academic year. 1969 - Cal State–Los Angeles, Fresno State, Long Beach State, San Diego State and UC Santa Barbara left the CCAA to join the Division I ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and form the Pacific Collegiate Athletic Association (PCAA; now known as the Big West Conference), effective after the 1968–69 academic year. 1969 - The University of California, Riverside joined the CCAA, effective in the 1969–70 academic year. 1972 - California State College, Bakersfield (now California State University, Bakersfield) joined the CCAA, effective in the 1972–73 academic year. 1974 - Cal State–Fullerton left the CCAA to join the PCAA, effective after the 1973–74 academic year. 1974 - Cal State–Los Angeles re-joined back to the CCAA, effective in the 1974–75 academic year. 1978 - Chapman College (now Chapman University) joined the CCAA, effective in the 1978–79 academic year. 1980 - California State University, Dominguez Hills joined the CCAA, effective in the 1980–81 academic year. 1990 - Cal State–Northridge left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division I ranks as an NCAA D-I Independent (who would later join the American West Conference, effective beginning the 1994–95 academic year), effective after the 1989–90 academic year. 1991 - California State University, San Bernardino joined the CCAA, effective in the 1991–92 academic year. 1993 - Chapman left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division III ranks as an NCAA D-III Independent, effective after the 1992–93 academic year. 1994 - Cal Poly–San Luis Obispo left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division I ranks and the American West, effective after the 1993–94 academic year. 1994 - Grand Canyon University joined the CCAA, effective in the 1994–95 academic year. 1998 - California State University, Chico, California State University, Stanislaus, San Francisco State University, Sonoma State University and the University of California, Davis joined the CCAA, effective in the 1998–99 academic year. 2000 - UC Riverside left the CCAA to join the NCAA Division I ranks and the Big West Conference, effective after the 1999–2000 academic year. 2000 - University of California, San Diego joined the CCAA, effective in the 2000–01 academic year. 2004 - Two institutions left the CCAA to join their respective new home primary conferences: Grand Canyon as an NCAA D-II Independent (who would later join the Pacific West Conference (PacWest), effective beginning the 2005–06 academic year), and UC Davis to join the NCAA Division I ranks as an NCAA D-I