List of college athletic programs in Louisiana

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This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Louisiana.

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 Sport sponsorship
Foot-
ball		 Basketball Base-
ball		 Soft-
ball		 Soccer
M W M W
Grambling State Tigers Grambling State University Grambling SWAC FCS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette Sun Belt FBS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks University of Louisiana at Monroe Monroe Sun Belt FBS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs and Lady Techsters Louisiana Tech University Ruston C-USA FBS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers Louisiana State University Baton Rouge SEC FBS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
McNeese State Cowboys and Cowgirls McNeese State University Lake Charles Southland FCS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
New Orleans Privateers University of New Orleans New Orleans Southland No Yes Yes Yes No No No
Nicholls Colonels Nicholls State University Thibodaux Southland FCS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Northwestern State Demons and Lady Demons Northwestern State University Natchitoches Southland FCS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Southeastern Louisiana Lions and Lady Lions Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond Southland FCS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Southern Jaguars and Lady Jaguars Southern University Baton Rouge SWAC FCS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Tulane Green Wave Tulane University New Orleans The American FBS Yes Yes Yes No No No

Division III[]

Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship
Foot-
ball		 Basketball Base-
ball		 Soft-
ball		 Soccer
M W M W
Centenary Gentlemen and Ladies Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport SCAC No [a] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  1. ^ Centenary's football team will return to play in 2024–25.

NAIA[]

Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship
Foot-
ball		 Basketball Base-
ball		 Soft-
ball		 Soccer
M W M W
Dillard Bleu Devils and Lady Bleu Devils Dillard University New Orleans Gulf Coast No Yes Yes No No No No
Louisiana Christian Wildcats Louisiana Christian University Pineville Red River [a] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Loyola Wolf Pack Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans SSAC No Yes Yes Yes No No No
LSU–Alexandria Generals Louisiana State University of Alexandria Alexandria Red River No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
LSU–Shreveport Pilots Louisiana State University Shreveport Shreveport Red River No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Southern–New Orleans Knights and Lady Knights [b] Southern University at New Orleans New Orleans Gulf Coast No Yes Yes No No No No
Xavier Gold Rush and Gold Nuggets Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans Red River No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
  1. ^ Louisiana Christian's football team competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
  2. ^ Southern–New Orleans suspended athletics at the end of the 2019–20 season and will reinstate them in 2022–23.

NJCAA[]

Team School City Conference
Bossier City SJCC
BRCC Bears Baton Rouge Community College Baton Rouge LCCAC
Delgado Dolphins Delgado Community College New Orleans LCCAC
LSU–Eunice Bengals and Lady Bengals Louisiana State University at Eunice Eunice LCCAC
Nunez Pelicans Nunez Community College Chalmette LCCAC
Port City Jaguars and Lady Jaguars Southern University at Shreveport Shreveport LCCAC

See also[]

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