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Summit League
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FormerlyAssociation of Mid-Continent Universities (1982–1989)
Mid-Continent Conference (1989–2007)
AssociationNCAA
FoundedJune 18, 1982;
44 years ago (1982-06-18)[1]
CommissionerJosh Fenton[2] (since 2021)
Sports fielded
  • 19
    • men's: 9
    • women's: 10
DivisionDivision I
Subdivisionnon-football
No. of teams9 full (8 in 2026)
(7 associates, 6 in 2026)
HeadquartersSioux Falls, South Dakota
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BroadcasterTemplate:Pluralize from textMidco Sports
Official websitethesummitleague.org
Locations
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The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States, from Minnesota in the east, to the Dakotas, Nebraska and Colorado to the West, and Missouri and Oklahoma to the South. Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982,[1] it rebranded as the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989,[3] then again as the Summit League on June 1, 2007.[4] The league headquarters are in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The membership currently consists of nine full members plus six associate members. The most recent change in the core conference membership is the 2021 arrival of the University of St. Thomas, which began an unprecedented transition from NCAA Division III to Division I.[5] A year earlier, the University of Missouri–Kansas City returned as a full member after a seven-year absence with the new athletic identity of the Kansas City Roos,[6] while Purdue University Fort Wayne left for the Horizon League.[7] A total of 32 schools have been full members; the last charter member remaining in the league, Western Illinois University, left for the Ohio Valley Conference on July 1, 2023, in most sports, with men's soccer playing one more season before leaving at the conclusion of the fall 2023 season.[8]

The Summit does not sponsor football, but five of its members play the sport in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), and since 2025 the Summit has had a formal relationship with the single-sport Missouri Valley Football Conference, the football home of four of those five schools at the time.

History

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Early Days

The conference can trace its roots back to 1978, when the Mid-Continent Athletic Association was founded as a football-only conference playing in Division II at the time.[9] Its inaugural members were the University of Akron, Eastern Illinois University, University of Northern Iowa, Northern Michigan University, Western Illinois University, and Youngstown State University; Wayne State University had also expressed interest in joining, but ultimately never did.[10] Akron left after the 1979 season, while Northern Michigan and Youngstown State left the following year; they were replaced by Southwest Missouri State (now known as Missouri State University) in 1981. The 1981 season also saw the conference as a whole move from Division II to Division I-AA; this would be the conference's final season under the name of the Mid-Continent Athletic Association.

Foundation

The new association was officially created on June 18, 1982, at the O'Hare Hilton Hotel in Chicago, Illinois[1] as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (or AMCU or AMCU-8, pronounced Am-cue), which it was known as until 1989.[11] Covering all men's sports now in addition to football, the new conference consisted of current MCAA members Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Southwest Missouri State, and Western Illinois, along with non-football sponsoring Cleveland State University, University of Illinois Chicago, Valparaiso University and University of Wisconsin–Green Bay. The conference continued to sponsor football at the Division I-AA level, now under the new AMCU name, from 1982 until 1984, when the football sponsoring members of the Missouri Valley Conference joined with the football sponsoring members of the AMCU to form the beginnings of what is now the Missouri Valley Football Conference; current members University of North Dakota, North Dakota State University, University of South Dakota, and South Dakota State University continue to house their FCS football programs there to this day.

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Mid-Continent Conference logo, 1982–2007

Changes and the addition of women's sports

The conference saw its first changes in the early 1990s. Southwest Missouri State departed for membership in the Missouri Valley Conference as the University of Akron and Northern Illinois University joined in 1990. Then Wright State University joined in 1991 as Northern Iowa followed Southwest Missouri State to the MVC.

Major changes came to the conference in 1992. First, Akron left for the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and another Ohio school, Youngstown State University, replaced it. More significantly, the Mid-Continent added women's sports by absorbing the North Star Conference (NSC), a women's-only league whose final seven members were in the Mid-Continent. All of the final NSC members except for Akron moved their women's sports into the Mid-Continent. At the same time, Eastern Illinois and Western Illinois moved their women's sports into the Mid-Continent when their former women's sports home, the Gateway Conference, merged into the Missouri Valley Conference. The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee joined the Mid-Continent a year later.

Horizon and ECC transitions

In 1994, charter members Cleveland State, UIC and UWGB, as well as newer members Northern Illinois, Wisconsin–Milwaukee, and Wright State left the conference to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference, now known as the Horizon League.

The Mid-Continent absorbed Central Connecticut State University, Chicago State University, Northeastern Illinois University, the University at Buffalo, and Troy State University (now Troy University) from the collapsed East Coast Conference in response. None of these institutions remain in the league.

The University of Missouri–Kansas City, formerly an independent, also joined the Mid-Continent Conference in 1994.

Declining membership

Eastern Illinois moved to the Ohio Valley Conference in 1996, reducing membership to nine programs. Troy State departed for the Trans America Athletic Conference while Central Connecticut State joined the Northeast Conference in 1997. Buffalo joined the Mid-American Conference in 1998 while Northeastern Illinois ceased intercollegiate athletics at that time. Oral Roberts University and Southern Utah University replaced the former pair while Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI; its athletic program is now IU Indy) and Oakland University moved into the latter duo's spots a year later.

Youngstown State switched to the Horizon League in 2001, and Centenary College replaced it in 2003. Chicago State University announced in the spring of 2006 that it would withdraw from the conference to compete as an independent starting in the 2006–07 school year. Charter member Valparaiso then moved to the Horizon in 2007.

Renewed expansion and Dakota schools introduction

Conference expansion was discussed at length at the Mid-Continent Conference annual Presidents Council meeting in 2006, and Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW, now Purdue Fort Wayne), North Dakota State, and South Dakota State were approved for site visits. On August 30, 2006, IPFW accepted an invitation to join the Mid-Continent Conference as a full member starting July 1, 2007.[12] Both North Dakota State and South Dakota State also accepted invitations to join the conference the next day.[13][14]

The Summit League continued its renewed expansion push with the admission of the University of South Dakota. The Coyotes began conference play in the 2011–12 academic year and become eligible for all championships the following season.[15] Centenary College subsequently announced that it would leave the Summit League following the 2010–2011 campaign.[16]

The University of North Dakota had also been openly rumored to have been courted by the Summit League, but controversy over the Fighting Sioux nickname in all likelihood prevented UND's admission at that time. Expectations that UND would join the Summit League came to an end on November 1, 2010, when North Dakota instead accepted an invitation to join the Big Sky Conference. The University of South Dakota entered into very brief negotiations to join the Big Sky as well, rather than continuing their plans to join the Summit. However, South Dakota chose instead to remain with the more compact Summit League (along with other Dakota schools, NDSU and SDSU). As the University of Nebraska Omaha began the transition to Division I athletics in all sports, it joined the Summit League on July 1, 2012. With the departures of Centenary to Division III at the end of the 2010–11 athletic year, and Oral Roberts (Southland Conference) and Southern Utah (Big Sky Conference) for other Division I conferences at the end of the 2011–12 athletic year, the Summit League continued with nine institutions, all within the Midwest geographical region.[17]

The conference unveiled the University of Denver (DU) as its tenth member on November 27, 2012, and the Pioneers joined in July 2013.[18] While Denver is slightly outside The Summit's current Midwestern base, the city's status as a major air hub seemingly minimized travel issues for the other members.[18] With Denver among the eight of ten Western Athletic Conference (WAC) members switching to other conferences, that league searched for new members. UMKC announced on February 7, 2013, that it would be one of six schools joining the WAC for the 2013–14 season,[19] dropping The Summit League back to nine member schools. Membership fell to eight schools on May 7, 2013, when Oakland announced that it was joining the Horizon League.[20] Eight of the nine then-current Horizon League programs were former Summit League members with Oakland's move (the Horizon has since added two more members that were never in The Summit League, Northern Kentucky and Robert Morris, as well as another former Summit member in Purdue Fort Wayne).

In December 2013, The Summit League office announced that Oral Roberts University would return to the conference in all sports, effective July 1, 2014.[21]

The next changes to the conference's core membership were announced in 2017. First, on January 26, North Dakota, which had resolved its controversy by selecting the new nickname Fighting Hawks, unveiled as a new member beginning in 2018.[22] Then, on June 28, IUPUI announced it would leave the conference to join the Horizon League effective July 1, 2017.[23]

Rare transition and rumored expansion

For much of 2018, speculation involving further league expansion focused on Augustana University, a Division II school located in the Summit's headquarters city of Sioux Falls. Many of the school's boosters have ties to Sanford Health, a hospital company that has long been a major league sponsor and also owns the office complex that houses the league headquarters.[24][25] The university announced on December 14 that it would start a transition to Division I, though stating at the time that no such move would take place until at least 2021.[26] However, on May 22, 2020, the Summit League commissioner, Tom Douple, informed Augustana president Stephanie Herseth Sandlin that the conference would not be adding more new teams "at this time."[27] The conference expanded anyway, announcing in June 2019 that UMKC would return in 2020 after a seven-year absence.[28] However, shortly thereafter, Purdue Fort Wayne announced its 2020 departure for the Horizon League, maintaining the full-time conference membership at nine schools.[7] Then, on October 4, 2019, the University of St. Thomas, a Minnesota school that was set to be expelled from its longtime athletic home of the NCAA Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) in 2021, announced that it received an invitation to join the Summit upon its MIAC departure.[29] St. Thomas eventually received a waiver of an NCAA rule mandating that Division III schools can only transition to Division II, allowing the school to move directly to D-I on the originally announced schedule.[30]

Shortly before St. Thomas' future conference membership was confirmed, the University of Northern Colorado was announced as a baseball-only member effective in 2021–22.[31] The most recent change to the affiliate membership was announced on May 11, 2022, when Lindenwood University and the University of Southern Indiana were announced as new affiliates in men's soccer plus men's and women's swimming & diving effective in 2022–23. Both institutions began transitions from Division II as new members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), which at the time did not sponsor any of these schools' Summit League sports, in July 2022. Southern Indiana started its swimming & diving program for both sexes in 2022–23.[32] In late March 2023, the OVC announced that it would begin sponsoring men's soccer that fall, leading to Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, and Southern Indiana moving that sport to their full-time home.[33] Eastern Illinois and Southern Indiana remain swimming & diving affiliates, while Lindenwood dropped both of its swimming & diving programs after the 2023–24 season.

Associate membership growth and declining full-time membership

In early May 2023, it was announced that founding member Western Illinois would be leaving the Summit League in all sports and would join the Ohio Valley Conference beginning in fall 2023.[34] In mid-June, Western Illinois announced that its men's soccer team would remain in the Summit League for the fall 2023 season, and depart for the OVC after that.[35]

On April 4, 2024, both entities announced that Delaware would be joining the conference as an associate member in men's soccer starting in 2025.[36]

On May 7, 2024, the league announced that Northern Colorado, who is also an affiliate in baseball, and Weber State would be joining the league for men's golf starting in the fall of 2024.[37] However, they would return these programs to the Big Sky Conference only a year later, which is the full-time conference for both schools.

On December 23, 2024, the league announced that UMass would be joining the conference as an affiliate in men's soccer starting in the 2025 season.[38]

In May 2025, the Missouri Valley Football Conference, a football-only league that competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision, adopted a new governing structure that created a formal relationship between it and the Summit League, and also formalized the MVFC's decades-long ties with the Missouri Valley Conference. At the time, four of the five Summit members that sponsored football housed those teams in the MVFC.[39]

On October 31, 2025, it was announced that Denver would be leaving the Summit League for the West Coast Conference in all the sports it plays in the former league, beginning on July 1, 2026.[40][41][42][43]

On February 9, 2026, North Dakota State University accepted an invitation to move its football program to the Mountain West Conference after 18 years in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.[44][45] This does not affect NDSU's membership in the Summit, and they will remain a full member.

On April 28, 2026, Illinois State University announced it would be discontinuing their men's tennis program after the conclusion of the spring 2026 semester.[46]

Member schools

Current full members

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Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname Colors
North Dakota State University Fargo, North Dakota 1890 2007 Public 11,952 Bison Template:College color boxes
Oral Roberts University Tulsa, Oklahoma 1963 1997;
2014[a] 		Private

(Evangelical)

5,936 Golden Eagles Template:College color boxes
South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota 1881 2007 Public 12,056 Jackrabbits Template:College color boxes
Script error: No such module "sort". Denver, Colorado 1864 2013 Private 12,813 Pioneers Template:College color boxes
University of Missouri–Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri 1933 1994;
2020[b] 		Public 14,732 Roos[c] Template:College color boxes
University of Nebraska Omaha Omaha, Nebraska 1908 2012 14,972 Mavericks Template:College color boxes
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, North Dakota 1883 2018 15,019 Fighting Hawks Template:College color boxes
University of South Dakota Vermillion, South Dakota 1862 2011 10,619 Coyotes Template:College color boxes
University of St. Thomas Saint Paul, Minnesota 1885 2021[5] Private

(Catholic)

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Notes

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  1. ^ Oral Roberts, a previous member of the conference from 1997–98 to 2011–12, rejoined the Summit effective the 2014–15 school year.
  2. ^ Kansas City, a previous member of the conference from 1994–95 to 2012–13 under its former athletic identity of the UMKC Kangaroos, rejoined the Summit effective the 2020–21 school year.
  3. ^ Since July 1, 2019, UMKC has branded its athletic program, previously the UMKC Kangaroos, as the Kansas City Roos.[6][28]

Current associate members

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Institution Location Founded Joined Type Enrollment Nickname Primary
conference 		Summit
sport(s)
Drake University Des Moines, Iowa 1881 2017 Private 4,345 Bulldogs MVC Men's tennis[47]
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois 1895 2005 Public 8,505 Panthers OVC Swimming & diving[48]
Illinois State University Normal, Illinois 1857 2017 Public 21,546 Redbirds MVC Men's tennis[47]
University of Delaware Newark, Delaware 1743 2025 Public 24,414 Blue Hens CUSA Men's soccer[49]
University of Northern Colorado Greeley, Colorado 1889 2021 8,869 Bears Big Sky Baseball[31]
University of Southern Indiana Evansville, Indiana[a] 1965 2022 9,488 Screaming Eagles OVC Swimming & diving
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, Massachusetts 1863 2025 31,726 Minutemen MAC Men's soccer[38]

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  1. ^ The campus has an Evansville mailing address but is located in unincorporated Vanderburgh County.

Former members

All institutional names and nicknames used reflect those in the final school year of conference membership.

Former full members

The Summit League has 23 former members.

Institution Location Founded Type Joined Left Nickname Subsequent
conference 		Current
conference
Script error: No such module "sort". Akron, Ohio 1870 Public 1990 1992 Zips Mid-American (MAC)
Script error: No such module "sort". Buffalo, New York[a] 1846 1994 1998 Bulls Mid-American (MAC)
Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport, Louisiana 1825 Private

(UMC)

2003 2011 Gentlemen (men's)
Ladies (women's) 		American Southwest[b] SCAC[b]
Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Connecticut 1849 Public 1994 1997 Blue Devils Northeast (NEC)
Chicago State University Chicago, Illinois 1867 1994 2006 Cougars NCAA D-I Independent Northeast (NEC)
Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio 1964 1982[c] 1994 Vikings Horizon
Eastern Illinois University Charleston, Illinois 1895 1982[d] 1996 Panthers OVC
Script error: No such module "sort". Chicago, Illinois 1858 1982[c] 1994 Flames Horizon Missouri Valley
Script error: No such module "sort".[e] Indianapolis, Indiana 1969 1998 2017 Jaguars Horizon
Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri 1905 1982 1990 Bears (men's)
Lady Bears (women's)[f] 		Missouri Valley CUSA
Northeastern Illinois University Chicago, Illinois 1867 1994 1998 Golden Eagles Discontinued intercollegiate athletics
Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois 1895 1990[c] 1994 Huskies Horizon Mid-American (MAC)
(Horizon in 2026)
Script error: No such module "sort". Cedar Falls, Iowa 1876 1982 1991 Panthers Missouri Valley
Oakland University[20] Rochester, Michigan[g] 1957 1998 2013 Golden Grizzlies Horizon
Script error: No such module "sort". Fort Wayne, Indiana 1964[h] 2007 2020 Mastodons Horizon
Southern Utah University Cedar City, Utah 1897 1997 2012 Thunderbirds Big Sky WAC
(Big Sky in 2026)
Troy University Troy, Alabama 1887 1994 1997 Trojans TAAC Sun Belt
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 1859 Private

(Lutheran)

1982[c] 2007 Crusaders[i] Horizon Missouri Valley
Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois 1899 Public 1982[j] 2023[k] Leathernecks OVC
Script error: No such module "sort". Green Bay, Wisconsin 1965 1982[c] 1994 Phoenix Horizon
Script error: No such module "sort". Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1885 1993 1994 Panthers Horizon
Wright State University Dayton, Ohio[l] 1967 1991[c] 1994 Raiders Horizon
Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio 1908 1992 2001 Penguins Horizon
Notes

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  1. ^ The UB campus has a Buffalo mailing address, but is mostly located in the adjacent town of Amherst.
  2. ^ a b Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference
  3. ^ a b c d e f This school joined the then-Mid-Continent Conference before the league began sponsoring women's sports in the 1992–93 school year. It had previously been a member of the women's sports-only North Star Conference, which was absorbed by the Mid-Con after the 1991–92 school year.
  4. ^ Before the Mid-Con began sponsoring women's sports in the 1992–93 school year, Eastern Illinois had been a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, which began as a women's-only conference and added football in the 1985 fall season (1985–86 school year); EIU was a member of both sides of the conference. When the Gateway merged its women's side into the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), EIU moved its women's sports into the Mid-Con, but kept its football team in the Gateway until it moved its entire athletic program into the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC), effective with the 1996–97 school year.
  5. ^ The Indiana University and Purdue University systems dissolved IUPUI at the end of the 2023–24 school year, replacing it with separate IU- and Purdue-affiliated institutions. The new IU Indianapolis, which took over the vast majority of IUPUI academic programs, inherited the athletic program, now known as the IU Indy Jaguars.[50]
  6. ^ The women's beach volleyball team uses the nickname "Beach Bears" instead of "Lady Bears".
  7. ^ The Oakland campus has a Rochester mailing address, but is physically divided between the separate cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills.
  8. ^ Purdue Fort Wayne (PFW) did not begin operation until 2018, but inherited its athletic program from Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), founded in 1964. IPFW dissolved in 2018, and the Purdue University and Indiana University systems each established a new Fort Wayne campus.[51]
  9. ^ Dropped nickname of Crusaders in February 2021; adopted new nickname of Beacons that August.
  10. ^ The Mid-Con did not sponsor women's sports until the 1992–93 school year. Before that time, Western Illinois had been a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, which began as a women's-only conference and added football in the 1985–86 school year; WIU was a member of both sides of the conference. When the Gateway merged its women's side into the Missouri Valley Conference, WIU moved its women's sports into the Mid-Con, but kept its football team in the Gateway (now known as the Missouri Valley Football Conference) through the 2023 season.
  11. ^ Western Illinois departed the Summit League as its full-time conference on July 1, 2023, but elected to keep its men's soccer team in the league until the conclusion of the fall 2023 season.
  12. ^ The Wright State campus has a Dayton mailing address, but is physically located in the adjacent city of Fairborn.

Former associate members

Institution Location Founded Type Joined Left Nickname Primary
conference
during associate
membership 		Current
conference
in former
Summit sport[a] 		Summit
sport
University of Akron Akron, Ohio 1870 Public 1978 1980 Zips D-II Independent Mid-American (MAC) football
DePaul University Chicago, Illinois 1898 Private 1992 1999 Blue Demons Great Midwest,
CUSA[b] 		Big East softball
Howard University Washington, D.C. 1867 Private 1996 1999 Bison Mid-Eastern (MEAC) Northeast (NEC)[c] Script error: No such module "Sort".
Lindenwood University Script error: No such module "sort". 1827 Private 2022 2024 Lions OVC Template:Screen reader-only[d] Script error: No such module "Sort".
C.W. Post of Long Island University Brookville, New York 1954 Public 1994 1998 Pioneers East Coast (ECC)[e] Northeast (NEC)[f] baseball
New York Institute of Technology New York, New York 1955 Private 1994 1998 Bears East Coast (ECC)[e][g] TBA[h] baseball
Script error: No such module "sort". Greeley, Colorado 1889 Public 2024 2025 Bears Big Sky men's golf[37]
Northern Michigan University Marquette, Michigan 1899 Public 1978 1981 Wildcats D-II Independent Great Lakes (GLIAC)[e] football
Oral Roberts University Tulsa, Oklahoma 1963 Private 2012 2014 Golden Eagles Southland[i] Summit Script error: No such module "Sort".
Pace University New York, New York 1906 Private 1994 1998 Setters East Coast (ECC)[e]
Northeast-10 (NE-10)[e][j] 		Northeast-10 (NE-10) baseball
Quincy University Quincy, Illinois 1860 Private 1994 1996 Hawks Great Lakes (GLVC)[e] Script error: No such module "Sort".
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(SIU Edwardsville or SIUE) 		Edwardsville, Illinois 1957 Public 1994 1996 Cougars Great Lakes (GLVC)[e] Ohio Valley (OVC) Script error: No such module "Sort".
Script error: No such module "sort". Vermillion, South Dakota 1862 Public 2009 2011 Coyotes Great West (GWC) Summit Script error: No such module "Sort".
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South Dakota State University Brookings, South Dakota 1881 Public 2005 2007 Jackrabbits D-I Independent Summit Script error: No such module "Sort".
Script error: No such module "Sort".
State University of New York at Oneonta Oneonta, New York 1889 Public 1996 1998 Red Dragons New York State (SUNYAC)[k] Script error: No such module "Sort".
Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 1859 Private 2017 2020 Crusaders Missouri Valley (MVC) Template:Screen reader-only[l] Script error: No such module "Sort".
2017 2021 Missouri Valley (MVC) Script error: No such module "Sort".[m]
Weber State University Ogden, Utah 1889 Public 2024 2025 Wildcats Big Sky men's golf[37]
Youngstown State University Youngstown, Ohio 1908 Public 1978 1981 Penguins D-II Independent Missouri Valley (MVFC) football
Notes

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  1. ^ Except as noted, this matches each school's current primary conference.
  2. ^ When DePaul joined for softball, it was a member of the Great Midwest Conference. In 1995, that conference merged with the Metro Conference to form Conference USA.
  3. ^ Howard remains a full member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, which does not sponsor soccer for either men or women.
  4. ^ Lindenwood dropped men's swimming & diving after the 2023–24 school year.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
  6. ^ After the 2018–19 school year, Long Island University merged the LIU Post athletic program with the program of its other principal campus, LIU Brooklyn, creating a new Division I program that now competes as the LIU Sharks. The unified athletic program, which maintains Brooklyn's memberships in Division I and the Northeast Conference, now fields a single baseball team that plays on the Post campus in Brookville.[52]
  7. ^ NYIT remained in Division I baseball through the 2017 spring season (2016–17 school year), after which it downgraded baseball to Division II and added that sport to its existing ECC membership.
  8. ^ NYIT shut down its athletic program after the 2019–20 school year due to COVID-19 impacts. It was expected to resume athletics in 2022–23, but has yet to do so by far or announce a future conference affiliation.
  9. ^ Between Oral Roberts' 2012 departure for the Southland Conference and 2014 return to the Summit League, it maintained Summit associate membership in men's soccer.
  10. ^ When Pace joined for baseball, it was a member of the ECC (then known as the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference (NYCAC). In 1997, it joined the Northeast-10.
  11. ^ Currently an NCAA Division III athletic conference.
  12. ^ Valparaiso dropped men's tennis after the 2019–20 school year.[53]
  13. ^ Valparaiso's men's aquatics program fields swimmers, but no divers.

Membership timeline

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bar:10  color:FullxF from:1982 till:1994 text:UW–Green Bay (1982–1994)
bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:2001 text:MCC
bar:10  color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:Horizon

bar:11  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1982 text:Independent
bar:11  color:FullxF from:1982 till:2007 text:Valparaiso (1982–2007)
bar:11  color:OtherC1 from:2007 till:2017 text:Horizon
bar:11  shift:(-100) color:AssocOS from:2017 till:2021 text:(2017–2021; men's swimming; 2017–2020, men's tennis)
bar:11  shift:(90) color:OtherC2 from:2021 till:end text:MVC

bar:12  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1986 text:MAC
bar:12  color:OtherC2 from:1986 till:1990 text:Independent
bar:12  color:FullxF from:1990 till:1994 text:Northern Illinois (1990–1994)
bar:12  shift:(70) color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:1997
bar:12  color:OtherC2 from:1997 till:2026 text:MAC
bar:12  color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:Horizon

bar:13  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1987 text:D-II Independent
bar:13  color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:1991 text:D-I Independent
bar:13  color:FullxF from:1991 till:1994 text:Wright State (1991–1994)
bar:13  shift:(70) color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:2001 text:MCC
bar:13  color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:Horizon

bar:16  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1980 text:D-I Ind.
bar:16  color:OtherC2 from:1980 till:1985 text:D-III Independent
bar:16  color:OtherC1 from:1985 till:1987 text:NAIA Ind.
bar:16  shift:(10) color:OtherC2 from:1987 till:1990 text:D-II Indep.
bar:16  color:OtherC1 from:1990 till:1993 text:D-I Indep.
bar:16  color:FullxF from:1993 till:1994 text:UW–Milwaukee (1993–1994)
bar:16  shift:(100) color:OtherC1 from:1994 till:2001 text:MCC
bar:16  color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:end text:Horizon

bar:17  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1990 text:Independent
bar:17  color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1992 text:ECC
bar:17  shift:(-5) color:OtherC1 from:1992 till:1993 text:Ind.
bar:17  shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:1993 till:1994 text:ECC
bar:17  color:FullxF from:1994 till:1997 text:Central Connecticut State (1994–1997)
bar:17  shift:(130) color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:end text:NEC

bar:18  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1991 text:GSC (D-II)
bar:18  shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:1991 till:1993 text:D-II Ind.
bar:18  shift:(-5) color:OtherC1 from:1993 till:1994 text:ECC
bar:18  color:FullxF from:1994 till:1997 text:Troy State (1994–1997)
bar:18  shift:(60) color:OtherC1 from:1997 till:2005 text:TAAC/A-Sun
bar:18  color:OtherC2 from:2005 till:end text:Sun Belt

bar:19  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1988 text:SUNYAC (D-III)
bar:19  color:OtherC2 from:1988 till:1991 text:D-I Indep.
bar:19  color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:1994 text:ECC
bar:19  color:FullxF from:1994 till:1998 text:Buffalo (1994–1998)
bar:19  shift:(20) color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:end text:MAC

bar:20  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1988 text:NAIA Independent
bar:20  shift:(-10) color:OtherC2 from:1988 till:1989 text:D-II Ind.
bar:20  shift:(10) color:OtherC1 from:1989 till:1993 text:D-I Indep.
bar:20  shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:1993 till:1994 text:ECC
bar:20  color:FullxF from:1994 till:1998 text:Northeastern Illinois (1994–1998; dropped athletics)

bar:21  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1981 text:CCAC (NAIA)
bar:21  shift:(10) color:OtherC2 from:1981 till:1984 text:NAIA Indep.
bar:21  color:OtherC1 from:1984 till:1993 text:D-I Independent
bar:21  shift:(-5) color:OtherC2 from:1993 till:1994 text:ECC
bar:21  color:FullxF from:1994 till:2006 text:Chicago State (1994–2006)
bar:21  color:OtherC1 from:2006 till:2009 text:Independent
bar:21  color:OtherC2 from:2009 till:2013 text:GWC
bar:21  color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2022 text:WAC
bar:21  color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:2024 text:Ind.
bar:21  color:OtherC1 from:2024 till:end text:NEC

bar:22  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1986 text:NAIA Independent
bar:22  color:OtherC2 from:1986 till:1994 text:D-I Independent
bar:22  color:FullxF from:1994 till:2013 text:UMKC (1994–2013)
bar:22  color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2020 text:WAC
bar:22  color:FullxF from:2020 till:end text:Kansas City (2020–present)

bar:30  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1986 text:RMAC (NAIA)
bar:30  color:OtherC2 from:1986 till:1988 text:D-II Ind.
bar:30  color:OtherC1 from:1988 till:1994 text:DI-AA Independent
bar:30  color:OtherC2 from:1994 till:1996 text:AWC
bar:30  color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:1997 text:Ind.
bar:30  color:FullxF from:1997 till:2012 text:Southern Utah (1997–2012)
bar:30  color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:2022 text:Big Sky
bar:30  color:OtherC2 from:2022 till:2026 text:WAC
bar:30  color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:Big Sky

bar:31  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1979 text:Ind.
bar:31  color:OtherC2 from:1979 till:1987 text:MCC
bar:31  color:OtherC1 from:1987 till:1989 text:D-I Ind.
bar:31  color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:1991 text:NAIA Ind.
bar:31  shift:(10) color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:1997 text:D-I Independent
bar:31  color:FullxF from:1997 till:2012 text:Oral Roberts (1997–2012)
bar:31  shift:(-110) color:AssocOS from:2012 till:2014 text:(2012–2014, men's soccer)
bar:31  color:FullxF from:2014 till:end text:(2014–present)

bar:32 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1993 text:NAIA Independent
bar:32 color:OtherC2 from:1993 till:1998 text:D-II Independent
bar:32  color:FullxF from:1998 till:2017 text:IUPUI (1998–2017)
bar:32  color:OtherC1 from:2017 till:end text:Horizon

bar:33  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1997 text:GLIAC (D-II)
bar:33  shift:(-20) color:OtherC2 from:1997 till:1998 text:D-II Ind.
bar:33  color:FullxF from:1998 till:2013 text:Oakland (1998–2013)
bar:33  color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:end text:Horizon

bar:34  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1999 text:TAAC
bar:34  color:OtherC2 from:1999 till:2003 text:Independent
bar:34  color:FullxF from:2003 till:2011 text:Centenary (2003–2011)
bar:34  shift:(-10) color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2012 text:D-III Ind.
bar:34  shift:(10) color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text:SCAC (D-III)

bar:35  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2004 text:NCC (D-II)
bar:35  color:OtherC2 from:2004 till:2005 text:Ind.
bar:35  color:AssocOS from:2005 till:2007 text:South Dakota State (2005–2007, swimming & diving; 2007–present)
bar:35  color:FullxF from:2007 till:end text:

bar:36  color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2004 text:NCC (D-II)
bar:36  color:OtherC2 from:2004 till:2007 text:Independent
bar:36  color:FullxF from:2007 till:end text:North Dakota State (2007–present)

bar:37 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1981 text:D-III Indep.
bar:37 color:OtherC2 from:1981 till:1984 text:D-II Indep.
bar:37 color:OtherC1 from:1984 till:2001 text:GLVC (D-II)
bar:37 color:OtherC2 from:2001 till:2007 text:Independent
bar:37  color:FullxF from:2007 till:2018 text:IPFW (2007–2018)
bar:37  color:FullxF from:2018 till:2020 text:Purdue Fort Wayne (2018–2020)
bar:37 shift:(120) color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:end text:Horizon

bar:38 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2008 text:NCC (D-II)
bar:38 shift:(-10) color:OtherC2 from:2008 till:2009 text:GWC
bar:38 color:AssocOS from:2009 till:2011 text:South Dakota (2009–2011, swimming & diving; 2011–present)
bar:38 color:FullxF from:2011 till:end

bar:39 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2008 text:NCC (D-II)
bar:39 color:OtherC2 from:2008 till:2011 text:MIAA (D-II)
bar:39 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2012 text:Ind.
bar:39 color:FullxF from:2012 till:end text:Omaha (2012–present)

bar:40 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:1980 text:D-I Ind.
bar:40 color:OtherC2 from:1980 till:1990 text:NAIA Independent
bar:40 color:OtherC1 from:1990 till:1996 text:CAC
bar:40 shift:(-1) color:OtherC2 from:1996 till:1998 text:D-II Ind.
bar:40 shift:(-1) color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:1999 text:D-I Ind.
bar:40 shift:(19) color:OtherC2 from:1999 till:2012 text:Sun Belt
bar:40 shift:(-10) color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:2013 text:WAC
bar:40 color:FullxF from:2013 till:2026 text:Denver (2013–2026)
bar:40 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:WCC

bar:43 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2008 text:NCC (D-II)
bar:43 color:OtherC2 from:2008 till:2012 text:GWC
bar:43 color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:2018 text:Big Sky
bar:43 color:FullxF from:2018 till:end text:North Dakota (2018–present)

bar:44 color:OtherC1 from:1978 till:2021 text:MIAC (D-III)
bar:44 color:FullxF from:2021 till:end text:St. Thomas (2021–present)

bar:N color:powderblue  from:1978 till:1982 text:MCAA
bar:N color:yellow  from:1982 till:1989 text:AMCU
bar:N color:red  from:1989 till:2007 text:Mid-Continent Conference
bar:N color:blue  from:2007 till:end text:Summit League

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  • IUPUI was dissolved in 2024 and replaced by separate institutions affiliated with the Indiana University and Purdue University systems. The IUPUI athletic program transferred to Indiana University Indianapolis and is now known as IU Indy.
  • Purdue Fort Wayne joined the league as IPFW. The athletic branding was changed to "Fort Wayne" in 2016, and to Purdue Fort Wayne shortly before the dissolution of IPFW on July 1, 2018.
  • Southwest Missouri State adopted its current name of Missouri State University in 2005.
  • The two former members that are part of the University of Wisconsin System, namely UW–Green Bay and UW–Milwaukee, now brand themselves for athletic purposes as "Green Bay" and "Milwaukee".
  • Troy State adopted its current name of Troy University in 2004.
  • UMKC rebranded its athletic program as "Kansas City" in 2019, a year before its return to the league.[6]

The Summit League sponsors championship competition in nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[54] Former full member Eastern Illinois is an associate member for men's and women's swimming and diving and men's soccer. Drake and Illinois State became associate members in men's tennis starting in 2017–18, and former full member Valparaiso rejoined for men's swimming and men's tennis at the same time. Valparaiso dropped men's tennis after the 2019–20 season; it remained a swimming associate until moving that sport to the Mid-American Conference in 2021. Northern Colorado became a baseball associate starting in the 2022 season (2021–22 school year), and Lindenwood and Southern Indiana became associates in men's soccer plus men's and women's swimming & diving in the 2022–23 school year. Eastern Illinois, Lindenwood, and Southern Indiana moved men's soccer to their primary home of the Ohio Valley Conference in 2023–24 while remaining Summit affiliates in swimming & diving. Western Illinois elected to leave the league full time in 2023, but its men's soccer team remained in the Summit through the fall 2023 season. Delaware and UMass joined for men's soccer in 2025.

Teams in Summit League competition
Sport Men's Women's
Baseball 6 –
Basketball 9 9
Cross country 7 8
Golf 9 9
Soccer 7 9
Softball – 7
Swimming and diving 8 8
Tennis 7 (4 in 2026) 6 (4 in 2026)
Track and field (indoor) 7 8
Track and field (outdoor) 7 8
Volleyball – 9

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Men's sponsored sports by school

School Baseball Basketball Cross
country 		Golf Soccer Swimming
& diving 		Tennis Indoor
Track & field		 Outdoor
Track & field		 Total
Summit League
sports
Denver No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 5
Kansas City No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 7
North Dakota No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[a] Yes Yes 6
North Dakota State Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes 6
Omaha Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No 6
Oral Roberts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 8
St. Thomas Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes 8
South Dakota No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes 6
South Dakota State Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes 7
Associate members
Delaware Yes 1
Drake Yes 1
Eastern Illinois Yes 1
Illinois State Yes 1
Northern Colorado Yes 1
Southern Indiana Yes 1
UMass Yes 1
Totals 6 9 7 9 7 7 7 7 7 70

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  1. ^ North Dakota will be discontinuing it's men's tennis program in 2026[55]

Men's varsity sports not sponsored by The Summit League which are played by member schools:

School Football Ice hockey Lacrosse Skiing Wrestling
Denver — NCHC Big East RMISA —
North Dakota MVFC NCHC — — —
North Dakota State MVFC[a] — — — Big 12[b]
Omaha — NCHC — — —
St. Thomas Pioneer CCHA[c] — — —
South Dakota MVFC — — — —
South Dakota State MVFC — — — Big 12[b]

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  1. ^ North Dakota State will move its football program to the Mountain West in 2026.
  2. ^ a b North Dakota State and South Dakota State will move their men's wrestling programs to the Pac-12 in 2026.
  3. ^ St. Thomas will move its men's hockey program to the NCHC in 2026.

Women's sponsored sports by school

School Basketball Cross
country 		Golf Soccer Softball Swimming
& diving		 Tennis Indoor
track & field		 Outdoor
track & field		 Volleyball Total
Summit League
sports
Denver Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes 6
Kansas City Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes 9
North Dakota Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes[a] Yes Yes Yes 9
North Dakota State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes 8
Omaha Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10
Oral Roberts Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes 8
St. Thomas Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10
South Dakota Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 10
South Dakota State Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes 9
Associate members
Eastern Illinois Yes 1
Southern Indiana Yes 1
Totals 9 8 9 9 7 7 8 8 8 9 84

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  1. ^ North Dakota will be discontinuing it's women's tennis program in 2026[55]

Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the Summit League which are played by member schools:

School Equestrian Gymnastics Ice hockey Lacrosse Skiing
Denver — Big 12 — Big East RMISA
St. Thomas — — WCHA — —
South Dakota State ECAC — — — —

Football

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Men's basketball

Men's basketball in the NCAA tournament

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Year Team Seed Results
1983 none
1984 none
1985 none
1986 Cleveland State 14* defeated Indiana
defeated Saint Joseph's
lost to Navy
1987 Southwest Missouri State[56] 13 defeated Clemson
lost to Kansas
1988 Southwest Missouri State 13 lost to UNLV
1989 Southwest Missouri State 14 lost to Seton Hall
1990 Southwest Missouri State 9* lost to North Carolina
Northern Iowa 14 defeated Missouri
lost to Minnesota
1991 Green Bay 12 lost to Michigan State
Northern Illinois 13* lost to St. John's
1992 Eastern Illinois 15 lost to Indiana
1993 Wright State 16 lost to Indiana
1994 Green Bay 12 defeated California
lost to Syracuse
1995 none
1996 Valparaiso 14 lost to Arizona
1997 Valparaiso 12 lost to Boston College
1998 Valparaiso 13 defeated Ole Miss
defeated Florida State
lost to Rhode Island
1999 Valparaiso 15 lost to Maryland
2000 Valparaiso 16 lost to Michigan State
2001 Southern Utah 14 lost to Boston College
2002 Valparaiso 13 lost to Kentucky
2003 IUPUI 16 lost to Kentucky
2004 Valparaiso 15 lost to Gonzaga
2005 Oakland 16 defeated Alabama A&M**
Lost to North Carolina
2006 Oral Roberts 16 lost to Memphis
2007 Oral Roberts 14 lost to Washington State
2008 Oral Roberts 13 lost to Pittsburgh
2009 North Dakota State 14 lost to Kansas
2010 Oakland 14 lost to Pittsburgh
2011 Oakland 13 lost to Texas
2012 South Dakota State 14 lost to Baylor
2013 South Dakota State 13 lost to Michigan
2014 North Dakota State 12 defeated Oklahoma
lost to San Diego State
2015 North Dakota State 15 lost to Gonzaga
2016 South Dakota State 12 lost to Maryland
2017 South Dakota State 16 lost to Gonzaga
2018 South Dakota State 12 lost to Ohio State
2019 North Dakota State 16 defeated NCCU**
lost to Duke
2021 Oral Roberts 15 defeated Ohio State
defeated Florida
lost to Arkansas
2022 South Dakota State 13 lost to Providence
2023 Oral Roberts 12 lost to Duke
2024 South Dakota State 15 lost to Iowa State
2025 Omaha 15 lost to St. John's

* At-large bid
** First Four game

Summit League championships won per school

School Conference Tournament
Titles Last
title 		Titles Last
title
Valparaiso 9 2003–04 8 2004
South Dakota State 9 2023–24 7 2024
Oral Roberts 7 2022–23 5 2023
Missouri State 4 1989–90 2 1989
North Dakota State 4 2019–20 5 2020
Oakland 3 2010–11 3 2011
Cleveland State 3 1992–93 1 1986
Western Illinois 2 2012–13 1 1984
Green Bay 2 1993–94 2 1994
Purdue Fort Wayne 1 2015–16 0 N/A
South Dakota 1 2016–17 0 N/A
IUPUI 1 2005–06 1 2003
Illinois-Chicago 1 1983–84 0 N/A
Northern Illinois 1 1990–91 0 N/A
Omaha 1 2024–25 1 2025
Southern Utah 1 2000–01 1 2001
Eastern Illinois 0 N/A 2 1992
Wright State 0 N/A 1 1993
Northern Iowa 0 N/A 1 1990

Italics indicate a school no longer a part of the Summit League.

Women's basketball

Summit League championships won per school

School Conference Tournament
Titles Last
title 		Titles Last
title
South Dakota State 11 2024–25 12 2025
Western Illinois 6 2016–17 2 2017
Youngstown State 5 1998–99 3 2000
South Dakota 5 2021–22 4 2022
Oakland 3 2006–07 2 2006
Northern Illinois 2 1993–94 1 1993
Valparaiso 2 2001–02 2 2004
Oral Roberts 2 2010–11 5 2008
Buffalo 1 1994–95 0 N/A
Troy 1 1996–97 1 1997
Green Bay 0 N/A 1 1994

Italics indicate a school no longer a part of the Summit League.

Facilities

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Denver CIBER Field at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium 2,000 Hamilton Gymnasium 2,500 Non-baseball school Non-softball school
Kansas City Durwood Soccer Stadium 850 Municipal Auditorium (men)[57]
Swinney Recreation Center (women)[a] 		7,300
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Omaha Al F. Caniglia Field[58] 3,097 Baxter Arena[59] 7,898 Tal Anderson Field 1,500 Connie Claussen Field 650[60]
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North Dakota State Dacotah Field[62] 2,600[63] Scheels Center 5,460[64] Newman Outdoor Field 4,600 Tharaldson Park[65] 735
Oral Roberts Case Soccer Complex 1,000 Mabee Center 10,575 J. L. Johnson Stadium 2,418 Non-softball school
St. Thomas South Field 800 Lee & Penny Anderson Arena 5,300 Koch Diamond 250 South Field 150
South Dakota First Bank & Trust Soccer Complex 800 Sanford Coyote Sports Center 6,000 Non-baseball school Nygard Field 500[66]
South Dakota State Fishback Soccer Park 1,500 First Bank and Trust Arena [d] 6,500 Erv Huether Field 600 Jerald T. Moriarty Field [e] 200
Delaware Stuart and Suzanne Grant Stadium 1,400 Men's soccer-only member
Northern Colorado Baseball-only member Jackson Field 1,500 Baseball-only member
UMass Rudd Field 800 Men's soccer-only member
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  1. ^ The women's team will play select games at Municipal, their main arena will continue to be Swinney Recreation Center
  2. ^ North Dakota also schedules basketball games at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.
  3. ^ North Dakota previously played at Apollo Sports Park before moving into Albrecht Field in 2024
  4. ^ Prior to a renovation completed in 2024, the arena was known as Frost Arena
  5. ^ Prior to a donation and field renovation completed in 2025, the field was known as Jackrabbit Softball Stadium

Media rights

On August 10, 2023, the Summit League announced the signing of a new three-year media rights deal that would tie the league with CBS Sports Network and even closer ties with Midco Sports through the 2025–26 academic year.[67][68] The new deal transfers the Summit League's men's/women's basketball championship game rights over to CBS Sports Network from ESPN, and adds a guaranteed six regular-season men's basketball games on the network with an option of six more men's or women's basketball games during the season. For the 2024 tournament, CBS Sports Network will also broadcast the women's basketball tournament semifinal. In 2025 and 2026 there will remain an option to have the men's and women's tournaments semifinals on CBS Sports Network if scheduling allows.

The Midco contract will now expand to the creation of a new all-league media platform called The Summit League Network. It will provide access to all nine member institutions' live streams of every home game, both non-conference and in-conference, as well as interviews and other league info. This expansion will preserve the local media rights given out at select institutions, as the provider for the university will supply Midco with that broadcast/live stream to be simulcast on the Summit League Network.

See also

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