Great Northwest Athletic Conference

The Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) is a college athletic conference which has historically operated in the Northwestern United States, but also currently includes four schools in areas not usually considered part of that region—two in Alaska (neither of which is located in Southeast Alaska, an area often considered part of the Northwest), one in eastern Montana (almost never considered part of the region), and one in the Canadian province of British Columbia (an area included with the Northwest U.S. in the larger Pacific Northwest region).

It participates in the NCAA's Division II, and is the only NCAA conference in any division with a Canadian university as a member.

The conference was formed in 2001 when its original ten members split from the Pacific West Conference.

Current full members
The league currently has 10 full members:

Membership timeline

 * Notes
 * The GNAC didn't sponsor football between the 2006-07 and the 2007-08 seasons. Therefore, Central Washington and Western Washington competed in North Central Conference (NCC); while Dixie State, Humboldt State and Western Oregon were Independents.

Men's sports

 * Football
 * Cross Country
 * Golf
 * Soccer
 * Basketball
 * Baseball
 * Indoor Track & Field
 * Outdoor Track & Field

Women's sports

 * Volleyball
 * Cross Country
 * Golf
 * Soccer
 * Basketball
 * Softball
 * Indoor Track & Field
 * Outdoor Track & Field

Football champions

 * 2001 Western Washington 3–0
 * 2002 Central Washington 3–0
 * 2003 Western Washington 3–0
 * 2004 Central Washington 5–1
 * 2005 Central Washington 6–0
 * 2006 Not sponsored
 * 2007 Not sponsored
 * 2008 Central Washington 8–0
 * 2009 Central Washington 6–0
 * 2010 Central Washington 7–1
 * 2011 Humboldt State 7–1
 * 2012 Central Washington 7–3