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Data

Classification	NCAA Division II
Established	1909
Members	14
Sports fielded	19 (10 men's, 9 women's)
Region	Mountain states
States	3 - Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico
Past names	Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference (1909-1910) Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference (1910-1967)
Headquarters	Colorado Springs, Colorado
Commissioner	Joel Smith
Locations

The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) is a College Athletic Conference which operates in the western United States, mostly in Colorado with some members in Nebraska and New Mexico. It participates in the NCAA's Division II.
Founded in 1909, the RMAC is the fourth oldest college athletic conference in the United States (oldest in Division II), surpassed only by the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the Big Ten Conference and the Missouri Valley Conference. For its first thirty years, the RMAC was considered a major conference equivalent to today's Division I, before 7 larger members left and formed the Mountain States Conference (also called the Skyline Conference).
The Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference changed its name to the Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference (RMFAC) on May 7, 1910. Continued until 1967 when the name of the conference changed to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The RMAC merged with the Colorado Athletic Conference in 1996.

Charter Members

University of Colorado at Boulder (left 1938 to form the Mountain States Conference)
Colorado State University (then known as Colorado A&M University, left 1938 to form the Mountain States Conference)
Colorado College (left 1910, rejoined 1914, left out of 1967 RMAC reorganization)
Colorado School of Mines

Other Members

University of Denver, 1910-1938

University of Utah, 1910-1938

Utah State Agricultural College, later renamed Utah State University, 1914-1967

Montana State College, later renamed Montana State University, 1917-1959

Brigham Young University, 1918-1938

University of Wyoming, 1921-1938

Western State College, 1924-1967

University of Northern Colorado, 1924-1967

Idaho State University, 1948-1958

Adams State College, 1956-1967

Westminster College (Utah), 1967-1979

Fort Hays State University, 1981-2006

Member schools

Institution	Location	Nickname	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment
Adams State College	Alamosa, Colorado	Grizzlies	1925	Public	2,486
Chadron State College	Chadron, Nebraska	Eagles	1911	Public	3,000
Colorado Christian University*	Lakewood, Colorado	Cougars	1914	Private/Baptist	1,500
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs*	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Mountain Lions	1965	Public	7,400
Colorado School of Mines	Golden, Colorado	Orediggers	1873	Public	3,100
Colorado State University-Pueblo	Pueblo, Colorado	ThunderWolves	1933	Public	4,000
Fort Lewis College	Durango, Colorado	Skyhawks	1911	Public	4,000
Mesa State College	Grand Junction, Colorado	Mavericks	1925	Public	6,062
Metropolitan State College of Denver*	Denver, Colorado	Roadrunners	1965	Public	21,109
University of Nebraska at Kearney	Kearney, Nebraska	Lopers	1903	Public	6,379
New Mexico Highlands University	Las Vegas, New Mexico	Cowboys/Cowgirls	1941	Public	3,500
Regis University*	Denver, Colorado	Rangers	1877	Private/Catholic	6,123
Western New Mexico University	Silver City, New Mexico	Mustangs	1893	Public	2,500
Western State College of Colorado	Gunnison, Colorado	Mountaineers	1901	Public	2,400

* - Denotes a non-football member

San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California is a member in wrestling only.

Montana State University - Billings in Billings, Montana is a member in women's golf and men's and women's tennis.

Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona is a member in wrestling only.

Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas is a member in wrestling only. FHSU was a full member of the conference from 1981 through 2006.

Football champions

1909 Colorado & Denver

1910 Colorado College & Colorado

1911 Colorado

1912 Colorado Mines

1913 Colorado

1914 Colorado Mines

1915 Colorado State

1916 Colorado State

1917 Denver

1918 Colorado Mines

1919 Colorado College

1920 Colorado State

1921 Colorado

1922 Utah

1923 Colorado

1924 Colorado

1925 Colorado State

1926 Utah

1927 Colorado State

1928 Utah

1929 Utah

1930 Utah

1931 Utah

1932 Utah

1933 Utah

1934 Colorado

1935 Colorado

1936 Utah State

1937 Colorado

1938 Montana State

1939 Colorado Mines

1940 Colorado College

1941 Colorado College

1942 Colorado Mines

1943 No League play World War II

1944 No League play World War II

1945 Colorado College

1946 Montana State

1947 Montana State

1948 Northern Colorado

1949 Colorado College

1950 Colorado College

1951 Colorado Mines

1952 Idaho State

1953 Idaho State

1954 Montana State

1955 Idaho State

1956 Montana State

1957 Idaho State

1958 Colorado College & Colorado Mines

1959 Idaho State

1960 Adams State

1961 Adams State

1962 Adams State

1963 Western State

1964 Western State

1965 Western State

1966 Western State

1967 Adams State

1968 Adams State

1969 Northern Colorado

1970 Pittsburg State

1971 Northern Colorado

1972 Adams State

1973 Western State

1974 Western State

1975 Western State

1976 Western State

1977 Western State

1978 Western State

1979 Western State

1980 Adams State & Southern Colorado

1981 N.M. Highlands

1982 Mesa State

1983 Mesa State

1984 Fort Lewis

1985 Mesa State

1986 Mesa State

1987 Mesa State

1988 Mesa State

1989 Adams State

1990 Mesa State

1991 Western State

1992 Western State

1993 Fort Hays State

1994 Western State

1995 Fort Hays State & Western State

1996 Chadron State

1997 Western State

1998 Chadron State & Western State

1999 Chadron State & N.M. Highlands

2000 Mesa State

2001 Chadron State

2002 Nebraska-Kearney

2003 Mesa State

2004 Colorado Mines

2005 Nebraska-Kearney

2006 Chadron State

2007 Chadron StateFurther Information

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