Overview
The Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference was an NAIA intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1974 to 1997, and the second of two conferences to share this name. The conference's members were located in the state of Oklahoma. Most of the team's members moved from the defunct Oklahoma Collegiate Conference in 1974, which itself evolved from the first iteration of the Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference in 1929. The conference disbanded in 1997, after most of its members joined the NCAA Division II's Lone Star Conference.
Chronological timeline
* 1974 – The Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference (OIC) was founded. Charter members included Central State University (now the University of Central Oklahoma), East Central Oklahoma State University (now East Central University), Northeastern Oklahoma State University (now Northeastern State University), Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, and Southwestern Oklahoma State University, beginning the 1974–75 academic year. * 1977 – Central State Okla.
(now Central Oklahoma) left the OIC after the 1976–77 academic year. * 1991 – Langston University joined the OIC in the 1991–92 academic year. * 1994 – The University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) joined the OIC in the 1994–95 academic year. * 1995 – Oklahoma Panhandle State University joined the OIC in the 1995–96 academic year. * 1997 – The OIC ceased operations as an athletic conference after the 1996–97 academic year; as many schools left to join their respective new home primary conferences, beginning the 1997–98 academic year: ** Langston, Northwestern Oklahoma State, and the USAO as NAIA Independents (who all would later join the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC), beginning the 1998–99 school year) ** and Oklahoma Panhandle State (OPSU) to join the Division II ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) as an NCAA D-II Independent (which would later join the Heartland Conference, beginning the 2002–03 school year) ** and East Central Okla. , Northeastern State, Southeastern Oklahoma State and Southwestern Oklahoma State to join the NCAA Division II ranks and the Lone Star Conference (LSC).
Membership timeline
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Football champions
*1974 – Southwestern Oklahoma State *1975 – East Central *1976 – Southeastern Oklahoma State *1977 – Southwestern Oklahoma State *1978 – East Central *1979 – East Central *1980 – East Central, Northeastern State, and Southwestern Oklahoma State *1981 – Northeastern State *1982 – Northeastern State *1983 – Northeastern State *1984 – East Central *1985 – East Central and Southwestern Oklahoma State *1986 – East Central and Northwestern Oklahoma State *1987 – East Central and Northeastern State *1988 – Southeastern Oklahoma State *1989 – Northwestern Oklahoma State and Southeastern Oklahoma State *1990 – Northeastern State *1991 – Northeastern State *1992 – East Central and Southwestern Oklahoma State *1993 – Langston (OK) *1994 – Langston (OK), Northeastern State, and Southeastern Oklahoma State *1995 – Northeastern State *1996 – Southeastern Oklahoma State and Southwestern Oklahoma State
See also
* List of defunct college football conferences