List of college athletic programs in Arkansas
This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
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[]
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Arkansas Razorbacks | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville | SEC | FBS | ||||||
Arkansas State Red Wolves | Arkansas State University | Jonesboro | Sun Belt | FBS | ||||||
Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | Pine Bluff | SWAC | FCS | ||||||
Central Arkansas Bears & Sugar Bears | University of Central Arkansas | Conway | ASUN | FCS | ||||||
Little Rock Trojans | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock | Sun Belt [a] |
- ^ Little Rock will move to the Ohio Valley Conference in 2022–23.
Division II[]
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys & Golden Suns | Arkansas Tech University | Russellville | Great American | |||||||
Arkansas–Fort Smith Lions | University of Arkansas at Fort Smith | Fort Smith | Lone Star | |||||||
Arkansas–Monticello Boll Weevils & Cotton Blossoms | University of Arkansas at Monticello | Monticello | Great American | |||||||
Harding Bisons | Harding University | Searcy | Great American | |||||||
Henderson State Reddies | Henderson State University | Arkadelphia | Great American | |||||||
Ouachita Baptist Tigers | Ouachita Baptist University | Arkadelphia | Great American | |||||||
Southern Arkansas Muleriders | Southern Arkansas University | Magnolia | Great American |
Division III[]
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Hendrix Warriors | Hendrix College | Conway | SAA | |||||||
Ozarks Eagles | University of the Ozarks | Clarksville | American Southwest |
NAIA[]
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Arkansas Baptist Buffaloes | Arkansas Baptist College | Little Rock | TBD | |||||||
Central Baptist Mustangs | Central Baptist College | Conway | American Midwest | |||||||
Crowley's Ridge Pioneers | Crowley's Ridge College | Paragould | Continental | |||||||
John Brown Golden Eagles | John Brown University | Siloam Springs | Sooner | |||||||
Lyon Scots | Lyon College | Batesville | American Midwest [a] | [b] | ||||||
Philander Smith Panthers | Philander Smith College | Little Rock | Gulf Coast | |||||||
Williams Baptist Eagles | Williams Baptist College | Walnut Ridge | American Midwest |
- ^ Lyon is starting a transition to NCAA Division III in 2022–23, pending an approval.
- ^ Lyon's football team competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
NJCAA[]
Team | School | City | Conference |
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ASU Mid-South Greyhounds | ASU Mid-South | West Memphis | Bi-State |
North Arkansas Pioneers | North Arkansas College | Harrison | Bi-State |
NCCAA[]
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Champion Christian Tigers | Champion Christian College | Hot Springs | Independent |
Ecclesia Royals | Ecclesia College | Springdale | Independent |
ACCA[]
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Champion Christian Tigers | Champion Christian College | Hot Springs | Independent |
See also[]
Categories:
- Lists of college athletic programs by U.S. state
- Arkansas sports-related lists
- College sports in Arkansas
- Arkansas education-related lists