List of college athletic programs in Texas
This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Texas.
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 | |||||||
Abilene Christian Wildcats | Abilene Christian University | Abilene | WAC | FCS | ||||||
Baylor Bears | Baylor University | Waco | Big 12 | FBS | ||||||
Houston Cougars | University of Houston | Houston | The American [a] | FBS | ||||||
Houston Baptist Huskies | Houston Baptist University | Houston | Southland | FCS | [b] | |||||
Incarnate Word Cardinals | University of the Incarnate Word | San Antonio | Southland [c] | FCS | [b] | |||||
Lamar Cardinals and Lady Cardinals | Lamar University | Beaumont | WAC | FCS | ||||||
North Texas Mean Green | University of North Texas | Denton | C-USA [d] | FBS | ||||||
Prairie View A&M Panthers and Lady Panthers | Prairie View A&M University | Prairie View | SWAC | FCS | ||||||
Rice Owls | Rice University | Houston | C-USA [d] | FBS | ||||||
Sam Houston State Bearkats | Sam Houston State University | Huntsville | WAC [e] | FCS [e] | ||||||
SMU Mustangs | Southern Methodist University | Dallas | The American | FBS | ||||||
Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks | Stephen F. Austin State University | Nacogdoches | WAC | FCS | ||||||
Tarleton Texans [f] | Tarleton State University | Stephenville | WAC | FCS [f] | [f] | |||||
TCU Horned Frogs and Lady Frogs | Texas Christian University | Fort Worth | Big 12 | FBS | ||||||
Texas Longhorns | University of Texas at Austin | Austin | Big 12 | FBS | ||||||
Texas A&M Aggies | Texas A&M University | College Station-Bryan | SEC | FBS | ||||||
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders | Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi | Corpus Christi | Southland | |||||||
Texas Southern Tigers and Lady Tigers | Texas Southern University | Houston | SWAC | FCS | ||||||
Texas State Bobcats | Texas State University | San Marcos | Sun Belt | FBS | ||||||
Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders [g] | Texas Tech University | Lubbock | Big 12 | FBS | ||||||
UT Arlington Mavericks | University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | Sun Belt [c] | |||||||
UTEP Miners | University of Texas at El Paso | El Paso | C-USA | FBS | ||||||
UTRGV Vaqueros | University of Texas Rio Grande Valley | Edinburg | WAC | [h] | ||||||
UTSA Roadrunners | University of Texas at San Antonio | San Antonio | C-USA [d] | FBS |
- ^ Houston will join the Big 12 Conference in 2023–24.
- ^ a b Houston Baptist and Incarnate Word's men's soccer teams compete in the WAC. The latter team will move to that conference in 2022–23.
- ^ a b Incarnate Word will join, and UT Arlington will rejoin, the WAC in 2022–23.
- ^ a b c North Texas, Rice, and UTSA will join the American Athletic Conference in 2023–24.
- ^ a b Sam Houston will join Conference USA and transition to FBS football in 2023–24.
- ^ a b c Tarleton has begun its four-year transition to Division I in 2020–21. The football team competes in the WAC after the conference began sponsoring football again. The women's soccer team is to be added in 2022–23.
- ^ Texas Tech uses "Lady Raiders" for women's sports teams that have men's counterparts, most notably women's basketball. "Red Raiders" is used in sports that are sponsored only for one sex, whether men or women.
- ^ UTRGV announced its exploration to add a football team, with plans to begin play in 2024–25. Its affiliation is most likely the WAC in the FCS.
Division II[]
- ^ Dallas Baptist's baseball team competes in Division I as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
- ^ Texas A&M–Commerce is scheduled to join Division I Southland Conference in 2022–23, subject to approval for a transition.
Division III[]
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Austin College 'Roos | Austin College | Sherman | SCAC | [a] | ||||||
Concordia Tornados | Concordia University at Austin | Austin | American Southwest | |||||||
Dallas Crusaders | University of Dallas | Irving | SCAC | |||||||
East Texas Baptist Tigers | East Texas Baptist University | Marshall | American Southwest | |||||||
Hardin–Simmons Cowboys | Hardin–Simmons University | Abilene | American Southwest | |||||||
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets | Howard Payne University | Brownwood | American Southwest | |||||||
LeTourneau Yellow Jackets | LeTourneau University | Longview | American Southwest | |||||||
Mary Hardin–Baylor Crusaders | University of Mary Hardin–Baylor | Belton | American Southwest | |||||||
McMurry War Hawks | McMurry University | Abilene | American Southwest | |||||||
St. Thomas Celts [b] | University of St. Thomas | Houston | SCAC | |||||||
Schreiner Mountaineers | Schreiner University | Kerrville | SCAC | |||||||
Southwestern Pirates | Southwestern University | Georgetown | SCAC | [a] | ||||||
Sul Ross State Lobos | Sul Ross State University | Alpine | American Southwest | |||||||
Texas Lutheran Bulldogs | Texas Lutheran University | Seguin | SCAC | [a] | ||||||
Trinity Tigers | Trinity University | San Antonio | SCAC | [c] | ||||||
UT Dallas Comets | University of Texas at Dallas | Richardson | American Southwest |
- ^ a b c Austin, Southwestern, and Texas Lutheran's football teams compete in the American Southwest Conference. Southwestern's team will move to the Southern Athletic Association in 2022–23.
- ^ As of 2021–22, St. Thomas is in the third year of a four-year transition to Division III and will become an active Division III member in 2023–24.
- ^ Trinity's football team competes in the Southern Athletic Association.
NAIA[]
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
UHV Jaguars | University of Houston–Victoria | Victoria | Red River | |||||||
Huston–Tillotson Rams | Huston–Tillotson University | Austin | Red River | |||||||
Jarvis Christian Bulldogs | Jarvis Christian College | Hawkins | Red River | |||||||
North Texas Dallas Trailblazers [a] | University of North Texas at Dallas | Dallas | Sooner | |||||||
Our Lady of the Lake Saints | Our Lady of the Lake University | San Antonio | Red River | |||||||
Paul Quinn Tigers | Paul Quinn College | Dallas | Red River | |||||||
SAGU Lions | Southwestern Assemblies of God University | Waxahachie | Sooner | |||||||
Texas A&M–San Antonio Jaguars [b] | Texas A&M University–San Antonio | San Antonio | Red River | [b] | [b] | |||||
Texas A&M–Texarkana Eagles | Texas A&M University–Texarkana | Texarkana | Red River | |||||||
Texas College Steers | Texas College | Tyler | Red River | [c] | ||||||
Texas Wesleyan Rams | Texas Wesleyan University | Fort Worth | Sooner | |||||||
Wayland Baptist Pioneers | Wayland Baptist University | Plainview | Sooner | |||||||
Wiley Wildcats | Wiley College | Marshall | Red River [d] |
- ^ North Texas–Dallas has planned to add baseball, men's and women's soccer, and softball at a later time.
- ^ a b c Texas A&M–San Antonio has planned to add men's and women's basketball in 2022–23.
- ^ Texas College's football team competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
- ^ Wiley will join the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference in 2022–23.
NJCAA[]
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Alvin Dolphins | Alvin Community College | Alvin | Southwest JC |
Angelina Roadrunners | Angelina College | Lufkin | Southwest JC |
Blinn Buccaneers | Blinn College | Brenham | Southwest JC |
Brookhaven Bears | Brookhaven College | Farmers Branch | Metro |
Cedar Valley Suns | Cedar Valley College | Lancaster | Metro |
Cisco Wranglers | Cisco College | Cisco | North Texas JC |
Clarendon Bulldogs | Clarendon College | Clarendon | Western JC |
Coastal Bend Cougars | Coastal Bend College | Beeville | Southwest JC |
Collin County Cougars | Collin College | Plano | North Texas JC |
Eastfield Harvesters | Eastfield College | Mesquite | Metro |
El Paso Tejanos | El Paso Community College | El Paso | Western JC |
Frank Phillips Plainsmen | Frank Phillips College | Borger | Western JC |
Galveston Whitecaps | Galveston College | Galveston | Southwest JC |
Grayson County Vikings | Grayson County College | Denison | North Texas JC |
Hill Rebels | Hill College | Hillsboro | North Texas JC |
Howard (Texas) Hawks | Howard College | Big Spring | Western JC |
Jacksonville Jaguars | Jacksonville College | Jacksonville | Southwest JC |
Kilgore Rangers | Kilgore College | Kilgore | Southwest JC |
Lamar State Seahawks | Lamar State College–Port Arthur | Port Arthur | Southwest JC |
Laredo Palominos | Laredo Community College | Laredo | Southwest JC |
Lee Rebels | Lee College | Baytown | Southwest JC |
McLennan Highlanders | McLennan Community College | Waco | North Texas JC |
Midland Chaparrals | Midland College | Midland | Western JC |
Mountain View Lions | Mountain View College | Dallas | Metro |
Navarro Bulldogs | Navarro College | Corsicana | Southwest JC |
North Central Texas Lions | North Central Texas College | Gainesville | North Texas JC |
North Lake Blazers | North Lake College | Irving | Metro |
Northeast Texas Eagles | Northeast Texas Community College | Mt. Pleasant | Southwest JC |
Odessa Wranglers | Odessa College | Odessa | Western JC |
Panola Ponies | Panola College | Carthage | Southwest JC |
Paris Dragons | Paris Junior College | Paris | Southwest JC |
Ranger Rangers | Ranger College | Ranger | North Texas JC |
Richland Thunder Ducks | Richland College | Dallas | Metro |
San Jacinto-Central Ravens | San Jacinto College-Central | Pasadena | Southwest JC |
San Jacinto-North Gators | San Jacinto College-North | Houston | Southwest JC |
San Jacinto-South Coyotes | San Jacinto College-South | Houston | Southwest JC |
South Plains Texans | South Plains College | Levelland | Western JC |
Southwestern Christian Rams | Southwestern Christian College | Terrell | North Texas JC |
Temple Leopards | Temple College | Temple | North Texas JC |
Trinity Valley Cardinals | Trinity Valley Community College | Athens | Southwest JC |
Tyler Apaches | Tyler Junior College | Tyler | Southwest JC |
Vernon Chaparrals | Vernon College | Vernon | North Texas JC |
Weatherford Coyotes | Weatherford College | Weatherford | North Texas JC |
Western Texas Westerners | Western Texas College | Snyder | Western JC |
Wharton County Pioneers | Wharton County Junior College | Wharton | Southwest JC |
NCCAA[]
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Arlington Baptist Patriots | Arlington Baptist University [a] | Arlington | |
Dallas Christian Crusaders | Dallas Christian College | Dallas | |
Southwestern Adventist Knights | Southwestern Adventist University [b] | Keene |
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 NCCAA institutions
- List of USCAA institutions
- List of Division 1 NJCAA schools
- List of Division 2 NJCAA schools
- List of Division 3 NJCAA schools
Categories:
- Lists of college athletic programs by U.S. state
- Texas sports-related lists
- College sports in Texas
- Texas education-related lists