List of college athletic programs in Connecticut
This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
NCAA
Division I
Central Connecticut
UConn
Fairfield
Quinnipiac
Sacred Heart
Yale
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Full NCAA Division I member colleges in Connecticut.– FBS Football, – FCS Football, – Non-Football
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||||
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Central Connecticut Blue Devils | Central Connecticut State University | New Britain | Northeast | FCS | ||||||||
Connecticut Huskies [a] | University of Connecticut | Storrs | Big East | FBS[b] | [c] | [c] | ||||||
Fairfield Stags | Fairfield University | Fairfield | MAAC | |||||||||
Quinnipiac Bobcats | Quinnipiac University | Hamden | MAAC | [d] | [d] | |||||||
Sacred Heart Pioneers | Sacred Heart University | Fairfield | Northeast[e] | FCS | [f] | [g] | ||||||
Yale Bulldogs | Yale University | New Haven | Ivy League | FCS | [d] | [d] |
- ^ While national media use "Connecticut" in score listings and standings, the short form of "UConn" is widely used as well.
- ^ Connecticut's football team competes as an independent.
- ^ a b Connecticut's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East.
- ^ a b c d Quinnipiac and Yale's men's and women's ice hockey teams all compete in ECAC Hockey.
- ^ Sacred Heart will join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in the 2024–25 season.
- ^ Sacred Heart's men's ice hockey team competes in Atlantic Hockey.
- ^ Sacred Heart's women's ice hockey team competes in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.
Division II
Bridgeport
New Haven
Post
Southern Connecticut
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Full NCAA Division II member colleges in Connecticut.– Football, – Non-Football
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||||
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Bridgeport Purple Knights | University of Bridgeport | Bridgeport | Central Atlantic | |||||||||
New Haven Chargers | University of New Haven | West Haven | Northeast-10 | |||||||||
Post Eagles | Post University | Waterbury | Central Atlantic | [a] | [b] | [c] | ||||||
Southern Connecticut Owls | Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven | Northeast-10 |
- ^ Post's football team will join the Northeast-10 Conference as an affiliate in 2024.
- ^ Post's men's ice hockey team competes as an affiliate in the Northeast-10 Conference.
- ^ Post's women's ice hockey team competes in Division I as a member of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.
Division III
Albertus Magnus
Coast Guard
Connecticut College
Eastern Connecticut
Hartford
Mitchell
Saint Joseph
Trinity
Wesleyan
Western Connecticut
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Full NCAA Division III member colleges in Connecticut.– Football, – Non-football
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||||
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Albertus Magnus Falcons | Albertus Magnus College | New Haven | Great Northeast | [a] | [b] | |||||||
Coast Guard Bears | United States Coast Guard Academy | New London | NEWMAC | |||||||||
Connecticut College Camels | Connecticut College | New London | NESCAC | |||||||||
Eastern Connecticut Warriors | Eastern Connecticut State University | Willimantic | Little East | |||||||||
Hartford Hawks[c] | University of Hartford | West Hartford | Commonwealth Coast | |||||||||
Mitchell Mariners | Mitchell College | New London | New England | |||||||||
Saint Joseph Blue Jays | University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford | Great Northeast | |||||||||
Trinity Bantams | Trinity College | Hartford | NESCAC | |||||||||
Wesleyan Cardinals | Wesleyan University | Middletown | NESCAC | |||||||||
Western Connecticut Wolves | Western Connecticut State University | Danbury | Little East | [d] |
- ^ Albertus Magnus's men's ice hockey team competes as an independent.
- ^ Albertus Magnus;s women's ice hockey team competes in the NCHA.
- ^ As of the 2023–24 academic year, Hartford is in the second year of a three-year transition to Division III and will become an active Division III member in 2025–26.
- ^ Western Connecticut's football team competes in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.
NJCAA
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Gateway Lions | Gateway Community College | New Haven | Massachusetts CC |
UConn–Avery Point Pointers | University of Connecticut at Avery Point | Groton | Massachusetts CC |
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
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