Not to be confused with the Great Lakes Football League.

The Great Lakes Football Conference (GLFC) began operations in the 2006 season, with six institutions competing. A previous incarnation of the conference was disbanded after the 1999 season.

Members

• Kentucky Wesleyan College
  Kentucky Wesleyan College
  Kentucky Wesleyan College is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky, a city on the Ohio River. KWC is just 40 minutes east of Evansville, Indiana, 2 hours north of Nashville, Tennessee, 2 hours west of Louisville, Kentucky, and 4 hours east of St. Louis, Missouri...
  
  
• Missouri University of Science and Technology
  Missouri University of Science and Technology
  Missouri University of Science and Technology is an institution of higher learning located in Rolla, Missouri, United States, and part of the University of Missouri System...
  
  
• Saint Joseph's College
• Urbana University
  Urbana University
  Urbana University is a private university specializing in liberal arts education. Urbana is located in Urbana, Ohio, approximately one hour west of Columbus and one hour northeast of Dayton.-History:...
  
  

Former members

• Tiffin University
  Tiffin University
  Tiffin University is a university in Tiffin, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1888, Tiffin University enrolls over 4,900 students in undergraduate and graduate degree programs offered at the Tiffin campus in Tiffin, Ohio, at the University of Bucharest in Romania, and at several locations in Ohio,...
  
   left the GLFC to join the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a competitive intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division II. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Member institutions are located in the midwestern United States in the States of Michigan and Ohio, with affiliate...
  
   beginning in the fall of 2008 for every sport. The school used to play as a dual member of the NCAA Division II and NAIA
  National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...
  
   in all sports except football.

• Lincoln University left the GLFC to re-join the MIAA
  Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
  The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association is a college athletic conference which operates in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and effective in 2012 in Oklahoma in the Midwestern United States. The conference was formerly known as the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic...
  
   in 2010, the school's football team played as a member of the GLFC, and in the Heartland Conference
  Heartland Conference
  The Heartland Conference is an NCAA Division II college athletic conference founded in 1999. The majority of members are in Texas, with additional members in Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma.-Member schools:...
  
   in all other sports.

• Central State University
  Central State University
  Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...
  
   left the GLFC before the 2010 season to become an independent in football.

Future

The Great Lakes Valley Conference

Great Lakes Valley Conference

The Great Lakes Valley Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes at the NCAA's Division II level. Member institutions are located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, and Wisconsin....

 plans to begin sponsoring football in the fall of 2012. This plan was announced shortly after William Jewell College

William Jewell College

William Jewell College is a private, four-year liberal arts college of 1,100 undergraduate students located in Liberty, Missouri, U.S. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and other civic leaders, including Robert S. James, a Baptist minister and father of the...

 was admitted to the league, giving the GLVC 16 members and 6 football playing members including William Jewell, Quincy University

Quincy University

Quincy University a private liberal arts Catholic university in the Franciscan tradition. It is located in Quincy, Illinois and currently enrolls around 1,300 students.-History:...

, University of Indianapolis

University of Indianapolis

The University of Indianapolis is a university located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The shortened name it uses is UIndy...

, and Great Lakes Football Conference members Kentucky Wesleyan College

Kentucky Wesleyan College

Kentucky Wesleyan College is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, Kentucky, a city on the Ohio River. KWC is just 40 minutes east of Evansville, Indiana, 2 hours north of Nashville, Tennessee, 2 hours west of Louisville, Kentucky, and 4 hours east of St. Louis, Missouri...

, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology is an institution of higher learning located in Rolla, Missouri, United States, and part of the University of Missouri System...

, and Saint Joseph's College. Later in 2010, McKendree University was admitted into the GLVC as the league's 17th member and 7th football playing member. On October 7, 2010, it was announced that the GLVC had accepted Central State University

Central State University

Central State University, commonly referred to as "C-State", is a historically black university located in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States. It is the only public HBCU in Ohio.-History:...

 and Urbana University

Urbana University

Urbana University is a private university specializing in liberal arts education. Urbana is located in Urbana, Ohio, approximately one hour west of Columbus and one hour northeast of Dayton.-History:...

as associate members in football beginning with the 2012 season. http://www.saintjoe.edu/news/?id=5703 In effect, this means that the Great Lakes Football Conference will be absorbed by the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2012.

Conference champions

Year	Champion
2006	Saint Joseph's
2007	Tiffin
2008	Missouri S&T
2009	Saint Joseph's
2010	Saint Joseph's/Urbana
2011	Urbana

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