Collegiate Conference of the South

First changes On June 1, 2023, Berea announced that it accepted an invitation to the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) as a full member, thus leaving the CCS, and join there, beginning the 2024–25 school year. On October 6, 2023, Asbury University was accepted as a full member of the CCS, thus replacing Berea's spot, to join there beginning during the 2024–25 school year. On July 17, 2024, Maryville announced that it will leave the CCS to accept an invitation to the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) as a full member, and will join there, beginning the 2026–27 school year. Chronological timeline • 2022 – The College Conference of the South was founded and established after a decision to split the 19-member USA South Athletic Conference (USA South) into two smaller, geographically oriented leagues. Charter members included Agnes Scott College, Belhaven University, Berea College, Covenant College, Huntingdon College, LaGrange College, Maryville College, Piedmont University and Wesleyan College, beginning the 2022–23 academic year. • 2024: • Berea left the CCS to join the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) after the 2023–24 academic year. • Asbury University joined the CCS in the 2024–25 academic year. • 2026: • Maryville (TN) will leave the CCS to join the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) after the 2025–26 academic year. • Wesleyan will leave the CCS and the NCAA to begin a transition to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) after the 2025–26 academic year. ==Member schools==

Founding members The CCS began with nine full members, all private and faith-based schools. The only members not tied to one or more specific Christian denominations are current member Asbury and former member Berea, although Asbury is historically associated with the Methodist movement. Member departing for the Southern Athletic Association on July 1, 2026. Member departing for the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Southern States Athletic Conference on July 1, 2026. ;Notes: Former members The CCS has one former full member, which was also a private school: ;Notes: Membership timeline DateFormat = yyyy ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:20 Period = from:2020 till:2030 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal PlotArea = right:5 left:5 bottom:40 top:5 Colors = id:line value:black id:bg value:white id:Full value:rgb(0.7,0.9,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports id:FullxF value:rgb(0.9,0.8,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member in all sports except for football id:AssocF value:rgb(0.9,0.7,0.8) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for football only id:AssocOS value:rgb(0.8,0.9,0.7) # Use this color to denote a team that is a member for another sport only id:OtherC1 value:rgb(0.996,0.996,0.699) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference id:OtherC2 value:rgb(0.988,0.703,0.383) # Use this color to denote a team that has moved in another conference when the other color has already been used PlotData= width:15 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:s bar:1 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2022 text:USA South bar:1 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:Agnes Scott (2022–present) bar:2 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2022 text:ASC bar:2 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:Belhaven (2022–present) bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2022 text:USA South bar:3 color:FullxF from:2022 till:2024 text:Berea (2022–2024) bar:3 color:OtherC1 from:2024 till:end text:Heartland bar:4 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2022 text:USA South bar:4 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:Covenant (2022–present) bar:5 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2022 text:USA South bar:5 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:Huntingdon (2022–present) bar:6 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2022 text:USA South bar:6 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:LaGrange (2022–present bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2022 text:USA South bar:7 color:FullxF from:2022 till:2026 text:Maryville (Tenn.) (2022–2026) bar:7 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:SAA bar:8 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2022 text:USA South bar:8 color:FullxF from:2022 till:end text:Piedmont (2022–present) bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2022 text:USA South bar:9 color:FullxF from:2022 till:2026 text:Wesleyan (Ga.) (2022–2026) bar:9 color:OtherC1 from:2026 till:end text:SSAC (NAIA) bar:10 color:OtherC1 from:2020 till:2021 text:RSC (NAIA) bar:10 color:OtherC2 from:2021 till:2024 text:D-III Ind. bar:10 color:FullxF from:2024 till:end text:Asbury (2024–present) ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:1 start:2020 TextData = fontsize:M textcolor:black pos:(0,20) tabs:(400-center) text:^"College Conference of the South membership history" • > If the chart uses more than one bar color, add a legend by selecting the appropriate fields from the following three options (use only the colors that are used in the graphic.) Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space. ==Sports==

The CCS sponsors championships in the following sports: '''Men's sponsored sports by school''' '''Men's varsity sports not sponsored by the CCS that are played by CCS schools''' '''Women's sponsored sports by school''' '''Women's varsity sports not sponsored by the CCS that are played by CCS schools''' ==Conference facilities==

All CCS members with football teams play that sport in the USA South. ==See also==