Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Association	NCAA
Founded	1992
Commissioner	Foti Mellis (since 2021)
Sports fielded	10 men's: 5 women's: 5
Division	Division I
No. of teams	38
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington
Region	Western United States, Southwestern United States, Southern United States, Northwestern United States
Official website	www.mpsports.org
Locations

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 Pennsylvania. 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; 39 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 affiliation sponsors a competition in that sport (e.g. Pac-12 in soccer and women's gymnastics).

All MPSF members have a primary conference affiliation. All Big West Conference members house at least one sport in the MPSF. The West Coast Conference is represented by six schools (Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego, San Francisco). The Pac-12 Conference was represented by five (Arizona State, California, Stanford, UCLA, USC). Three conferences are represented by 2 schools: the Big 12 Conference (BYU, Oklahoma), the Mountain West Conference (Air Force and San Jose State), and the Western Athletic Conference (Grand Canyon and Southern Utah). Twelve conferences are represented by one school each – the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (Penn State Behrend), the Big Sky Conference (Sacramento State), the Big Ten Conference (Indiana), the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (Augustana (IL)), the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (Alaska Anchorage), the Lone Star Conference (Texas Woman's), the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (Wheaton (MA)), the Pacific West Conference (Concordia–Irvine), the Presidents' Athletic Conference (Washington & Jefferson), the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (Austin), and the Southland Conference (Incarnate Word).

All of the MPSF members from the Pac-12 left at the end of the 2023–24 school year, at which time the Big Ten is represented by three schools (adding UCLA and USC), and the Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 are each be represented by two (ACC: California and Stanford; Big 12: adding Arizona State but losing Oklahoma). Also in 2024–25, the Pacific West representation will increase to four schools with the arrival of Jessup University Jessup, Menlo, and Vanguard while the Southeastern Conference will be represented by Oklahoma.

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, ^[1] six Big West members will move their aquatics programs to their primary conference, including three members (Bakersfield, Cal Poly, and UC Santa Barbara) who were only MPSF members in aquatics and will thus effectively leave the MPSF.

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.

Members

Source: ^[2]

Existing members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Division
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of Alaska Anchorage	Anchorage, Alaska	Seawolves	GNAC	NCAA D-II
Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Sun Devils	Big 12	NCAA D-I
Augustana College (IL)	Rock Island, Illinois	Vikings	CCIW	NCAA D-III
Austin College [3]	Sherman, Texas	Kangaroos	SCAC	NCAA D-III
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Big 12	NCAA D-I
California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Titans	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Beach	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Matadors	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Hornets	Big Sky	NCAA D-I
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	ACC	NCAA D-I
University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Aggies	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Anteaters	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
University of California, Riverside	Riverside, California	Highlanders	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, California	Tritons	Big West	NCAA D-I
Concordia University Irvine	Irvine, California	Eagles	Pacific West	NCAA D-II
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix, Arizona	Antelopes	WAC (MWC in 2026)	NCAA D-I
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawai'i	Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine	Big West (MW in 2026)	NCAA D-I
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	Cardinals	Southland	NCAA D-I
Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Hoosiers	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Sooners	SEC	NCAA D-I
University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Tigers	WCC	NCAA D-I
Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College	Erie, Pennsylvania	Lions	AMCC	NCAA D-III
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	WCC	NCAA D-I
University of Portland	Portland, Oregon	Pilots	WCC	NCAA D-I
Saint Mary's College of California	Moraga, California	Gaels	WCC	NCAA D-I
University of San Diego	San Diego, California	Toreros	WCC	NCAA D-I
University of San Francisco	San Francisco, California	Dons	WCC	NCAA D-I
San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Spartans	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Trojans	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
Southern Utah University	Cedar City, Utah	Thunderbirds	WAC	NCAA D-I
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	ACC	NCAA D-I
Texas Woman's University	Denton, Texas	Pioneers	Lone Star	NCAA D-II
University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Huskies	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
Washington & Jefferson College	Washington, Pennsylvania	Presidents	PAC	NCAA D-III
Wheaton College (MA)	Norton, Massachusetts	Lyons	NEWMAC	NCAA D-III

Future members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Division
Jessup University	Rocklin, California	Warriors	PacWest	NCAA D-II
Menlo College	Atherton, California	Oaks
Vanguard University	Costa Mesa, California	Lions	PacWest	NCAA D-II

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference [a]	Division
University of Arizona	Tucson, Arizona	Wildcats	Big 12	NCAA D-I
California Baptist University	Riverside, California	Lancers	WAC	NCAA D-I
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	Mustangs	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield, California	Roadrunners	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Fresno	Fresno, California	Bulldogs	Mountain West (Pac-12 in 2026)	NCAA D-I
University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Buffaloes	Big 12	NCAA D-I
University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Pioneers	Summit	NCAA D-I
University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	Vandals	Big Sky	NCAA D-I
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California	Lions	WCC	NCAA D-I
University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	Cornhuskers	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Paradise, Nevada	Rebels	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Lobos	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Fighting Hawks	Summit	NCAA D-I
University of Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado	Bears	Big Sky	NCAA D-I
Oregon State University	Corvallis, Oregon	Beavers	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Aztecs	Mountain West (Pac-12 in 2026)	NCAA D-I
Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	Redhawks	WAC (WCC in 2025)	NCAA D-I
Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, Washington	Falcons	GNAC	NCAA D-II
University of California, Santa Barbara	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Utes	Big 12	NCAA D-I
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Aggies	Mountain West (Pac-12 in 2026)	NCAA D-I
Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Cougars	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
University of Wyoming	Laramie, Wyoming	Cowboys & Cowgirls	Mountain West	NCAA D-I

Notes

1. Current affiliation; does not necessarily match affiliation(s) during a school's MPSF tenure.

Sports

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation sponsors championship competition in five men's and five women's NCAA sanctioned sports ^[4] The MPSF dropped men's soccer after the 2012 season. The moves of Denver (all sports) and New Mexico (soccer only) to other conferences left the MPSF with six soccer members, but all six would soon leave due to moves by the Western Athletic Conference. MPSF soccer member Seattle was already in the WAC, and another MPSF soccer school, CSU Bakersfield, was already committed to join the WAC in 2013. Because the WAC dropped football after the 2012 season due to a near-complete membership turnover, it needed to add another men's sport to maintain its Division I status. To that end, it invited the four remaining MPSF soccer schools to join them; all accepted, and the WAC began sponsoring men's soccer in 2013–14. ^[5]

In October 2015, Arizona State announced that it would elevate its club team in women's lacrosse to full varsity status starting in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season), which will give the Pac-12 six women's lacrosse schools. This number is required by league bylaws for official sponsorship of a sport, and is also the number of teams required for a conference to be an automatic NCAA tournament qualifier. This led the Pac-12 to announce that all of its women's lacrosse teams would leave the MPSF for the new Pac-12 lacrosse league for the 2018 season. MPSF women's lacrosse continued to operate through the 2021 season, though it would lose its automatic NCAA tournament bid after the 2019 season. ^[6]

The next major change in conference membership came in January 2016, when the Golden Coast Conference, a water polo-only league that previously operated only a women's competition, announced it would add a men's division effective with the 2016–17 season. The GCC took six of the 10 members of the MPSF men's water polo league, leaving the MPSF with only the four Pac-12 members that sponsor the sport. ^[7]

On May 31, 2016, the Big West Conference announced that it would begin sponsoring men's volleyball in the 2017–18 school year (2018 season). The Big West men's volleyball league launched with full members Long Beach State, Cal State Northridge, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Hawai'i, plus associate member UC San Diego (which joined the Big West full-time in July 2020). UC San Diego left the federation with the launch of Big West men's volleyball, but the other Big West members remain in the MPSF in other sports. ^[8] California Baptist also exited the MPSF after dropping its only conference sport of men's volleyball shortly after the 2017 season, and Cal State Bakersfield (now being rebranded athletically as Bakersfield) left the MPSF after dropping its last remaining conference sport of women's water polo at the same time. ^[9]

It was announced in August 2021 that the MPSF would add men's and women's fencing to the conference as the tenth sport. ^[10]

It was announced in September 2021 that the MPSF would add women's artistic swimming to the conference as the eleventh sport. ^[11]

On November 9, 2023, the MPSF announced that it would add beach volleyball, a women-only sport at the NCAA level, for the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The inaugural membership in that sport will consist mainly of schools that are leaving the Pac-12 Conference, which sponsors beach volleyball, after 2023–24: California, Oregon, Stanford, UCLA, USC, and Washington. The only member not coming from the Pac-12 is Grand Canyon. ^[12] The following month, the MPSF announced that Saint Mary's, which had been an MPSF member in women's lacrosse before the school dropped the sport in 2017, had returned to the conference in women's indoor track & field. ^[13]

MPSF Teams

Sport	Men's	Women's
Artistic Swimming	-	4
Gymnastics	4	4
Fencing	3	3
Swimming & Diving	2	4
Indoor Track & Field	5	11
Volleyball	7	-
Water polo	8	7

Membership by sport

School	Artistic Swimming	Beach Volleyball	Fencing [a]	Men's Gymnastics	Women's Gymnastics	Men's Indoor Track & Field	Women's Indoor Track & Field	Men's Swimming & diving	Women's Swimming & diving	Men's Volleyball	Men's Water Polo	Women's Water Polo	Total MPSF Sports
Air Force	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Alaska Anchorage	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Arizona State	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	1
Augustana (IL)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	1
Austin	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	1
BYU	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	1
Cal State Fullerton	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
Cal State Northridge	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
California	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	4
Concordia–Irvine	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	1
Grand Canyon	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	2
Hawaii	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
Incarnate Word	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	4
Indiana	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	1
Long Beach State	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
Oklahoma	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Oregon	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Pacific	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	2
Penn State Behrend	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	1
Pepperdine	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	3
Portland	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
Sacramento State	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Saint Mary's	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
San Diego	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	1
San Francisco	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
San Jose State	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	1
Southern California	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	4
Southern Utah	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Stanford	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	6
Texas Woman's	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
UC Davis	N	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
UC Irvine	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
UCLA	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	4
UC Riverside	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	2
UC San Diego	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Washington	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Washington & Jefferson	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	1
Wheaton (MA)	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Totals	4	7	3	4	4	5	11	7	10	7	8	7

1. Coed sport.

Aquatics

There are three sports that are sponsored under the aquatics section. Men's and women's swimming and diving were launched in the 2010-11 season. Artistic swimming was later added in the 2021-22 season.

In June 2023, the Big West announced the addition of men's and women's swimming and diving as a sponsored sport beginning in the 2024-25 school year. ^[1] As a result, six Big West members will move their aquatics programs to their primary conference, including three members (Bakersfield, Cal Poly, and UC Santa Barbara) who were only MPSF members in aquatics and will thus effectively leave the MPSF.

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Artistic	Men	Women	Primary conference	Joined
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	Cardinals	Y	Y	Y	Southland	2021 (A) 2022 (M/W)
University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Tigers	N	Y	Y	WCC	2010 (M/W)
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	N	N	Y	WCC	2023
University of San Diego	San Diego, California	Toreros	N	N	Y	WCC	2010
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Y	N	N	ACC	2021
Texas Woman's University	Denton, Texas	Pioneers	Y	N	N	Lone Star	2021
Wheaton College (MA)	Norton, Massachusetts	Lyons	Y	N	N	NEWMAC	2021

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary conference	Joined	Left
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Men Women	Big 12	2011	2023
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	Mustangs	Men	Big West	2014	2024
			Women		2010
Caifornia State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield, California	Roadrunners	Men	Big West	2010	2024
			Women		2021
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California	Lions	Women	WCC	2010	2014
Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	Redhawks	Men	WAC (WCC in 2025)	2010	2013
			Women			2012
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Men	Mountain West	2011	2013
University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Aggies	Women	Big West	2010	2024
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, California	Tritons	Men & Women	Big West	2018	2024
University of California, Santa Barbara	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Men	Big West	2014	2024
			Women		2010
University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Pioneers	Men	Summit	2012	2013
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawaii	Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine	Men	Big West (MW in 2026)	2012	2024
			Women		2011
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Paradise, Nevada	Rebels	Men	Mountain West	2011	2013
University of North Dakota	Grand Forks, North Dakota	Fighting Hawks	Men	Summit	2011	2013
University of Northern Colorado	Greeley, Colorado	Bears	Women	Big Sky	2010	2012
University of Wyoming	Laramie, Wyoming	Cowboys & Cowgirls	Men	Mountain West	2011	2013

Timeline

All aquatic sports Men's & women's swimming & diving Women's swimming & divingMen's swimming & divingArtistic swimming

Conference Champions

Year	Men	Women
2010–11	CSU Bakersfield	UC Davis
2011–12	Brigham Young	Brigham Young
2012–13	UNLV	UC Davis
2013–14	Brigham Young
2014–15		Hawaii
2015–16		UC Davis
2016–17	UC Santa Barbara	Hawaii
2017–18
2018–19	Hawaii
2019–20
2020–21	Brigham Young
2021–22		UC San Diego
2022–23		Hawaii

Fencing

Fencing was introduced as an MPSF sport in the 2021-22 season.

Current members

The MPSF currently has three members that participate in fencing.

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Joined
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Mountain West	2021
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, California	Tritons	Big West
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio, Texas	Cardinals	Southland

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference	Joined	Left
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	ACC	2021	2024

Timeline

Fencing members

Conference Champions

Year	Team
2021-22	Stanford
2022-23
2023-24

Gymnastics

Men's gymnastics was introduced as an MPSF sport with the formation of the conference while women's gymnastics was initiated for the 2001-02 season.

Current members

The MPSF currently has four members that participate in men's gymnastics and four for women's.

Institution	Location	Nickname	Men	Women	Primary conference	Joined
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Y	N	Mountain West	1992
University of Alaska Anchorage	Anchorage, Alaska	Seawolves	N	Y	GNAC (NCAA D-II)	2002 [a]
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	Y	N	ACC	1992
University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Aggies	N	Y	Big West	2001
California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Hornets	N	Y	Big Sky	2001 2013
University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Sooners	Y	N	SEC	1992
Southern Utah University [14]	Cedar City, Utah	Thunderbirds	N	Y	WAC	2023
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Y	N	ACC	1992

1. Did not compete in the 2020–21 season.

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary conference	Joined	Left
United States Air Force Academy	USAF Academy, Colorado	Falcons	Women	Mountain West	2001	2023
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Men	Big 12	1992	2000
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Men	Big Ten	1992	1994
University of California, Santa Barbara	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos	Men	Big West	1992	2002
			Women		2001
University of Nebraska	Lincoln, Nebraska	Cornhuskers	Men	Big Ten	1994	2011
University of New Mexico	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Lobos	Men	Mountain West	1992	1999
San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Spartans	Men	Mountain West	1992	1997
			Women		2001	2005
					2013	2023
Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, Washington	Falcons	Women	GNAC (NCAA D-II)	2002	2020
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Aggies	Women	Mountain West (Pac-12 in 2026)	2012	2013

Timeline

 Men's & women's gymnastics Women's gymnastics Men's gymnastics 

Conference champions Year Men Women 1992–93 Stanford — 1993–94 UCLA 1994–95 Stanford 1995–96 Oklahoma 1996–97 Nebraska 1997–98 California 1998–99 Nebraska Oklahoma 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 Sacramento State 2002–03 2003–04 California San Jose State 2004–05 Oklahoma Sacramento State 2005–06 Seattle Pacific 2006–07 2007–08 UC Davis 2008–09 Stanford Alaska–Anchorage 2009–10 Oklahoma UC Davis 2010–11 Stanford 2011–12 Oklahoma 2012–13 2013–14 Sacramento State 2014–15 UC Davis 2015–16 Sacramento State 2016–17 San Jose State 2017–18 2018–19 Air Force 2019–20 — — 2020–21 Oklahoma 2021–22 Stanford San Jose State 2022–23 UC Davis 2023–24 Southern Utah

National champions Year Team 1993 Stanford (M) 1995 Stanford (M) 1997 California (M) 1998 California (M) 2002 Oklahoma (M) 2003 Oklahoma (M) 2005 Oklahoma (M) 2006 Oklahoma (M) 2008 Oklahoma (M) 2009 Stanford (M) 2011 Stanford (M) 2015 Oklahoma (M) 2016 Oklahoma (M) 2017 Oklahoma (M) 2018 Oklahoma (M) 2019 Stanford (M) 2021 Stanford (M) 2022 Stanford (M) 2023 Stanford (M) 2024 Stanford (M)

Indoor Track & Field

Men's and women's indoor track & field were introduced for the 1992–93 season as one of the conference's inaugural sports. Conference records before 1999 are incomplete.

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Men	Women	Primary conference	Joined
California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Titans	Y	Y	Big West	2021 (M) 2013 (W)
California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Matadors	Y	Y	Big West	1994, 2001, 2007 (M) 1992, 2001, 2007 (W) [a]
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Beach	Y	Y	Big West	1995
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawai'i	Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine	N	Y	Big West (MW in 2026)	2012
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	N	Y	WCC	2022
University of Portland	Portland, Oregon	Pilots	Y	Y	WCC	1995, 2014 (M) 1993, 2014 (W) [b]
Saint Mary's College of California	Moraga, California	Gaels	N	Y	WCC	2024
University of San Francisco	San Francisco, California	Dons	N	Y	WCC	2017
University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Aggies	N [c]	Y	Big West	2004, 2017 [d]
University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Anteaters	N	Y	Big West	2002, 2010 [e]
University of California, Riverside	Riverside, California	Highlanders	Y	Y	Big West	2001, 2016 [f]

1. Cal State Northridge's men's and women's teams departed in 1996 before rejoining in 2001 but then departed again in 2005 to rejoin for a second time in 2007.
2. Portland's men's team departed in 1996 and the women's team departed in 1999 before both teams rejoined in 2014.
3. UC Davis sponsored a men's team that competed in the MPSF from 2004-2005.
4. UC Davis' women's team departed in 2005 before rejoining in 2017.
5. UC Irvine's women's team departed in 2007 before rejoining in 2010.
6. UC Riverside's men's and women's team departed in 2002 before rejoining in 2016.

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary conference	Joined	Left
University of Arizona	Tucson, Arizona	Wildcats	Men & Women	Big 12	1993	2020
Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Sun Devils	Men & Women	Big 12	1996 2006	2002 2020
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Men & Women	Big 12	2011	2023
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	Mustangs	Women	Big West	2002	2006
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	Men & Women	ACC	1992	2020
University of California, Davis	Davis, California	Aggies	Men	Big West	2004	2005
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Men	Big Ten	2000	2020
			Women		1996
University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Buffaloes	Men & Women	Big 12	2011	2020
University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	Vandals	Men	Big Sky	1995 2002	1997 2004
			Women		1995	1996
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Paradise, Nevada	Rebels	Women	Mountain West	1992	1996
University of Nevada, Reno	Reno, Nevada	Wolf Pack	Women	Mountain West	1992	2000
University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	Men & Women	Big Ten	1992	2020
Oregon State University	Corvallis, Oregon	Beavers	Women	Pac-12	2014	2020
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Trojans	Men & Women	Big Ten	2013	2020
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Men & Women	ACC	1992	2020
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Utes	Women	Big 12	2011	2020
Utah State University	Logan, Utah	Aggies	Men & Women	Mountain West (Pac-12 in 2026)	1992	2004
University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Huskies	Men & Women	Big Ten	1992	2020
Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Cougars	Men & Women	Pac-12	1993	2020

Conference champions Year Men Women 1992–93 California UNLV 1993–94 Arizona Utah State 1994–95 Arizona 1995–96 Washington 1996–97 Idaho Stanford 1997–98 Washington State 1998–99 Stanford Washington State 1999–00 2000–01 Washington State Arizona 2001–02 UCLA 2002–03 Stanford 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 Washington 2006–07 Arizona State 2007–08 Oregon 2008–09 UCLA Stanford 2009–10 Oregon 2010–11 Stanford 2011–12 Arizona State Stanford 2012–13 Oregon 2013–14 California USC 2014–15 Oregon 2015–16 USC Oregon 2016–17 Oregon USC 2017–18 USC 2018–19 Brigham Young 2019–20 Oregon 2020–21 — — 2021-22 BYU BYU 2022-23

National champions All national champions are in men's volleyball. Year Team 1999–00 UCLA (W) 2000–01 UCLA (W) 2006–07 Arizona State (W) 2007–08 Arizona State (M) 2007–08 Arizona State (W) 2008–09 Oregon (M) 2009–10 Oregon (W) 2010–11 Oregon (W) 2011–12 Oregon (W) 2012–13 Oregon (W) 2013–14 Oregon (M) 2013–14 Oregon (W) 2014–15 Oregon (M) 2015–16 Oregon (M) 2015–16 Oregon (W) 2016–17 Oregon (W) 2020–21 Oregon (M)

Volleyball

Men's volleyball was introduced for the 1993 season (1992–93 school year) as one of the conference's inaugural sports. The MPSF will add beach volleyball in the 2025 season (2024–25 school year). The MPSF added the sport in the wake of the collapse of the Pac-12 Conference, which saw 10 of its 12 members leave for other conferences after the 2023–24 school year. Of the 10 departing schools, nine sponsor beach volleyball. Three left for the Big 12 Conference, which announced it would start sponsoring beach volleyball in 2024–25. ^[15] The other six, which joined either the Atlantic Coast Conference or the Big Ten Conference, made up almost all of the inaugural MPSF beach volleyball membership. California, Stanford, UCLA, and USC were already MPSF members in other sports, and Oregon and Washington were returning MPSF members. The only inaugural beach volleyball member not arriving from the Pac-12 is Grand Canyon.

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Men	Women (beach)	Primary conference	Joined
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	Y	N	Big 12	1992
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Golden Bears	N	Y	ACC	2024
Concordia University Irvine	Irvine, California	Eagles	Y	N	Pacific West	2017
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix, Arizona	Antelopes	Y	Y [a]	WAC (MWC in 2026)	2017 (M) 2024 (W)
Menlo College	Atherton, California	Oaks	Y	N	PacWest	2024
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	Y	N	WCC	1992
University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	N	Y	Big Ten	2024
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Y	Y	ACC	1992 (M) 2024 (W)
University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Bruins	Y	Y	Big Ten
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California (South Los Angeles)	Trojans	Y	Y
Vanguard University	Costa Mesa, California	Lions	Y	N	PacWest	2024
University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Huskies	N	Y	Big Ten

1. Grand Canyon joined MPSF beach volleyball in 2024, but has not announced its future affiliation for when it joins the Mountain West Conference in 2026. GCU will remain in MPSF men's volleyball.

Future members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Men	Women (Beach)	Primary conference	Joining
Jessup University	Rocklin, California	Warriors	Y	N	PacWest	TBD

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Team	Primary conference	Joined	Left
California Baptist University	Riverside, California	Lancers	Men	WAC	2012	2017
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Beach		Big West	1992
California State University, Northridge	Northridge, California	Matadors
University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Anteaters
University of California, San Diego	La Jolla, California	Tritons
University of California, Santa Barbara	Isla Vista, California	Gauchos
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawai'i	Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine		Big West (MW in 2026)
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California	Lions		WCC		2000
University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Tigers				2014
San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Aztecs		Mountain West (Pac-12 in 2026)		2000

Timeline

 Men's & women's (beach) volleyball Women's (beach) volleyball Men's volleyball 

Conference champions Year Men Women (Beach) 1993 UCLA — 1994 UCLA (2) 1995 UCLA (3) 1996 UCLA (4) 1997 Stanford 1998 Pepperdine 1999 Brigham Young 2000 UCLA (5) 2001 UCLA (6) 2002 Pepperdine (2) 2003 Brigham Young (2) 2004 Brigham Young (3) 2005 Pepperdine (3) 2006 UCLA (7) 2007 UC Irvine 2008 Pepperdine (4) 2009 USC 2010 Stanford (2) 2011 UC Santa Barbara 2012 UC Irvine (2) 2013 Brigham Young (4) 2014 Brigham Young (5) 2015 UC Irvine (3) 2016 Brigham Young (6) 2017 Long Beach State 2018 Brigham Young (7) 2019 Pepperdine (5) 2020 — 2021 Brigham Young (8) 2022 Pepperdine (6) 2023 UCLA (8) 2024 Grand Canyon

National champions All national champions are in men's volleyball. Year Team 1993 UCLA 1995 UCLA 1996 UCLA 1997 Stanford 1998 UCLA 1999 Brigham Young 2000 UCLA 2001 Brigham Young 2002 Hawaii† 2004 Brigham Young 2005 Pepperdine 2006 UCLA (6) 2007 UC Irvine 2009 UC Irvine 2010 Stanford 2012 UC Irvine 2013 UC Irvine 2023 UCLA 2024 UCLA † — Vacated due to NCAA violations

Conference champions

Source: ^[16]

Women's lacrosse Year Team 2004 California 2005 Stanford 2006 Stanford 2007 Stanford 2008 Stanford 2009 Stanford 2010 Stanford 2011 Stanford 2012 Oregon 2013 Stanford 2014 Denver 2015 Stanford 2016 USC 2017 USC 2018 San Diego State 2019 San Diego State 2020 N/A 2021 UC Davis Men's soccer Year Team 1992 Washington 1993 UCLA 1994 Fresno State 1995 UCLA 1996 UCLA 1997 UCLA 1998 Washington 1999 Washington 2000 San Jose State 2001 New Mexico 2002 New Mexico 2003 San Jose State 2004 New Mexico 2005 New Mexico 2006 New Mexico 2007 New Mexico 2008 Denver 2009 Sacramento State 2010 Sacramento State 2011 New Mexico 2012 Air Force

Men's track & field indoor Year Team 1992–93 California 1993–94 Arizona 1994–95 Arizona 1995–96 Arizona 1996–97 Idaho 1997–98 Washington State 1998–99 Stanford 1999–00 Stanford 2000–01 Washington State 2001–02 UCLA 2002–03 UCLA 2003–04 UCLA 2004–05 UCLA 2005–06 Washington 2006–07 Washington 2007–08 Oregon 2008–09 UCLA 2009–10 UCLA 2010–11 Stanford 2011–12 Arizona State 2012–13 Arizona State 2013–14 California 2014–15 Oregon 2015–16 USC 2016–17 Oregon 2017–18 USC 2018–19 Brigham Young 2019–20 Brigham Young 2020–21 N/A Women's track & field indoor Year Team 1992–93 UNLV 1993–94 Utah State 1994–95 Arizona 1995–96 Washington 1996–97 Stanford 1997–98 Stanford 1998–99 Washington State 1999–00 Washington State 2000–01 Arizona 2001–02 Arizona 2002–03 Stanford 2003–04 Stanford 2004–05 Stanford 2005–06 Stanford 2006–07 Arizona State 2007–08 Arizona State 2008–09 Stanford 2009–10 Oregon 2010–11 Oregon 2011–12 Stanford 2012–13 Oregon 2013–14 USC 2014–15 USC 2015–16 Oregon 2016–17 USC 2017–18 USC 2018–19 USC 2019–20 Oregon 2020–21 N/A

Men's water polo Year Team 1992 California 1993 California 1994 Stanford 1995 California 1996 USC 1997 USC 1998 Stanford 1999 UCLA 2000 UCLA 2001 Stanford 2002 California 2003 USC 2004 Stanford 2005 USC 2006 California 2007 USC 2008 USC 2009 UCLA 2010 USC 2011 UCLA 2012 USC 2013 USC 2014 UCLA 2015 UCLA 2016 California 2017 USC 2018 Stanford 2019 Stanford 2020 Stanford 2021 UCLA Women's water polo Year Team 1996 UCLA 1997 UCLA 1998 UCLA 1999 California 2000 Stanford 2001 Stanford 2002 UCLA 2003 Stanford 2004 USC 2005 UCLA 2006 Stanford 2007 UCLA 2008 UCLA 2009 USC 2010 UCLA 2011 California 2012 UCLA 2013 USC 2014 Stanford 2015 UCLA 2016 USC 2017 UCLA (11) 2018 USC 2019 USC 2020 N/A 2021 USC 2022 Stanford 2023 Stanford 2024 UCLA

NCAA titles

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation has won 100 NCAA titles in seven sports. UCLA has won 25 national titles. Stanford has won 20 titles. USC has won 16 titles. Oregon has won 12 titles. Oklahoma has won nine titles. California has won six titles. UC Irvine has won four titles. Arizona State and Brigham Young have won three titles. Pepperdine has won two titles. The MPSF has won every men's and women's water polo NCAA title since the inception of the conference.

Men's gymnastics Year Team 1992–93 Stanford 1994–95 Stanford 1996–97 California 1997–98 California 2001–02 Oklahoma 2002–03 Oklahoma 2004–05 Oklahoma 2005–06 Oklahoma 2007–08 Oklahoma 2008–09 Stanford 2010–11 Stanford 2014–15 Oklahoma 2015–16 Oklahoma 2016–17 Oklahoma 2017–18 Oklahoma 2018–19 Stanford 2020–21 Stanford 2021–22 Stanford 2022–23 Stanford Men's soccer Year Team 1998 UCLA

Men's water polo Year Team 1992 California 1993 Stanford 1994 Stanford 1995 UCLA 1996 UCLA 1997 Pepperdine 1998 USC 1999 UCLA 2000 UCLA 2001 Stanford 2002 Stanford 2003 USC 2004 UCLA 2005 USC 2006 California 2007 California 2008 USC 2009 USC 2010 USC 2011 USC 2012 USC 2013 USC 2014 UCLA 2015 UCLA 2016 California 2017 UCLA 2018 USC 2019 Stanford 2020 UCLA (9) Women's water polo Year Team 2001 UCLA 2002 Stanford 2003 UCLA 2004 USC 2005 UCLA 2006 UCLA 2007 UCLA 2008 UCLA 2009 UCLA (7) 2010 USC 2011 Stanford 2012 Stanford 2013 USC 2014 Stanford 2015 Stanford 2016 USC 2017 Stanford 2018 USC 2019 Stanford 2021 USC 2022 Stanford 2023 Stanford 2024 UCLA (8)

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