Current football conference

CIAA champions

1912–2025 · 110 seasons with a champion

Seasons before 1973 predate Division II; they are listed as the NCAA records book publishes them.

Champions by season

Season	Champion
2025	Johnson C. Smith
2024	Virginia Union
2023	Virginia Union
2022	Fayetteville State
2021	Bowie State
2019	Bowie State
2018	Bowie State
2017	Virginia State
2016	Winston-Salem State
2015	Winston-Salem State
2014	Virginia State
2013	Virginia State, Winston-Salem State shared
2012	Winston-Salem State
2011	Winston-Salem State
2010	Shaw
2009	Fayetteville State
2008	Shaw
2007	Shaw
2006	North Carolina Central
2005	North Carolina Central
2004	Shaw
2003	Fayetteville State
2002	Fayetteville State
2001	Virginia Union
2000	Winston-Salem State
1999	Winston-Salem State
1998	Livingstone, Winston-Salem State shared
1997	Livingstone, Virginia State, Virginia Union shared
1996	Virginia State
1995	Virginia State
1994	Hampton
1993	Hampton
1992	Hampton
1991	Winston-Salem State
1990	Winston-Salem State
1989	Bowie State
1988	Winston-Salem State
1987	Winston-Salem State
1986	Virginia Union
1985	Hampton
1984	Norfolk State
1983	Virginia Union
1982	Virginia Union
1981	Virginia Union
1980	North Carolina Central
1979	Virginia Union
1978	Winston-Salem State
1977	Winston-Salem State
1976	Norfolk State
1975	Norfolk State
1974	Norfolk State
1973	Virginia Union
1972	Virginia State
1971	Elizabeth City State
1970	Virginia State
1969	Johnson C. Smith
1968	Morgan State
1967	Morgan State
1966	Morgan State
1965	Morgan State
1964	North Carolina A&T State
1963	North Carolina Central
1962	Morgan State
1961	North Carolina Central
1960	Maryland Eastern Shore
1959	North Carolina A&T State
1958	North Carolina A&T State
1957	Maryland Eastern Shore
1956	Delaware State, Morgan State, North Carolina Central shared
1955	Maryland Eastern Shore
1954	North Carolina Central
1953	North Carolina Central
1952	Virginia State
1951	West Virginia State
1950	North Carolina A&T State
1949	Morgan State
1948	West Virginia State
1947	Shaw
1946	Morgan State
1945	Virginia State
1944	Morgan State
1943	Morgan State
1942	Morgan State
1941	Morgan State
1940	Morgan State
1939	Virginia State
1938	Virginia State
1937	Morgan State
1936	Virginia State
1935	Morgan State
1934	Morgan State
1933	Morgan State
1932	Morgan State
1931	Hampton
1930	Morgan State
1929	Virginia State
1928	Hampton
1927	North Carolina A&T State
1926	Hampton
1925	Hampton
1924	Lincoln (PA)
1923	Virginia Union
1922	Hampton
1921	Virginia Union
1917	Virginia Union
1916	Hampton
1915	Hampton
1914	Hampton
1913	Hampton
1912	Howard