485BXT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 26, 2013
File Nos. 333-76651, 811-09301

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	x
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	o
Post-Effective Amendment No. 67	x
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	x
Amendment No. 70	x
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
TIAA-CREF Funds
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
730 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3206
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (800) 842-2733
Stewart P. Greene, Esq.
TIAA-CREF Funds
730 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017-3206
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Jeffrey S. Puretz, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1900 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
As soon as practicable after effectiveness of the Registration Statement.

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

o Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

x On April 12, 2013 pursuant to paragraph (b)

o 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

o On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

o On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:

x This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

TIAA-CREF FUNDS

Contents of Registration Statement

This registration statement consists of the following papers and documents:

Cover Sheet

Contents of Registration Statement

Part A – Prospectuses for Institutional, Retirement, Premier and Retail Class Shares Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to the Registration Statement of TIAA-CREF Funds, SEC File No. 333-76651, filed January 10, 2013.

Part B - Statements of Additional Information for Institutional, Retirement and Retail Class Shares
Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to the Registration Statement of TIAA-CREF Funds, SEC File No. 333-76651, filed January 10, 2013.

Part C - Other Information
Incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to the Registration Statement of TIAA-CREF Funds, SEC File No. 333-76651, filed January 10, 2013.

Signature Pages

* * * * *

The sole purpose of this filing is to delay the effective date of the Registrant’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 64 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 10, 2013 to April 12, 2013.

SIGNATURES

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, TIAA-CREF Funds certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York on the 26th day of March, 2013.

TIAA-CREF FUNDS
By:	/s/Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Name:	Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Title:	Principal Executive Officer and President

          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
/s/Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.	Principal Executive Officer and President	March 26, 2013
	(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/Phillip G. Goff	Principal Financial Officer,	March 26, 2013
Phillip G. Goff	Principal Accounting Officer and Treasurer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

SIGNATURE OF TRUSTEE		DATE	SIGNATURE OF TRUSTEE		DATE
*	March 26, 2013		*	March 26, 2013
Forrest Berkley			Thomas J. Kenny
*	March 26, 2013		*	March 26, 2013
Nancy A. Eckl			Bridget A. Macaskill
*	March 26, 2013		*	March 26, 2013
Michael A. Forrester			James M. Poterba
*	March 26, 2013		*	March 26, 2013
Howell E. Jackson			Maceo K. Sloan
*	March 26, 2013		*	March 26, 2013
Nancy L. Jacobs			Laura T. Starks
/s/Stewart P. Greene	March 26, 2013
Stewart P. Greene
as attorney-in-fact

* Signed by Stewart P. Greene pursuant to powers of attorney previously filed with the SEC.

COVER

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America	Rachael M. Zufall
College Retirement Equities Fund	Sr. Director & Associate General Counsel
8500 Andrew Carnegie Boulevard	(704) 988.4446
Charlotte, NC 28262	(704) 595.0946 (fax)
	rzufall@tiaa-cref.org

March 26, 2013

Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

Re:	TIAA-CREF Funds
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 to Registration Statement
	on Form N-1A (File Nos. 333-76651 and 811-09301)

Dear Commissioners:

          On behalf of TIAA-CREF Funds (the “Funds), we are attaching for filing Post-Effective Amendment No. 67 to the above-captioned registration statement on Form N-1A (“Amendment No. 67”). The sole purpose of Amendment No. 67 is to delay effectiveness of Post-Effective Amendment No. 64, which was filed on January 10, 2013 pursuant to Rule 485(a)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), until April 12, 2013.

          Pursuant to Rule 485(b)(4) under the 1933 Act, the undersigned represents that Amendment No. 67 does not contain disclosures that would render it ineligible to become effective pursuant to Rule 485(b).

          If you have any questions, please call me at (704) 988-4446.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Rachael M. Zufall

    Rachael M. Zufall