List of college athletic programs in Mississippi

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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, such as the College of Charleston.
- 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

Team	School	City	Conference
Alcorn State Braves¹	Alcorn State University	Lorman	SWAC
Jackson State Tigers and Lady Tigers	Jackson State University	Jackson	SWAC
Mississippi State Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs	Mississippi State University	Starkville	SEC
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils and Devilettes	Mississippi Valley State University	Itta Bena	SWAC
Ole Miss² Rebels	University of Mississippi	Oxford	SEC
Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles	The University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg	C-USA

¹ Alcorn State uses no nickname for its women's teams at all, referring to them solely as "Alcorn".
² National media generally use "Mississippi" in score listings and on first reference, but will frequently use "Ole Miss" on later reference. The school athletic department prefers "Ole Miss".

Division II

Team	School	City	Conference
Delta State Statesmen and Lady Statesmen	Delta State University	Cleveland	Gulf South
Mississippi College Choctaws	Mississippi College	Clinton	Gulf South

Division III

Team	School	City	Conference
Belhaven Blazers	Belhaven College	Jackson	American Southwest
Millsaps Majors	Millsaps College	Jackson	SAA
Rust Bearcats	Rust College	Holly Springs	Independent

NAIA

Team	School	City	Conference
Blue Mountain Toppers	Blue Mountain College	Blue Mountain	Southern States
Tougaloo Bulldogs	Tougaloo College	Tougaloo	Gulf Coast
William Carey Crusaders	William Carey College	Hattiesburg	Southern States

NJCAA

Team	School	City	Conference
Coahoma Tigers	Coahoma Community College	Clarksdale	Mississippi C&JC
Copiah-Lincoln Wolves	Copiah-Lincoln Community College	Wesson	Mississippi C&JC
East Central Warriors	East Central Community College	Decatur	Mississippi C&JC
East Mississippi Lions	East Mississippi Community College	Scooba	Mississippi C&JC
Hinds Eagles	Hinds Community College	Raymond	Mississippi C&JC
Holmes Bulldogs	Holmes Community College	Goodman	Mississippi C&JC
Itawamba Indians	Itawamba Community College	Fulton	Mississippi C&JC
Jones County Bobcats	Jones County Junior College	Ellisville	Mississippi C&JC
Meridian Eagles	Meridian Community College	Meridian	Mississippi C&JC
Mississippi Delta Trojans	Mississippi Delta Community College	Moorhead	Mississippi C&JC
Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College	Perkinston	Mississippi C&JC
Northeast Mississippi Tigers	Northeast Mississippi Community College	Booneville	Mississippi C&JC
Northwest Mississippi Rangers	Northwest Mississippi Community College	Senatobia	Mississippi C&JC
Pearl River Wildcats	Pearl River Community College	Poplarville	Mississippi C&JC
Southwest Mississippi Bears	Southwest Mississippi Community College	Summit	Mississippi C&JC

Defunct

Team	School	City	Conference
Mississippi University for Women Blues	Mississippi University for Women	Columbus	Gulf South

MUW ceased competition in intercollegiate athletics following the destruction of the Emma Ody Pohl Physical Education Assembly Building by an F-3 tornado on November 10, 2002.^[1]

References

↑ Legacy of the Blues: A Century of Athletics at The W