collegiate athletic conference
C191
concept
A collegiate athletic conference is an organized group of colleges and universities that compete against each other in intercollegiate sports under shared rules, governance, and scheduling agreements.
All labels observed (62)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| collegiate athletic conference canonical | 162 |
| college athletic conference | 58 |
| NCAA Division I conference | 55 |
| NCAA Division III athletic conference | 37 |
| NCAA Division I athletic conference | 19 |
| NCAA Division II athletic conference | 19 |
| athletic conference | 18 |
| NCAA Division III conference | 16 |
| intercollegiate athletic conference | 13 |
| NAIA conference | 10 |
| NCAA Division II conference | 9 |
| college football conference | 8 |
| NCAA athletic conference | 6 |
| Big Ten Conference member | 5 |
| NCAA Division I FCS football conference | 5 |
| NCAA Division I ice hockey conference | 5 |
| Pac-12 Conference member | 5 |
| college athletic conference grouping | 5 |
| collegiate athletic competition | 5 |
| university athletic association | 4 |
| NCAA Division I men's soccer conference | 3 |
| NCAA conference | 3 |
| Power Five conference | 3 |
| college soccer conference | 3 |
| Big 12 Conference member | 2 |
| Big Ten Conference athletics program | 2 |
| NCAA Division I FCS conference | 2 |
| NCAA Division I men's basketball conference | 2 |
| NCAA Division I tennis conference competition | 2 |
| NCAA Division I wrestling-only conference | 2 |
| NCAA football conference | 2 |
| college basketball association | 2 |
| college basketball conference | 2 |
| collegiate athletic organization | 2 |
| collegiate sailing conference | 2 |
| university athletic conference | 2 |
| FBS conference | 1 |
| HBCU athletic conference | 1 |
| NCAA Division I FBS conference | 1 |
| NCAA Division I conference predecessor | 1 |
| NCAA Division I track and field conference | 1 |
| NCAA Division I women’s basketball conference | 1 |
| NCAA rifle conference | 1 |
| NCAA skiing conference | 1 |
| Pac-12 Conference athletic program | 1 |
| U Sports conference | 1 |
| U Sports football conference | 1 |
| West Coast Conference athletic program | 1 |
| Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season | 1 |
| amateur athletic association | 1 |
| athletic conference of historically Black colleges and universities | 1 |
| college athletics conference | 1 |
| college athletics organization | 1 |
| college athletics organization member | 1 |
| college basketball rivalry association | 1 |
| college tennis conference | 1 |
| collegiate athletic conference category | 1 |
| collegiate athletic conference grouping | 1 |
| collegiate men's volleyball conference | 1 |
| collegiate wrestling system | 1 |
| informal collegiate athletic conference | 1 |
| intercollegiate athletics agreement | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: collegiate athletic conference
Generated description
A collegiate athletic conference is an organized group of colleges and universities that compete against each other in intercollegiate sports under shared rules, governance, and scheduling agreements.
Instances (365)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| UCLA Bruins | Pac-12 Conference member |
|
WAC
surface form:
Western Athletic Conference
|
— |
| ECAC (historical regional governance) | — |
| North Coast Athletic Conference | — |
| Ivy League women’s basketball | NCAA Division I women’s basketball conference |
| SIAC | — |
| Oregon Ducks | Pac-12 Conference member |
| USA South Athletic Conference | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
|
Brian Thornton
surface form:
Western Athletic Conference
|
— |
|
Broncos
surface form:
Santa Clara Broncos
|
West Coast Conference athletic program |
| Big West Conference | — |
| Eastern College Athletic Conference | — |
| Little Three | informal collegiate athletic conference |
| Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association | NCAA Division II athletic conference |
| Central Collegiate Hockey Association | college athletic conference |
| Big Ten Conference | — |
| Great Northeast Athletic Conference | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
| California Pacific Conference | intercollegiate athletic conference |
| Gulf South Conference | — |
| Big 5 | college basketball association |
| Big 12 Conference | — |
| East Coast Conference | NCAA Division I athletic conference |
| Atlantic East Conference | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
| Pacific Coast Athletic Association | — |
| Mid-Atlantic Prep League | athletic conference |
| Sporting Coast Conference USA (historical) | — |
| Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
| Northeast-10 Conference | — |
| Southern States Athletic Conference | intercollegiate athletic conference |
| Atlantic University Sport | university athletic association |
| Pacific Coast Conference | — |
| Cascade Collegiate Conference | — |
| Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | college basketball conference |
| America East Conference | — |
| Eastern Collegiate Basketball League | college athletic conference |
| A-10 | — |
| American Athletic Conference | — |
| Texas Longhorns | Big 12 Conference member |
| Patriot League | — |
| California Collegiate Athletic Association | NCAA Division II athletic conference |
|
MAC
surface form:
Middle Atlantic Conferences
|
NCAA Division III athletic conference |
| MAC Commonwealth | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
| MAC Freedom | NCAA Division III athletic conference |
| New England Conference | college athletic conference |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | Big Ten Conference member |
| Summit League | NCAA Division I athletic conference |
| Big Five Conference | NCAA Division I athletic conference |
| Eastern 8 | — |
| Metro Conference | NCAA Division I athletic conference |
| Great Northwest Athletic Conference | NCAA Division II athletic conference |