Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference

The Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference (ICAC) is a defunct U.S. junior college athletic conference for schools in the states of Colorado, Idaho, and Utah that existed from 1936 to 1984. The league was part of the National Junior College Athletic Association.

History

 

All historical members of the Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Founded in 1936, ICAC initially consisted of six schools. The founding members were:

Dixie Junior College (St. George, Utah) Ricks College (Rexburg, Idaho) Albion State Normal School (later the Southern Idaho College of Education [SICE]) (Albion, Idaho) Branch Agricultural College (later the College of Southern Utah) (Cedar City, Utah) Weber College (Ogden, Utah) Westminster College (Salt Lake City, Utah)

Over the years a number of schools entered and exited the league. In 1938, Mesa College joined the league. In 1939, the league saw its largest membership when Carbon Junior College (later College of Eastern Utah) and Snow College joined. In the early 1940s, the league saw disruption due to the outbreak of World War II – Ricks and Albion were forced to leave prior to the 1941 season, while Weber and Westminster were forced to leave prior to the 1942 season. The entire league suspended operations from 1943 to 1945. In 1946, the league resumed operations with Albion and Weber also re-joining the league. Prior to 1948, Mesa left the league, while Westminster and Ricks rejoined, and a new member also joined – Boise Junior College (later Boise College).

Following this expansion, the league would see a gradual reduction in teams. 1950 would be the final season for SICE as the school closed in 1951. Westminster left the league after the 1954 season. Weber left following the 1961 season, while Southern Utah left the following year. In 1963, Mesa returned, but Eastern Utah decided to depart the league following that season. Boise left after the 1967 season, and Mesa left after the 1974 season. The league reached its final configuration in 1979 when Eastern Utah re-joined. In 1983, member schools were Eastern Utah, Dixie, Ricks, Snow, UTCP, and CNCC.^[1]

1984 would be the final season of league play for the ICAC. In 1985, the NJCAA realigned its regions in response to a large number of Oregon and Washington schools leaving the organization to form the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges. NJCAA Region 18 was expanded to include schools in Utah, which resulted in all ICAC members being merged into the Scenic West Athletic Conference (Ricks had already been a member of the SWAC in non-football sports since 1968). For football, the league was merged with the Arizona Community College Conference to form the Western States Football League.

Former members

Institution	Location	Founded	Nickname	Colors	Joined	Left^[2]	Today
Boise College (Boise Junior College)	Boise, Idaho	1932	Broncos		1948	1967	Now known as Boise State University. Member of NCAA Division I FBS Mountain West Conference.
Dixie Junior College	St. George, Utah	1911	Trailblazers		1936	1984	Now known as Utah Tech University. Member of NCAA Division I FCS Western Athletic Conference.
College of Eastern Utah (Carbon Junior College)	Price, Utah	1937	Eagles		1939, 1979	1963, 1984	Now known as Utah State University Eastern. Member of NJCAA Scenic West Athletic Conference.
Mesa College	Grand Junction, Colorado	1925	Mavericks		1938, 1963	1947, 1974	Now known as Colorado Mesa University. Member of NCAA Division II Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
Ricks College	Rexburg, Idaho	1888	Vikings		1936, 1948	1940, 1984	Now known as Brigham Young University-Idaho. Dropped intercollegiate athletics in 2002.
Snow College	Ephraim, Utah	1888	Badgers		1939	1984	Member of NJCAA Scenic West Athletic Conference (football independent).
Southern Idaho College of Education (Albion State Normal School)	Albion, Idaho	1894	Panthers		1936, 1946	1940, 1950	Closed in 1951, academic programs transferred to Idaho State University.
College of Southern Utah (Branch Agricultural College)	Cedar City, Utah	1897	Thunderbirds		1936	1962	Now known as Southern Utah University. Member of NCAA Division I FCS Western Athletic Conference.
Weber College	Ogden, Utah	1889	Wildcats		1936, 1946	1941, 1961	Now known as Weber State University. Member of NCAA Division I FCS Big Sky Conference.
Westminster College	Salt Lake City, Utah	1875	Griffins		1936, 1948	1941, 1954	Now known as Westminster University (Utah). Member of NCAA Division II Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.

Membership timeline

 Full members   World War II (suspended operations) 

Championships

Football champions

Year	Champion(s)	Record
1936	Albion State N.S.	3-0
1937	Albion State N.S.	2-0
1938	Albion State N.S.	3-1
1939	Mesa College	5-1
1940	Dixie J.C. Albion State N.S.	4-0 4-0
1941	Mesa College	4-0
1942	Carbon J.C.	3-0
1946	Mesa College	5-0
1947	Carbon J.C.	5-0
1948	Boise J.C.	3-0
1949	Boise J.C.	5-0
1950	Boise J.C.	5-0
1951	Boise J.C.	4-0
1952	Boise J.C.	3-0
1953	Boise J.C.	3-0
1954	Boise J.C.	3-0
1955	Boise J.C.	3-0
1956	Boise J.C. Dixie J.C.	4-0 5-0
1957	Boise J.C.	5-0
1958	Boise J.C.	4-0
1959	Weber College	4-1
1960	Boise J.C.	5-0
1961	Boise J.C.	6-0
1962	Snow College	4-1
1963	Dixie J.C.	5-0
1964	Dixie J.C.	4-0
1965	Boise J.C.	4-0
1966	Boise J.C.	4-0
1967	Mesa College	4-0
1968	Mesa College Ricks College	2-1 2-1
1969	Mesa College	3-0
1970	Mesa College	3-0
1971	Dixie J.C. Ricks College	2-1 2-1
1972	Snow College	2-0-1
1973	Ricks College	3-0
1974	Ricks College	3-0
1975	Ricks College	2-1
1976	Snow College	2-0
1977	Snow College	3-1
1978	Snow College	3-1
1979	Dixie J.C.	4-1-1
1980	Ricks College	6-0
1981	Ricks College	6-0
1982	Ricks College Snow College	4-2 4-2
1983	Dixie J.C. Ricks College	4-2 4-2
1984	Ricks College	6-0

National Champions (football)

• Boise Junior College won the NJCAA National Football Championship in 1958.

References

1. "ICAC Men's Basketball Final Report 1983". February 28, 1983.
2. ICAC suspended its operations for the 1943–1945 seasons due to World War II. Carbon, Dixie, Mesa, Snow, and Branch did not miss a season immediately before or after of this period, so their membership is considered uninterrupted.

External links

• Year by year results of ICAC football
• ICAC football champions
• ICAC football all-time records