Columbia Football Association

Last updated November 26, 2024

The Columbia Football Association was intercollegiate athletic football-only conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). It was composed principally of member schools from the states of Oregon and Washington. From 1988 to 1995, the conference was divided into two separate, geographic divisions, the northern Mount Rainier League (a reference to Mount Rainier in Washington) and the southern Mount Hood League (a reference to Mount Hood in Oregon).^[1] After 1995, the conference consolidated into a single division. Former members are currently scattered between NCAA Division II, and NCAA Division III, and the NAIA.

Champions

Division format (1988–1995)

Mount Rainier League

1988 – Central Washington
1989 – Central Washington
1990 – Central Washington
1991 – Central Washington
1992 – Pacific Lutheran
1993 – Pacific Lutheran
1994 – Pacific Lutheran
1995 – Western Washington

Mount Hood League

1988 – Oregon Tech
1989 – Lewis & Clark
1990 – Southern Oregon
1991 – Lewis & Clark and Linfield
1992 – Linfield
1993 – Linfield
1994 – Linfield
1995 – Pacific Lutheran and Willamette

Single Division (1996–2000)

1996 – Western Washington
1997 – Central Washington and Western Oregon
1998 – Central Washington
1999 – Western Washington
2000 – Central Washington and Western Washington

Standings

1988 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mount Hood League
No. 12 Oregon Tech x^	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 20 Linfield	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Southern Oregon	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Pacific (OR)	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Western Oregon	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Willamette	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Eastern Oregon	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0
Mount Rainier League
No. 4 Central Washington x^	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 11 Pacific Lutheran ^	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Puget Sound	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western Washington	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Whitworth	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Simon Fraser	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Lewis & Clark	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1989 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mount Hood League
No. 19 Lewis & Clark x^	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Willamette	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Southern Oregon	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Oregon Tech	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Pacific (OR)	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Western Oregon	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Eastern Oregon	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0
Mount Rainier League
No. 2 Central Washington x^	5	–	0	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
No. 17 Pacific Lutheran	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 21 Western Washington	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
No. 25 Linfield	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Simon Fraser	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Whitworth	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Puget Sound	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1990 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mount Hood League
No. 23 Southern Oregon x	6	–	0	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Lewis & Clark	4	–	1	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Willamette	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Eastern Oregon	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Pacific (OR)	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Oregon Tech	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Western Oregon	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Mount Rainier League
No. 1 Central Washington x^	6	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 6 Pacific Lutheran ^	5	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 18 Linfield	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Whitworth	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Puget Sound	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western Washington	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Simon Fraser	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1991 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mount Hood League
No. 12 Lewis & Clark x^	5	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	1
No. 9 Linfield x^	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 25 Southern Oregon	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Oregon Tech	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Eastern Oregon	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Willamette	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western Oregon	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0
Mount Rainier League
No. 1 Central Washington x^	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 4 Pacific Lutheran ^	5	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
Western Washington	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Simon Fraser	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Puget Sound	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Whitworth	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Pacific (OR)	0	–	6	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1992 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mount Hood League
No. 2 Linfield x^	6	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
Lewis & Clark	4	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western Oregon	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Eastern Oregon	3	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Southern Oregon	2	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Oregon Tech	2	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Willamette	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Mount Rainier League
No. 3 Pacific Lutheran x^	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 15 Western Washington ^	3	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
No. 21 Central Washington	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Simon Fraser	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Puget Sound	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Whitworth	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1993 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mount Hood League
No. 12 Linfield x^	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Willamette	3	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Southern Oregon	3	–	2	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Eastern Oregon	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Lewis & Clark	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western Oregon	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Mount Rainier League
No. 1 Pacific Lutheran x^	5	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Central Washington ^	4	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Western Washington	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Simon Fraser	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Whitworth	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Puget Sound	0	–	5	–	0	0	–	8	–	1

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1995 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Mount Hood League
No. 15 Pacific Lutheran x^	4	–	0	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Willamette x	4	–	0	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
No. 21 Linfield	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Puget Sound	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Lewis & Clark	1	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Whitworth	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Mount Rainier League
No. 1 Western Washington x^	5	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 14 Central Washington ^	4	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	1
Simon Fraser	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Southern Oregon	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Western Oregon	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Eastern Oregon	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

x – League champion/co-champions ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1996 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Western Washington $^	4	–	1	11	–	2
Simon Fraser	3	–	2	6	–	4
Central Washington	3	–	2	5	–	5
Eastern Oregon	2	–	3	6	–	4
Western Oregon	2	–	3	3	–	7
Southern Oregon	1	–	4	4	–	6

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division II poll

1997 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 Western Oregon $^	4	–	1	7	–	3
Central Washington	3	–	2	5	–	4
Southern Oregon	3	–	2	5	–	4
Western Washington	3	–	2	5	–	5
Simon Fraser	1	–	4	2	–	7
Humboldt State	1	–	4	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – NAIA playoff participant Rankings from NAIA poll

1998 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Central Washington $	4	–	1	7	–	4
Western Washington	3	–	2	5	–	5
Humboldt State	3	–	2	4	–	7
Western Oregon	2	–	3	4	–	5
Southern Oregon	2	–	3	4	–	6
Simon Fraser	1	–	4	3	–	6

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

1999 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Western Washington $	4	–	0	8	–	3
Western Oregon	3	–	1	5	–	5
Central Washington	2	–	2	4	–	5
Simon Fraser	1	–	3	4	–	6
Humboldt State	0	–	4	3	–	7

$ – Conference champion

2000 Columbia Football Association standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 5 Western Washington +	3	–	1	7	–	3
Central Washington +	3	–	1	5	–	5
Western Oregon	2	–	2	6	–	5
Humboldt State	1	–	3	4	–	7
Simon Fraser	1	–	3	2	–	8

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AFCA West Region poll

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References

↑ English, Reid (September 13, 1988). "NAIA schools form a new league". Statesman Journal . Salem, Oregon. p. 3D. Retrieved November 6, 2019– via Newspapers.com .

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[1] English, Reid (September 13, 1988). "NAIA schools form a new league". Statesman Journal . Salem, Oregon. p. 3D. Retrieved November 6, 2019– via Newspapers.com .

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