The term Jayhawk, however, originated with a group of guerrillas during the American Civil War.

[1][2][3] The KJCCC currently has 21 full members, all are public schools except for Hesston College.

[4] All KJCCC schools which compete in football, wrestling, track and field, and cross country do so at the Division I level.

Independence and Northwest Kansas Technical are the only members that do not field a baseball team.

Prior to the 2014 season, the playoffs were eliminated from the schedule so that each Jayhawk Conference team could play a game versus each football-playing school in Iowa.