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Great Plains Athletic Conference (1972–1976)

Field	Value
name	Great Plains Athletic Conference
logo	Great Plains Athletic Conference.png
founded	1972
folded	1976
association	NAIA
region	Mountain States

The Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) was a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), operated in the western United States. It was aligned with the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). The two allied conferences worked under the name of the Mountain and Plains Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MPIAA). It was announced on May 15, 1972. The founding schools were Fort Hays State College (now Fort Hays State University); Kansas State College of Emporia (now Emporia State University); Kansas State College of Pittsburg (now Pittsburg State University); Southern Colorado State College (now Colorado State University–Pueblo); the University of Nebraska at Omaha, the University of Northern Colorado and Washburn University. The conference only lasted four years, as Nebraska–Omaha and Northern Colorado left for the North Central Conference (NCC), Southern Colorado went back to the RMAC, and the rest of the schools started the Central States Intercollegiate Conference (CSIC), which merged into the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) effective in the 1989–90 school year.

Member schools

Final members

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Subsequent
conference(s)	Current
conference
Fort Hays State College	Hays, Kansas	1902	Public	14,658	Tigers	1972	1976	Central States (CSIC)
(1976–89)
Rocky Mountain (RMAC)
(1989–2006)	Mid-American (MIAA)
(2006–present)
Kansas State College of Emporia	Emporia, Kansas	1863	5,887	Hornets	Central States (CSIC)
(1976–89)
D-II Independent
(1989–91)	Mid-American (MIAA)
(1991–present)
Kansas State College of Pittsburg	Pittsburg, Kansas	1903	7,102	Gorillas	Central States (CSIC)
(1976–89)	Mid-American (MIAA)
(1989–present)
	Omaha, Nebraska	1908	15,431	Mavericks	various	Summit
(2012–present)
	Greeley, Colorado	1889	12,862	Bears	various	Big Sky
(2006–present)
Southern Colorado State College	Pueblo, Colorado	1933	6,805	ThunderWolves	Rocky Mountain (RMAC)
(1976–90)
Colorado (CAC)
(1990–96)	Rocky Mountain (RMAC)
(1996–present)
Washburn University	Topeka, Kansas	1865	7,971	Ichabods	Central States (CSIC)
(1976–89)	Mid-American (MIAA)
(1989–present)

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Membership timeline

DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:1972 till:2032 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:40 top:5

Colors = id:line value:black id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.7,0.9,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.9,0.8,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:AssocF value:rgb(0.9,0.7,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.8,0.9,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for another sport only id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference when the other color has already been used

PlotData = width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s

bar:1 color:Full from:1972 till:1976 text:Fort Hays State (1972–1976) bar:1 shift:(100) color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1989 text:CSIC bar:1 color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:end text:RMAC

bar:2 color:Full from:1972 till:1976 text:KSC–Emporia (1972–1976) bar:2 shift:(100) color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1989 text:CSIC bar:2 color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:1991 text:D-II Ind. bar:2 shift:(20) color:OtherC1 from:1991 till:end text:MIAA

bar:3 color:Full from:1972 till:1976 text:KSC–Pittsburg (1972–1976) bar:3 shift:(100) color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1989 text:CSIC bar:3 color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:end text:MIAA

bar:4 color:Full from:1972 till:1976 text:Nebraska–Omaha (1972–1976) bar:4 shift:(100) color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:2008 text:NCC bar:4 color:OtherC2 from:2008 till:2011 text:MIAA bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:2011 till:2012 text:D-I Ind. bar:4 shift:(30) color:OtherC2 from:2012 till:end text:Summit

bar:5 color:Full from:1972 till:1976 text:Northern Colorado (1972–1976) bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1978 text: bar:5 shift:(70) color:OtherC2 from:1978 till:2003 text:NCC bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:2003 till:2006 text:D-I Ind. bar:5 color:OtherC2 from:2006 till:end text:Big Sky

bar:6 color:Full from:1972 till:1976 text:Southern Colorado (1972–1976) bar:6 shift:(100) color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1990 text:RMAC bar:6 color:OtherC2 from:1990 till:1996 text:CAC bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:1996 till:end text:RMAC

bar:7 color:Full from:1972 till:1976 text:Washburn (1972–1976) bar:7 shift:(100) color:OtherC1 from:1976 till:1989 text:CSIC bar:7 color:OtherC2 from:1989 till:end text:MIAA

bar:N color:red from:1972 till:1976 text:GPAC bar:N color:white from:1976 till:end text:Post-GPAC

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:5 start:1972

Football champions

1972 –
1973 – and
1974 –
1975 –

References

"Southern Colorado State College (1963-75) - Colorado State Pueblo".
(16 May 1972). "RMAC To Convert To Allied Conferences". The Fort Scott Tribune.

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