# List of college athletic programs in Missouri

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

## NCAA
### Division I

| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | Basketball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Ice hockey | Ice hockey | Soccer | Soccer |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | M | W | Base- ball | Soft- ball | M | W | M | W |
| Kansas City Roos | University of Missouri–Kansas City | Kansas City | Summit | | | | | | | | | |
| Lindenwood Lions and Lady Lions | Lindenwood University | St. Charles | Ohio Valley | FCS | | | | | | | | |
| Missouri Tigers | University of Missouri | Columbia | SEC | FBS | | | | | | | | |
| Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears | Missouri State University | Springfield | Missouri Valley | FCS | | | | | | | | |
| Saint Louis Billikens | Saint Louis University | St. Louis | Atlantic 10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | Southeast Missouri State University | Cape Girardeau | Ohio Valley | FCS | | | | | | | | |
* ↑ As of the 2024–25 academic year, Lindenwood is in the third year of a three-year transition to Division I and will become an active Division I member in 2025–26.
* 1 2 Lindenwood's men's ice hockey team competes as an independent, and its women's ice hockey team competes as a member of College Hockey America.
* ↑ Missouri State's football team competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

### Division II

| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | Basketball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Soccer | Soccer |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | M | W | Base- ball | Soft- ball | M | W |
| Central Missouri Mules and Jennies | University of Central Missouri | Warrensburg | MIAA | | | | | | | |
| Drury Panthers | Drury University | Springfield | Great Lakes Valley | | | | | | | |
| Lincoln Blue Tigers | Lincoln University of Missouri | Jefferson City | Great Lakes Valley | | | | | | | |
| Maryville Saints | Maryville University | Town and Country | Great Lakes Valley | | | | | | | |
| Missouri S&T Miners | Missouri University of Science and Technology | Rolla | Great Lakes Valley | | | | | | | |
| Missouri Southern Lions | Missouri Southern State University | Joplin | MIAA | | | | | | | |
| Missouri Western Griffons | Missouri Western State University | St. Joseph | MIAA | | | | | | | |
| Northwest Missouri State Bearcats | Northwest Missouri State University | Maryville | MIAA | | | | | | | |
| Rockhurst Hawks | Rockhurst University | Kansas City | Great Lakes Valley | | | | | | | |
| Southwest Baptist Bearcats | Southwest Baptist University | Bolivar | Great Lakes Valley | | | | | | | |
| Truman Bulldogs | Truman State University | Kirksville | Great Lakes Valley | | | | | | | |
| UMSL Tritons | University of Missouri–St. Louis | St. Louis | Great Lakes Valley | | | | | | | |
| William Jewell Cardinals | William Jewell College | Liberty | Great Lakes Valley | | | | | | | |

### Division III

| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | Basketball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Soccer | Soccer |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | M | W | Base- ball | Soft- ball | M | W |
| Fontbonne Griffins | Fontbonne University | Clayton | St. Louis | | | | | | | |
| Washington University Bears | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis | UAA | | | | | | | |
| Webster Gorloks | Webster University | Webster Groves | St. Louis | | | | | | | |
| Westminster Blue Jays | Westminster College | Fulton | St. Louis | | | | | | | |
* ↑ Fontbonne fields a team in sprint football, a weight-restricted form of football not governed by the NCAA, as a charter member of the Midwest Sprint Football League.
* ↑ Washington University's football team competes in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.
* ↑ Westminster's football team competes in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.

## NAIA

| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | Basketball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Soccer | Soccer |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | M | W | Base- ball | Soft- ball | M | W |
| Avila Eagles | Avila University | Kansas City | Kansas | | | | | | | |
| Central Methodist Eagles | Central Methodist University | Fayette | Heart of America | | | | | | | |
| College of the Ozarks Bobcats | College of the Ozarks | Point Lookout | Sooner | | | | | | | |
| Columbia Cougars | Columbia College | Columbia | American Midwest | | | | | | | |
| Cottey Comets | Cottey College | Nevada | American Midwest | | | | | | | |
| Culver–Stockton Wildcats | Culver–Stockton College | Canton | Heart of America | | | | | | | |
| Evangel Valor | Evangel University | Springfield | Kansas | | | | | | | |
| Hannibal–LaGrange Trojans | Hannibal–LaGrange University | Hannibal | American Midwest | | | | | | | |
| Harris–Stowe State Hornets | Harris–Stowe State University | St. Louis | American Midwest | | | | | | | |
| Mission Patriots | Mission University | Springfield | American Midwest | | | | | | | |
| Missouri Baptist Spartans | Missouri Baptist University | St. Louis | American Midwest | | | | | | | |
| Missouri Valley Vikings | Missouri Valley College | Marshall | Heart of America | | | | | | | |
| Park Pirates | Park University | Parkville | Heart of America | | | | | | | |
| UHSP Eutectics | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | St. Louis | American Midwest | | | | | | | |
| Stephens Stars | Stephens College | Columbia | American Midwest | | | | | | | |
| William Woods Owls | William Woods University | Fulton | American Midwest | | | | | | | |
* ↑ Cottey sponsors flag football as a women's varsity sport and competes in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
* ↑ Missouri Baptist's football team competes in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.

## NJCAA

| Team | School | City | Conference |
| Crowder Roughriders/Ladyriders | Crowder College | Neosho | Region XVI |
| East Central Falcons | East Central College | Union | Midwest CC |
| Jefferson Vikings | Jefferson College | Hillsboro | Midwest CC |
| MCC–Longview Wolves | Metropolitan Community College | Lee's Summit | Region XVI |
| MCC–Penn Valley Wolves | Metropolitan Community College | Kansas City | Region XVI |
| MCC–Blue River Wolves | Metropolitan Community College | Independence | Region XVI |
| MCC–Maple Woods Wolves | Metropolitan Community College | Kansas City | Region XVI |
| Mineral Area Cardinals | Mineral Area College | Park Hills | Midwest CC |
| Missouri State-West Plains Grizzlies | Missouri State University West Plains | West Plains | Midwest CC |
| Moberly Area Greyhounds | Moberly Area Community College | Moberly | Midwest CC |
| North Central Missouri Pirates | North Central Missouri College | Trenton | Region XVI |
| St. Charles Cougars | St. Charles Community College | Cottleville | Midwest CC |
| St. Louis Community College Archers | St. Louis Community College | St. Louis | Midwest CC |
| State Fair Roadrunners | State Fair Community College | Sedalia | Midwest CC |
| Three Rivers Raiders | Three Rivers Community College | Poplar Bluff | Midwest CC |

## NCCAA

| Team | School | City |
| Calvary Warriors | Calvary University | Kansas City |
| Central Christian Saints | Central Christian College of the Bible | Moberly |
| College of the Ozarks Bobcats | College of the Ozarks | Point Lookout |
| Mission Patriots | Mission University | Springfield |
| Ozark Christian Ambassadors | Ozark Christian College | Joplin |
| Spurgeon College Knights | Spurgeon College | Kansas City |

## Defunct

| Team | School | City | Division | Defunct |
| St. Louis Christian Soldiers | St. Louis Christian College | Florissant | ACCA | 2022 |
* ↑ St. Louis Christian College merged with Central Christian College of the Bible in December 2022.