Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference

The Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (TCAC) was a former college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA); which was predominantly for smaller, private colleges in Western and Middle Tennessee.

The TCAC was created in 1985 from the western division of the old Volunteer State Athletic Conference.

The TCAC survived in that form until 1995 when both Belmont and Christian Brothers announced their intentions to go to the NCAA.

Full member (non-football) The TCAC sponsored 9 sports for men and women including baseball, basketball, golf, tennis, softball, and volleyball.

Bethel and Cumberland play football in the Mid-South Conference.