List of NCAA Division I non-football programs

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This is a List of NCAA Division I non-football programs – colleges and universities that are members of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association but do not sponsor varsity football teams. Before 2006, these schools were officially designated as Division I–AAA. This list includes schools in the process of transitioning to Division I, but are not yet full D–I members. Some have had football teams in the past (Green tickY); some never have (Red XN).

Five Division I schools compete in sprint football, a variant governed separately from the NCAA that uses NCAA playing rules, but limits player weights to 178 pounds (81 kg). Four of them also field full-sized football teams; the only one that does not is Bellarmine, which is thus still considered “non-football” by the NCAA.

  • * = These schools had football teams when they were junior colleges, but none have since becoming universities.
  1. ^ a b Began transition from NCAA Division II to Division I in July 2020. Full D-I membership in 2024.
  2. ^ Bellarmine added sprint football in the 2022–23 school year.[2]
  3. ^ In May 2021, Hartford’s governing board voted to begin the university’s process of transitioning from Division I to NCAA Division III. Under the plan, Hartford would formally apply to the NCAA for reclassification in January 2022, stop awarding athletic scholarships to incoming students from 2022–23 onward, and join a then-unnamed D-III conference in 2023 before becoming a full D-III member in 2025–26.[31][32] Hartford’s D-III conference would eventually be announced as the Commonwealth Coast Conference.[33]
  4. ^ In 2024, the Indiana University and Purdue University systems will dissolve IUPUI, replacing it with separate IU- and Purdue-affiliated institutions. The athletic program will transfer to the new IU Indianapolis. The future athletic brand name has yet to be announced; plausible brands include IU Indianapolis and IUI.[37]
  5. ^ Purdue Fort Wayne (PFW) was founded in 2018 when Indiana University and Purdue University dissolved Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), a joint campus of the two systems that had been established in 1964.[68] With more than 90% of the continuing enrollment of IPFW being inherited by PFW, the IPFW athletic program was transferred in its entirety to PFW.[69]
  6. ^ The campus has an Evansville mailing address, but is located outside the city limits in Perry Township, a subdivision of Vanderburgh County that includes a small portion of Evansville proper.
  7. ^ UTRGV has multiple campuses throughout its service area, but its athletic program is based at its Edinburg campus, which it inherited from one of its predecessor institutions, the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA).
  8. ^ UTRGV was formally founded in 2013 by the merger of UTPA and the University of Texas at Brownsville, with instruction starting in 2015.[103] UTRGV inherited its athletic program from UTPA,[104] which was founded in 1927 as the two-year Edinburg College.
  9. ^ In January 2021, UTRGV explored its addition of a football team. With the WAC reinstating football at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level starting in fall 2021, UTRGV is all but certain to join WAC football in 2025.[105][106]

References[edit]

  1. ^ American University
  2. ^ “Bellarmine to become founding member of Midwest Sprint Football League” (Press release). Bellarmine Knights. June 21, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  3. ^ “ASUN Conference Announces Addition of Bellarmine University” (Press release). ASUN Conference. June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  4. ^ Belmont
  5. ^ Binghamton University Bearcats
  6. ^ Official Website of the Boston University Department of Athletics
  7. ^ BRADLEYBRAVES.COM—Official Web Site of Bradley University Athletics
  8. ^ GoRunners.com—Official Web Site of the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners
  9. ^ Cal State Fullerton Athletics
  10. ^ GoMatadors.com: 2012-13 Points of Pride
  11. ^ CBU Athletics
  12. ^ The Official Web Site of Canisius College Athletics
  13. ^ CofCSports.com-Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics
  14. ^ Chicago State University Athletics
  15. ^ Cleveland State University
  16. ^ Coppin State University
  17. ^ GoCreighton.com, The Official Site of Bluejay Athletics
  18. ^ Denver Pioneers Official Athletics Site
  19. ^ DePaul University Official Athletic Site
  20. ^ Detroit Mercy Titans
  21. ^ Drexel Dragons
  22. ^ University of Evansville Purple Aces
  23. ^ Fairfield University Stags
  24. ^ Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
  25. ^ FGCUAthletics.com – Official Site of Florida Gulf Coast Athletics
  26. ^ “Mason Patriots”.
  27. ^ George Washington University Official Athletics Site
  28. ^ GoZags.com – The Official Website of Gonzaga Bulldog Athletics
  29. ^ Grand Canyon University
  30. ^ Green Bay Athletics
  31. ^ “Athletics Transition” (Press release). University of Hartford. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  32. ^ Borzello, Jeff (May 18, 2021). “Hartford athletics transitioning from D-I to D-III, with move expected to happen in 2025”. ESPN.com. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  33. ^ “CCC Grants Full Membership to University of Hartford, Beginning Competition in 2023-24” (Press release). Commonwealth Coast Conference. June 21, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
  34. ^ Hartford Hawks
  35. ^ High Point University Panthers
  36. ^ GoHofstra.com – The Official Website of Hofstra Pride Athletics
  37. ^ Tryon, Matthew (August 12, 2022). “What’s next for IUPUI athletics? Staying in the Horizon League and ‘tough decisions’“. Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  38. ^ IUPUI Jaguars
  39. ^ IonaGaels.com – Official Web site of Iona College Athletics
  40. ^ “Jacksonville University Discontinues Football” (Press release). Jacksonville Dolphins. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
  41. ^ Kansas City Athletics
  42. ^ La Salle Explorers
  43. ^ LipscombSports.com – Official Athletic Site of the Lipscomb University Bisons
  44. ^ LRTrojans.com—Official Web Site of Little Rock Athletics
  45. ^ Long Beach State Athletics
  46. ^ Longwood University Lancers
  47. ^ Loyola University Chicago Official Athletic Site
  48. ^ Loyola University Maryland Official Athletic Site – Loyola University Maryland
  49. ^ Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site
  50. ^ The Official Athletic Site of Manhattan College
  51. ^ Marquette Golden Eagles Official Athletic Site
  52. ^ “University of Maryland Eastern Shore Official Athletic Site”. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  53. ^ Milwaukee Athletics
  54. ^ Mount St. Mary’s
  55. ^ New Orleans Privateers
  56. ^ Niagara University Athletics
  57. ^ NJIT Athletics
  58. ^ University of North Florida Athletics
  59. ^ Official Site of Northeastern University Athletics
  60. ^ Northern Kentucky University
  61. ^ Oakland University Official Athletic Site
  62. ^ Omaha Athletics
  63. ^ ORUGoldenEagles.com – Official Athletic Website of Oral Roberts University
  64. ^ Pacific Tigers Official Athletic Site – Pacific
  65. ^ Pepperdine University Official Athletic Site
  66. ^ University of Portland Athletics
  67. ^ FRIARS.COM – The Providence College Official Athletic Site
  68. ^ “Frequently Asked Questions/Additional Questions” (Press release). Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  69. ^ “Purdue Fort Wayne Branding Released” (Press release). Purdue University Fort Wayne. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  70. ^ The Official Site of Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics
  71. ^ “ASUN Conference Welcomes Queens University of Charlotte as Its Newest Member” (Press release). ASUN Conference. May 10, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  72. ^ Quinnipiac
  73. ^ Radford Highlanders
  74. ^ Rider University Broncs | The Official site of Rider Athletics
  75. ^ “St. Bonaventure Bonnies”.
  76. ^ St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers
  77. ^ St. John’s University Official Athletic Site
  78. ^ Saint Joseph’s University – Official Athletic Site
  79. ^ SLUBillikens.com – The Official Athletics Website of Saint Louis University
  80. ^ Saint Mary’s College
  81. ^ Saint Peter’s
  82. ^ San Francisco Dons
  83. ^ Santa Clara
  84. ^ Seattle University Redhawks Athletics
  85. ^ Seton Hall Pirates Official Athletic Site
  86. ^ Siena Saints Official Athletic Site
  87. ^ SIUE
  88. ^ UpstateSpartans.com
  89. ^ “USI announces OVC as partner for NCAA reclassification” (Press release). Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles. February 9, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
  90. ^ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics
  91. ^ UC Riverside Highlanders
  92. ^ UC Irvine
  93. ^ “CSU Bakersfield, UC San Diego to Join Big West Conference” (Press release). Big West Conference. November 27, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
  94. ^ Santa Barbara Athletics – UCSBGauchos.com
  95. ^ UIC Athletics Official Athletic Site – University of Illinois-Chicago
  96. ^ UMass Lowell Athletics
  97. ^ University of Maryland Baltimore County Official Athletic Web Site
  98. ^ UNC Asheville Bulldogs Official Athletics Site
  99. ^ UNCG
  100. ^ UNCWsports.com
  101. ^ UT Arlington Official Athletic Site – The University of Texas at Arlington
  102. ^ WOLVERINEGREEN.COM – The Utah Valley University Official Athletic Site
  103. ^ “Project South Texas: Timeline”. University of Texas System. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  104. ^ “Project South Texas: Ask a Question”. University of Texas System. July 30, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
  105. ^ Jeyarajah, Shehan (January 14, 2021). “UTRGV exploring adding FCS football”. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  106. ^ Araujo, Daisy (September 2, 2021). “UTRGV proposes football team referendum to SGA”. The Rider. Retrieved July 10, 2022. The first football season would be in 2025.
  107. ^ UTRGV Vaqueros
  108. ^ Vermont Athletics
  109. ^ VCU
  110. ^ GoShockers.com—Official Web Site of Wichita State Athletics
  111. ^ Winthrop Athletics
  112. ^ Welcome to WSURaiders.com
  113. ^ Xavier Musketeers Official Athletic Site – Xavier University



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