Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference with members located mostly in the western United States, although it now has members as far east as Oklahoma. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I level, primarily in Olympic sports that are not directly sponsored by a school's home conference (such as the Pac-12 and Big West, whose members all participate in MPSF competition in at least one of its sports).

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
MPSF
Established	1992
Association	NCAA
Division	Division I
Members	39
Sports fielded	10 men's: 5 women's: 5
Region	Western United States, Southwestern United States, Southern United States, Northwestern United States
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington
Commissioner	Al Beaird (since 1997)
Website	mpsports.org
Locations

History

The MPSF was founded in 1992 and specifically created to provide an outlet for competition in non-revenue-producing Olympic sports. The MPSF conducts championships in men's volleyball; women's lacrosse; and indoor track, gymnastics, and water polo for both men and women. In 2010 the MPSF added women's swimming and diving to its list of sports, and added that sport for men in the 2011–12 season. The 2012–13 school year was the last for MPSF competition in men's soccer.

The conference's membership varies by sport; 39 schools are MPSF members in at least one of its sponsored sports. Schools are not required to participate in the MPSF competition for each sponsored sport if their primary conference affiliation sponsors a competition in that sport (e.g. Pac-12 soccer and women's gymnastics).

All MPSF members have a primary conference affiliation. All Pac-12 and Big West Conference members house at least one sport in the MPSF. The West Coast Conference is represented by six schools (BYU, Pacific, Pepperdine, Portland, Saint Mary's, San Diego), and the Mountain West Conference has four full members represented (Air Force, Fresno State, San Diego State, San Jose State). The Great Northwest Athletic Conference is represented by Alaska–Anchorage and Seattle Pacific. Seven conferences are represented by one school each – the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (Penn State Behrend), the Big 12 Conference (Oklahoma), the Big Sky Conference (Sacramento State), the Big Ten Conference (Indiana), the California Collegiate Athletic Association (UC San Diego), the Pacific West Conference (Concordia–Irvine), the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (Austin), and the Western Athletic Conference (Grand Canyon).

Members

Source:[1]

Current members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary Conference	Division
United States Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Falcons	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
University of Alaska Anchorage	Anchorage, Alaska	Seawolves	Great Northwest	NCAA D-II
University of Arizona	Tucson, Arizona	Wildcats	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Sun Devils	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
Austin College[2]	Sherman, Texas	Kangaroos	Southern CAC	NCAA D-III
Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Cougars	West Coast	NCAA D-I
California Polytechnic State University	San Luis Obispo, California	Mustangs	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Fresno	Fresno, California	Bulldogs	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Titans	Big West	NCAA D-I
California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	49ers	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	Pac-12	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	Pac-12	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
University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Gauchos	Big West	NCAA D-I
University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Buffaloes	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
Concordia University–Irvine	Irvine, California	Eagles	Pacific West	NCAA D-II
Grand Canyon University	Phoenix, Arizona	Antelopes	Western Athletic	NCAA D-I
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa	Honolulu, Hawai'i	Rainbow Warriors & Rainbow Wahine	Big West	NCAA D-I
Indiana University Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Hoosiers	Big Ten	NCAA D-I
University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Sooners	Big 12	NCAA D-I
University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Ducks	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
Oregon State University	Corvallis, Oregon	Beavers	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Tigers	West Coast	NCAA D-I
Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College	Erie, Pennsylvania	Behrend Lions	Allegheny Mountain	NCAA D-III
Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Waves	West Coast	NCAA D-I
University of Portland	Portland, Oregon	Pilots	West Coast	NCAA D-I
University of San Diego	San Diego, California	Toreros	West Coast	NCAA D-I
San Diego State University	San Diego, California	Aztecs	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Spartans	Mountain West	NCAA D-I
Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, Washington	Falcons	Great Northwest	NCAA D-II
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Trojans	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
Stanford University	Stanford, California	Cardinal	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Utes	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Huskies	Pac-12	NCAA D-I
Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Cougars	Pac-12	NCAA D-I

Future members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary Conference	Division

Former members

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary Conference[lower-alpha 1]	Division
California Baptist University	Riverside, California	Lancers	Western Athletic	NCAA D-I
California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield, California	Roadrunners	Western Athletic	NCAA D-I
University of California San Diego	San Diego, California	Tritons	Big West	NCAA D-II
University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Pioneers	Summit	NCAA D-I
Loyola Marymount University	Los Angeles, California	Lions	West Coast	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
Saint Mary's College of California	Moraga, California	Gaels	West Coast	NCAA D-I
Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	Redhawks	Western Athletic	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[3] 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.[4]

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. The four remaining MPSF lacrosse schools will retain that league's automatic NCAA tournament bid for the 2018 and 2019 seasons while the MPSF seeks to add new members in that sport.[5]

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.[6]

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 now includes five full members Long Beach State, Cal State Northridge, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara and Hawai'i, plus associate member UC San Diego. The full Big West members remain in the MPSF in other sports, but UC San Diego exited the federation.[7] 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 left the MPSF after dropping its last remaining conference sport of women's water polo at the same time.[8]

MPSF Teams

Sport	Men's	Women's
Gymnastics	4	6
Indoor Track & Field	15	22
Lacrosse	-	3
Swimming & Diving	6	8
Volleyball	7	-
Water polo	6	7

Membership by sport

School	Men's Gymnastics	Women's Gymnastics	Men's Indoor Track & Field	Women's Indoor Track & Field	Women's Lacrosse	Men's Swimming & diving	Women's Swimming & diving	Men's Volleyball	Men's Water Polo	Women's Water Polo	Total MPSF Sports
Air Force	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Alaska Anchorage	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Arizona	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Arizona State	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	Y	3
Austin	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y[m 1]	N	1
BYU	N	N	Y	Y	N	Y	Y	Y	N	N	5
Cal Poly	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	2
Cal State Fullerton	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Cal State Northridge	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
California	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	5
Colorado	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Concordia–Irvine	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	1
Fresno State	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
Grand Canyon	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	1
Hawaii	N	N	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	3
Indiana	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	1
Long Beach State	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Oklahoma	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Oregon	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Oregon State	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Pacific	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	2
Penn State Behrend	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y[m 1]	N	1
Pepperdine	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	1
Portland	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Sacramento State	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
San Diego	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	1
San Diego State	N	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	1
San Francisco	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
San Jose State	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	Y	2
Seattle Pacific	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Stanford	Y	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	6
UC Davis	N	Y	N	Y	Y	N	Y	N	N	N	4
UC Irvine	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
UCLA	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	5
UC Riverside	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
UC San Diego	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	2
UC Santa Barbara	N	N	N	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	2
USC	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	Y	Y	Y	5
Utah	N	N	N	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	1
Washington	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Washington State	N	N	Y	Y	N	N	N	N	N	N	2
Totals	4	6	15	22	3	6	8	7	6	7

Conference champions

Men's gymnastics Year Team 1992–93 Stanford 1993–94 UCLA 1994–95 Stanford 1995–96 Oklahoma 1996–97 Nebraska 1997–98 California 1998–99 Nebraska Oklahoma 1999–00 Oklahoma 2000–01 Oklahoma 2001–02 Oklahoma 2002–03 Oklahoma 2003–04 California 2004–05 Oklahoma 2005–06 Oklahoma 2006–07 Oklahoma 2007–08 Oklahoma 2008–09 Stanford 2009–10 Oklahoma 2010–11 Stanford 2011–12 Oklahoma 2012–13 Oklahoma 2013–14 Oklahoma 2014–15 Oklahoma 2015–16 Oklahoma 2016–17 Oklahoma 2017–18 Oklahoma 2018–19 Oklahoma Women's gymnastics Year Team 2001–02 Sacramento State 2002–03 Sacramento State 2003–04 San Jose State 2004–05 Sacramento State 2005–06 Seattle Pacific 2006–07 Seattle Pacific 2007–08 UC Davis 2008–09 Alaska–Anchorage 2009–10 UC Davis 2010–11 UC Davis 2011–12 UC Davis 2012–13 UC Davis 2013–14 Sacramento State 2014–15 UC Davis 2015–16 Sacramento State 2016–17 San Jose State 2017–18 San Jose State 2018–19 Air Force 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 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 swimming & diving Year Team 2010–11 CSU Bakersfield 2011–12 Brigham Young 2012–13 UNLV 2013–14 Brigham Young 2014–15 Brigham Young 2015–16 Brigham Young 2016–17 UC Santa Barbara 2017–18 UC Santa Barbara 2018–19 Hawaii 2019–20 Hawaii Women's swimming & diving Year Team 2010–11 UC Davis 2011–12 Brigham Young 2012–13 UC Davis 2013–14 UC Davis 2014–15 Hawaii 2015–16 UC Davis 2016–17 Hawaii 2017–18 Hawaii 2018–19 Hawaii 2019–20 Hawaii 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 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

Men's volleyball Year Team 1993 UCLA 1994 UCLA 1995 UCLA 1996 UCLA 1997 Stanford 1998 Pepperdine 1999 Brigham Young 2000 UCLA 2001 UCLA 2002 Pepperdine 2003 Brigham Young 2004 Brigham Young 2005 Pepperdine 2006 UCLA 2007 UC Irvine 2008 Pepperdine 2009 USC 2010 Stanford 2011 UC Santa Barbara 2012 UC Irvine 2013 Brigham Young 2014 Brigham Young 2015 UC Irvine 2016 Brigham Young 2017 Long Beach State 2018 Brigham Young 2019 Pepperdine 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 CAL 2017 UCLA 2018 Stanford 2019 Stanford 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 2018 USC 2019 USC 2020 (CANCELLED)

NCAA titles

The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation has won 93 NCAA titles in seven sports. UCLA has won 24 national titles. Stanford has won 16 titles. USC has won 15 titles. Oregon has won 11 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 Men's soccer Year Team 1997 UCLA Men's track & field indoor Year Team 2007–08 Arizona State 2008–09 Oregon 2013–14 Oregon 2014–15 Oregon 2015–16 Oregon

Women's track & field indoor Year Team 1999–00 UCLA 2000–01 UCLA 2006–07 Arizona State 2007–08 Arizona State 2009–10 Oregon 2010–11 Oregon 2011–12 Oregon 2012–13 Oregon 2013–14 Oregon 2015–16 Oregon 2016–17 Oregon 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 2007 UC Irvine 2009 UC Irvine 2010 Stanford 2012 UC Irvine 2013 UC Irvine † — Vacated due to NCAA violations

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 Women's water polo Year Team 2001 UCLA 2002 Stanford 2003 UCLA 2004 USC 2005 UCLA 2006 UCLA 2007 UCLA 2008 UCLA 2009 UCLA 2010 USC 2011 Stanford 2012 Stanford 2013 USC 2014 Stanford 2015 Stanford 2016 USC 2017 Stanford 2018 USC 2019 Stanford

Notes

1. Participates only in conference tournament

References

1. Members - Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Archived 2017-07-27 at the Wayback Machine. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on July 17, 2013.
2. "'Roo Men's Water Polo to Join Mountain Pacific Sports Federation". acroos.com. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
3. Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Athletics. Mpsports.Org. Retrieved on 2013-07-17.
4. "WAC Adds Men's Soccer" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. January 9, 2013. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
5. "Pac-12 Adds Women's Lacrosse for 2018 Season". Lacrosse Magazine. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on October 24, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
6. "GCC Launches Men's Division To Begin Play in 2016" (Press release). Golden Coast Conference. January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
7. "Big West Conference Makes Men's Volleyball 18th Sponsored Sport". Big West Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2016.
8. "CSUB Athletics Announces Strategic Shift in Resources" (Press release). CSU Bakersfield Athletics. June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017.

External links

• Official website