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{{Short description|College athletic conference in the United States}}
{{For|the Michigan high school athletics conference|Mid South Conference (MHSAA)}}

{{Primary sources|date=December 2013}}

{{Infobox sports league
| name         = Mid-South Conference
| logo         = Midsouth conference naia logo.png
| logo_size    = 200
| founded      = {{start date and age|1987}}
| association  = [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
| teams        = 7
| sports       = 26
| mens         = 13
| womens       = 13
| region       = [[Southern United States]]
| headquarters = [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]]
| commissioner = Eric Leach
| since        = July 1, 2023
| website      = [http://www.mid-southconference.org mid-southconference.org]
| map          = MSC-USA-states.PNG
| map_size     = 250
| color        = #005DAA; border: 2px solid black
| font_color   = white
}}

The '''Mid-South Conference''' ('''MSC''') is a [[List of college athletic conferences in the United States|college athletic conference]] affiliated with the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA). Member institutions are located in [[Kentucky]]  and [[Tennessee]]. The league is headquartered in [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]], and the commissioner is Eric Leach.

The Mid-South Conference has 7 full members: [[Bethel University (Tennessee)|Bethel (TN)]], [[Campbellsville University|Campbellsville]], [[Cumberland University|Cumberland (TN)]], [[University of the Cumberlands|Cumberlands (KY)]], [[Freed–Hardeman University|Freed–Hardeman]], [[Georgetown College (Kentucky)|Georgetown (KY)]] and [[Lindsey Wilson College|Lindsey Wilson]]. Six of these members sponsor football; Freed–Hardeman does not.

The Mid-South Conference also has six associate members that compete primarily in other conferences. [[Faulkner University|Faulkner]], [[Kentucky Christian University|Kentucky Christian]], [[Union Commonwealth University|Union Commonwealth]] and recently former member [[Bluefield College|Bluefield]] are associate members of the MSC for football and men's volleyball, and [[Reinhardt University Eagles|Reinhardt]] is an associate member of the MSC for football and men's volleyball. This gave the conference 13 members for football. In the spring of 2016, the conference expanded to 20 members, adding the six football members of the [[Sun Conference]], as well as [[Faulkner University]] for football,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wilson|first1=Michael|title=Local teams officially join Mid-South football conference|url=http://www.theledger.com/article/20160225/SPORTS19/160229601|access-date=February 27, 2016|publisher=The Lakeland Ledger|date=February 25, 2016}}</ref> On January 4, 2018, the conference added Keiser University for football,<ref name="KeiserAddsFootball">{{cite news|last1=Evenson|first1=Johyn|title=Keiser University Athletics adds football starting in 2018|url=http://cbs12.com/sports/content/keiser-university-adds-a-football-team-starting-in-2018|access-date=April 23, 2018|date=October 11, 2016}}</ref> and [[St. Thomas University Bobcats|St. Thomas]] announced in July they were joining the conference for football in 2019.<ref name="STU Football">{{cite news |last1=McPherson |first1=Jordan |title=This South Florida college will have a football team. And it'll start playing next year |url=https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/state-college-sports/article217400965.html |access-date=October 10, 2018 |date=August 29, 2018}}</ref> Another Sun Conference member, [[Florida Memorial Lions|Florida Memorial]] in [[Miami Gardens, Florida]], joined the MSC as an affiliate member for football in 2020, after re-adding the sport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Football Joins Mid-South Conference As Affiliate Member |url=https://fmuathletics.com/news/2019/10/15/football-joins-mid-south-conference-as-affiliate-member.aspx |access-date=February 24, 2020 |work=fmuathletics.com |date=October 15, 2019}}</ref>

==History==
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In April 2018, [[Thomas More University]] (then Thomas More College), which had been an NAIA member before moving to [[NCAA Division III]] in 1990, announced that it had been formally invited to rejoin the NAIA in the 2019–20 academic year as a member of the Mid-South Conference. The school, while acknowledging that it was considering this move, denied published reports that it had accepted the invitation.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/2018/04/17/thomas-more-college-approved-move-naia-beginning-2019/526113002/ |title=Thomas More College approved to move to NAIA beginning in 2019 |first1=Kyle |last1=Brown |first2=James |last2=Weber |newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer|Cincinnati Enquirer]] |date=April 17, 2018 |access-date=April 20, 2018}}</ref> Thomas More eventually confirmed in July that it would join the Mid-South in 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/kentucky/2018/07/24/new-conference-affiliation-thomas-more-college/830097002/ |title=Thomas More College to join the NAIA in 2019 |first=James |last=Weber |newspaper=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=July 24, 2018 |access-date=July 27, 2018}}</ref>

In 2020, [[Bethel University (Tennessee)|Bethel University]] became a Mid-South full member, brought track and field back to the MSC, and transferred all sports other than football and archery to the conference (prior to that, Bethel was an associate member of the MSC for football and archery only); additionally, [[Freed–Hardeman University|Freed–Hardeman]] and [[University of Tennessee Southern|UT Southern]], then known as Martin Methodist College, also joined Mid-South.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bethel, Freed-Hardeman and Martin Methodist Renew Rivalries with Mid-South Conference Move |url=http://www.mid-southconference.org/article/7992 |access-date=March 18, 2020 |publisher=Mid-South Conference |date=July 25, 2019}}</ref>

In December 2020, [[Life University]] also announced its departure from the MSC for the [[Southern States Athletic Conference]] for the 2022–23 academic year.<ref>{{cite news |title=Life U Athletics Headed to Southern States Athletic Conference in 2022-23 |url=https://liferunningeagles.com/news/2020/12/16/lifeu-life-u-athletics-headed-to-southern-states-athletic-conference-in-2022-23.aspx |access-date=July 6, 2021 |publisher=Life Running Eagles |date=December 16, 2020}}</ref>

Most recently, Thomas More announced in August 2021 that it would return to the NCAA, but this time in [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] as a member of the [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference]] (G-MAC). It joined the G-MAC as a provisional member in July 2022, but continued as an NAIA member and in the Mid-South through 2022–23, after which it started G-MAC competition.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://greatmidwestsports.com/news/2021/8/18/general-thomas-more-university-unanimously-approved-for-provisional-membership-to-join-great-midwest.aspx |title=Thomas More University Unanimously Approved for Provisional Membership to Join Great Midwest |publisher=Great Midwest Athletic Conference |date=August 18, 2021 |accessdate=September 1, 2021}}</ref> Later, the Sun Conference announced on December 22, 2021, that it would reinstate football starting with the 2022 season.<ref name=SunFootball>{{cite news |title=Football Returns to the Sun Conference in 2022 |url=https://thesunconference.com/news/2021/12/22/football-returns-to-the-sun-conference-in-2022.aspx |access-date=December 24, 2021 |publisher=Sun Conference |date=December 22, 2021}}</ref> Then in July 2022, the [[Appalachian Athletic Conference]] announced it would add football as a sponsored sport.<ref name=AACFootball>{{cite news |title=Football, Men's Volleyball Newest Championships Sponsored by the AAC |url=https://www.aacsports.com/sports/fball/2022-23/releases/20220720hytjqe |access-date=July 20, 2022 |publisher=Appalachian Athletic Conference |date=July 20, 2022}}</ref>

===Chronological timeline===
* 1987 – The Mid-South Conference (MSC) was founded as a football-only conference. Charter members included [[Campbellsville University|Campbellsville College]] (now Campbellsville University), [[University of the Cumberlands|Cumberland College of Kentucky]] (now the University of the Cumberlands), [[Georgetown College]] and [[Union Commonwealth University|Union College]] (now Union Commonwealth University), beginning the 1987 fall season (1987–88 academic year).
* 1988 – The [[University of Evansville]] joined the conference in the 1988 fall season (1988–89 academic year).
* 1989 – [[Kentucky Wesleyan College]] and [[Tennessee Wesleyan University]] joined the conference in the 1989 fall season (1989–90 academic year).
* 1990 – Kentucky Wesleyan dropped out of the conference after the 1989 fall season (1989–90 academic year).
* 1990 – [[Cumberland University|Cumberland College of Tennessee]] (now Cumberland University) and [[Lambuth University]] joined the Mid-South in the 1990 fall season (1990–91 academic year).
* 1991 – Cumberland [Tenn.] and Tennessee Wesleyan departed from the conference after the 1990 fall season (1990–91 academic year).
* 1991 – [[Tusculum University]] joined the Mid-South in the 1991 fall season (1991–92 academic year).
* 1992 – Evansville left the Mid-South after the 1991 fall season (1991–92 academic year).
* 1995 – The Mid-South became a multi-sport conference. [[North Greenville University|North Greenville College]] (now North Greenville University) joined the conference beginning the 1995–96 academic year, while [[Bethel University (Tennessee)|Bethel College of Tennessee]] joined as an affiliate member for football (with Cumberland [Tenn.] rejoining as well).
* 1996 – Tusculum departed from the conference as a football affiliate after the 1995 fall season (1995–96 academic year).
* 1996 – Cumberland [Tenn.] and Lambuth moved their other sports to the Mid-South as full members for the 1996–97 academic year.
* 1997 – Bethel [Tenn.] left the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football after the 1996 fall season (1996–97 academic year).
* 2000 – [[Lindsey Wilson College]] and [[University of Pikeville|Pikeville College]] (now the University of Pikeville; a.k.a. UPike) joined the Mid-South in the 2000–01 academic year.
* 2001 – North Greenville left the Mid-South to join the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] ranks of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) as an [[NCAA Division II independent schools|NCAA D-II Independent]] after the 2000–01 academic year.
* 2002 – Two institutions left the Mid-South as full members to join their respective new home primary conferences, both effective after the 2001–02 academic year; while they remained in the conference as affiliate members for football:
** Cumberland [Tenn.] to the [[TranSouth Athletic Conference]] (TranSouth or TSAC)
** and Union Commonwealth to the [[Appalachian Athletic Conference]] (AAC)
* 2002 – The [[University of Virginia's College at Wise]] (UVa Wise) joined the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football in the 2002 fall season (2002–03 academic year).
* 2003 – Bethel [Tenn.] rejoined the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football in the 2003 fall season (2003–04 academic year).
* 2004 – Kentucky Wesleyan rejoined the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football in the 2004 fall season (2004–05 academic year).
* 2005 – [[Shorter University|Shorter College of Georgia]] (now Shorter University) joined the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football in the 2005 fall season (2005–06 academic year).
* 2006 – Lambuth left the Mid-South to join the [[TranSouth Athletic Conference]] (TSAC or TranSouth) after the 2005–06 academic year; while their football team remained in the Mid-South as an affiliate member.
* 2006 – Kentucky Wesleyan left the Mid-South again as an affiliate member for football after the 2005 fall season (2005–06 academic year).
* 2006 – [[West Virginia University Institute of Technology]] (West Virginia Tech or WVU Tech) joined the Mid-South in the 2006–07 academic year.
* 2007 – Bethel [Tenn.] and Shorter added track & field into their Mid-South affiliate memberships in the 2008 spring season (2007–08 academic year).
* 2008 – [[St. Catharine College]] joined the Mid-South in the 2008–09 academic year.
* 2008 – [[Faulkner University]] joined the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football in the 2008 fall season (2008–09 academic year).
* 2009 – The [[University of Rio Grande]] joined the Mid-South in the 2009–10 academic year.
* 2009 – Two institutions joined the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships), both effective in the 2009–10 academic year:
** [[Kentucky Christian University]] for football
** and Cumberland [Tenn.] for men's wrestling
* 2010 – Lambuth left the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football after the 2009 fall season (2009–10 academic year).
* 2010 – [[Shawnee State University]] joined the Mid-South (with UVa Wise joining for all sports) in the 2010–11 academic year.
* 2010 – Shorter added men's wrestling into their Mid-South affiliate membership in the 2010–11 academic year.
* 2012 – West Virginia Tech left the Mid-South to become an [[NAIA independent schools|NAIA Independent]] (which would later join the [[River States Conference|Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference]] (KIAC; now known as the River States Conference), beginning the 2015–16 school year) after the 2011–12 academic year.
* 2012 – Shorter [Ga.] left the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football, track & field and men's wrestling after the 2011–12 academic year.
* 2012 – [[Bluefield University|Bluefield College]] (now Bluefield University) joined the Mid-South (with Cumberland [Tenn.] rejoining for all sports) in the 2012–13 academic year.
* 2012 – Bethel [Tenn.] and Union Commonwealth added men's and women's bowling into their Mid-South affiliate memberships in the 2013 spring season (2012–13 academic year).
* 2013 – UVa Wise left the Mid-South and the NAIA entirely to fully align with the NCAA Division II ranks, while joining the [[Mountain East Conference]] (MEC) after spending provisionally one season in the [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference]] (G-MAC) after the 2012–13 academic year.
* 2013 – Bethel [Tenn.] left the Mid-South as an affiliate member for track & field after the 2013 spring season (2012–13 academic year).
* 2013 – [[Reinhardt University]] joined the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football in the 2013 fall season (2013–14 academic year).
* 2014 – Two institutions left the Mid-South to join their respective new home primary conferences, both effective after the 2013–14 academic year:
** Rio Grande to join the KIAC
** Bluefield to rejoin the AAC; while their football team remained in the Mid-South as an affiliate member.
* 2014 – [[Life University]] joined the Mid-South in the 2014–15 academic year.
* 2015 – Belhaven left the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football to join the [[NCAA Division III]] ranks and the [[American Southwest Conference]] after the 2014 spring season (2014–15 academic year).
* 2015 – Eight institutions joined the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships), all effective in the 2015–16 academic year:
** [[Brewton–Parker College]], [[St. Andrews University (North Carolina)|St. Andrews University]], [[Southeastern University|Southeastern University of Florida]] and [[Truett McConnell University|Truett McConnell College]] (now Truett McConnell University) for men's wrestling
** [[Cincinnati Christian University]] for football
** [[Lindenwood University – Belleville|Lindenwood University–Belleville]] for men's & women's bowling and men's & women's swimming
** and [[University of Tennessee Southern|Martin Methodist College]] (now the University of Tennessee Southern, a.k.a. UT Southern) and [[Tennessee Wesleyan University|Tennessee Wesleyan College]] (now Tennessee Wesleyan University) for men's and women's bowling
* 2016 – St. Catherine's left the Mid-South as the school had ceased operations after the 2015–16 academic year.
* 2016 – Three institutions joined the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships), all effective in the 2015–16 academic year:
** [[Loyola University New Orleans]] for men's and women's swimming
** Reinhardt for men's wrestling
** and [[Warner University]] for football
* 2017 – Four institutions left the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or removed other single sports from their affiliate memberships), all effective after the 2016–17 academic year:
** Reinhardt, St. Andrews [N.C.] and Truett McConnell for men's wrestling after the 2016–17 academic year:
** and Lindenwood–Belleville for men's and women's bowling
* 2017 – Nine institutions joined the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships), all effective in the 2017–18 academic year:
** [[Ave Maria University]], [[Edward Waters University|Edward Waters College]] (now Edward Waters University), [[Point University]] and St. Andrews [N.C.] for football
** Bethel [Tenn.] for archery
** Brewton–Parker and Lindenwood–Belleville for women's wrestling
** Kentucky Christian for archery, baseball and softball
** and [[Midland University]] for men's and women's swimming
* 2018 – Twelve institutions joined the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships), all effective in the 2018–19 academic year:
** Ave Maria, [[Keiser University]] and [[Marian University (Indiana)|Marian University of Indiana]] for women's lacrosse
** Bluefield, Brewton–Parker, Cincinnati Christian, St. Andrews [N.C.], Warner and [[Webber International University]] for men's volleyball
** [[Indiana Wesleyan University]] for women's swimming
** [[Midway University]] for men's volleyball and men's wrestling
** and Union Commonwealth for archery
* 2019 – Five institutions left the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or removed other single sports from their affiliate memberships), all effective after the 2018–19 academic year:
** Brewton–Parker for men's volleyball
** Edward Waters for football
** Kentucky Christian for baseball and softball
** Lindenwood–Belleville for women's wrestling and men's and women's swimming
** and Midland for men's and women's swimming
* 2019 – [[Thomas More University]] joined the Mid-South in the 2019–20 academic year.
* 2019 – Six institutions joined the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships), all effective in the 2019–20 academic year:
** [[Blue Mountain Christian University|Blue Mountain College]] (now Blue Mountain Christian University), Marian [Ind.] and Midway for men's and women's bowling
** Reinhardt and Truett McConnell for men's volleyball
** and Keiser for men's wrestling
* 2020 – Cincinnati Christian left the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football and men's volleyball after the 2019 fall semester (without completing the rest of the 2019–20 academic year due to the school having to cease operations).
* 2020 – [[Freed–Hardeman University]] joined the Mid-South (with Bethel [Tenn.] and Martin Methodist (now UT Southern) upgrading as full members for all sports) in the 2020–21 academic year.
* 2020 – Nine institutions joined the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships), all effective in the 2020–21 academic year:
** [[Florida Memorial University]] for football
** [[Indiana Institute of Technology]], [[Lourdes University]] and St. Andrews [N.C.] for women's wrestling
** Midway for men's and women's swimming
** the [[University of Rio Grande]] for men's and women's swimming, and men's wrestling
** [[St. Thomas University (Florida)|St. Thomas University of Florida]] for men's wrestling
** Truett McConnell for men's volleyball
** and Webber International for women's lacrosse
* 2021 – Two institutions left the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or removed other single sports from their affiliate memberships), both effective after the 2020–21 academic year:
** Marian [Ind.] men's and women's bowling
** and Rio Grande for men's and women's swimming
* 2021 – Three institutions joined the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships), all effective in the 2021–22 academic year:
** Indiana Wesleyan for men's swimming
** [[Lincoln College (Illinois)|Lincoln College of Illinois]] for men's and women's swimming
** and Rio Grande for men's volleyball
* 2022 – Life left the Mid-South to join the [[Southern States Athletic Conference]] (SSAC) after the 2021–22 academic year; while their women's wrestling team remained in the Mid-South as an affiliate member.
* 2022 – Seventeen institutions left the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or removed other single sports from their affiliate memberships), all effective after the 2021–22 academic year:
** Ave Maria for football and women's lacrosse
** Bluefield, Reinhardt, St. Andrews [N.C.] and Warner for football and men's volleyball
** Brewton–Parker for men's wrestling
** Florida Memorial and Southeastern [Fla.] to join The Sun for football
** Keiser for women's lacrosse and men's wrestling
** Kentucky Christian, Point and Union Commonwealth to join the AAC for football
** Lincoln [Ill.] for men's and women's swimming
** Marian [Ind.] for women's lacrosse
** St. Thomas [Fla.] for men's wrestling
** Truett McConnell for men's volleyball
** and Webber International for men's volleyball and women's lacrosse
* 2022 – [[Wilberforce University]] joined the Mid-South in the 2022–23 academic year.
* 2022 – [[Montreat College]], [[Rochester Christian University|Rochester University]] (now Rochester Christian University) and [[Siena Heights University]] joined the Mid-South as affiliate members for women's wrestling in the 2022–23 academic year.
* 2023 – Thomas More left the Mid-South and the NAIA entirely to fully align with the NCAA Division II ranks and the G-MAC after the 2022–23 academic year. During that same school year, they returned to the NCAA to join the G-MAC as a provisional member, while remaining committed to compete in their final season within the Mid-South and the NAIA.
* 2023 – Four institutions left the Mid-South to join their respective new home primary conferences, all effective after the 2022–23 academic year:
** Shawnee State to the RSC; while their men's and women's swimming teams remained in the Mid-South as an affiliate member.
** Pikeville (UPike) to the AAC; while their archery and men's and women's bowling teams remained in the Mid-South as an affiliate member.
** UT Southern to rejoin the SSAC
** and Wilberforce as an [[NAIA independent schools|NAIA Independent]] within the Continental Athletic Conference
* 2023 – Two institutions joined the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or added other single sports into their affiliate memberships), both effective in the 2023–24 academic year:
** [[Brescia University]] for men's volleyball
** and Midway for archery
* 2024 – Four institutions left the Mid-South as affiliate members (and/or removed other single sports from their affiliate memberships), all effective after the 2023–24 academic year:
** and Brescia, Midway and Rio Grande for men's volleyball
** St. Andrews [N.C.] for women's wrestling
* 2024 – Rio Grande added women's wrestling into its Mid-South affiliate membership in the 2024–25 academic year.

==Member schools==
===Current members===
The Mid-South currently has seven full members, all are [[Private university|private]] schools:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=full|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
|-
| '''[[Bethel University (Tennessee)|Bethel University]]'''
| [[McKenzie, Tennessee]]
| 1842
| [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church|Cumberland<br>Presbyterian]]
| 2,975
| [[Bethel Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| 2020{{efn|group=full|Bethel (Tenn.) left the Mid-South after the 1996 fall season (1996–97 season) for football; later rejoined in the 2003 fall season (2003–04 school year). It also added archery during the 2017–18 school year. In the 2020 fall season (2020–21 school year), Bethel moved track & field back to the Mid-South after initially joining as an affiliate from 2007–08 to 2012–13, and transferred all other sports to the conference as a full member.}}
|-
| '''[[Campbellsville University]]'''
| [[Campbellsville, Kentucky]]
| 1906
| [[Kentucky Baptist Convention|Baptist]]
| 3,318
| [[Campbellsville Tigers|Tigers]]
| 1987
|-
| '''[[Cumberland University]]'''
| [[Lebanon, Tennessee]]
| 1842
| [[Nonsectarian]]
| 1,345
| [[Cumberland Phoenix|Phoenix]]
| 1996;<br />2012{{efn|group=full|Cumberland (Tenn.) left the Mid-South after the 2001–02 school year to join the [[TranSouth Athletic Conference]] (TranSouth); before rejoining the Mid-South, which transferred all other sports to the conference as a full member in the 2012–13 school year}}
|-
| {{sort|Cumberlands|'''[[University of the Cumberlands]]'''}}
| [[Williamsburg, Kentucky]]
| 1889
| [[Nondenominational Christianity|Nondenominational]]
| 1,743
| [[Cumberlands Patriots|Patriots]]
| 1987
|-
| '''[[Freed–Hardeman University]]'''
| [[Henderson, Tennessee]]
| 1869
| [[Churches of Christ]]
| 2,050+ 
| [[Freed–Hardeman Lions|Lions]]
| 2020
|- 
| '''[[Georgetown College]]'''
| [[Georgetown, Kentucky]]
| 1829
| Baptist
| 1,400
| [[Georgetown Tigers|Tigers]]
| 1987
|-
| '''[[Lindsey Wilson College]]'''
| [[Columbia, Kentucky]]
| 1903
| [[United Methodist Church|United Methodist]]
| 2,677
| [[Lindsey Wilson Blue Raiders|Blue Raiders]]
| 2000
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=full}}

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===Affiliate members===
The Mid-South currently has 16 associate members. All but one are [[Private university|private]] schools; the remaining school operates private and public institutions within a single entity.

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! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=aff|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Mid-South<br>sport(s)
! Primary<br>conference
|-
| '''[[Brewton–Parker College]]'''{{efn|group=aff|Brewton–Parker competed in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for men's volleyball during the 2019 spring season (2018–19 school year), and for men's wrestling from 2015–16 to 2021–22.}}
| [[Mount Vernon, Georgia]]
| 1904
| [[Georgia Baptist Convention|Baptist]]
| 1,050
| [[Brewton–Parker Barons|Barons]]
| 2017{{sup|w.wr.}}
| women's wrestling
| [[Southern States Athletic Conference|Southern States (SSAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Faulkner University]]'''
| [[Montgomery, Alabama]]
| 1942
| [[Churches of Christ]]
| 2,212
| [[Faulkner Eagles|Eagles]]
| 2008
| football
| [[Southern States Athletic Conference|Southern States (SSAC)]]
|-
| {{sort|Indiana Tech|'''[[Indiana Institute of Technology]]'''}}
| [[Fort Wayne, Indiana]]
| 1930
| Nonsectarian
| 7,000
| [[Indiana Tech Warriors|Warriors]]
| 2020
| women's wrestling
| [[Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference|Wolverine–Hoosier (WHAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Indiana Wesleyan University]]'''
| [[Marion, Indiana]]
| 1920
| [[Wesleyan Church]]
| 2,969
| [[Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| 2018{{sup|w.sw.}}<br>2021{{sup|m.sw.}}
| women's swimming<br>men's swimming
| [[Crossroads League|Crossroads]]
|-
| '''[[Kentucky Christian University]]'''{{efn|group=aff|Kentucky Christian competed in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for baseball and softball from the 2018 to 2019 spring seasons (2017–18 to 2018–19 school years); and for football from the 2009 to 2021 fall seasons (2009–10 to 2021–22 school years).}}
| [[Grayson, Kentucky]]
| 1919
| [[Christian churches and churches of Christ|Christian]]
| 550
| [[Kentucky Christian Knights|Knights]]
| 2017
| archery
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Life University]]'''{{efn|group=aff|Life was a full member of the Mid-South from 2014–15 to 2021–22.}}
| [[Marietta, Georgia]]
| 1974
| Nonsectarian
| 2,800
| [[Life Running Eagles|Running<br>Eagles]]
| 2022
| women's wrestling
| [[Southern States Athletic Conference|Southern States (SSAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Lourdes University]]'''
| [[Sylvania, Ohio]]
| 1958
| Catholic
| 1,500
| [[Lourdes Gray Wolves|Gray Wolves]]
| 2020
| women's wrestling
| [[Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference|Wolverine–Hoosier (WHAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Midway University]]'''{{efn|group=aff|Midway competed in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for men's volleyball from the 2022 to 2024 spring seasons (2021–22 to 2023–24 school years).}}
| [[Midway, Kentucky]]
| 1847
| [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]]
| 1,800
| [[Midway Eagles|Eagles]]
| 2018{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2019{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2019{{sup|w.bw.}}<br>2020{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2020{{sup|w.sw.}}<br>2023{{sup|arch.}}
| men's wrestling<br>men's bowling<br>women's bowling<br>men's swimming<br>women's swimming<br>archery
| [[River States Conference|River States (RSC)]]
|-
| '''[[Montreat College]]'''
| [[Montreat, North Carolina]]
| 1916
| Presbyterian<br>{{small|([[PCUSA]])}}
| 950
| [[Montreat Cavaliers|Cavaliers]]
| 2022
| women's wrestling
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| {{sort|Pikeville|'''[[University of Pikeville]]'''}}{{efn|group=aff|Pikeville was a full member of the Mid-South from 2000–01 to 2022–23.}}
| [[Pikeville, Kentucky]]
| 1889
| Presbyterian<br>{{small|(PCUSA)}}
| 2,268
| [[Pikeville Bears|Bears]]
| 2023{{sup|arch.}}<br>2023{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2023{{sup|w.bw.}}
| archery<br>men's bowling<br>women's bowling
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| {{sort|Rio Grande|'''[[University of Rio Grande]]'''}}{{efn|group=aff|Rio Grande was a full member of the Mid-South from 2009–10 to 2013–14.}}{{efn|group=aff|Rio Grande competed in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for men's and women's swimming during the 2020–21 school year, and for men's volleyball from the 2022 to 2024 spring seasons (2021–22 to 2023–24 school years).}}
| [[Rio Grande, Ohio]]
| 1876
| Hybrid{{efn|group=aff|Rio Grande consists of a public community college and a private, nonsectarian four-year university.}}
| 1,893
| [[Rio Grande RedStorm|RedStorm]]
| 2020{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2024{{sup|w.wr.}}
| men's wrestling<br>women's wrestling
| [[River States Conference|River States (RSC)]]
|-
| '''[[Rochester Christian University]]'''{{efn|group=aff|Formerly known as '''Rochester University''' prior to 2024 and '''Rochester College''' prior to 2019.}} 
| [[Rochester Hills, Michigan]]
| 1959
| [[Churches of Christ]]
| 1,100
| [[Rochester Christian Warriors|Warriors]]
| 2022
| women's wrestling
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Shawnee State University]]'''{{efn|group=aff|Shawnee State was a full member of the Mid-South from 2010–11 to 2022–23.}}
| [[Portsmouth, Ohio]]
| 1986
| Public
| 4,300
| [[Shawnee State Bears|Bears]]
| 2023{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2023{{sup|w.sw.}}
| men's swimming<br>women's swimming
| [[River States Conference|River States (RSC)]]
|-
| '''[[Siena Heights University]]'''
| [[Adrian, Michigan]]
| 1919
| Catholic<br>{{small|([[Adrian Dominican Sisters|O.P.]])}}
| 2,500
| [[Siena Heights Saints|Saints]]
| 2022
| women's wrestling
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Tennessee Wesleyan University]]'''{{efn|group=aff|Tennessee Wesleyan competed in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football from the 1989 to 1990 spring seasons (1989–90 to 1990–91 school years).}}
| [[Athens, Tennessee]]
| 1857
| United Methodist
| 1,103
| [[Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| 2015{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2015{{sup|w.bw.}}
| men's bowling<br>women's bowling
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Union Commonwealth University]]'''{{efn|group=aff|Formerly known as Union College until 2024.}}{{efn|group=aff|Union Commonwealth was a full member of the Mid-South from 1995–96 to 2001–02.}}{{efn|group=aff|Union Commonwealth competed in the Mid-South (under its former name of Union) as an affiliate member for football from the 1987 to 1994 and 2002 to 2021 fall seasons (1987–88 to 1994–95 and 2002–03 to 2021–22 school years).}}
| [[Barbourville, Kentucky]]
| 1879
| United Methodist
| 1,350
| [[Union Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| 2012{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2012{{sup|w.bw.}}<br>2018{{sup|arch.}}
| men's bowling<br>women's bowling<br>archery
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=aff}}

===Former members===
The Mid-South has 14 former full members.  Ten of these are [[Private university|private]] schools, and one other operates private and public institutions within a single entity.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Left{{efn|group=former|Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.}}
! Subsequent<br>conference
! Current<br>conference
|-
| '''[[Bluefield University|Bluefield College]]'''{{efn|group=former|Currently known as Bluefield University since 2021.}}
| [[Bluefield, Virginia]]
| 1922
| [[Baptist General Association of Virginia|Baptist]]
| 793
| [[Bluefield Rams|Rams]]
| 2012
| 2014
| colspan="2" | [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]<br>(2014–present)
|-
| '''[[Lambuth University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Lambuth remained in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football from the 2006 to 2009 fall seasons (2006–07 to 2009–10 school years) and previously from the 1990 to 1995 fall seasons (1990–91 to 1995–96 school years).}}
| [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
| 1843
| [[United Methodist Church|United<br>Methodist]]
| N/A
| [[Lambuth Eagles|Eagles]]
| 1996
| 2006
| [[TranSouth Athletic Conference|TranSouth (TSAC)]]<br>(2006–09)<br>[[NAIA independent schools|NAIA]]/[[NCAA Division II independent schools|D-II<br>Independent]]<br>(2009–11)
| Closed in 2011
|-
| '''[[Life University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Life remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for women's wrestling.}}
| [[Marietta, Georgia]]
| 1974
| Nonsectarian
| 2,800
| [[Life Running Eagles|Running<br>Eagles]]
| 2014
| 2022
| colspan="2" | [[Southern States Athletic Conference|Southern States (SSAC)]]<br>(2022–present)
|-
| '''[[North Greenville University|North Greenville College]]'''{{efn|group=former|Currently known as North Greenville University since 2006.}}
| [[Tigerville, South Carolina]]
| 1891
| [[South Carolina Baptist Convention|Baptist]]
| 2,100
| [[North Greenville Trailblazers|Crusaders]]{{efn|group=former|North Greenville adopted its current nickname of Trailblazers since 2024.}}
| 1995
| 2001
| [[NCAA Division II independent schools|D-II Independent]]<br>(2001–11)
| [[Conference Carolinas|Carolinas (CC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}<br>(2011–present)
|-
| {{sort|Pikeville|'''[[University of Pikeville]]'''}}{{efn|group=former|Pikeville remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for archery and men's & women's bowling.}}
| [[Pikeville, Kentucky]]
| 1889
| Presbyterian<br>{{small|(PCUSA)}}
| 2,268
| [[Pikeville Bears|Bears]]
| 2000
| 2023
| colspan="2" | [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]<br>(2023–present)
|-
| {{sort|Rio Grande|'''[[University of Rio Grande]]'''}}{{efn|group=former|Rio Grande remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for men's & women's wrestling.}}
| [[Rio Grande, Ohio]]
| 1876
| Hybrid{{efn|group=former|Rio Grande consists of a public community college and a private, nonsectarian four-year university.}}
| 1,893
| [[Rio Grande RedStorm|RedStorm]]
| 2009
| 2014
| colspan="2" | [[River States Conference|River States (RSC)]]<br>(2014–present)
|-
| '''[[Shawnee State University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Shawnee State remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for men's and women's swimming.}}
| [[Portsmouth, Ohio]]
| 1986
| Public
| 4,300
| [[Shawnee State Bears|Bears]]
| 2010
| 2023
| colspan="2" | [[River States Conference|River States (RSC)]]<br>(2023–present)
|-
| '''[[St. Catharine College]]'''
| [[St. Catharine, Kentucky]]
| 1873
| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br>{{small|([[Dominican Sisters of Peace|D.S.P.]])}}
| N/A
| [[St. Catharine Patriots|Patriots]]
| 2008
| 2016
| colspan="2" | Closed in 2016
|-
| '''[[Thomas More University]]'''
| [[Crestview Hills, Kentucky]]
| 1921
| [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington|Catholic]]<!--Currently diocesan-->
| 1,963
| [[Thomas More Saints|Saints]]
| 2021
| 2023{{efn|group=former|name=TMore|Thomas More left the Mid-South after the 2022–23 school year. Initially the school joined the [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference]] (G-MAC) as a provisional member for most sports as a transitional [[NCAA Division II]] member school during 2022–23; but was fulfilling its commitments to the final year of competition in the Mid-South and in the NAIA.}}
| colspan="2" | [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference|Great Midwest (G-MAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2}}<br>(2023–present)
|-
| '''[[Union Commonwealth University]]'''{{efn|group=former|Formerly known as Union College until 2024.}}{{efn|group=former|Union Commonwealth competed in the Mid-South (under its former name of Union) as an affiliate member for football from the 2002 to 2021 fall seasons (2002–03 to 2021–22 school years).}}{{efn|group=former|Union Commonwealth remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for archery and men's & women's bowling.}}
| [[Barbourville, Kentucky]]
| 1879
| United<br>Methodist
| 1,368
| [[Union Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| 1995
| 2002
| colspan="2" | [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]<br>(2002–present)
|-
| '''[[University of Tennessee Southern]]'''<ref>{{cite news |title=Tennessee Southern Approved For SSAC Membership In 2023-24 |url=https://ssacsports.com/news/2022/6/29/tennessee-southern-approved-for-ssac-membership-in-2023-24.aspx |access-date= |publisher=SSAC |date=July 1, 2022}}</ref>
| [[Pulaski, Tennessee]]
| 1870
| [[Methodist|Historically Methodist]]
| 757
| [[UT Southern FireHawks|FireHawks]]
| 2020
| 2023
| colspan="2" | [[Southern States Athletic Conference|Southern States (SSAC)]]<br>(2023–present)
|-
| {{sort|Virginia–Wise|'''[[University of Virginia's College at Wise]]'''}}{{efn|group=former|UVA Wise previously competed in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for football from the 2002 to 2009 fall seasons (2002–03 to 2009–10 school years).}}
| [[Wise, Virginia]]
| 1954
| Public
| 2,000
| nowrap | [[Virginia–Wise Cavaliers|Highland<br>Cavaliers]]{{efn|group=former|UVA Wise dropped "Highland" from its athletic nickname in 2017.}}
| 2010
| 2013{{efn|group=former|name=UVAWise|UVA Wise left the Mid-South after the 2012–13 school year. Originally it joined the [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference]] (G-MAC) as a charter member for most sports as a transitional [[NCAA Division II]] member school during the 2012–13 school year, but was fulfilling its commitments to the final year of competition in the Mid-South and in the NAIA. However it has never began competition as a full G-MAC member, as it would later announce that it would join the [[Mountain East Conference]] (MEC) beginning the 2013–14 school year.}}
| various{{efn|group=former|UVA Wise had joined the following subsequent conferences: the [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2}}{{efn|group=former|name=UVAWise}} (G-MAC) during the 2012–13 school year; and the [[Mountain East Conference]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2}} (MEC) from 2013–14 to 2018–19.}}
| [[South Atlantic Conference|South Atlantic (SAC)]]{{efn|group=former|name=D2}}<br>(2019–present)
|-
| '''[[West Virginia University Institute of Technology]]'''
| [[Montgomery, West Virginia]]{{efn|group=former|WVU Tech's campus is now in [[Beckley, West Virginia]], but was in Montgomery during the school's tenure in the Mid-South Conference.}}
| 1895
| Public
| 2,252
| [[West Virginia Tech Golden Bears|Golden<br>Bears]]
| 2006
| 2012
| [[United States Collegiate Athletic Association|USCAA]]/[[NAIA independent schools|NAIA<br>Independent]]<br>(2012–15)
| [[River States Conference|River States (RSC)]]<br>(2015–present)
|-
| '''[[Wilberforce University]]'''
| [[Wilberforce, Ohio]]
| 1856
| [[African Methodist Episcopal Church|A.M.E.<br>Church]]{{efn|group=former|name=HBCU|Also a [[Historically black colleges and universities|Historically black college and university]].}}
| 900
| [[Wilberforce Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| 2022
| 2023
| [[NAIA independent schools|Continental]]<br>(2023–24)
| [[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCU (HBCUAC)]]<br>(2024–present)
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=former}}

===Former affiliate members===
The Mid-South had 38 associate members, all but two were [[Private university|private]] schools:

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Institution
! Location
! Founded
! Affiliation
! Enrollment
! Nickname
! Joined{{efn|group=faff|Represents the calendar year when fall sports competition begins.}}
! Left{{efn|group=faff|Represents the calendar year when spring sports competition ends.}}
! Mid-South<br>sport(s)
! Primary<br>conference
|-
| '''[[Ave Maria University]]'''
| [[Ave Maria, Florida]]
| 2003
| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br>{{small|([[Roman Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida|Diocese of Venice]])}}
| 1,200
| [[Ave Maria Gyrenes|Gyrenes]]
| 2017{{sup|fb.}}<br>2018{{sup|w.lax.}}
| 2022{{sup|fb.}}<br>2022{{sup|w.lax.}}
| football<br>women's lacrosse
| [[Sun Conference|The Sun]]
|-
| '''[[Belhaven University]]'''
| [[Jackson, Mississippi]]
| 1894
| [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]
| 3,245
| [[Belhaven Blazers|Blazers]]
| 1998
| 2015
| football
| [[Collegiate Conference of the South|C.C. South (CCS)]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D3|Currently an [[NCAA Division III]] athletic conference.}}
|-
| '''[[Bethel University (Tennessee)|Bethel University]]'''{{efn|group=faff|Bethel (Tenn.) rejoined the Mid-South during the 2020–21 school year and transferred all other sports to the conference as a full member.}}
| [[McKenzie, Tennessee]]
| 1842
| [[Cumberland Presbyterian Church|Cumberland<br>Presbyterian]]
| 2,975
| [[Bethel Wildcats|Wildcats]]
| 1996 &<br>2003{{sup|fb.}}<br>2007{{sup|t.f.}}<br>2012{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2012{{sup|w.bw.}}<br>2017{{sup|arch.}}
| 1997 &<br>2020{{sup|fb.}}<br>2013{{sup|t.f.}}<br>2020{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2020{{sup|w.bw.}}<br>2020{{sup|arch.}}
| football<br>track & field<br>men's bowling<br>women's bowing<br>archery
| Mid-South (MSC)
|-
| '''[[Bluefield University]]'''{{efn|group=faff|Bluefield was a full member of the Mid-South from 2012–13 to 2013–14.}}
| [[Bluefield, Virginia]]
| 1922
| [[Baptist General Association of Virginia|Baptist]]
| 793
| [[Bluefield Rams|Rams]]
| 2014{{sup|fb.}}<br>2018{{sup|m.vb.}}
| 2022{{sup|fb.}}<br>2022{{sup|m.vb.}}
| football<br>men's volleyball
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Blue Mountain Christian University|Blue Mountain College]]'''{{efn|group=faff|Currently known as Blue Mountain Christian University since 2022.}}
| [[Blue Mountain, Mississippi]]
| 1873
| [[Mississippi Baptist Convention|Baptist]]
| 505
| [[Blue Mountain Christian Toppers|Toppers]]
| 2019{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2019{{sup|w.bw.}}
| 2022{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2022{{sup|w.bw.}}
| men's bowling<br>women's bowling
| [[Southern States Athletic Conference|Southern States (SSAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Brescia University]]'''
| [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]
| 1925
| [[Catholic Church|Catholic]]<br>{{small|([[Ursulines]])}}
| 1,100
| [[Brescia Bearcats|Bearcats]]
| 2023
| 2024
| men's volleyball
| [[River States Conference|River States (RSC)]]
|-
| '''[[Brewton–Parker College]]'''{{efn|group=faff|Brewton–Parker remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for women's wrestling.}}
| [[Mount Vernon, Georgia]]
| 1904
| [[Georgia Baptist Convention|Baptist]]
| 1,050
| [[Brewton–Parker Barons|Barons]]
| 2015{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2018{{sup|m.vb.}}
| 2022{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2019{{sup|m.vb.}}
| men's volleyball
| [[Southern States Athletic Conference|Southern States (SSAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Cincinnati Christian University]]'''
| [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]]
| 1924
| [[Christian churches and churches of Christ|Christian]]
| N/A
| [[Cincinnati Christian Eagles|Eagles]]
| 2015{{sup|fb.}}<br>2018{{sup|m.vb.}}
| 2020{{sup|fb.}}{{efn|group=faff|name=CincyChrist|Cincinnati Christian closed at the end of the 2019 fall semester, without completing the rest of the 2019–20 school year.}}<br>2019{{sup|m.vb.}}{{efn|group=faff|name=CincyChrist}}
| football<br>men's volleyball
| N/A{{efn|group=faff|name=CincyChrist}}
|-
| '''[[Cumberland University]]'''{{efn|group=faff|Cumberland (Tenn.) was a full member of the Mid-South 1995–96 to 2001–02, before rejoining the Mid-South in the 2012–13 school year.}}
| [[Lebanon, Tennessee]]
| 1842
| Nonsectarian
| 1,345
| [[Cumberland Phoenix football|Bulldogs]]{{efn|group=faff|Cumberland (Tenn.) changed its nickname from Bulldogs to Phoenix in 2016.}}
| 1990 &<br>2002;{{sup|fb.}}<br>2009{{sup|m.wr.}}
| 1991 &<br>2012;{{sup|fb.}}<br>2012{{sup|m.wr.}}
| football<br>men's wrestling
| Mid-South (MSC)
|-
| '''[[Edward Waters University]]'''
| [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| 1866
| [[African Methodist Episcopal Church|AME Church]]
| 966
| [[Edward Waters Tigers|Tigers]]
| 2017
| 2019
| football
| [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|Southern (SIAC)]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2|Currently an [[NCAA Division II]] athletic conference.}}
|-
| {{sort|Evansville|'''[[University of Evansville]]'''}}
| [[Evansville, Indiana]]
| 1854
| [[United Methodist Church|United<br>Methodist]]
| 2,500
| [[Evansville Purple Aces|Purple Aces]]
| 1988
| 1992
| football
| [[Missouri Valley Conference|Missouri Valley (MVC)]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D1|Currently an [[NCAA Division I]] conference.}}{{efn|group=faff|During their tenure as a football-only member, Evansville's primary conference home was the [[Horizon League|Midwestern Collegiate Conference]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D1}} (now known as the [[Horizon League]]).}}
|-
| '''[[Florida Memorial University]]'''
| [[Miami Gardens, Florida]]
| 1879
| [[American Baptist Churches USA|Baptist]]
| 1,784
| [[Florida Memorial Lions|Lions]]
| 2020
| 2022
| football
| [[Sun Conference|The Sun]]
|-
| '''[[Keiser University]]'''
| [[West Palm Beach, Florida]]
| 1977
| Nonsectarian
| 16,760
| [[Keiser Seahawks|Seahawks]]
| 2018{{sup|w.lax.}}<br>2019{{sup|m.wr.}}
| 2022{{sup|w.lax.}}<br>2022{{sup|m.wr.}}
| women's lacrosse<br>men's wrestling
| [[Sun Conference|The Sun]]
|-
| '''[[Kentucky Christian University]]'''{{efn|group=faff|Kentucky Christian remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for archery.}}
| [[Grayson, Kentucky]]
| 1919
| [[Christian churches and churches of Christ|Christian]]
| 550
| [[Kentucky Christian Knights|Knights]]
| 2009{{sup|fb.}}<br>2017{{sup|bsb.}}<br>2017{{sup|sfb.}}
| 2022{{sup|fb.}}<br>2019{{sup|bsb.}}<br>2019{{sup|sfb.}}
| football<br>baseball<br>softball
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Kentucky Wesleyan College]]'''
| [[Owensboro, Kentucky]]
| 1858
| United<br>Methodist
| 830
| [[Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers|Panthers]]
| 1989;<br>2004
| 1990;<br>2006
| football
| [[Great Midwest Athletic Conference|Great Midwest (G-MAC)]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}}{{efn|group=faff|During their tenure as a football-only member, Kentucky Wesleyan's primary conference home was the [[Great Lakes Valley Conference]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}} (GLVC).}}
|-
| '''[[Lambuth University]]'''{{efn|group=faff|Lambuth was a full member of the Mid-South from 1995–96 to 2005–06.}}
| [[Jackson, Tennessee]]
| 1843
| United<br>Methodist
| N/A
| [[Lambuth Eagles|Eagles]]
| 1990;<br>2006
| 1995;<br>2010
| football
| Closed in 2011
|-
| '''[[Lincoln College (Illinois)|Lincoln College]]'''
| [[Lincoln, Illinois]]
| 1865
| Nonsectarian
| 800
| [[Lincoln Lynx|Lynx]]
| 2021{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2021{{sup|w.sw.}}
| 2022{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2022{{sup|w.sw.}}
| men's swimming<br>women's swimming
| Closed in 2022
|-
| '''[[Lindenwood University – Belleville|Lindenwood University–Belleville]]'''
| [[Belleville, Illinois]]
| 2003
| Catholic
| N/A
| [[Lindenwood–Belleville Lynx|Lynx]]
| 2015{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2015{{sup|w.bw.}}<br>2015{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2015{{sup|w.sw.}}<br>2017{{sup|w.wr.}}
| 2017{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2017{{sup|w.bw.}}<br>2019{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2019{{sup|w.sw.}}<br>2019{{sup|w.wr.}}
| men's bowling<br>women's bowling<br>men's swimming<br>women's swimming<br>women's wrestling
| Closed in 2020
|-
| '''[[Loyola University New Orleans]]'''
| [[New Orleans|New Orleans, Louisiana]]
| 1904
| Catholic<br>{{small|([[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]])}}
| 4,858
| [[Loyola Wolf Pack|Wolf Pack]]
| 2016{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2016{{sup|w.sw.}}
| 2022{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2022{{sup|w.sw.}}
| men's swimming<br>women's swimming
| [[Southern States Athletic Conference|Southern States (SSAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Marian University (Indiana)|Marian University]]'''
| [[Indianapolis|Indianapolis, Indiana]]
| 1851
| Catholic<br>{{small|([[Third Order of Saint Francis|S.S.F.]])}}
| 3,595
| [[Marian Knights|Knights]]
| 2018{{sup|w.lax.}}<br>2019{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2019{{sup|w.bw.}}
| 2022{{sup|w.lax.}}<br>2021{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2021{{sup|w.bw.}}
| women's lacrosse<br>men's bowling<br>women's bowling
| [[Crossroads League|Crossroads]]
|-
| {{sort|Martin Methodist|'''[[University of Tennessee Southern|Martin Methodist College]]'''}}{{efn|group=faff|Martin Methodist joined the Mid-South during the 2020–21 school year and transferred all other sports to the conference as a full member. In July 2021, Martin Methodist joined the [[University of Tennessee system]] to become the [[University of Tennessee Southern]].}}
| [[Pulaski, Tennessee]]
| 1870
| Public
| 1,000
| [[UT Southern FireHawks|RedHawks]]{{efn|group=faff|Martin Methodist (now UT Southern) changed its nickname from RedHawks to FireHawks in 2021.}}
| 2015{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2015{{sup|w.bw.}}
| 2020{{sup|m.bw.}}<br>2020{{sup|w.bw.}}
| men's bowling<br>women's bowling
| Mid-South (MSC)
|-
| '''[[Midland University]]'''
| [[Fremont, Nebraska]]
| 1883
| [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America|Lutheran ELCA]]
| 1,394
| [[Midland Warriors|Warriors]]
| 2017{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2017{{sup|w.sw.}}
| 2019{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2019{{sup|w.sw.}}
| men's swimming<br>women's swimming
| [[Great Plains Athletic Conference|Great Plains (GPAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Midway University]]'''{{efn|group=aff|Midway remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for men's wrestling, men's & women's bowling, men's & women's swimming and archery.}}
| [[Midway, Kentucky]]
| 1847
| [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)|Disciples of Christ]]
| 1,800
| [[Midway Eagles|Eagles]]
| 2018
| 2024
| men's volleyball
| [[River States Conference|River States (RSC)]]
|-
| '''[[Point University]]'''
| [[West Point, Georgia]]
| 1937
| [[Christian churches and churches of Christ|Christian]]
| 1,450
| [[Point Skyhawks|Skyhawks]]
| 2017
| 2022
| football
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Reinhardt University]]'''
| [[Waleska, Georgia]]
| 1883
| United<br>Methodist
| 1,057
| [[Reinhardt Eagles|Eagles]]
| 2013{{sup|fb.}}<br>2016{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2019{{sup|m.vb.}}
| 2022{{sup|fb.}}<br>2017{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2022{{sup|m.vb.}}
| football<br>men's wrestling<br>men's volleyball
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| {{sort|Rio Grande|'''[[University of Rio Grande]]'''}}{{efn|group=faff|Rio Grande was a full member of the Mid-South from 2009–10 to 2013–14; but still remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for men's & women's wrestling.}}
| [[Rio Grande, Ohio]]
| 1876
| Nonsectarian
| 1,893
| [[Rio Grande RedStorm|RedStorm]]
| 2020{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2020{{sup|w.sw.}}<br>2021{{sup|m.vb.}}
| 2021{{sup|m.sw.}}<br>2021{{sup|w.sw.}}<br>2024{{sup|m.vb.}}
| men's swimming<br>women's swimming<br>men's volleyball
| [[River States Conference|River States (RSC)]]
|-
| {{sort|Saint Andrews|'''[[St. Andrews University (North Carolina)|St. Andrews University]]'''}}
| [[Laurinburg, North Carolina]]
| 1896
| [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]]<br>{{small|(PCUSA)}}
| 600
| [[St. Andrews Knights|Knights]]
| 2015{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2017{{sup|fb.}}<br>2018{{sup|m.vb.}}<br>2020{{sup|w.wr.}}
| 2017{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2022{{sup|fb.}}<br>2022{{sup|m.vb.}}<br>2024{{sup|w.wr.}}
| men's wrestling<br>football<br>men's volleyball<br>women's wrestling
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| {{sort|Saint Thomas|'''[[St. Thomas University (Florida)|St. Thomas University]]'''}}
| [[Miami Gardens, Florida]]
| 1961
| Catholic<br>{{small|([[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami|Archdiocese of Miami]])}}
| 4,674
| [[St. Thomas Bobcats|Bobcats]]
| 2020
| 2022
| men's wrestling
| [[Sun Conference|The Sun]]
|-
| '''[[Shorter University]]'''
| [[Rome, Georgia]]
| 1873
| [[Georgia Baptist Convention|Baptist]]
| 1,520
| [[Shorter Hawks|Hawks]]
| 2005{{sup|fb.}}<br>2007{{sup|t.f.}}<br>2010{{sup|m.wr.}}
| 2012{{sup|fb.}}<br>2012{{sup|t.f.}}<br>2012{{sup|m.wr.}}
| football<br>track & field<br>men's wrestling
| [[Conference Carolinas|Carolinas]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}}
|-
| '''[[Southeastern University]]'''
| [[Lakeland, Florida]]
| 1935
| [[Assemblies of God USA|Assemblies of God]]
| 7,000
| [[Southeastern Fire|Fire]]
| 2015
| 2022
| men's wrestling
| [[Sun Conference|The Sun]]
|-
| '''[[Tennessee Wesleyan University]]'''{{efn|group=faff|Tennessee Wesleyan remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for men's & women's bowling.}}
| [[Athens, Tennessee]]
| 1857
| United<br>Methodist
| 1,103
| [[Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| 1989
| 1991
| football
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Truett McConnell University]]'''
| [[Cleveland, Georgia]]
| 1946
| [[Georgia Baptist Convention|Baptist]]
| 1,600
| [[Truett McConnell Bears|Eagles]]
| 2015{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2019{{sup|m.vb.}}
| 2017{{sup|m.wr.}}<br>2022{{sup|m.vb.}}
| men's wrestling<br>men's volleyball
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| '''[[Tusculum University]]'''
| [[Tusculum, Tennessee]]
| 1794
| [[Presbyterian Church (USA)|Presbyterian]]
| 2,053
| [[Tusculum Pioneers|Pioneers]]
| 1991
| 1996
| football
| [[South Atlantic Conference|South Atlantic (SAC)]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}}
|-
| '''[[Union Commonwealth University]]'''{{efn|group=faff|Formerly known as Union College until 2024.}}{{efn|group=faff|Union Commonwealth was a full member of the Mid-South from 1995–96 to 2001–02; but still remains in the Mid-South as an affiliate member for archery and men's & women's bowling.}}
| [[Barbourville, Kentucky]]
| 1879
| United<br>Methodist
| 1,350
| [[Union Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
| 1987;<br>2002
| 1995;<br>2022
| football
| [[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian (AAC)]]
|-
| {{sort|Virginia–Wise|'''[[University of Virginia's College at Wise]]'''}}{{efn|group=faff|UVA Wise later became a full member of the Mid-South from 2010–11 to 2012–13}}
| [[Wise, Virginia]]
| 1954
| Public
| 2,000
| nowrap | [[Virginia–Wise Cavaliers|Highland<br>Cavaliers]]{{efn|group=faff|UVA Wise dropped "Highland" from its athletic nickname in 2017.}}
| 2002
| 2010
| football
| [[South Atlantic Conference|South Atlantic (SAC)]]{{efn|group=faff|name=D2}}
|-
| '''[[Warner University]]'''
| [[Lake Wales, Florida]]
| 1968
| [[Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)|Church of God]]
| 1,037
| [[Warner Royals|Royals]]
| 2016{{sup|fb.}}<br>2018{{sup|m.vb.}}
| 2022{{sup|fb.}}<br>2022{{sup|m.vb.}}
| football<br>men's volleyball
| [[Sun Conference|The Sun]]
|-
| '''[[Webber International University]]'''
| [[Babson Park, Florida]]
| 1927
| Nonsectarian
| 616
| [[Webber International Warriors|Warriors]]
| 2018{{sup|m.vb.}}<br>2020{{sup|w.lax.}}
| 2022{{sup|m.vb.}}<br>2022{{sup|w.lax.}}
| men's volleyball<br>women's lacrosse
| [[Sun Conference|The Sun]]
|}

;Notes:
{{notelist|group=faff}}

===Membership timeline===
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 bar:1 color:AssocF from:1987 till:1995 text:[[Campbellsville University|Campbellsville]] (1987–present)
 bar:1 color:Full from:1995 till:end text:

 bar:2 color:AssocF from:1987 till:1995 text:[[University of the Cumberlands|Cumberlands (Ky.)]] (1987–present)
 bar:2 color:Full from:1995 till:end text:

 bar:3 color:AssocF from:1987 till:1995 text:[[Georgetown College|Georgetown (Ky.)]] (1987–present)
 bar:3 color:Full from:1995 till:end text:

 bar:4 color:AssocF from:1987 till:1995 text:[[Union Commonwealth University|Union (Ky.)]] (1987–2002)
 bar:4 color:Full from:1995 till:2002 text:
 bar:4 color:AssocF from:2002 till:2022 text:[[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian]] (2002–present; MSC assoc. sports)
 bar:4 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text:

 bar:5 color:AssocF from:1988 till:1992 text:[[University of Evansville|Evansville]] (1988–1992)

 bar:6 color:AssocF from:1989 till:1990 text:[[Kentucky Wesleyan College|Kentucky Wesleyan]] (1989–1990)
 bar:6 color:AssocF from:2004 till:2006 text:(2004–2006)

 bar:7 color:AssocF from:1989 till:1991 text:[[Tennessee Wesleyan University|Tennessee Wesleyan]] (1989–1991)

 bar:8 color:AssocF from:1990 till:1991 text:[[Cumberland University|Cumberland (Tenn.)]] (1990–1991, 1995–2002)
 bar:8 color:AssocF from:1995 till:1996 text:
 bar:8 color:Full from:1996 till:2002 text:
 bar:8 color:AssocF from:2002 till:2012 text:[[TranSouth Athletic Conference|TranSouth]] (2002–2012; MSC football)
 bar:8 color:Full from:2012 till:end text:(2012–present)

 bar:9 color:AssocF from:1990 till:1996 text:[[Lambuth University|Lambuth]] (1990–2006)
 bar:9 color:Full from:1996 till:2006 text:
 bar:9 color:AssocF from:2006 till:2010 text:[[TranSouth Athletic Conference|TranSouth]] (2006–2010; MSC football)

 bar:10 color:AssocF from:1991 till:1996 text:[[Tusculum University|Tusculum]] (1991–1996)

 bar:11 color:Full from:1995 till:2001 text:[[North Greenville University|North Greenville]] (1995–2001)
 bar:11 shift:(20) color:OtherC1 from:2001 till:2011 text:[[NCAA Division II independent schools|D-II Ind.]]
 bar:11 color:OtherC2 from:2011 till:end text:[[Conference Carolinas|Carolinas]]

 bar:12 color:AssocF from:1995 till:1997 text:[[Bethel University (Tennessee)|Bethel (Tenn.)]] (1995–1997)
 bar:12 color:AssocF from:2003 till:2020 text:(2003–2020)
 bar:12 color:Full from:2020 till:end text:(2020–present)

 bar:13 color:AssocF from:1997 till:2015 text:[[Belhaven University|Belhaven]] (1997–2015)

 bar:14 color:FullxF from:2000 till:2010 text:[[Lindsey Wilson College|Lindsey Wilson]] (2000–present)
 bar:14 color:Full from:2010 till:end text:

 bar:15 color:FullxF from:2000 till:2001 text:[[University of Pikeville|Pikeville]] (2000–2023)
 bar:15 color:Full from:2001 till:2023 text:
 bar:15 color:AssocOS from:2023 till:end text:[[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian]] (MSC assoc. sports)

 bar:16 color:AssocF from:2003 till:2010 text:[[University of Virginia's College at Wise|UVa Wise]] (2003–2010)
 bar:16 color:Full from:2010 till:2013 text:(2010–2013)
 bar:16 shift:(10) color:OtherC1 from:2013 till:2019 text:[[Mountain East Conference|Mountain East]]
 bar:16 color:OtherC2 from:2019 till:end text:[[South Atlantic Conference|South Atlantic]]

 bar:17 color:AssocF from:2005 till:2012 text:[[Shorter University|Shorter]] (2005–2012)

 bar:18 color:Full from:2006 till:2012 text:[[West Virginia University Institute of Technology|West Virginia Tech]] (2006–2012)
 bar:18 shift:(35) color:OtherC1 from:2012 till:2016 text:[[NAIA independent schools|NAIA Ind.]]
 bar:18 color:OtherC2 from:2016 till:end text:[[River States Conference|River States]]

 bar:19 color:FullxF from:2008 till:2016 text:[[St. Catherine College|St. Catherine (Ky.)]] (2008–2016)

 bar:20 color:AssocF from:2008 till:end text:[[Faulkner University|Faulkner]] (2008–present)

 bar:21 color:FullxF from:2009 till:2014 text:[[University of Rio Grande|Rio Grande]] (2009–2014)
 bar:21 shift:(25) color:OtherC1 from:2014 till:2020 text:[[River States Conference|River States]]
 bar:21 color:AssocOS from:2020 till:end text: [[River States Conference|RSC]] (2020–present; MSC assoc. sports)

 bar:22 color:AssocF from:2009 till:2022 text:[[Kentucky Christian University|Kentucky Christian]] (2009–present)
 bar:22 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text:

 bar:23 color:FullxF from:2010 till:2023 text:[[Shawnee State University|Shawnee State]] (2010–2023)
 bar:23 color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:end text:[[River States Conference|River States]]

 bar:24 color:Full from:2012 till:2014 text:[[Bluefield University|Bluefield]] (2012–2014)
 bar:24 shift:(70) color:AssocF from:2014 till:2022 text:[[Appalachian Athletic Conference|Appalachian]] (2014–present; MSC assoc. sports)

 bar:25 color:AssocF from:2013 till:2022 text:[[Reinhardt University|Reinhardt]] (2013–2022)

 bar:26 color:FullxF from:2014 till:2022 text:[[Life University|Life]] (2014–2022)
 bar:26 shift:(-40) color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text:[[Southern States Athletic Conference|SSAC]] (2022–present; MSC w. wrestling)

 bar:27 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2022 text:[[Brewton–Parker College|Brewton–Parker]] (2015–2022)

 bar:28 color:AssocF from:2015 till:2020 text:[[Cincinnati Christian University|Cincinnati Christian]] (2015–2020)

 bar:29 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2019 text:[[Lindenwood University – Belleville|Lindenwood–Belleville]] (2015–2019)

 bar:30 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2017 text:[[St. Andrews University (North Carolina)|St. Andrews]] (2015–2024)
 bar:30 color:AssocF from:2017 till:2022 text:
 bar:30 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:2024 text:

 bar:31 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2022 text:[[Southeastern University|Southeastern (Fla.)]] (2015–2022)

 bar:32 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:end text:[[Tennessee Wesleyan University|Tennesse Wesleyan]] (2015–present)

 bar:33 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2020 text:[[University of Tennessee Southern|UT Southern]] (2015–2020)
 bar:33 shift:(25) color:FullxF from:2020 till:2023 text:(2020–2023; full)
 bar:33 shift:(45) color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:end text:[[Southern States Athletic Conference|SSAC]]

 bar:34 color:AssocOS from:2015 till:2017 text:[[Truett McConnell University|Truett McConnell]] (2015–2017, m.wr.; 2019–2022, m.vb)
 bar:34 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:2022 text:

 bar:35 color:AssocOS from:2016 till:2022 text:[[Loyola University New Orleans|Loyola (La.)]] (2016–2022)

 bar:36 color:AssocF from:2016 till:2022 text:[[Warner University|Warner]] (2016–2022)

 bar:37 color:AssocF from:2017 till:2019 text:[[Edward Waters University|Edward Waters]] (2017–2019)

 bar:38 color:AssocOS from:2017 till:2019 text:[[Midland University|Midland]] (2017–2019)

 bar:39 color:AssocF from:2017 till:2022 text:[[Point University|Point]] (2017–2022)

 bar:40 color:AssocF from:2018 till:2022 text:[[Ave Maria University|Ave Maria]] (2018–2022)

 bar:41 color:AssocOS from:2018 till:end text:[[Indiana Wesleyan University|Indiana Wesleyan]] (2018–present)

 bar:42 color:AssocF from:2018 till:2022 text:[[Keiser University|Keiser]] (2018–2022)

 bar:43 color:AssocOS from:2018 till:2022 text:[[Marian University (Indiana)|Marian (Ind.)]] (2018–2022)

 bar:44 color:AssocOS from:2018 till:end text:[[Midway University|Midway]] (2018–present)

 bar:45 color:AssocF from:2018 till:2022 text:[[Webber International University|Webber International]] (2018–2022)

 bar:46 color:Full from:2019 till:2022 text:[[Thomas More University|Thomas More]] (2019–2022)
 bar:46 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:2023 text:
 bar:46 shift:(50) color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:end text:[[Great Midwest Athletic Conference|G-MAC]]

 bar:47 color:AssocOS from:2019 till:2022 text:[[Blue Mountain College|Blue Mountain]] (2019–2022)

 bar:48 color:AssocF from:2020 till:2022 text:[[Florida Memorial University|Florida Memorial]] (2020–2022)

 bar:49 color:AssocOS from:2020 till:end text:[[Indiana Institute of Technology|Indiana Tech]] (2020–present)

 bar:50 color:AssocOS from:2020 till:end text:[[Lourdes University|Lourdes]] (2020–present)

 bar:51 color:AssocOS from:2020 till:2022 text:[[St. Thomas University (Florida)|St. Thomas (Fla.)]] (2020–2022)

 bar:52 color:FullxF from:2020 till:end text:[[Freed–Hardeman University|Freed–Hardeman]] (2020–present)

 bar:53 color:AssocOS from:2021 till:2022 text:[[Lincoln College (Illinois)|Lincoln (Ill.)]] (2021–2022)

 bar:54 shift:(-100) color:FullxF from:2022 till:2023 text:[[Wilberforce University|Wilberforce]] (2022–2023)
 bar:54 color:OtherC1 from:2023 till:2024 text:[[NAIA independent schools|Cont.]]
 bar:54 shift:(20) color:OtherC2 from:2024 till:end text:[[HBCU Athletic Conference|HBCUAC]]

 bar:55 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text:[[Montreat College|Montreat]] (2022–present)

 bar:56 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text:[[Rochester Christian University|Rochester Christian]] (2022–present)

 bar:57 color:AssocOS from:2022 till:end text:[[Siena Heights University|Siena Heights]] (2022–present)

 bar:58 color:AssocOS from:2023 till:2024 text:[[Brescia University|Brescia]] (2023–2024)

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==Sports==
Member teams compete in 28 sports: 13 men's, 13 women's and 2 mixed.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Conference sports
!Sport||Men's||Women's||Mixed
|-
|{{left}}[[Archery]] || || || {{Y}}
|-
|{{left}}[[Baseball]] || {{Y}} || ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Basketball]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Ten-pin bowling|Bowling]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Cheerleading]] || || || {{Y}}
|-
|{{left}}[[Cross country running|Cross Country]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[American football|Football]] || {{Y}} || ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Golf]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Lacrosse]] || || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Softball]] || || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Tennis]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Track and field|Track & Field Indoor]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Track and field|Track & Field Outdoor]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Volleyball]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|-
|{{left}}[[Collegiate wrestling|Wrestling]] || {{Y}} || {{Y}} ||
|}

In addition, the Mid-South Conference also conducts championships for [[Esports]] and [[competitive dance]]. The MSC also stages invitational tournaments for [[Junior varsity team|junior varsity]] squads in the sports of men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, and women's volleyball, if enough schools sponsor JV teams in a given year.<ref>{{cite web | last = Mid-South Conference | title = 2021-22 MSC Championships | url = https://www.mid-southconference.org/championships/19 | access-date = 2022-02-15 }}</ref>

===Football divisions===
Beginning with the 2017 season, [[The Sun Conference]] and Mid-South merged their football conferences into the largest football conference in college sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesunconference.com/news/2016/2/25/FB_0225164727.aspx |title=Mid-South Conference Creates Largest College Football Conference |publisher=The Sun Conference |date=February 25, 2016 |access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/college/2016/02/25/mid-south-sun-conferences-unite-team-football-league/80950984/ |title=Mid-South, Sun conferences unite for 20-team football league |publisher=Tennessean.com |date=February 25, 2016 |access-date=March 15, 2016}}</ref> Edward Waters was previously a full member of the Sun Conference from 2006 to 2010 and a football affiliate member from 2014 to 2016 seasons. Edward Waters left after the 2018 football season.

However, the Sun Division folded when its teams left the Mid-South after the Sun Conference reinstated football for 2022, leaving the Mid-South with 15 football members.<ref name=SunFootball/> Later, the Appalachian Division folded when the AAC announced to sponsor the sport for the 2022 fall season, leaving the Mid-South with 9 football members.<ref name=AACFootball/>

* Bethel (Tenn.){{sup|*}}
* Campbellsville{{sup|*}}
* Cumberland (Tenn.){{sup|*}}
* Cumberlands (Ky.){{sup|*}}
* Faulkner{{sup|**}}
* Georgetown{{sup|*}}
* Lindsey Wilson{{sup|*}}
* Pikeville{{sup|*}}
* Thomas More{{sup|*}}

;Notes:
{{sup|*}} - Mid-South full member
{{sup|**}} - Mid-South affiliate member

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==  
* {{oweb}}

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