List of college athletic programs in Mississippi

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

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
Alcorn State Braves [a] Alcorn State University Lorman SWAC FCS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Jackson State Tigers and Lady Tigers Jackson State University Jackson SWAC FCS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Mississippi Rebels [b] University of Mississippi Oxford SEC FBS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Mississippi State Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs Mississippi State University Starkville SEC FBS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils and Devilettes Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena SWAC FCS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg C-USA [c] FBS Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes
  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".
  3. ^ Southern Miss plans to join the Sun Belt Conference in 2022–23, not 2023–24.

Division II[]

Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship
Foot-
ball		 Basketball Base-
ball		 Soft-
ball		 Soccer
M W M W
Delta State Statesmen and Lady Statesmen Delta State University Cleveland Gulf South Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Mississippi College Choctaws Mississippi College Clinton Gulf South Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Division III[]

Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship
Foot-
ball		 Basketball Base-
ball		 Soft-
ball		 Soccer
M W M W
Belhaven Blazers Belhaven University Jackson American Southwest [a] Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Millsaps Majors Millsaps College Jackson SAA Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MUW Owls [b] Mississippi University for Women Columbus Independent [c] No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  1. ^ Belhaven moves to the Collegiate Conference of the South in most sports and the USA South Athletic Conference in football, both in 2022–23.
  2. ^ As of the 2021–22 academic year, MUW is in the third year of a four-year transition to Division III and will become an active Division III member in 2023–24.
  3. ^ MUW will join the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2022–23.

NAIA[]

Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship
Basketball Base-
ball		 Soft-
ball		 Soccer
M W M W
Blue Mountain Toppers Blue Mountain College Blue Mountain Southern States Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
Rust Bearcats Rust College Holly Springs Gulf Coast Yes Yes Yes [a] Yes [b] No No
Tougaloo Bulldogs Tougaloo College Tougaloo Gulf Coast Yes Yes Yes [a] No No No
William Carey Crusaders William Carey University Hattiesburg Southern States Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
  1. ^ a b Rust and Tougaloo's baseball teams compete as independents.
  2. ^ Rust's softball team competes as an independent.

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 Independent
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

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