A Nifty Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) occurs as College Athletic Conference which operates in the northwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division 2.

A conference was formed whenever its 10 members split from either a Pacific West Conference.

Member schools

University of Alaska Anchorage University of Alaska Fairbanks Central Washington University (has a football program) Humboldt State University (has a football program) Northwest Nazarene University Saint Martin's College Seattle University Seattle Pacific University Western Oregon University (has a football program) Western Washington University (has a football program)