The United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) is a national organization for the intercollegiate athletic programs of 72 mostly small colleges, including community/junior colleges, across the United States.

[1] In 1966 (59 years ago) (1966), the USCAA was founded as the National Little College Athletic Association (NLCAA), primarily to sponsor a national basketball tournament for small colleges and junior colleges.

[2] In the 1970s and through the 1980s, as the NLCAA, the USCAA began adding more sports.

[2] In 1989, the NLCAA changed its name to the National Small College Athletic Association (NSCAA).

[2] The USCAA sanctions competition in eight men's and seven women's sports:[1] Postseason national championships are held in all sports except football, which has few participating teams.