# List of college athletic programs in Iowa

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

## NCAA
### Division I

| 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 |
| Drake Bulldogs | Drake University | Des Moines | Missouri Valley | FCS | | | | | | |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | University of Iowa | Iowa City | Big Ten | FBS | | | | | | |
| Iowa State Cyclones | Iowa State University | Ames | Big 12 | FBS | | | | | | |
| Northern Iowa Panthers | University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls | Missouri Valley | FCS | | | | | | |
* ↑ Drake's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League.
* ↑ Northern Iowa'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 |
| Upper Iowa Peacocks | Upper Iowa University | Fayette | 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 |
| Buena Vista Beavers | Buena Vista University | Storm Lake | American Rivers | | | | | | | |
| Central Dutch | Central College | Pella | American Rivers | | | | | | | |
| Coe Kohawks | Coe College | Cedar Rapids | American Rivers | | | | | | | |
| Cornell Rams | Cornell College | Mount Vernon | Midwest | | | | | | | |
| Dubuque Spartans | University of Dubuque | Dubuque | American Rivers | | | | | | | |
| Grinnell Pioneers | Grinnell College | Grinnell | Midwest | | | | | | | |
| Loras Duhawks | Loras College | Dubuque | American Rivers | | | | | | | |
| Luther Norse | Luther College | Decorah | American Rivers | | | | | | | |
| Simpson Storm | Simpson College | Indianola | American Rivers | | | | | | | |
| Wartburg Knights | Wartburg College | Waverly | American Rivers | | | | | | | |

## 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 |
| Briar Cliff Chargers | Briar Cliff University | Sioux City | Great Plains | | | | | | | |
| Clarke Pride | Clarke University | Dubuque | Heart of America | | | | | | | |
| Dordt Defenders | Dordt University | Sioux Center | Great Plains | | | | | | | |
| Graceland Yellowjackets | Graceland University | Lamoni | Heart of America | | | | | | | |
| Grand View Vikings | Grand View University | Des Moines | Heart of America | | | | | | | |
| Morningside Mustangs | Morningside University | Sioux City | Great Plains | | | | | | | |
| Mount Mercy Mustangs | Mount Mercy University | Cedar Rapids | Heart of America | | | | | | | |
| Northwestern Red Raiders | Northwestern College | Orange City | Great Plains | | | | | | | |
| St. Ambrose Fighting Bees | St. Ambrose University | Davenport | Chicagoland | | | | | | | |
| Waldorf Warriors | Waldorf University | Forest City | North Star | | | | | | | |
| William Penn Statesmen | William Penn University | Oskaloosa | Heart of America | | | | | | | |
* ↑ Graceland additionally sponsors flag football as a women's varsity sport and competes in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
* ↑ St. Ambrose's football team competes in the Mid-States Football Association.
* 1 2 Waldorf's soccer teams compete as independents.

## NJCAA

| Team | School | City | Conference |
| Des Moines Area Bears | Des Moines Area Community College | Boone‡ | Iowa CC |
| Ellsworth Panthers | Ellsworth Community College | Iowa Falls | Iowa CC |
| Hawkeye Redtails | Hawkeye Community College | Waterloo | Iowa CC |
| Indian Hills-Centerville Falcons | Indian Hills Community College | Centerville | Iowa CC |
| Indian Hills-Ottumwa Warriors | Indian Hills Community College | Ottumwa | Iowa CC |
| Iowa Central Tritons | Iowa Central Community College | Fort Dodge | Iowa CC |
| Iowa Lakes Lakers | Iowa Lakes Community College | Estherville | Iowa CC |
| Iowa Western Reivers | Iowa Western Community College | Council Bluffs | Iowa CC |
| Kirkwood Eagles | Kirkwood Community College | Cedar Rapids | Iowa CC |
| Marshalltown Tigers | Marshalltown Community College | Marshalltown | Iowa CC |
| Muscatine Cardinals | Muscatine Community College | Muscatine† | Iowa CC |
| North Iowa Area Trojans | North Iowa Area Community College | Mason City | Iowa CC |
| Scott Screaming Eagles | Scott Community College | Bettendorf† | Iowa CC |
| Southeastern Black Hawks | Southeastern Community College | West Burlington | Iowa CC |
| Southwestern Spartans | Southwestern Community College | Creston | Iowa CC |
† Eastern Iowa Community College District - Clinton (volleyball, men's basketball only), Muscatine (baseball, softball), Scott (golf, soccer only). ‡ All seven DMACC campuses (Ankeny, Boone, Carroll, Des Moines, Newton, Urban [Des Moines] & West Des Moines campuses) play at Boone.

## NCCAA

| Team | School | City | Conference |
| Emmaus Eagles | Emmaus University | Dubuque | Independent |
| Faith Baptist Eagles | Faith Baptist Bible College | Ankeny | Independent |