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. Some have had football teams in the past (); some never have (N). For 2015, East Tennessee State University re-instituted its program and Kennesaw State University started a new one, with both schools now moved to the Football Championship Subdivision.

Institution	Location	Founded	Type	Enrollment	Nickname	Current Conference	Football History	Ref.
American	Washington, D.C.	1893	Private	10,676	Eagles	Patriot League		[1]
Belmont	Nashville, Tennessee	1890	Private	6,647	Bruins	Ohio Valley Conference	N	[2]
Binghamton	Vestal, New York	1946	Public	14,746	Bearcats	America East Conference	N	[3]
Boston University	Boston, Massachusetts	1839	Private	29,978	Terriers	Patriot League		[4]
Bradley	Peoria, Illinois	1897	Private	6,700	Braves	Missouri Valley Conference		[5]
Cal State Bakersfield	Bakersfield, California	1965	Public	8,111	Roadrunners	Western Athletic Conference	N	[6]
Cal State Fullerton	Fullerton, California	1957	Public	37,677	Titans	Big West Conference		[7]
Cal State Northridge	Northridge, California	1958	Public	36,070	Matadors	Big West Conference		[8]
Canisius	Buffalo, New York	1870	Private	5,152	Golden Griffins	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference		[9]
Charleston	Charleston, South Carolina	1770	Public	11,220	Cougars	Colonial Athletic Association		[10]
Chicago State	Chicago, Illinois	1867	Public	7,131	Cougars	Western Athletic Conference	N	[11]
Cleveland State	Cleveland, Ohio	1923	Public	17,204	Vikings	Horizon League	N	[12]
Creighton	Omaha, Nebraska	1878	Private	7,730	Bluejays	Big East Conference		[13]
Denver	Denver, Colorado	1864	Private	11,476	Pioneers	The Summit League		[14]
DePaul	Chicago, Illinois	1898	Private	22,966	Blue Demons	Big East Conference		[15]
Detroit	Detroit, Michigan	1877	Private	5,231	Detroit Titans	Horizon League		[16]
Drexel	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1891	Private	25,500	Dragons	Colonial Athletic Association		[17]
Evansville	Evansville, Indiana	1854	Private	3,050	Purple Aces	Missouri Valley Conference		[18]
Fairfield	Fairfield, Connecticut	1942	Private	4,991	Stags	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference		[19]
Florida Gulf Coast	Lee County, Florida	1991	Public	12,683	Eagles	Atlantic Sun Conference	N	[20]
George Mason	Fairfax County, Virginia	1957	Public	33,320	Patriots	Atlantic 10 Conference	N	[21]
George Washington	Washington, D.C.	1821	Private	24,531	Colonials	Atlantic 10 Conference		[22]
Gonzaga	Spokane, Washington	1887	Private	7,764	Bulldogs/Zags	West Coast Conference		[23]
Grand Canyon	Phoenix, Arizona	1949	Private/For-profit	6,500 (on campus)/44,000	Antelopes	Western Athletic Conference	N	[24]
Green Bay	Green Bay, Wisconsin	1965	Public	6,700	Phoenix	Horizon League	N	[25]
High Point	High Point, North Carolina	1924	Private	4,500	Panthers	Big South Conference		[26]
Hofstra	Hempstead, New York	1936	Private	12,400	Pride	Colonial Athletic Association		[27]
IPFW	Fort Wayne, Indiana	1917/1947/1964	Public	14,000	Mastodons	The Summit League	N	[28]
IUPUI	Indianapolis, Indiana	1911/1946/1969	Public	30,461	Jaguars	The Summit League	N	[29]
Iona	New Rochelle, New York	1940	Private	4,648	Gaels	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference		[30]
La Salle	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1863	Private	7,554	Explorers	Atlantic 10 Conference		[31]
Lipscomb	Nashville, Tennessee	1891	Private	4,278	Bisons	Atlantic Sun Conference	N	[32]
Little Rock	Little Rock, Arkansas	1927	Public	13,176	Trojans	Sun Belt Conference	N*	[33]
LIU Brooklyn	Brooklyn, New York	1926	Private	24,170	Blackbirds	Northeast Conference		[34]
Long Beach State	Long Beach, California	1949	Public	36,279	49ers	Big West Conference		[35]
Longwood	Farmville, Virginia	1839	Public	4,800	Lancers	Big South Conference	N	[36]
Loyola (Chicago)	Chicago, Illinois	1870	Private	15,068	Ramblers	Missouri Valley Conference		[37]
Loyola (Maryland)	Baltimore, Maryland	1852	Private	5,080	Greyhounds	Patriot League		[38]
Loyola Marymount	Los Angeles, California	1911/1923/1973	Private	9,369	Lions	West Coast Conference		[39]
Manhattan	Riverdale, New York	1853	Private	3,500	Jaspers	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference		[40]
Marquette	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1881	Private	12,002	Golden Eagles	Big East Conference		[41]
Maryland-Eastern Shore	Princess Anne, Maryland	1886	Public	4,433	Hawks	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference		[42]
Milwaukee	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	1885/1956	Public	30,502	Panthers	Horizon League		[43]
Mount Saint Mary's	Emmitsburg, Maryland	1808	Private	2,100	Mountaineers	Northeast Conference		[44]
Niagara	Lewiston, New York	1856	Private	4,200	Purple Eagles	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference		[45]
NJIT	Newark, New Jersey	1881	Public	9,944	Highlanders	Atlantic Sun Conference[a 1]	N	[47]
North Florida	Jacksonville, Florida	1969	Public	16,372	Ospreys	Atlantic Sun Conference	N	[48]
Northeastern	Boston, Massachusetts	1898	Private	20,768	Huskies	Colonial Athletic Association		[49]
Northern Kentucky	Highland Heights, Kentucky	1968	Public	15,405	Norse	Horizon League[a 2]	N	[51]
Oakland	Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Michigan	1957	Public	19,379	Golden Grizzlies	Horizon League	N	[52]
Omaha	Omaha, Nebraska	1908	Public	14,903	Mavericks	The Summit League		[53]
Oral Roberts	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1963	Private	3,335	Golden Eagles	The Summit League	N	[54]
Pacific	Stockton, California	1851	Private	6,196	Tigers	West Coast Conference		[55]
Pepperdine	Los Angeles County, California	1937	Private	7,768	Waves	West Coast Conference		[56]
Portland	Portland, Oregon	1901	Private	3,537	Pilots	West Coast Conference		[57]
Providence	Providence, Rhode Island	1917	Private	4,587	Friars	Big East Conference		[58]
Quinnipiac	Hamden, Connecticut	1929	Private	8,400	Bobcats	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	N	[59]
Radford	Radford, Virginia	1910	Public	9,370	Highlanders	Big South Conference	N	[60]
Rider	Mercer County, New Jersey	1865	Private	5,790	Broncs	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference		[61]
St. Bonaventure	Allegany, New York	1858	Private	2,400	Bonnies	Atlantic 10 Conference		[62]
St. Francis Brooklyn	Brooklyn Heights, New York	1859	Private	2,744	Terriers	Northeast Conference		[63]
St. John's	Jamaica, New York	1870	Private	21,354	Red Storm	Big East Conference		[64]
Saint Joseph's	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1851	Private	8,750	Hawks	Atlantic 10 Conference		[65]
Saint Louis	St. Louis, Missouri	1818	Private	13,785	Billikens	Atlantic 10 Conference		[66]
Saint Mary's	Moraga, California	1863	Private	4,228	Gaels	West Coast Conference		[67]
Saint Peter's	Jersey City, New Jersey	1872	Private	2,987	Peacocks and Peahens	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference		[68]
San Francisco	San Francisco, California	1855	Private	10,017	Dons	West Coast Conference		[69]
Santa Clara	Santa Clara, California	1851	Private	8,519	Broncos	West Coast Conference		[70]
Seattle	Seattle, Washington	1891	Private	7,755	Redhawks	Western Athletic Conference	N	[71]
Seton Hall	South Orange, New Jersey	1856	Private	9,745	Pirates	Big East Conference		[72]
Siena	Loudonville, New York	1937	Private	3,423	Saints	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference		[73]
SIU Edwardsville	Edwardsville, Illinois	1957	Public	14,055	Cougars	Ohio Valley Conference	N	[74]
South Carolina Upstate	Spartanburg, South Carolina	1967	Public	5,495	Spartans	Atlantic Sun Conference	N	[75]
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Corpus Christi, Texas	1947	Public	10,510	Islanders	Southland Conference		[76]
Texas–Arlington	Arlington, Texas	1895	Public	39,714	Mavericks	Sun Belt Conference		[77]
UC Riverside	Riverside, California	1954	Public	21,005	Highlanders	Big West Conference		[78]
UC Irvine	Irvine, California	1965	Public	28,184	Anteaters	Big West Conference	N	[79]
UC Santa Barbara	Goleta, California	1891	Public	21,927	Gauchos	Big West Conference		[80]
UIC	Chicago, Illinois	1858/1965/1982	Public	28,091	Flames	Horizon League		[81]
UMass Lowell	Lowell, Massachusetts	1894	Public	16,969	River Hawks	America East Conference		[82]
UMBC	Catonsville, Maryland	1966	Public	13,637	Retrievers	America East Conference	N	[83]
UMKC	Kansas City, Missouri	1933	Public	16,019	Kangaroos	Western Athletic Conference	N	[84]
UNC Asheville	Asheville, North Carolina	1927	Public	3,644	Bulldogs	Big South Conference	N*	[85]
UNC Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	1891	Public	18,502	Spartans	Southern Conference	N	[86]
UNC Wilmington	Wilmington, North Carolina	1947	Public	14,071	Seahawks	Colonial Athletic Association	N	[87]
Utah Valley	Orem, Utah	1941	Public	33,395	Wolverines	Western Athletic Conference	N	[88]
UTRGV[a 3]	Edinburg, Texas[a 4]	1927/2015[a 5]	Public	28,700	Vaqueros	Western Athletic Conference	N*	[91]
Vermont	Burlington, Vermont	1791	Public	12,000	Catamounts	America East Conference		[92]
VCU	Richmond, Virginia	1838	Public	31,899	Rams	Atlantic 10 Conference	N	[93]
Wichita State	Wichita, Kansas	1895	Public	14,806	Shockers	Missouri Valley Conference		[94]
Winthrop	Rock Hill, South Carolina	1886	Public	6,170	Eagles	Big South Conference	N	[95]
Wright State	Fairborn, Ohio	1967	Public	17,789	Raiders	Horizon League	N	[96]
Xavier	Cincinnati, Ohio	1831	Private	6,650	Musketeers	Big East Conference		[97]

• * = These schools had football teams when they were junior colleges, but none have since becoming universities.

1. NJIT joined the Atlantic Sun Conference on July 1, 2015 after two years as an independent.^[46]
2. Northern Kentucky left the Atlantic Sun Conference to join the Horizon League on July 1, 2015.^[50]
3. In July 2015, UTRGV, in full the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, entered full operation after the merger of the two University of Texas System campuses in the Rio Grande Valley, the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) and University of Texas at Brownsville.^[89] Nearly a year before the merger, the UT System announced that UTRGV would inherit the UTPA athletic program,^[90] and later unveiled the new school's nickname as Vaqueros.
4. UTRGV has six campuses throughout its service area, but its athletic program is based from the former UTPA main campus in Edinburg.
5. UTRGV was formally founded in 2013 and began full operation in 2015, but inherited its athletic program from UTPA, which was founded in 1927 as the two-year Edinburg College.

See also

• List of NCAA Division I institutions
• List of NCAA Division I FBS football programs
• List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs

References

1. American University
2. Belmont
3. Binghamton University Bearcats
4. Official Website of the Boston University Department of Athletics
5. BRADLEYBRAVES.COM—Official Web Site of Bradley University Athletics
6. GoRunners.com—Official Web Site of the CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners
7. Cal State Fullerton Athletics
8. GoMatadors.com: 2012-13 Points of Pride
9. The Official Web Site of Canisius College Athletics
10. CofCSports.com-Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics
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12. Cleveland State University
13. GoCreighton.com, The Official Site of Bluejay Athletics
14. Denver Pioneers Official Athletics Site
15. DePaul University Official Athletic Site
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18. University of Evansville Purple Aces
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20. FGCUAthletics.com - Official Site of Florida Gulf Coast Athletics
21. http://www.gomason.com/
22. George Washington University Official Athletics Site
23. GoZags.com - The Official Website of Gonzaga Bulldog Athletics
24. Grand Canyon University
25. Green Bay Athletics
26. High Point University Panthers
27. GoHofstra.com - The Official Website of Hofstra Pride Athletics
28. The Official Site of IPFW Mastodons Athletics
29. IUPUI Jaguars
30. ICGaels.com - Official Web site of Iona College Athletics
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32. LipscombSports.com - Official Athletic Site of the Lipscomb University Bisons
33. LRTrojans.com—Official Web Site of Little Rock Athletics
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35. Long Beach State Athletics
36. Longwood University Lancers
37. Loyola University Chicago Official Athletic Site
38. Loyola University Maryland Official Athletic Site - Loyola University Maryland
39. Loyola Marymount Official Athletic Site
40. The Official Athletic Site of Manhattan College
41. Marquette Golden Eagles Official Athletic Site
42. University of Maryland Eastern Shore Official Athletic Site
43. Milwaukee Athletics
44. Mount St. Mary's
45. Niagara University Athletics
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47. NJIT Athletics
48. University of North Florida Athletics
49. Official Site of Northeastern University Athletics
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51. Northern Kentucky University
52. Oakland University Official Athletic Site
53. Omaha Athletics
54. ORUGoldenEagles.com - Official Athletic Website of Oral Roberts University
55. Pacific Tigers Official Athletic Site - Pacific
56. Pepperdine University Official Athletic Site
57. University of Portland Athletics
58. FRIARS.COM - The Providence College Official Athletic Site
59. Quinnipiac
60. 2013-14 Basketball Season Tickets
61. Rider University Broncs | The Official site of Rider Athletics
62. http://www.gobonnies.sbu.edu/
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64. St. John's University Official Athletic Site
65. Saint Joseph's University - Official Athletic Site
66. SLUBillikens.com - The Official Athletics Website of Saint Louis University
67. Saint Mary's College
68. Saint Peter's
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70. Santa Clara
71. Seattle University Redhawks Athletics
72. Seton Hall Pirates Official Athletic Site
73. Siena Saints Official Athletic Site
74. SIUE
75. UpstateSpartans.com
76. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics
77. UT Arlington Official Athletic Site - The University of Texas at Arlington
78. UC Riverside Highlanders
79. UC Irvine
80. Santa Barbara Athletics - UCSBGauchos.com
81. UIC Athletics Official Athletic Site - University of Illinois-Chicago
82. UMass Lowell Athletics
83. University of Maryland Baltimore County Official Athletic Web Site
84. UMKC Athletics
85. UNC Asheville Bulldogs Official Athletics Site
86. UNCG
87. UNCWsports.com
88. WOLVERINEGREEN.COM - The Utah Valley University Official Athletic Site
89. "Project South Texas: Timeline". University of Texas System. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
90. "Project South Texas: Ask a Question". University of Texas System. July 30, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
91. UTRGV Vaqueros
92. Vermont Athletics
93. VCU
94. GoShockers.com—Official Web Site of Wichita State Athletics
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96. Welcome to WSURaiders.com
97. Xavier Musketeers Official Athletic Site - Xavier University