The Central States Intercollegiate Conference (CSIC) was an American intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the

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(NAIA) from 1976 to 1989. It was known to be one of the toughest NAIA conferences in the nation.

History

In 1976, four members from the

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decided to move away from that conference, which was affiliated with the

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and form the Central States Intercollegiate Conference (CSIC). Those were

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(now Fort Hays State University), Kansas State College of Emporia (now Emporia State University), Kansas State College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University) and

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. Other institutions who joined the CSIC were Kearney State College (now the University of Nebraska at Kearney) and

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, who competed in the Nebraska College Conference; and Missouri Southern State College (now Missouri Southern State University) and Missouri Western State College (now Missouri Southern State University), who competed as NAIA independents. In 1987, all institutions in the CSIC applied for

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membership, with the announcement of four schools Missouri Southern, Missouri Western, Pittsburg State and Washburn already becoming a member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA, now the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association), effective beginning in the 1989–90 school year.

Member schools

Final members

The CSIC consisted of eight members: ;Notes:

Membership timeline

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Emporia State Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. E ...

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RMAC The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) from approximately 1910 through the late 1960s, is a List of NCAA conferences, college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiat ...

bar:2 color:OtherC2 from:2006 till:end text: MIAA bar:3 color:Full from:1976 till:1989 text:

Missouri Southern Missouri Southern State University (Missouri Southern, MSSU, or MoSo) is a public university in Joplin, Missouri. It was established in 1937 as Joplin Junior College. The university enrolled 4,346 students in Fall 2021. History Missouri Souther ...

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Nebraska–Kearney The University of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK) is a campus of the public University of Nebraska system and located in Kearney, Nebraska. It was founded in 1905 as the Nebraska State Normal School at Kearney. History In March 1903 the Nebraska Stat ...

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Washburn Washburn (alternatively Wasseburne, Wasseborne, Wasshebourne, Wassheborne, Washbourne, Washburne, Washborne, Washborn, Wasborn, Washbon) is a toponymic surname, probably of Old English origin, with likely Anglo-Norman and Norman-French influenc ...

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bar:8 shift:(20) color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1998 text: D-II Ind. bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:1998 till:end text: NSIC bar:N color:red from:1976 till:1989 text:Central States Intercollegiate Conference bar:N color:blue from:1989 till:end text:Post-CSIC ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:3 start:1976

Sports

References

{{Reflist Sports organizations established in 1976 Organizations disestablished in 1989 Sports leagues disestablished in 1989 1976 establishments in the United States 1989 disestablishments in the United States Sports in the Midwestern United States