List of NCAA Division I non-football programs
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 ( ); some never have (
).
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.
- ^ Bellarmine added sprint football in the 2022–23 school year.[2]
- ^ The BU campus has a Binghamton mailing address, but the core of the campus and almost all athletic facilities are in the adjacent town of Vestal.
- ^ The FGCU campus has a Fort Myers mailing address, but is physically in unincorporated Lee County.
- ^ The main George Mason campus has a Fairfax mailing address, but is located in unincorporated Fairfax County and designated by the U.S. Census Bureau as George Mason, Virginia.
- ^ In 2024, the Indiana University and Purdue University systems dissolved IUPUI, replacing it with separate IU- and Purdue-affiliated institutions. The athletic program transferred to the new IU Indianapolis with a primary branding as IU Indy.[33]
- ^ Began transition from NCAA Division II to Division I in July 2023. Full D-I membership in 2027.
- ^ The Le Moyne campus has a Syracuse mailing address, but virtually all of the campus is in the adjacent town of DeWitt.
- ^ The UMES campus has a Princess Anne mailing address, but lies in unincorporated Somerset County.
- ^ The Mount St. Mary's campus has an Emmitsburg mailing address, but lies in unincorporated Frederick County.
- ^ The Niagara campus is its own census-designated place and postal entity within the town of Lewiston.
- ^ The Oakland campus has a Rochester mailing address, but is split between the separate cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, with athletic facilities in both cities.
- ^ The Pepperdine campus has a Malibu mailing address, but is physically outside the city limits in unincorporated Los Angeles County.
- ^ 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.[65] 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.[66]
- ^ a b Began transition from NCAA Division II to Division I in July 2022. Full D-I membership in 2026.
- ^ The U.S. Census Bureau classifies the St. Bonaventure campus as a census-designated place within the town of Allegany. The U.S. Postal Service treats the campus as its own entity.
- ^ The campus has a Queens mailing address.
- ^ The Saint Joseph's campus straddles the boundary between Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township. Athletic facilities are in both communities. but the university administration and core of the undergraduate campus are in Philadelphia, and the entire campus has a Philadelphia mailing address.
- ^ The campus has an Evansville mailing address, but is located outside the city limits in Perry Township, a subdivision of Vanderburgh County.
- ^ La Jolla is a separate postal entity within the city of San Diego.
- ^ The UCSB campus has a Santa Barbara mailing address, but is physically outside of the city limits in Isla Vista.
- ^ The campus has a Baltimore mailing address.
- ^ 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).
- ^ UTRGV was formally founded in 2013 by the merger of UTPA and the University of Texas at Brownsville, with instruction starting in 2015.[99] UTRGV inherited its athletic program from UTPA,[100] which was founded in 1927 as the two-year Edinburg College.
- ^ In January 2021, UTRGV explored its addition of a football team. The university has since confirmed that it will play an exhibition schedule in 2024 before starting full varsity play in 2025.[101][102][103]
- ^ The Wright State campus has a Dayton mailing address, but is physically well to the east of the city limits in Fairborn.
References
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- ^ "Bellarmine to become founding member of Midwest Sprint Football League" (Press release). Bellarmine Knights. June 21, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ^ "ASUN Conference Announces Addition of Bellarmine University" (Press release). ASUN Conference. June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
- ^ Belmont
- ^ Binghamton University Bearcats
- ^ Official Website of the Boston University Department of Athletics
- ^ BRADLEYBRAVES.COM—Official Web Site of Bradley University Athletics
- ^ GoRunners.com—Official Web Site of the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners
- ^ Cal State Fullerton Athletics
- ^ GoMatadors.com: 2012-13 Points of Pride
- ^ CBU Athletics
- ^ The Official Web Site of Canisius College Athletics
- ^ CofCSports.com-Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics
- ^ Chicago State University Athletics
- ^ Cleveland State University
- ^ Coppin State University
- ^ GoCreighton.com, The Official Site of Bluejay Athletics
- ^ Denver Pioneers Official Athletics Site
- ^ DePaul University Official Athletic Site
- ^ Detroit Mercy Titans
- ^ Drexel Dragons
- ^ University of Evansville Purple Aces
- ^ Fairfield University Stags
- ^ Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
- ^ FGCUAthletics.com - Official Site of Florida Gulf Coast Athletics
- ^ "Mason Patriots".
- ^ George Washington University Official Athletics Site
- ^ GoZags.com - The Official Website of Gonzaga Bulldog Athletics
- ^ Grand Canyon University
- ^ Green Bay Athletics
- ^ High Point University Panthers
- ^ GoHofstra.com - The Official Website of Hofstra Pride Athletics
- ^ 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.
- ^ IUPUI Jaguars
- ^ IonaGaels.com - Official Web site of Iona College Athletics
- ^ "Jacksonville University Discontinues Football" (Press release). Jacksonville Dolphins. December 3, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ Kansas City Athletics
- ^ La Salle Explorers
- ^ "[Home page]". Le Moyne Dolphins.
- ^ LipscombSports.com - Official Athletic Site of the Lipscomb University Bisons
- ^ LRTrojans.com—Official Web Site of Little Rock Athletics
- ^ Long Beach State Athletics
- ^ Longwood University Lancers
- ^ Loyola University Chicago Official Athletic Site
- ^ Loyola University Maryland Official Athletic Site – Loyola University Maryland
- ^ Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site
- ^ The Official Athletic Site of Manhattan College
- ^ Marquette Golden Eagles Official Athletic Site
- ^ "University of Maryland Eastern Shore Official Athletic Site". Retrieved February 13, 2024.
- ^ Milwaukee Athletics
- ^ Mount St. Mary's
- ^ New Orleans Privateers
- ^ Niagara University Athletics
- ^ NJIT Athletics
- ^ University of North Florida Athletics
- ^ Official Site of Northeastern University Athletics
- ^ Northern Kentucky University
- ^ Oakland University Official Athletic Site
- ^ Omaha Athletics
- ^ ORUGoldenEagles.com - Official Athletic Website of Oral Roberts University
- ^ Pacific Tigers Official Athletic Site – Pacific
- ^ Pepperdine University Official Athletic Site
- ^ University of Portland Athletics
- ^ FRIARS.COM - The Providence College Official Athletic Site
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Purdue Fort Wayne Branding Released" (Press release). Purdue University Fort Wayne. June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
- ^ The Official Site of Purdue Fort Wayne Athletics
- ^ "ASUN Conference Welcomes Queens University of Charlotte as Its Newest Member" (Press release). ASUN Conference. May 10, 2022. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ Quinnipiac
- ^ Radford Highlanders
- ^ Rider University Broncs | The Official site of Rider Athletics
- ^ "St. Bonaventure Bonnies".
- ^ St. John's University Official Athletic Site
- ^ Saint Joseph's University - Official Athletic Site
- ^ SLUBillikens.com - The Official Athletics Website of Saint Louis University
- ^ Saint Mary's College
- ^ Saint Peter's
- ^ San Francisco Dons
- ^ Santa Clara
- ^ Seattle University Redhawks Athletics
- ^ Seton Hall Pirates Official Athletic Site
- ^ Siena Saints Official Athletic Site
- ^ SIUE
- ^ UpstateSpartans.com
- ^ "USI announces OVC as partner for NCAA reclassification" (Press release). Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles. February 9, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
- ^ Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics
- ^ UC Riverside Highlanders
- ^ UC Irvine
- ^ "CSU Bakersfield, UC San Diego to Join Big West Conference" (Press release). Big West Conference. November 27, 2017. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ Santa Barbara Athletics - UCSBGauchos.com
- ^ UIC Athletics Official Athletic Site - University of Illinois-Chicago
- ^ UMass Lowell Athletics
- ^ University of Maryland Baltimore County Official Athletic Web Site
- ^ UNC Asheville Bulldogs Official Athletics Site
- ^ UNCG
- ^ UNCWsports.com
- ^ UT Arlington Official Athletic Site – The University of Texas at Arlington
- ^ WOLVERINEGREEN.COM - The Utah Valley University Official Athletic Site
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- ^ Jeyarajah, Shehan (January 14, 2021). "UTRGV exploring adding FCS football". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Kelley, Kevin (October 27, 2023). "UTRGV schedules first FCS home-and-home football series". FBSchedules.
- ^ "UTRGV Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25". UTRGV Vaqueros (Press release). March 25, 2024.
- ^ UTRGV Vaqueros
- ^ Vermont Athletics
- ^ VCU
- ^ GoShockers.com—Official Web Site of Wichita State Athletics
- ^ Winthrop Athletics
- ^ Welcome to WSURaiders.com
- ^ Xavier Musketeers Official Athletic Site – Xavier University