List of college athletic programs in Kentucky

This is a list of college athletic programs in Kentucky. The main article is College sports.

Notes
  • This list is in a tabular format, with columns arranged in the following order, from left to right:
    • Athletic team description (short school name and nickname), with a link to the school's athletic program article if it exists. When only one nickname is listed, it is used for teams of both sexes. (Note that in recent years, many schools have chosen to use the same nickname for men's and women's teams even when the nickname is distinctly masculine.) When two nicknames are given, the first is used for men's teams and the other is used for women's teams. Different nicknames for a specific sport within a school are noted separately below the table.
    • Full name of school.
    • Location of school.
    • Conference of the school (if conference column is left blank, the school is either independent or the conference is unknown).
  • Apart from the ongoing conversions, the following notes apply:
    • Following the normal standard of U.S. sports media, the terms "University" and "College" are ignored in alphabetization, unless necessary to distinguish schools (such as Boston College and Boston University) or are actually used by the media in normally describing the school (formerly the case for the College of Charleston, but media now use "Charleston" for that school's athletic program).
    • Schools are also alphabetized by the names they are most commonly referred to by sports media, with non-intuitive examples included in parentheses next to the school name. This means, for example, that campuses bearing the name "University of North Carolina" may variously be found at "C" (Charlotte), "N" (North Carolina, referring to the Chapel Hill campus), and "U" (the Asheville, Greensboro, Pembroke, and Wilmington campuses, all normally referred to as UNC-{campus name}).
    • The prefix "St.", as in "Saint", is alphabetized as if it were spelled out.

NCAA

Division I

TeamSchoolCityConferenceSport sponsorship
Foot-
ball
BasketballBase-
ball
Soft-
ball
Soccer
MWMW
Bellarmine Knights [lower-alpha 1]Bellarmine UniversityLouisvilleAtlantic Sun
Eastern Kentucky Colonels and Lady ColonelsEastern Kentucky UniversityRichmondOhio ValleyFCS
Kentucky WildcatsUniversity of KentuckyLexingtonSECFBS [lower-alpha 2]
Louisville CardinalsUniversity of LouisvilleLouisvilleACCFBS
Morehead State EaglesMorehead State UniversityMoreheadOhio ValleyFCS [lower-alpha 3]
Murray State Racers [lower-alpha 4]Murray State UniversityMurrayOhio ValleyFCS
Northern Kentucky NorseNorthern Kentucky UniversityHighland HeightsHorizon
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers and Lady ToppersWestern Kentucky UniversityBowling GreenC-USAFBS
  1. Bellarmine has begun its four-year transition to Division I in 2020–21.
  2. Kentucky's men's soccer team competes in Conference USA.
  3. Morehead State's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League.
  4. Murray State's baseball team is nicknamed "Thoroughbreds" instead of "Racers".

Division II

TeamSchoolCityConferenceSport sponsorship
Foot-
ball
BasketballBase-
ball
Soft-
ball
Soccer
MWMW
Kentucky State Thorobreds and ThorobrettesKentucky State UniversityFrankfortSIAC
Kentucky Wesleyan PanthersKentucky Wesleyan CollegeOwensboroGreat Midwest

    Division III

    TeamSchoolCityConferenceSport sponsorship
    Foot-
    ball
    BasketballBase-
    ball
    Soft-
    ball
    Soccer
    MWMW
    Berea MountaineersBerea CollegeBereaUSA South
    Centre ColonelsCentre CollegeDanvilleSAA
    Spalding Golden EaglesSpalding UniversityLouisvilleSt. Louis
    Transylvania PioneersTransylvania UniversityLexingtonHCAC

    NAIA

    TeamSchoolCityConferenceSport sponsorship
    Foot-
    ball
    BasketballBase-
    ball
    Soft-
    ball
    Soccer
    MWMW
    Alice Lloyd EaglesAlice Lloyd CollegePippa PassesRiver States
    Asbury EaglesAsbury UniversityWilmoreRiver States
    Brescia BearcatsBrescia UniversityOwensboroRiver States
    Campbellsville TigersCampbellsville UniversityCampbellsvilleMid-South
    Cumberlands PatriotsUniversity of the CumberlandsWilliamsburgMid-South
    Georgetown TigersGeorgetown CollegeGeorgetownMid-South
    Kentucky Christian KnightsKentucky Christian UniversityGraysonAppalachian [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 1]
    Lindsey Wilson Blue RaidersLindsey Wilson CollegeColumbiaMid-South
    Midway EaglesMidway UniversityMidwayRiver States
    Pikeville BearsUniversity of PikevillePikevilleMid-South
    Thomas More SaintsThomas More UniversityCrestview HillsMid-South
    Union Bulldogs and Lady BulldogsUnion CollegeBarbourvilleAppalachian [lower-alpha 2]
    1. Kentucky Christian's football and softball teams compete in the Mid-South Conference.
    2. Union's football team competes in the Mid-South Conference.

    NCCAA

    TeamSchoolCityConference
    Boyce BulldogsBoyce CollegeLouisville
    Simmons College FalconsSimmons CollegeLouisville

    See also

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