Central States Football League

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Central States Football League
Central States Football League logo.png
Conference NAIA
Founded2000
CommissionerTony Stigliano
Sports fielded
  • 1 (football)
    • men's: 1
    • women's: 0
No. of teams0
Headquarters Waco, Texas
Region South Central United States
Official website centralstatesfootball.com
Locations
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The Central States Football League (CSFL) was a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions were located in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Arizona and competed only in football. The conference was established in 2000 and its charter members included Haskell Indian Nations University, Langston University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, and Peru State College. In 2017, the Sooner Athletic Conference, which served as the primary conference for the majority of the CSFL's membership decided to sponsor football beginning in 2018. As a result the conference's membership shifted to that conference. [1]

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Members

The Central States Football League did not compete in the 2012 season.

Final members

InstitutionLocationFoundedEnrollmentNicknameJoinedPrimary
Conference
Arizona Christian University Phoenix, Arizona 1960683 Firestorm 2015 Golden State
Bacone College Muskogee, Oklahoma 1880900 Warriors 2002 Sooner
Langston University Langston, Oklahoma 18972,700 Lions 2000;
2007
Red River
Lyon College Batesville, Arkansas 1872600 Scots 2015 American Midwest
Oklahoma Panhandle State University Goodwell, Oklahoma 19091,720 Aggies 2007;
2017
Sooner
Southwestern Assemblies of God University Waxahachie, Texas 19272,013 Lions 2000;
2003;
2008
Sooner
Texas College Tyler, Texas 1894600 Steers 2004 Red River
Texas Wesleyan University Fort Worth, Texas 18902,647 Rams 2017 Sooner
Wayland Baptist University Plainview, Texas 19088,000 Pioneers 2013 Sooner

Earlier members

InstitutionLocationFoundedNicknameJoinedLeftCurrent
Conference
Haskell Indian Nations University Lawrence, Kansas 1884 Fighting Indians 20002006Dropped football
Lincoln University (MO) Jefferson City, Missouri 1866 Blue Tigers 20002001 Great Lakes Valley
(NCAA D-II)
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Alva, Oklahoma 1897 Rangers 20002012 Great American
(NCAA D-II)
Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee, Oklahoma 1910 Bison 20132015 Great American
(NCAA D-II)
Peru State College Peru, Nebraska 1865 Bobcats 20002007 Heart of America
Southern Nazarene University Bethany, Oklahoma 1899 Crimson Storm 20042012 Great American
(NCAA D-II)

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References

  1. "SAC to add football in 2018 | Sooner Athletic Conference". www.soonerathletic.org. Archived from the original on June 25, 2018.
  2. "Football Dropped at Haskell University; Other Sports to Be Axed". Indian Country Today Media Network. Retrieved June 9, 2015.