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Atlantic 10 Conference
Atlantic Coast Conference
Atlantic Sun Conference
Big 12 Conference
Big East Conference
Big South Conference
Big Sky Conference
Big Ten Conference
Big West Conference
Colonial Athletic Association
Conference USA
Horizon League
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Mid-American Conference
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Missouri Valley Conference
Mountain West Conference
Northeast Conference
Ohio Valley Conference
Pacific 10 Conference
Patriot League
Southeastern Conference
Southern Conference
Southland Conference
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Sun Belt Conference
The Summit League
West Coast Conference
Western Athletic Conference
In FBS there are 11, with the exception of Army, Navy, and Notre Dame (Independents). These are Atlantic Coast Confrence (ACC), Big 10, Big 12, Big East, Confrence USA, Mid-America Confrence (MAC), Mountain West (MWC), Pacific 10 (Pac-10), South Eastern Confrence (SEC), Sun Belt, and Western Athletic Confrence (WAC).
However, only team fron the Big 10, Big 12, Big East, Pac-10, ACC, and Independents can compete for the National Title. Recently there had been debate over this Since Boise State (WAC), Hawaii (WAC), Texas Christian (MWC), Utah (MWC), and Tulsa (C-USA) have done very well during the season, even to go undefeated (Boise State in 2008 and Utah in 2005)
It depends on the sport you are talking about and the division. A conference like the Missouri Valley Conference that could be considered a major Basketball conference, wouldn't be considered one in football. A basketball mid-major like the Colonial Athletic Association is a major football conference, but in FCS (former D1AA) where they're the FCS version of say the SEC.
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The NCAA is the National Collegiate Athletic Association - the association which regulates athletes of 1281 institutions, conferences and organizations, including many colleges and universities in the United States and Canada.
There are 338 teams within 37 conferences
346 teams in 32 conferences plus 4 independent schools.
Great West and Independent conferences
No. After a lawsuit, NCAA announced that they would not license their name for the football game anymore, and the major conferences followed suit. Because of this, EA Sports announced that they would no longer develop a college football game.
Northwestern in the Big Ten.
There really are none. The conferences that hold championship games are those that have so many teams that they are broken into two divisions. The winner of each division will play in the championship game to crown a conference champion. Conferences that are not broken into two divisions do not have a championship game.
11 conferences plus 1 independent
PAC10 with 15. UCLA (which is in the PAC10 ) has more title then all the conferences expect the ACC. UCLA has 11 titles.