The CCAC sanctions play in eight men's and eight women's sports. Men's sports include soccer, cross country, basketball, track and field, tennis, baseball, golf, and volleyball; while women's sports include soccer, volleyball, cross country, track and field, basketball, tennis, golf, and softball.
In all sports, it sanctions regular season league play as well as a post-season tournament.
Member schools
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St. Francis
Trinity Christian
Saint Xavier
St. Ambrose
Olivet Nazarene
Judson
IU South Bend
IU Northwest
Holy Cross
Governors State
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Location of CCAC members: full member
Current members
The CCAC currently has 12 full members, all but three are private schools:
^National Louis's nickname was Lakers before 1990.
^National-Lewis dropped its athletic program during the 1990s.
^Northeastern Illinois dropped its athletic program after the 1997–98 school year.
^ abPurdue–Northwest was formed in 2016 by the combining of Purdue–Calumet (located in Hammond, Indiana and competing as the Peregrines) and Purdue–North Central (located in Westville, Indiana and competing as the Panthers).
Purdue–North Central joined the CCAC from before 2004–05 to 2015–16; while Purdue–Calumet joined from 1973–74 to 1974–75, and from 1993–94 to 2015–16.
^Robert Morris (Ill.) merged into Roosevelt University after the 2019–20 school year.
^Roosevelt left the CCAC after the 2023–24 school year. Initially the school joined the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) as a provisional member for most sports as a transitional NCAA Division II member school during 2023–24; but was fulfilling its commitments to the final year of competition in the CCAC and in the NAIA.
^Trinity International closed their residential campus after 2022–2023 school year and now it only have online modalities.
Former affiliate members
The CCAC currently had one former affiliate member, which is also a private school: