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| 2025 | Spalding University is set to join the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League as a future member. |
| 2025 | Membership dropped to nine members with the impending closure of Fontbonne. |
| 2025 | Northland will leave the WIAC as an affiliate member for hockey due to the school's announced closure. |
| 2025 | Augsburg University, Hamline University, and College of Saint Benedict will join as affiliate members for women's lacrosse. |
| 2025 | UW–La Crosse wins Women's Gymnastics National Championship |
| 2025 | Augsburg University and College of St. Benedict joined the conference. |
| 2025 | Dean College is set to become an associate member of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) for the 2025-26 academic year, joining from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC). |
| 2025 | Anna Maria upgraded to full conference membership. VSU Castleton's membership ended. |
| 2025 | Anna Maria College is set to join the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference as a full member in the 2025-26 academic year, transitioning from the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC). |
| 2024 | Wittenberg won the regular season, and Trine won the tournament championship. |
| 2024 | Colorado College and Southwestern University joined as affiliate members for women's lacrosse. |
| 2024 | Marymount University and Marywood University joined MASCAC as associate members for men's golf, becoming the first members outside of New England. Vermont State University at Castleton joined as an associate member for football. |
| 2024 | Asbury University joined the Collegiate Conference of the South. |
| 2024 | Maryville College (Tennessee) announced plans to leave the CCS and join the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) as a full member, effective the 2026–27 school year. |
| 2024 | Berea College left the Collegiate Conference of the South and transitioned to the Heartland Conference (HCAC). |
| 2024 | CCS becomes eligible for automatic NCAA Division III tournament bids, expanding the conference's competitive opportunities for member schools. |
| July 2024 | Anna Maria College set to join MASCAC as an associate member for men's and women's ice hockey. |
| March 2024 | Fontbonne announced it would close after the 2024-25 school year and would not field a men's volleyball team in the 2025 season. |
| 2023 | Mount Union won the regular season, and Baldwin Wallace won the tournament championship. |
| 2023 | Calvin University joined the league, returning membership to 10. |
| 2023 | UW–Oshkosh won the National Championship in Women's Gymnastics. |
| 2023 | Finlandia University closes, marking the end of its involvement with the WIAC. |
| 2023 | UW–La Crosse wins Men's Indoor Track & Field and Women's Indoor Track & Field National Championships |
| 2023 | Western Connecticut wins MASCAC Football Championship with a 7-1 conference record and 7-3 overall record. Coached by Joe Loth, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 20-62 against Johns Hopkins. |
| 2023 | New England College departed from MASCAC after a two-year associate membership |
| 2023 | Eastern Nazarene College and Mitchell College departed from MASCAC, with the North Atlantic Conference closing in 2024 |
| 2023 | Asbury University was accepted as a full member of the CCS, to join during the 2024–25 school year. |
| 2023 | Berea College left the CCS to join the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) as a full member, effective 2024–25 school year. |
| 2023 | United States Air Force Academy, California Baptist University, UC Davis, UC San Diego (first entry), Loyola Marymount University, and Santa Clara University all departed from the Western Water Polo Association. |
| 2023 | Multiple universities joined the Western Water Polo Association: Gannon University (Pennsylvania State Conference, NCAA D-II), McKendree University (Great Lakes Valley Conference, NCAA D-II), Mercyhurst University (Northeast Conference, NCAA D-I), and Salem University (Independent, NCAA D-II). |
| October 5 2023 | Announcement made that Anna Maria College in Paxton, Massachusetts will become the first private full member in the conference's 53-year history, joining in the 2025-26 school year. |
| 2022 | Fontbonne won the regular season, and Mount Union won the tournament championship. |
| 2022 | Finlandia University's second period of WIAC affiliate membership ends. |
| 2022 | UW–Oshkosh won the National Championship in Women's Gymnastics. |
| 2022 | Middlebury wins the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship. |
| 2022 | Middlebury College made their most recent NCAA Tournament appearance. |
| 2022 | MCLA announced the reinstatement of men's ice hockey and addition of women's ice hockey for the 2023–24 academic year. |
| 2022 | Completion of the MASCAC football rivalry season, with comprehensive records documented for intra-conference football rivalries between member institutions. |
| 2022 | UMass Dartmouth wins MASCAC Football Championship with an 8-0 conference record and 9-2 overall record. Coached by Mark Robichaud, they lost in the NCAA Division III First Round 20-63 against Ithaca. |
| 2022 | Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) was founded with nine initial member schools: Agnes Scott College, Asbury University, Belhaven University, Covenant College, Huntingdon College, LaGrange College, Maryville College, Piedmont University, and Wesleyan College. |
| 2022 | Berea College joined the Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) as a full member. |
| 2022 | Biola University joined the Western Water Polo Association in the Pacific West Conference for NCAA D-II. |
| July 2022 | The Collegiate Conference of the South (CCS) initiated competitive play across its member schools during the 2022–23 academic year, marking the conference's official competitive debut. |
| 2021 | Three schools joined the MCVL: Wittenberg returned after a two-year absence, and Baldwin Wallace University and Wabash College added new varsity programs. |
| 2021 | League returned to nine members with the addition of new programs. |
| 2021 | Fontbonne won both the regular season and tournament championships. |
| 2021 | UW–Eau Claire wins Women's Volleyball National Championship |
| 2021 | Bates wins the NCAA Women's Rowing Championship. Connecticut College wins the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. |
| 2021 | Tufts University made their most recent NCAA Tournament appearance. |
| 2021 | During the 2021-2022 academic year, Williams College was identified as having the largest financial endowment among NESCAC member colleges. |
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