletic Conference


The Colonial States Athletic Conference is an NCAA Division III collegiate athletic conference in the Mid-Atlantic United States. There are currently nine full member institutions as of 2018. The conference's membership, as with most Middle Atlantic conferences, was shaken as a result of the formation of the Landmark Conference and its ensuing domino effect. The conference, founded in 1992 as the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, changed its name in 2008.
The CSAC experienced another shakeup in 2018 when five members departed the conference to join with two other institutions to form a new Division III conference that eventually became the Atlantic East Conference. In July 2018, the CSAC added two new members. The conference added its 10th member on July 1, 2019 and added an 11th member on July 1, 2020.

Member schools

Current members

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† - Women's college, therefore not competing in men's sports
^ - Former women's college now-turned co-ed college

Former members

Current affiliate members

Franciscan's track teams will leave the CSAC after the 2018–19 school year as part of a transition to full membership in the Presidents' Athletic Conference. Franciscan joined the PAC for men's and women's lacrosse in 2018, will add men's and women's track plus women's golf to its PAC membership in 2019, and will become a full PAC member in 2020–21.
InstitutionLocationFoundedTypeEnrollmentJoinedNicknameCSAC Sport
Gallaudet UniversityWashington, D.C.1864Private congressionally-chartered1,1382020-21Bisonmen's and women's outdoor track and field
Lancaster Bible CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania1933Private1,4992019–20Chargersfield hockey
Alfred State CollegeAlfred, N.Y.1908State-related3,7372018-19Pioneersmen's and women's outdoor track and field
Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey1855Public13,0002018–19Cougarsmen's lacrosse
Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey1908Public16,8522018–19Red Hawksmen's lacrosse
Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey1969Public8,2422018–19Ospreysmen's lacrosse
Penn State BehrendErie, Pennsylvania1948State-related4,7002015–16Lionsmen's and women's outdoor track and field

Former affiliate members

Membership timeline


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