The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference with members located mostly in the Western United States, although it has added members as far east as Massachusetts. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level, primarily in Olympic sports that are not sponsored by a school's primary conference (such as the Pac-12 and Big West, many of whose members participate in MPSF competition in at least one of its sports).

History The MPSF was founded in 1992 to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports. The MPSF conducts championships in men's volleyball, as well as indoor track, gymnastics, and water polo for both men and women. In 2010 the MPSF added women's swimming and diving, and added those sports for men in the 2011–12 season. The 2012–13 school year was the last for MPSF competition in men's soccer, and the 2020–21 school year was the last for MPSF women's lacrosse.

The conference membership varies by sport; 64 schools are MPSF members in at least one of its sponsored sports. Schools are not required to participate in MPSF competition for a sponsored sport if their primary conference sponsors a competition in that sport (e.g. Pac-12 in soccer and women's gymnastics before the conference's 2024 collapse).

All MPSF members have a primary conference affiliation. As of the current 2026–27 season, MPSF representation by primary conference is as follows: 12 members – Big West Conference (Cal Baptist, Cal Poly, Cal State Bakersfield, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, Long Beach State, Sacramento State, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Utah Valley – every full member) 9 members – West Coast Conference (Denver, Loyola Marymount, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle – every full member except Santa Clara) 8 members – Pac-12 Conference (Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Oregon State, San Diego State, Texas State, Utah State, Washington State – every full member except Gonzaga) 5 members – Big Ten Conference (Indiana, Oregon, UCLA, USC, Washington) 4 members Big Sky Conference (Idaho, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado, Utah Tech) Mountain West Conference (Air Force, Grand Canyon, San Jose State, UC Davis) Pacific West Conference (Concordia–Irvine, Jessup, Menlo, Vanguard) 3 members California Collegiate Athletic Association (Cal Poly Humboldt, San Francisco State, UC Merced) Southeastern Conference (LSU, Oklahoma, Texas) 2 members Big 12 Conference (Arizona State, BYU) Conference USA (Delaware, New Mexico State) Southland Conference (Incarnate Word, UTRGV) 1 member Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (Penn State Behrend) Atlantic Sun Conference (Queens (NC)) Canada West Universities Athletic Association, part of that country's governing body of U Sports (UBC) Centennial Conference (Johns Hopkins) College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (Augustana (IL)) Great Northwest Athletic Conference (Alaska Anchorage) Lone Star Conference (Texas Woman's) New England Small College Athletic Conference (Connecticut College) New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (Wheaton (MA)) Presidents' Athletic Conference (Washington & Jefferson) Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (Austin)

Due to the Big West addition of men's and women's swimming and diving as a sponsored sport beginning in the 2024–25 school year, six Big West members moved their aquatics programs to their primary conference, including three members (Bakersfield, Cal Poly, and UC Santa Barbara) for whom aquatics comprised their only MPSF teams and thus effectively left the MPSF.

The MPSF added four sports in 2024–25—the non-NCAA sport of men's rowing; the fully recognized NCAA sports of women's beach volleyball and men's wrestling; and women's wrestling, then an emerging NCAA sport and since 2025–26 a fully recognized NCAA sport. The men's rowing league consists entirely of Division I members (California, Gonzaga, Oregon State, San Diego, Santa Clara, Stanford, UC San Diego, and Washington). By contrast, the wrestling leagues include only Division II members: Cal Poly Humboldt (men), Menlo (both), San Francisco State (men), and Vanguard (both).

The addition of swimming & diving by the Big West left the MPSF with only two men's and four women's teams in that sport. The MPSF started a rebuilding process in that sport by announcing on February 13, 2025, that it would add seven members for swimming & diving effective in 2025–26. At the time of announcement, all were housing swimming & diving in the Western Athletic Conference, which is rumored to be dropping the sport after the 2024–25 season. Six of the new members sponsor only the women's sport—Idaho, New Mexico State, Northern Arizona, Northern Colorado (returning to MPSF women's swimming & diving after a 13-year absence), Utah Tech, and UTRGV. The other new member, California Baptist, sponsors the sport for both sexes. However, California Baptist will only compete in the MPSF in the 2025–26 season, as it will become a full Big West member in July 2026. The men's volleyball league lost Grand Canyon after the spring 2025 season; the school downgraded the sport from varsity to club status. The MPSF added women's field hockey as a sponsored sport in 2025–26 with Delaware and UC Davis as members.

In 2025, the MPSF added its first member outside of the NCAA, as well as its first international member, when the University of British Columbia announced it would join the MPSF. UBC primarily plays as a member of U Sports, the Canadian governing body for college athletics, with a select few of its sports not sponsored by U Sports instead affiliated with the NAIA. While Canadian universities are currently not allowed to apply for membership within NCAA Division I as of 2025, UBC announced it would join the MPSF for the sport of men's rowing, which is not sponsored by the NCAA.

The most recently added sport is stunt, an all-female cheerleading discipline that emphasizes acrobatics. The MPSF added the sport with four members in 2026–27, coinciding with the first season of official NCAA competition (the sport had previously been part of the NCAA Emerging Sports for Women program).

Al Beaird was the first executive director of the MPSF for 24 years, from 1998 to 2021. Foti Mellis became the second executive director on June 1, 2021. Mellis was a Senior Associate Athletic Director at the University of California.

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Existing members Institution Location Nickname Primaryconference AffiliationUSAF Academy, ColoradoFalconsMountain WestNCAA D-IAnchorage, AlaskaSeawolvesGNACNCAA D-IIArizona State UniversityTempe, ArizonaSun DevilsBig 12NCAA D-I Augustana College (IL) Rock Island, Illinois Vikings CCIWNCAA D-IIIAustin CollegeSherman, TexasKangaroosSCACNCAA D-IIIBoise State UniversityBoise, IdahoBroncosPac-12NCAA D-IBrigham Young UniversityProvo, UtahCougarsBig 12NCAA D-IVancouver, British ColumbiaThunderbirdsCanada WestU Sports California Baptist University Riverside, California Lancers Big West NCAA D-ISan Luis Obispo, CaliforniaMustangsBig WestNCAA D-IArcata, CaliforniaLumberjacksCCAANCAA D-IICalifornia State University, FresnoFresno, CaliforniaBulldogsPac-12NCAA D-ICalifornia State University, FullertonFullerton, CaliforniaTitansBig WestNCAA D-ICalifornia State University, Long BeachLong Beach, CaliforniaBeachBig WestNCAA D-ICalifornia State University, NorthridgeNorthridge, CaliforniaMatadorsBig WestNCAA D-ICalifornia State University, SacramentoSacramento, CaliforniaHornetsBig WestNCAA D-IBerkeley, CaliforniaGolden BearsACCNCAA D-IDavis, CaliforniaAggiesMountain WestNCAA D-IIrvine, CaliforniaAnteatersBig WestNCAA D-ILos Angeles, CaliforniaBruinsBig TenNCAA D-I Merced, California Bobcats CCAA NCAA D-IIRiverside, CaliforniaHighlandersBig WestNCAA D-ILa Jolla, CaliforniaTritonsBig WestNCAA D-IColorado State UniversityFort Collins, ColoradoRamsPac-12NCAA D-IConcordia University IrvineIrvine, CaliforniaEaglesPacWestNCAA D-IIConnecticut CollegeNew London, ConnecticutCamelsNESCACNCAA D-IIINewark, DelawareBlue HensCUSANCAA D-IGrand Canyon UniversityPhoenix, ArizonaAntelopesMountain WestNCAA D-I Gonzaga University Spokane, Washington Bulldogs Pac-12 NCAA D-I Honolulu, Hawaii Mountain West NCAA D-I Moscow, Idaho Vandals Big Sky NCAA D-ISan Antonio, TexasCardinalsSouthlandNCAA D-I Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, Indiana Hoosiers Big Ten NCAA D-I Jessup University Rocklin, California Warriors PacWest NCAA D-IIJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MarylandBlue JaysCentennialNCAA D-III Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana Tigers SEC NCAA D-I Menlo College Atherton, California Oaks CCAA NCAA D-IIParadise, NevadaRebelsMountain WestNCAA D-I New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico Aggies CUSA NCAA D-I Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona Lumberjacks Big Sky NCAA D-I Greeley, Colorado Bears Big Sky NCAA D-INorman, OklahomaSoonersSECNCAA D-IEugene, OregonDucksBig TenNCAA D-I Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon Beavers Pac-12 NCAA D-IStockton, CaliforniaTigersWCCNCAA D-IPennsylvania State University, The Behrend CollegeErie, PennsylvaniaLionsAMCCNCAA D-IIIPepperdine UniversityMalibu, CaliforniaWavesWCCNCAA D-IPortland, OregonPilotsWCCNCAA D-IQueens University of CharlotteCharlotte, North CarolinaRoyalsASUNNCAA D-ISaint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, CaliforniaGaelsWCCNCAA D-ISan Diego, CaliforniaTorerosWCCNCAA D-ISan Francisco, CaliforniaDonsWCCNCAA D-ISan Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, CaliforniaGatorsCCAANCAA D-IISan Jose State UniversitySan Jose, CaliforniaSpartansMountain WestNCAA D-I Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California Broncos WCC NCAA D-I Seattle University Seattle, Washington Redhawks WCC NCAA D-ILos Angeles, CaliforniaTrojansBig TenNCAA D-IStanford UniversityStanford, CaliforniaCardinalACCNCAA D-I Austin, Texas Longhorns SEC NCAA D-I Texas State University San Marcos, Texas Bobcats Pac-12 NCAA D-ITexas Woman's UniversityDenton, TexasPioneersLone StarNCAA D-II Utah State University Logan, Utah Aggies Pac-12 NCAA D-I Utah Tech University Trailblazers Big Sky NCAA D-I Utah Valley University Orem, Utah Wolverines Big West NCAA D-I Edinburg, Texas Vaqueros Southland NCAA D-IVanguard UniversityCosta Mesa, CaliforniaLionsPacWestNCAA D-IISeattle, WashingtonHuskiesBig TenNCAA D-I Washington, Pennsylvania Presidents PACNCAA D-III Washington State University Pullman, Washington Cougars Pac-12 NCAA D-IWheaton College (MA)Norton, MassachusettsLyonsNEWMACNCAA D-IIILaramie, WyomingCowboysMountain WestNCAA D-I

Former members InstitutionLocationNicknamePrimaryconferenceDivisionTucson, ArizonaWildcatsBig 12NCAA D-IBoulder, ColoradoBuffaloesBig 12NCAA D-I Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida Seminoles ACC NCAA D-ILos Angeles, CaliforniaLionsWCCNCAA D-ILincoln, NebraskaCornhuskersBig TenNCAA D-IAlbuquerque, New MexicoLobosMountain WestNCAA D-IGrand Forks, North DakotaFighting HawksSummitNCAA D-ISeattle Pacific UniversitySeattle, WashingtonFalconsGNACNCAA D-IIColumbia, South CarolinaGamecocksSECNCAA D-ISouthern Utah UniversityCedar City, UtahThunderbirdsBig SkyNCAA D-ISalt Lake City, UtahUtesBig 12NCAA D-I

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