The CAAC was created in 2003, consisting of 21 schools coming from the now defunct leagues of the Capital Area Conference, the Capital Circuit League, the Ingham County League, and the Mid-Michigan Athletic Conference. From 2003 to 2007 the conference was made up of three divisions : division I was made up of eight schools, divisions II was made up of seven schools, and division III was made up of six schools in each. At the start of the 2007–08 school yearthe league switched from I, II, III to color-based divisions, due to new schools joining the league. The 2012–13 season was when the league reached its peak number of schools in the league; the league consisted of 27 schools with the same blue, gold, red, white divisions. After two years of competition of 27 schools, the league went through major re-alignment after seven schools departed the league. Lakewood and Stockbridge left the CAAC, and created a new conference with five other schools, called the Greater Lansing Athletic Conference. Jackson area schools, Jackson Northwest, Parma Western, Jackson Lumen Christi, as well as Charlotte left the conference and created the Interstate Eight Conference. Corunna made the decision to move east and join the Genesee Area Conference. The CAAC reduced to three divisions and eliminated the gold division. Currently the blue division has eight schools, the red has six, and the white has six also. Former league member Charlotte, which was one of the seven schools that left the conference at the start of the 2014–15 school year, to join the newly formed Interstate Eight Conference, will be leaving that conference and will be joining the CAAC once again at the start of the 2017–18 school year. The 2018–19 school year, the CAAC will go through re-alignment once again. DeWitt and Lansing Waverly will join the Blue, with East Lansing, Grand Ledge, Holt, Lansing Everett, and Okemos. In the Red, Fowlerville, Lansing Eastern and Williamston will be joining Haslett, Mason, and St. Johns. Charlotte and Lansing Sexton will move to the White with Eaton Rapids, Ionia, Lansing Catholic, and Portland. Jackson High School will be departing the league and join the Ann Arbor based Southeastern Conference.
Alignments
Red
White
DeWitt
Charlotte
Grand Ledge
Eaton Rapids
Holt
Fowlerville
Lansing Waverly
Lansing Catholic
Mason
Portland
St. Johns
Williamston
Past Alignments
2003-2005 Alignment
Division I:
East Lansing
Grand Ledge
Holt
Jackson
Lansing Eastern
Lansing Sexton
Lansing Everett
Okemos
Division II:
Charlotte
Eaton Rapids
Ionia
Jackson Lumen Christi
Jackson Northwest
Mason
Waverly
Division III:
DeWitt
Fowlerville
Haslett
Lakewood
Lansing Catholic
Williamston
2005-2007 Alignment
Division I:
East Lansing
Grand Ledge
Holt
Jackson
Lansing Eastern
Lansing Sexton
Lansing Everett
Okemos
Division II:
Charlotte
Eaton Rapids
Ionia
Jackson Lumen Christi
Jackson Northwest
Mason
St. Johns
Waverly
Division III:
DeWitt
Fowlerville
Haslett
Lakewood
Lansing Catholic
Williamston
2007-2011 Alignment
Blue:
East Lansing
Grand Ledge
Holt
Jackson
Lansing Eastern
Lansing Everett
Okemos
Gold:
Charlotte
DeWitt
Eaton Rapids
Fowlerville
Haslett
Ionia
Red:
Jackson Lumen Christi
Jackson Northwest
Lansing Sexton
Mason
Owosso
St. Johns
Waverly
White:
Corunna
Lakewood
Lansing Catholic
Perry
Portland
Williamston
2011-2012
Blue:
East Lansing
Grand Ledge
Holt
Jackson
Lansing Eastern
Lansing Everett
Lansing Sexton
Okemos
Gold:
Charlotte
Eaton Rapids
Jackson Lumen Christi
Jackson Northwest
Mason
Waverly
Red:
DeWitt
Haslett
Fowlerville
Ionia
Owosso
St. Johns
White:
Corunna
Lakewood
Lansing Catholic
Perry
Portland
Williamston
2012-2014
Blue:
East Lansing
Grand Ledge
Holt
Jackson
Lansing Eastern
Lansing Everett
Lansing Sexton
Okemos
Gold:
Charlotte
Eaton Rapids
Jackson Lumen Christi
Jackson Northwest
Mason
Parma Western
Waverly
Red:
DeWitt
Haslett
Fowlerville
Ionia
Owosso
St. Johns
White:
Corunna
Lakewood
Lansing Catholic
Portland
Stockbridge
Williamston
2014-2017
Blue:
East Lansing
Grand Ledge
Holt
Jackson
Lansing Eastern
Lansing Everett
Lansing Sexton
Okemos
Red:
DeWitt
Haslett
Mason
Owosso
St. Johns
Waverly
White:
Eaton Rapids
Fowlerville
Ionia
Lansing Catholic
Portland
Williamston.
2018-Present
Blue:
DeWitt
East Lansing
Grand Ledge
Holt
Jackson
Lansing Everett
Okemos
Waverly
Red:
Fowlerville
Haslett
Lansing Eastern
Mason
St. Johns
Williamston
White:
Charlotte
Eaton Rapids
Ionia
Lansing Catholic
Lansing Sexton
Portland
*The CAAC did not allow Jackson Lumen Christi to play football in the league until 2012