Since that time, Northern Colorado moved on to the Big Sky Conference in all sports in 2006.

In the fall of 2006, North Dakota State and South Dakota State were admitted to The Summit League; they have also moved on to rejoin old conference mate Northern Iowa in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

[1] The NCC had seven full members in the conference's final season, one was a private school: The NCC had two affiliate members for football only in the conference's final season, both of which are public schools.

The NCC had nine other full members during the conference's tenure, two were private schools: The NCC sponsored baseball, men's and women's basketball, football, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and wrestling.

In men's hockey, after a major conference realignment that took effect in 2013, Minnesota–Duluth, Nebraska–Omaha, North Dakota, and St.