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The NorCal Conference was a football conference for California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) teams located in Northern California.

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The first iteration of the conference was known as the NorCal Football League and existed from 1990 to 1993 and disbanded after the 1993–94 school year. [1] The conference was reformed in 1995 as the NorCal Football Conference.

Champions

YearChampionReference
1995 Sacramento City (Golden)
Los Medanos (Bay)
[2]
1996 Sacramento City (2) (Golden)
College of the Redwoods (Bay)
1997 Butte [3]
1998 Sacramento City (3) [4]
1999 Butte (2) [5]
2000 Butte (3) [6]
2001 Butte (4) [7]
2002 Butte (5) [8]
2003 CC of San Francisco [9]
2004 CC of San Francisco (2)
2005 CC of San Francisco (3)
2006 Santa Rosa
Foothill
CC of San Francisco (4)
2007 Foothill (2)
2008 Butte (6) [10]
2009 San Mateo
CC of San Francisco (5)
[11]
2010 CC of San Francisco (6)
2011 CC of San Francisco (7)
2012 Butte (7)
CC of San Francisco (8)
De Anza
[12]
2013 Butte (8)

Yearly standings

1990 NorCal Football League standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Taft $  6 0   8 1  
College of the Sequoias  4 2   9 2  
Fresno City  4 2   8 3  
Merced  3 3   8 3  
Sacramento City  3 3   5 5  
American River  1 5   3 7  
Santa Rosa  0 6   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
1991 NorCal Football League standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
College of the Sequoias +  5 1   10 1  
Sacramento City +  5 1   8 2  
American River  3 3   6 4  
Taft  3 3   5 4  
Fresno City  2 4   5 5  
Santa Rosa  2 4   3 7  
Merced  1 5   3 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
1992 NorCal Football League standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Sacramento City $ 6 0 010 0 1
Taft 4 2 06 3 0
Fresno City 3 2 16 4 1
Santa Rosa 3 3 04 6 0
Merced 2 4 03 7 0
College of the Sequoias 1 4 13 6 1
American River 1 5 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1993 NorCal Football League standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fresno City $ 5 1 08 2 0
Taft 4 1 16 1 2
Sacramento City 4 2 08 2 0
Merced 3 2 16 3 1
College of the Sequoias 3 3 05 5 0
Santa Rosa 1 5 01 9 0
American River 0 6 03 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1995 NorCal Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Golden Division
No. 4 Sacramento City x  7 1   9 1  
No. 14 Laney  5 2   7 3  
Butte  5 2   6 4  
College of the Siskiyous  4 3   6 4  
Shasta  3 4   5 5  
American River  2 5   4 6  
Santa Rosa  2 5   2 8  
Diablo Valley  1 6   3 7  
Bay Division
No. T20 Los Medanos x  7 1   7 3  
No. 18 College of the Redwoods  6 2   8 2  
San Joaquin Delta  6 2   7 3  
Solano  6 2   7 3  
Marin  5 3   6 4  
Mendocino  3 5   3 7  
Sierra  2 6   2 8  
Yuba  1 7   1 9  
Contra Costa  0 8   0 10  
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1996 NorCal Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Golden Division
No. 4 Sacramento City x  7 0   10 1  
No. 7 Butte  6 1   9 2  
College of the Siskiyous  4 3   7 3  
Laney  4 3   6 4  
Shasta  4 3   6 4  
Santa Rosa  2 5   4 6  
American River  1 6   3 7  
Diablo Valley  0 7   0 10  
Bay Division
No. 17 College of the Redwoods x  7 1   8 3  
Marin  6 2   8 3  
No. 13 San Joaquin Delta  6 2   9 2  
Los Medanos  5 3   6 5  
Mendocino  4 4   4 6  
Sierra  3 5   3 7  
Contra Costa  2 6   2 8  
Solano #  2 6   2 8  
Yuba  1 7   1 9  
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • # – Solano forfeited against Marin, Sierra, and San Jose City
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1997 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Butte $  4 1   8 3  
No. 18 Santa Rosa  3 2   7 4  
No. 17 Sacramento City  3 2   7 4  
Shasta  2 3   5 6  
College of the Siskiyous  2 3   4 6  
Laney  1 4   5 5  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
1998 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Sacramento City $  5 0   8 2  
Shasta  3 2   8 2  
College of the Siskiyous  2 3   6 4  
Laney  2 3   5 5  
Butte  2 3   7 3  
Santa Rosa  1 4   6 4  
  • $ Conference champion
1999 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Butte $  5 0   10 0  
No. 11 Sacramento City  3 2   8 2  
No. 19 College of the Siskiyous  3 2   7 3  
Laney  2 3   5 5  
Shasta  1 4   5 5  
Santa Rosa  1 4   5 5  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2000 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 7 Butte $  5 0   9 2  
No. 8 Sacramento City  4 1   9 2  
Shasta  2 3   6 5  
Santa Rosa  2 3   6 5  
College of the Siskiyous  1 4   2 8  
Laney  1 4   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2001 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Butte $  4 0   7 3  
Santa Rosa  3 1   8 2  
Sacramento City #  1 3   4 6  
Shasta  1 3   4 6  
College of the Siskiyous  1 3   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
  • # – Sacramento City forfeited against College of the Sequoias and Santa Rosa
2002 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Butte $  5 0   10 1  
Foothill  4 1   9 2  
CC of San Francisco  3 2   9 2  
Chabot  1 4   4 6  
College of the Redwoods  1 4   4 6  
Sacramento City  1 4   3 7  
  • $ Conference champion
2003 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 CC of San Francisco $  5 0   12 0  
No. 11 Butte  4 1   9 2  
Foothill  3 2   5 5  
Sacramento City  2 3   3 7  
Chabot  1 4   2 8  
College of the Redwoods  0 5   0 10  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2004 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 CC of San Francisco $  5 0   10 0  
No. 4 Butte  4 1   9 1  
No. 13 Foothill  3 2   7 3  
No. 16 Santa Rosa  2 3   6 4  
No. 22 San Mateo  1 4   6 4  
Sacramento City  0 5   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2005 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 CC of San Francisco $  4 1   9 1  
No. 10 San Mateo  3 2   7 3  
No. 18 Butte  3 2   6 3  
No. 14 Foothill  2 3   7 3  
No. 13 Santa Rosa  2 3   7 3  
Sacramento City  1 4   3 7  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from Coaches' Poll
2006 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Santa Rosa +  4 1   9 1  
Foothill +  4 1   9 1  
CC of San Francisco +  4 1   9 1  
Feather River  2 3   6 4  
San Mateo  1 4   6 4  
Butte  0 5   2 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
2007 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Foothill +  5 0   10 0  
CC of San Francisco +  5 0   9 1  
Butte  2 2   6 3  
Santa Rosa  1 3   6 3  
San Mateo  1 4   6 4  
Feather River  0 5   2 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
2008 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Butte $  5 0   10 0  
CC of San Francisco  4 1   7 3  
Santa Rosa  3 2   7 3  
Foothill  2 3   7 3  
San Mateo  1 4   5 5  
Diablo Valley  0 5   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
2009 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
San Mateo +  4 1   9 1  
CC of San Francisco +  4 1   9 1  
Foothill  3 2   7 3  
Butte  2 3   7 3  
Santa Rosa  1 4   5 5  
Diablo Valley  1 4   3 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
2010 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
CC of San Francisco $  5 0   11 0  
Foothill  3 2   9 2  
Butte  3 2   9 2  
San Mateo  2 3   8 3  
Laney  2 3   5 5  
Santa Rosa  0 5   3 7  
  • $ Conference champion
2011 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
CC of San Francisco $  5 0   10 0  
Butte  4 1   9 1  
San Mateo  3 2   7 3  
Santa Rosa  2 3   5 5  
Foothill  1 4   5 5  
Laney  0 5   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion
2012 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Butte +  4 1   10 1  
CC of San Francisco +  4 1   10 2  
De Anza +  4 1   8 3  
San Mateo  2 3   7 4  
Santa Rosa  1 4   3 7  
Foothill  0 5   3 7  
  • + Conference co-champions
2013 NorCal Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Butte $  5 0   12 0  
San Mateo  4 1   10 1  
CC of San Francisco  3 2   8 3  
Santa Rosa  2 3   6 5  
De Anza  1 4   4 6  
Foothill  0 5   2 8  
  • $ Conference champion

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