The Central States Football League (CSFL) was a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions were located in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Arizona and competed only in football. The conference was established in 2000 and its charter members included Haskell Indian Nations University, Langston University, Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, and Peru State College. In 2017, the Sooner Athletic Conference, which served as the primary conference for the majority of the CSFL's membership decided to sponsor football beginning in 2018. As a result, the conference's membership shifted to that conference.
Members The Central States Football League did not compete in the 2012 season.
Final members InstitutionLocationFoundedEnrollmentNicknameJoinedPrimaryconferenceArizona Christian UniversityPhoenix, Arizona1960683Firestorm2015Golden StateBacone CollegeMuskogee, Oklahoma1880900Warriors2002SoonerLangston UniversityLangston, Oklahoma18972,700Lions2000;2007Red RiverLyon CollegeBatesville, Arkansas1872600Scots2015American MidwestOklahoma Panhandle State UniversityGoodwell, Oklahoma19091,720Aggies2007;2017SoonerSouthwestern Assemblies of God UniversityWaxahachie, Texas19272,013Lions2000;2003;2008SoonerTexas CollegeTyler, Texas1894600Steers2004Red RiverTexas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, Texas18902,647Rams2017SoonerWayland Baptist UniversityPlainview, Texas19088,000Pioneers2013Sooner
Earlier members InstitutionLocationFoundedNicknameJoinedLeftCurrentconferenceHaskell Indian Nations UniversityLawrence, Kansas1884Fighting Indians20002006Dropped footballLincoln University (MO)Jefferson City, Missouri1866Blue Tigers20002001Great Lakes Valley(NCAA D-II)Northwestern Oklahoma State UniversityAlva, Oklahoma1897Rangers20002012Great American(NCAA D-II)Oklahoma Baptist UniversityShawnee, Oklahoma1910Bison20132015Great American(NCAA D-II)Peru State CollegePeru, Nebraska1865Bobcats20002007Heart of AmericaSouthern Nazarene UniversityBethany, Oklahoma1899Crimson Storm20042012Great American(NCAA D-II) Haskell Indian Nations — dropped football in 2015.
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