List of college athletic programs in Kansas
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This is a list of college athletic programs in Kansas. Inclusion on the list is for college sports programs (past and present) that are in the state of Kansas.
There are currently 25 four-year colleges and universities which have athletic programs (college teams in US English or college clubs in British English) that compete in intercollegiate athletics. Another 21 two-year colleges provide athletic programs at their level. Additionally, other defunct schools provided athletic programs during their times of service.
NCAA[]
Division I[]
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Kansas Jayhawks | University of Kansas | Lawrence | Big 12 | FBS | ![]() |
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Kansas State Wildcats | Kansas State University | Manhattan | Big 12 | FBS | ![]() |
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Wichita State Shockers | Wichita State University | Wichita | The American | ![]() |
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Division II[]
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Emporia State Hornets/Lady Hornets | Emporia State University | Emporia | MIAA | ![]() |
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Fort Hays State Tigers | Fort Hays State University | Hays | MIAA | ![]() |
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Newman Jets | Newman University | Wichita | MIAA | ![]() |
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Pittsburg State Gorillas | Pittsburg State University | Pittsburg | MIAA | ![]() |
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Washburn Ichabods | Washburn University | Topeka | MIAA | ![]() |
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- ^ a b Fort Hays State and Newman's men's soccer teams compete in the Great American Conference.
NAIA[]
NJCAA[]
NCCAA[]
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Barclay Bears | Barclay College | Haviland | Midwest Christian |
Manhattan Christian Thunder | Manhattan Christian College | Manhattan | Midwest Christian |
Kansas Christian Falcons | Kansas Christian College | Overland Park | Independent |
Defunct programs[]
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Team | School | City | Conference (at time of discontinuation) |
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Brown Mackie-Salina Lions | Brown Mackie College | Salina | Independent |
College of Emporia Fighting Presbies | College of Emporia | Emporia | Heart of America |
Marymount Spartans | Marymount College | Salina | |
St. John's Johnnies | St. John's College | Winfield | Kansas |
St. Mary of the Plains Cavaliers | St. Mary of the Plains | Dodge City | Kansas |
Colleges and universities without athletic programs[]
As a supplement to the list, the following are some of the four year accredited institutions and/or graduate schools in the state of Kansas that do not sponsor intercollegiate athletics. Excluded from this list are the various technical schools and career colleges that typically do not offer such programs.
- Cleveland Chiropractic College
- St. Mary's College and Academy (the academy offers athletics for its preparatory school)
- Saint Paul School of Theology
- United States Army Command and General Staff College
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.
See also[]
- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division II institutions
- List of NCAA Division III institutions
- List of NAIA institutions
- List of USCAA institutions
- List of NCCAA institutions
- List of college athletic programs by U.S. state
- List of colleges and universities in Kansas
- List of defunct colleges and universities in Kansas
- Lists of college athletic programs by U.S. state
- Kansas sports-related lists
- College sports in Kansas
- Kansas education-related lists