Colorado Buffaloes - Varsity Sports

Varsity Sports

The University of Colorado was a member of the Colorado Football Association in 1893, and became a charter member of the Colorado Faculty Athletic Conference in 1909, which changed its name a year later to Rocky Mountain Faculty Athletic Conference. Colorado left the RMFAC to become a charter member of the Mountain States Conference (a.k.a. Skyline Conference) in 1938. CU joined the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1947, then commonly known as the Big Six, changing the common name to the Big Seven. In 1958, the conference added OSU to became the Big Eight Conference. It remained the Big 8 until 1996, when it combined with four member schools of the defunct Southwest Conference (Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and Baylor) to create the Big 12 Conference. On July 1, 2011, the school joined the Pacific-12 Conference along with Utah. A total of 12 of CU's 16 varsity sports compete in the Pac-12, except the ski teams and indoor track & field teams. The ski teams participate in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA), of which is has been a member since 1947, along with fellow Pac-12 newcomer Utah. The indoor track & field teams will participate in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation as the Pac-12 doesn't sponsor indoor track.

The Colorado Buffaloes are represented in the following NCAA Division I varsity sports: