Fifty minor athletic conferences were held during the 1942 college football season.
California Collegiate Athletic Association Central Intercollegiate Athletics Association Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Far Western Conference Indiana Intercollegiate Conference Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Lone Star Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association Nebraska College Athletic Conference Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Association New Mexico Intercollegiate Conference North Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference North Dakota College Athletic Conference Ohio Athletic Conference Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Pacific Northwest Conference Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference State Teacher's College Conference of Minnesota Texas Collegiate Athletic Conference Washington Intercollegiate Conference Wisconsin State Teachers College Conference 
