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The Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference was an NAIA intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1974 to 1997 and the second of two conferences to share this name. The conference's members were located in the state of Oklahoma. Most of the team's members moved from the defunct Oklahoma Collegiate Conference in 1974, which itself evolved from the first iteration of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference in 1929. The conference disbanded in 1997 after most of its members joined the NCAA Division II's Lone Star Conference.

History

Chronological timeline

• 1974 – The Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (OIC) was founded. Charter members included Central State University (now the University of Central Oklahoma), East Central Oklahoma State University (now East Central University), Northeastern Oklahoma State University (now Northeastern State University), Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Southeastern Oklahoma State University and Southwestern Oklahoma State University, beginning the 1974–75 academic year.
• 1977 – Central State (now Central Oklahoma) left the OIC after the 1976–77 academic year.
• 1991 – Langston University joined the OIC in the 1991–92 academic year.
• 1994 – The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) joined the OIC in the 1994–95 academic year.
• 1995 – Oklahoma Panhandle State University joined the OIC in the 1995–96 academic year.
• 1997 – The OIC ceased operations as an athletic conference after the 1996–97 academic year; as many schools left to join their respective new home primary conferences, beginning the 1997–98 academic year:
  • Langston, Northwestern Oklahoma State, the USAO and Oklahoma Panhandle State as NAIA Independents (who all except OPSU would later join the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC), beginning the 1998–99 school year; while OPSU would join the Division II ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Heartland Conference)
  • and East Central , Northeastern State, Southeastern Oklahoma State and Southwestern Oklahoma State to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the Lone Star Conference (LSC).

Member schools

Final members

Notes

1. All locations were within the State of Oklahoma.
2. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
3. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
4. Currently known as East Central University since 1985.
5. ^ Part of the Regional University System of Oklahoma.
6. ^ Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
7. ^ Part of the Board of Regents for the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges.
8. Also a Historically black college and university.
9. Currently known as Northeastern State University since 1985.
10. Northeastern State changed its nickname from Redmen to RiverHawks in 2006.
11. Formerly known as Northwestern State College until 1974.
12. Northwestern Oklahoma State had joined the following subsequent conferences: as an NAIA Independent during the 1997–98 school year; the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) from 1998–99 to 2001–02; and the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) from 2002–03 to 2011–12.
13. Formerly known as Southeastern State College until 1974.
14. Southeastern Oklahoma State changed its nickname from Savages to Savage Storm in 2006.
15. Formerly known as Southwestern State College until 1974.
16. Part of the Board of Regents of the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma.

Former members

Notes

1. All locations were within the State of Oklahoma.
2. Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.
3. Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.
4. Currently known as the University of Central Oklahoma since 1990.
5. Part of the Regional University System of Oklahoma.
6. ^ Currently an NCAA Division II athletic conference.
7. Central Oklahoma had joined the following subsequent conferences: as an NAIA Independent from 1977–78 to 1986–87; the Lone Star Conference (LSC) from 1987–88 to 2010–11; and as an NCAA Division II Independent during the 2011–12 school year.

Membership timeline

 Full member (all sports)   Full member (non-football) 

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See also

• List of defunct college football conferences

References

1. Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (1974-1996) Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, College Football Data Warehouse, retrieved October 28, 2015.

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