NAIA independent schools are four-year institutional members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that do not have formal conference affiliations.

The CAC has one member institution in Canada's British Columbia.

The AII renamed itself the Continental Athletic Conference at the end of June 2021, citing the need to identify as a proper conference.

[2] Note: – Schools that compete as independents in some certain sports that their own primary conferences home don't sponsor compete in the CAC as affiliate members (except football).

School names and nicknames listed here reflect those used in the final school year each institution was a member as an NAIA independent.