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The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I.
It was specifically created to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports. The MPSF conducts championships in men's soccer; men's volleyball; women's lacrosse; and indoor track, gymnastics, and water polo for both men and women.
The conference's membership varies by sport; 32 schools are MPSF members in at least one of its sponsored sports. Schools are not required to participate in the MPSF competition for each sponsored sport if their primary conference affiliation sponsors a competition in that sport (e.g. Pac-10 soccer and women's gymnastics).
In 2005-2006, Idaho and Utah State left the MPSF to become full-time members of the Western Athletic Conference.
[edit] Current members
| Institution |
Location |
Founded |
Affiliation |
Enrollment |
| United States Air Force Academy |
Colorado Springs, Colorado |
1954 |
Public/Federal |
4,000 |
| University of Alaska Anchorage |
Anchorage, Alaska |
1976 |
Public (University of Alaska System) |
17,000 |
| University of Arizona |
Tucson, Arizona |
1885 |
Public |
37,036 |
| Arizona State University |
Tempe, Arizona |
1885 |
Public |
61,033 |
| Brigham Young University |
Provo, Utah |
1875 |
Private/The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
32,400 |
| University of California, Berkeley |
Berkeley, California |
1868 |
Public (University of California) |
33,000 |
| California Polytechnic State University |
San Luis Obispo, California |
1901 |
Public (California State University) |
17,683 |
| California State University, Northridge |
Northridge, California |
1958 |
Public (California State University) |
33,000 |
| University of Denver |
Denver, Colorado |
1864 |
Private/Non-sectarian |
9,846 |
| University of Hawaiʻi |
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi |
1907 |
Public (University of Hawaii System) |
20,549 |
| California State University, Long Beach |
Long Beach, California |
1949 |
Public (California State University) |
39,863 |
| University of Nebraska |
Lincoln, Nebraska |
1869 |
Public (University of Nebraska system) |
21,792 |
| University of New Mexico |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
1889 |
Public |
24,092 |
| University of Oklahoma |
Norman, Oklahoma |
1890 |
Public |
27,282 |
| University of Oregon |
Eugene, Oregon |
1876 |
Public (Oregon University System) |
20,339 |
| University of the Pacific |
Stockton, California |
1851 |
Private/Non-sectarian |
6,268 |
| Pepperdine University |
Malibu, California |
1937 |
Private/Church of Christ |
6,053 |
| University of California, Los Angeles |
Los Angeles, California |
1919 |
Public (University of California) |
38,000 |
| University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
Las Vegas, Nevada |
1957 |
Public (Nevada System of Higher Education) |
29,000 |
| California State University, Sacramento |
Sacramento, California |
1947 |
Public (California State University) |
27,972 |
| Saint Mary's College of California |
Moraga, California |
1863 |
Private/Catholic |
4,536 |
| San Diego State University |
San Diego, California |
1897 |
Public (California State University) |
34,500 |
| San José State University |
San Jose, California |
1862 |
Public (California State University) |
28,932 |
| Seattle Pacific University |
Seattle, Washington |
1891 |
Private/Christian |
3,809 |
| Stanford University |
Stanford, California |
1891 |
Private/Non-sectarian |
14,654 |
| University of California, Davis |
Davis, California |
1905 |
Public (University of California) |
27,000 |
| University of California, Irvine |
Irvine, California |
1965 |
Public (University of California) |
24,362 |
| University of California, San Diego |
San Diego, California |
1959 |
Public (University of California) |
20,339 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara |
Santa Barbara, California |
1944 |
Public (University of California) |
20,559 |
| University of Southern California |
Los Angeles, California |
1880 |
Private/Non-sectarian |
32,160 |
| University of Washington |
Seattle, Washington |
1861 |
Public |
42,708 |
| Washington State University |
Pullman, Washington |
1890 |
Public |
23,121 |
[edit] Sports sponsored by MPSF
Men's soccer
- Air Force
- Denver
- New Mexico
- Sacramento State
- San Jose State
- UNLV
Men's water polo
- California
- Long Beach State
- Pacific
- Pepperdine
- Stanford
- UC Irvine
- UCLA
- UC Santa Barbara
- USC
Men's gymnastics
- Air Force
- California
- Nebraska
- Oklahoma
- Stanford
Women's gymnastics
- Alaska - Anchorage
- Air Force
- Seattle Pacific
- UC Davis
Men's indoor track and field
- Arizona
- California
- Long Beach State
- Oregon
- Stanford
- UCLA
- Washington
- Washington State
Women's indoor track and field
- Arizona
- California
- Cal Poly
- Long Beach State
- Oregon
- Stanford
- UCLA
- UC Irvine
- Washington
- Washington State
Women's water polo
- Arizona State
- California
- Cal State Northridge
- Hawaii
- Long Beach State
- Pacific
- San Diego State
- San Jose State
- Stanford
- UC Irvine
- UCLA
- UC Santa Barbara
- USC
Men's Volleyball
- Brigham Young
- Cal State Northridge
- Hawaii
- Long Beach State
- Pacific
- Pepperdine
- Stanford
- UC Irvine
- UCLA
- UC San Diego
- UC Santa Barbara
- USC
Women's lacrosse
- California
- Denver
- St. Mary’s
- Oregon
- Stanford
- UC Davis
- Pacific (starting spring 2007)
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