New Jersey Athletic Conference


The New Jersey Athletic Conference, formerly the New Jersey State Athletic Conference, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. All of its full members are public universities in New Jersey. Affiliate members are located in Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Member schools

Current members

Affiliate members

Former affiliate members

;Notes
  1. - Buffalo State left the NJAC for the Empire 8 after the 2011 football season.
  2. - Western Connecticut left the NJAC for the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference after the 2012 football season.
  3. - SUNY Brockport left the NJAC for the Empire 8 after the 2013 football season.
  4. - SUNY Cortland left the NJAC for the Empire 8 after 2014 football season.
  5. - SUNY Morrisville left the NJAC for the Empire 8 after 2014 football season.
  6. - Southern Virginia left the NJAC for the Old Dominion Athletic Conference after the 2018 football season.
  7. - Frostburg State left the NJAC to begin a transition to NCAA Division II and joined the Mountain East Conference after the 2018 football season.

    Membership timeline


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Sports

The NJAC sponsors championships in the following sports:
SportMen'sWomen's
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Football
Lacrosse
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and field
Track and field
Volleyball

National championship teams

Since the NCAA established the three division system in 1973, NJAC members have won a total of 63 team championships.
Kean: 2007

Montclair State: 1987, 1993, 2000

Ramapo: 1984

Rowan: 1978, 1979

William Paterson: 1992, 1996
Rowan: 1996
Rowan: 2002

TCNJ: 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011
Ramapo: 1982
TCNJ: 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2006
Kean: 1992

Richard Stockton: 2001

Rowan: 1981, 1990

TCNJ: 1996
TCNJ: 1993, 1994, 2000
Rutgers-Camden: 2006

TCNJ: 1983, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996
TCNJ: 1986
Rowan: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984
Montclair State: 1976, 1986

TCNJ: 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987