List of NCAA Division I conference realignments (2000–present)
History -- 2007–2008
Table:
School

Sport(s)

Former Conference

New Conference

Austin Peay Governors

Football

Division I FCS independent

Ohio Valley

Central Arkansas Bears

Football

Division I FCS independent

Southland Conference

Cincinnati Bearcats

Women's lacrosse

Club team

Independent[379]

Delaware Blue Hens

Football

Atlantic 10

CAA

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles[382]

All sports (non-football)

Independent (Division II)

Atlantic Sun

Hofstra Pride

Football

Atlantic 10

CAA

Houston Baptist Huskies

All sports

NAIA

Independent

IPFW Mastodons

All sports except men's volleyball

Independent

The Summit

James Madison Dukes

Football

Atlantic 10

CAA

Le Moyne Dolphins

Baseball

MAAC

Independent

Louisville Cardinals

Women's lacrosse

Club team

Independent[381]

Maine Black Bears

Football

Atlantic 10

CAA

Massachusetts Minutemen

Football

Atlantic 10

CAA

New Hampshire Wildcats

Football

Atlantic 10

CAA

Northeastern Huskies

Football

Atlantic 10

CAA

North Carolina Central Eagles[383]

All sports

CIAA (Division II)

Independent

North Dakota State Bison

All sports except football

Independent

The Summit

Presbyterian Blue Hose[384]

All sports

South Atlantic (Division II)

Independent

Rhode Island Rams

Football

Atlantic 10

CAA

Richmond Spiders

Football

Atlantic 10

CAA

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Austin Peay State University ( /piː/ ) is a public university in Clarksville , Tennessee . Standing on a site occupied by a succession of Tennessean educational institutions since 1845 , the precursor of the university was established in 1927 and named for then-sitting Governor Austin Peay , who is further honored with Governors , the name of the university 's athletic teams . Affiliated with the Tennessee Board of Regents , it is now governed by the Austin Peay State University Board of Trustees as of May 2017 [ update ] . The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ) and , in 2012 , was the fastest-growing university in Tennessee . In 2019 , Austin Peay officially hit 11,000 students enrolled .
The Austin Peay Governors Football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Austin Peay State University located in the U.S. state of Tennessee . The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and are members of the Ohio Valley Conference . The school 's first football team was fielded in 1930 . They were previously a member of the Pioneer Football League from 2001 through 2005 . The team plays its home games at the 10,000 seat Fortera Stadium .
NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision independent schools are four-year institutions in the United States whose football programs are not part of a football conference . This means that FCS independents are not required to schedule each other for competition as conference schools do . As of the next college football season of 2020 , three schools will play as FCS independents . Presbyterian will spend only the 2020 season as an independent . It began a transition to non-scholarship FCS football in 2017 and will play the final season of that transition as an FCS independent before joining the Pioneer Football League in 2021 . ( Presbyterian will remain a full but non-football Big South member . ) Also in 2020 , Dixie State and Tarleton State will move up from Division II , with both joining the non-football Western Athletic Conference . Both schools have announced they will play as FCS independents for the foreseeable future . The only school that had played as an FCS independent in the most recently completed 2019 season , North Dakota , will join the Missouri Valley Football Conference in July 2020 . The Fighting Hawks left the Big Sky Conference for the non-football Summit League in July 2018 , but agreed to honor existing contracts to play Big Sky members in football , and thus played a full Big Sky football schedule in both 2018 and 2019 .
The Ohio Valley Conference ( OVC ) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States . It participates in Division I of the NCAA ; the conference 's football programs compete in the Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ; formerly known as Division I-AA ) , the lower of two levels of Division I football competition . The OVC has 12 members , 9 of which compete in football in the conference .
The University of Central Arkansas ( Central Arkansas or UCA ) is a public university in Conway , Arkansas . Founded in 1907 as the Arkansas State Normal School , the university is one of the oldest in the U.S. state of Arkansas . As the state 's only normal school at the time , UCA has historically been the primary source of teachers in Arkansas . UCA is noted for programs in nursing , education , physical therapy , business , performing arts , and psychology . The university comprises six colleges : the College of Fine Arts and Communication , the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics , the College of Business , the College of Health and Behavioral Sciences , the College of Liberal Arts , and the College of Education . In addition to this UCA is home to five residential colleges and one commuter college , those being the HPaW Residential College , EDGE Residential College , The Stars Residential College , STEM Residential College , EPIC Residential College , and the Minton Commuter College . UCA has about 12,000 graduate and undergraduate students , making it one of the largest universities in the state . The university maintains a student-to-faculty ratio of approximately 17 to 1 . Over 150 undergraduate , graduate , and professional programs are offered at the university . UCA occupies over 120 buildings within its 356 acres ( 1.44 km2 ) .
The Central Arkansas Bears football program is the intercollegiate American football team for University of Central Arkansas located in the U.S. state of Arkansas . The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and are members of the Southland Conference . Central Arkansas 's first football team was fielded in 1908 . The team plays its home games at the 10,000 seat Estes Stadium in Conway , Arkansas . The Bears are coached by Nathan Brown , in his second year .
The Southland Conference , abbreviated to SLC , is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States ( specifically Texas , Louisiana , and Arkansas ) . It participates in the NCAA 's Division I for all sports ; for football , it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) . The Southland sponsors 18 sports , 10 for women and eight for men , and is governed by a presidential Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of athletic and academic administrators . Tom Burnett was named the Southland 's sixth commissioner on Dec. 23 , 2002 . From 1996 to 2002 , for football only , the Southland Conference was known as the Southland Football League . The conference 's offices are located in the Dallas suburb of Frisco , Texas .
The University of Cincinnati ( UC or Cincinnati ) is a public research university in Cincinnati , Ohio . Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College , it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,000 students , making it the second largest university in Ohio . It is part of the University System of Ohio .
The Cincinnati Bearcats are the athletic teams that represent the University of Cincinnati . The teams are members of the American Athletic Conference ( The American ) , which from 1979 to 2013 was known as the Big East Conference . Cincinnati and Wichita State University are currently the only members of The American that are located in the Midwestern United States ; all other members are in the Northeast or South . The Bearcats were previously members of Conference USA , where they were a founding member . The creation of Conference USA was the result of a merger between the Great Midwest Conference ( of which Cincinnati was a member ) and the Metro Conference ( whom Cincinnati had previously been a member ) in 1995 . Other collegiate athletic conferences which the school has belonged to includes the Missouri Valley Conference , 1957-1969 ; the Mid-American Conference , 1947-1952 ; the Buckeye Athletic Association , 1925-1935 , and the Ohio Athletic Conference , 1910-1924 .
NCAA independent lacrosse schools are four-year institutions in the United States that do not belong to a lacrosse-only conference or a primary all-sports conference that sponsors lacrosse . As of the 2016-17 academic year there are 22 men 's and 9 women 's lacrosse programs in Division I , Division II , and Division III that compete as independents .
The University of Delaware ( colloquially UD or Delaware ) is a public research university located in Newark , Delaware . The University of Delaware is the largest university in Delaware . UD offers three associate 's programs , 148 bachelor 's programs , 121 master 's programs ( with 13 joint degrees ) and 55 doctoral programs across its eight colleges . The main campus is in Newark , with satellite campuses in Dover , Wilmington , Lewes , and Georgetown . It is considered a large institution with approximately 18,500 undergraduate and 4,500 graduate students . UD is a privately governed university which receives public funding for being a land-grant , sea-grant and space-grant state-supported research institution . UD is classified as a Doctoral University-Very High Research Activity ( R1 ) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . UD is one of the top 100 public institutions for federal obligations [ clarification needed ] in science and engineering and interdisciplinary initiatives in energy science and policy , the environment , and in human health . UD is recognized with the Community Engagement Classification by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . It is one of only four schools in North America with a major in art conservation . In 1923 , UD was the first American university to offer a study-abroad program . The school from which the university grew was founded in 1743 , making it one of the oldest in the nation .
The Delaware Fightin ' Blue Hens football team represents the University of Delaware in National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) college football . The team is currently led by head coach Danny Rocco and plays on Tubby Raymond Field at 22,000-seat Delaware Stadium located in Newark , Delaware . The Fightin ' Blue Hens have won six national titles in their 117-year history - 1946 ( AP College Division ) , 1963 ( UPI College Division ) , 1971 ( AP/UPI College Division ) , 1972 ( AP/UPI College Division ) , 1979 ( Division II ) , and 2003 ( Division I-AA ) . They returned to the FCS National Championship game in 2007 and 2010 . The Blue Hens are recognized as a perennial power in FCS football and Delaware was the only FCS program to average more than 20,000 fans per regular-season home game for each season from 1999 to 2010 .
The Atlantic 10 Conference ( A-10 ) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's ( NCAA ) Division I . The A-10 's member schools are located in states mostly on the United States Eastern Seaboard , as well as some in the Midwest - Massachusetts , New York , North Carolina , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , Virginia , Ohio , and Missouri as well as in the District of Columbia . Although some of its members are state-funded , half of its membership is made up of private , Catholic institutions . Despite the name , there are 14 full-time members , and two affiliate members that participate in women 's field hockey only . The current commissioner is Bernadette McGlade , who began her tenure in 2008 .
The Colonial Athletic Association ( CAA ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA 's Division I whose full members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to South Carolina . Most of its members are public universities , and the conference is headquartered in Richmond . The CAA was historically a Southern conference until the addition of four schools in the Northeast ( of five that joined from rival conference America East ) after the turn of the 21st century , which added balance to the conference . The CAA was founded in 1979 as the ECAC South basketball league . It was renamed the Colonial Athletic Association in 1985 when it added championships in other sports ( although a number of members maintain ECAC affiliation in some sports ) . As of 2006 , it organizes championships in 21 men 's and women 's sports . The addition of Northeastern University in 2005 gave the conference the NCAA minimum of six football programs needed to sponsor football . For the 2007 football season , all of the Atlantic 10 Conference 's football programs joined the CAA football conference , as agreed in May 2005 .
Florida Gulf Coast University ( FGCU ) is a public research university in Fort Myers , Florida . It belongs to the twelve-member State University System of Florida as its second youngest member . The university was established on May 3 , 1991 , and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools ( SACS ) to award 58 different types of bachelor 's , 25 different master 's , six doctoral degrees , and twelve graduate certificates . All of the university 's undergraduate engineering degrees are accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology ( ABET ) . The university 's academics are divided into six main colleges : U.A . Whitaker College of Engineering , Lutgert College of Business , Marieb College of Health & Human Services , College of Education , College of Arts and Sciences , and Honors College . The prominent schools and departments within the colleges include ; Bower School of Music & the Arts , The Emergent Technologies Institute ( ETI ) , School of Nursing , and School of Resort & Hospitality Management . FGCU 's intercollegiate athletic teams , the Eagles , compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference in NCAA Division I sports .
The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles ( also FGCU ) refer to the fifteen sports teams representing Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers , Florida in intercollegiate athletics , including men and women 's basketball , cross country , golf , soccer , and tennis ; women's-only : softball , swimming and diving , indoor volleyball , and sand volleyball ; and men's-only : baseball . The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Atlantic Sun Conference ( ASUN ) . FGCU is also notable as the youngest institution competing in NCAA Division I , having been officially founded in 1991 and started classes in 1997 . [ a ] FGCU athletics began in the NAIA . In 2002 , Florida Gulf Coast became an independent member of NCAA Division II . In 2006 , Florida Gulf Coast applied for NCAA Division I status and became a transitory Division I effective in the 2007-08 season . Florida Gulf Coast became a full Division I member on August 11 , 2011 . In the 2013 NCAA Men 's Division I Basketball Tournament , FGCU became the first number 15 seed to advance to the Sweet 16 .
NCAA Division II independent schools are four-year institutions that are not formally affiliated with any athletic conference . Schools that are members of a conference may also field intercollegiate teams in football , lacrosse , soccer , wrestling , and other sports not affiliated with a conference , usually due to their primary conference not having enough teams in a certain sport to enable sponsorship of the sport by that conference .
NCAA Division II ( D-II ) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment offered in Division III . Before 1973 , the NCAA 's smaller schools were grouped together in the College Division . In 1973 , the College Division split in two when the NCAA began using numeric designations for its competitions . The College Division members who wanted to offer athletic scholarships or compete against those who did became Division II , while those who chose not to offer athletic scholarships became Division III . Nationally , ESPN televises the championship game in football , CBS televises the men 's basketball championship , and ESPN2 televises the women 's basketball championship . CBS Sports Network broadcasts six football games on Thursdays during the regular season , and one men 's basketball game per week on Saturdays during that sport 's regular season . The official slogan of NCAA Division II , implemented in 2015 , is Make It Yours .
The Atlantic Sun Conference , branded as the ASUN Conference , is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States . The league participates at the NCAA Division I level , and does not sponsor football . Originally established as the Trans America Athletic Conference ( TAAC ) in 1978 , its headquarters are located in Macon , Georgia . The conference has seen several changes in its membership in recent years . First , the 2014 departure of East Tennessee State University and Mercer University to the Southern Conference left the ASUN with eight members . Northern Kentucky University ( transitioning from NCAA Division II sports to Division I ) left the conference to join the Horizon League and was replaced by the New Jersey Institute of Technology ( NJIT ) , previously the only Division I basketball independent , in 2015 . The ASUN membership expanded to nine members in 2018 . The University of South Carolina Upstate ( USC Upstate ) left the ASUN to join the Big South Conference after the 2017-18 season , but two new schools joined . The University of North Alabama arrived from the Division II Gulf South Conference , and Liberty University left the Big South for the ASUN . The ASUN 's next change of membership will occur in 2020-21 with the arrival of Bellarmine University from the Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference .
Hofstra University is a private university in Hempstead , New York . Long Island 's largest private university , Hofstra originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University ( NYU ) under the name Nassau College - Hofstra Memorial of New York University at Hempstead , Long Island . It became independent Hofstra College in 1939 and gained university status in 1963 . Comprising ten schools , including the Northwell School of Medicine and Deane School of Law , Hofstra is noted for a series of prominent Presidential conferences and hosting several United States presidential debates .
The Hofstra Pride football ( formerly the Hofstra Flying Dutchmen ) program was the intercollegiate American football team for Hofstra University located in Hempstead , New York . The team competed in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association . The school 's first football team was fielded in 1937 . Hofstra participated in football from 1937 to 2009 , compiling an all-time record of 403-268-11 . On December 3 , 2009 , the university announced it was terminating the football program . Under NCAA rules , any football players who chose to transfer to other schools were eligible to play immediately , and not subjected to normal residency waiting periods . Scholarship-holders who wished to stay at Hofstra were permitted to keep their scholarships . Funds previously used for the football program went into the creation of the medical school , and enhancing a variety of programs , including public health , hard sciences and engineering .
Houston Baptist University ( HBU ) is a private Baptist university in Sharpstown , Houston , Texas . The university was founded in 1960 . Its Cultural Arts Center houses three museums : the Dunham Bible Museum , the Museum of American Architecture and Decorative Arts , and the Museum of Southern History .
Houston Baptist Huskies , also known as Houston Baptist , HBU or Huskies , refers to the sports teams of Houston Baptist University . HBU 's official school colors are royal blue and orange . With the inception of the athletics program at the university in 1960 until 1990 the Huskies were a part of the NCAA . After playing for seventeen years as a member of the NAIA , the Huskies began play as an NCAA Division I team again in 2007 and became a full member of the NCAA for the 2011-12 academic year . After one year of independent status in the NCAA , HBU joined the Great West Conference , and began play as a member in 2008 for all sports but basketball , baseball , softball , volleyball , and women 's soccer . These teams remained independent until the 2009-2010 season when they joined the other HBU teams . Men 's soccer joined the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation since the Great West did not sponsor the sport . On November 9 , 2011 , officials from the Southland Conference visited HBU in their expansion drive . On November 21 , Houston Baptist accepted an invitation to join the Southland Conference joining July 1 , 2013 . The school started a football program in 2013 and began Southland play in 2014 . There are also plans for a new basketball arena . With the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation dropping men 's soccer after the 2012 season , the HBU team moved to the Western Athletic Conference , which began sponsoring the sport from 2013 onwards .
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics ( NAIA ) is a college athletics association for small colleges and universities in North America . For the 2018-2019 season , it has 251 member institutions , of which two are in British Columbia , one in the U.S. Virgin Islands , and the rest in the conterminous United States . The NAIA , whose headquarters is in Kansas City , Missouri , sponsors 26 national championships . The CBS Sports Network , formerly called CSTV , serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA . In 2014 , ESPNU began carrying the NAIA Football National Championship .
In American college sports , NCAA Division I independent schools are four-year institutions that do not belong to a conference for a particular sport .
Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne ( IPFW ) was a public university in Fort Wayne , Indiana . Founded in 1964 , IPFW was a cooperatively-managed regional campus of two state university systems : Indiana University and Purdue University . IPFW hit its highest enrollment in 2014 , with 13,459 undergraduate and postgraduate students in nine colleges and schools , including a branch of the Indiana University School of Medicine . During its last academic year ( 2017-2018 ) , IPFW had a total enrollment of 10,414 students . IPFW offered more than 200 graduate and undergraduate degree programs through IU or Purdue universities . The university 's 14 men 's and women 's athletic teams competed in Division I of the NCAA Summit League . On July 1 , 2018 , the two universities parted company in Fort Wayne . The health sciences programs on the campus became Indiana University Fort Wayne , and the other programs became Purdue University Fort Wayne ( PFW ) . About two weeks before the split took effect , the athletic program , which was inherited solely by PFW , changed its branding from Fort Wayne Mastodons to Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons .
The Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons , formerly known as the IPFW Mastodons and Fort Wayne Mastodons , are the athletic teams of Purdue University Fort Wayne ( PFW ) . The Mastodons compete as a NCAA Division I school in the Summit League for most sports and in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association for men 's volleyball . In July 2020 , PFW will leave the Summit League for the Horizon League ; this will not affect the school 's MIVA membership . The official announcement of this move noted that PFW will be near the geographic center of its new league , with an average distance of 170 miles ( 270 km ) from the other members . The university participates in 16 mens and womens sports . Before joining NCAA Division I athletics , IPFW competed in the Great Lakes Valley Conference in the NCAA Division II . The teams formerly represented the now defunct Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne until July 2018 when the school separated into separate institutions .
The Summit League , or The Summit , is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Indiana and Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the West , with additional members in the Western state of Colorado and the Southern state of Oklahoma . Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982 , it was rebranded as the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989 . On June 1 , 2007 , the conference changed its name from the Mid-Continent Conference . League headquarters are in Sioux Falls , South Dakota . The membership currently consists of nine full members plus four associate members . In July 2020 , the University of Missouri-Kansas City will return as a full member after a seven-year absence with the new athletic identity of the Kansas City Roos , while Purdue University Fort Wayne will leave for the Horizon League . A total of 31 schools have been full members , but the only charter member remaining in the league today is Western Illinois University .
James Madison University ( also known as JMU , Madison , or James Madison ) is a public research university in Harrisonburg , Virginia . Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg , the institution was renamed Madison College in 1938 in honor of President James Madison and then James Madison University in 1977 . The university is situated in the Shenandoah Valley , just west of Massanutten Mountain .
The James Madison Dukes football team , founded in 1972 , plays at Bridgeforth Stadium and is coached by Curt Cignetti . The JMU football team has been the centerpiece of JMU sports since the early 1990s and the programs early runs into the National Playoffs against Marshall and Appalachian State . Notable Dukes include Charles Haley , one of two players to win five Super Bowl rings and is also an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame ; Scott Norwood , of the Buffalo Bills ; Gary Clark , an All-Pro wide receiver for the Washington Redskins ; and Arthur Moats , a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers who is known for delivering the sack that led to the end of the record streak of consecutive starts made by Brett Favre in the NFL .
Le Moyne College is a private Jesuit college in Syracuse , New York . Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1946 and named after Jesuit missionary Simon Le Moyne , Le Moyne was the first Jesuit college to be founded as a co-educational institution . The college is the youngest of the twenty-seven Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States and is the only comprehensive Catholic college in Central New York . Le Moyne College 's 160-acre ( 0.65 km2 ) campus is located in the Town of DeWitt , in a suburban residential neighborhood . It borders the Salt Springs neighborhood of Syracuse , facilitating partnerships with the city of Syracuse and regional businesses and organizations . The college enrolls over 3,500 undergraduate and graduate students . In 2014 , the Board of Trustees appointed Linda M. LeMura , Ph.D. , formerly the college 's provost and academic vice president , the 14th president , making her the first lay female president of a Jesuit college or university in the world .
The Le Moyne Dolphins are the athletic teams that represent Le Moyne College , located in Syracuse , New York , in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions . The Dolphins compete as members of Northeast-10 Conference . Le Moyne has been a member of the NE-10 since 1996 . More than 75 percent of students are estimated to participate in some form of athletics at Le Moyne . In 2008-9 , there were about 300 undergraduate student-athletes , who maintained an overall GPA of 3.09 . All of Le Moyne 's athletes participate in service activities , and are particularly active in raising funds for the Make a Wish Foundation . The Le Moyne Men 's basketball team gained national attention when it defeated Division I powerhouse Syracuse 82-79 in a November 2009 exhibition game . Matt Bassett has been serving as the Athletic Director since 2007 . He is only the third Director of Athletics in the College 's history .
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference ( MAAC , /mæk/ ) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated in NCAA Division I , consisting of eleven schools coming from three states of the northeastern United States : Connecticut , New Jersey , and New York . The members are all relatively small private institutions , many of them Catholic or formerly Catholic , the only exceptions being three private but secular institutions : Rider University and the conference 's two newest members , Monmouth and Quinnipiac Universities . The conference headquarters is located in Edison , New Jersey . The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference sponsors 22 sports and has many associate member institutions . Richard J. Ensor is the commissioner of the MAAC , a post he has held since 1988 .
In American college sports , NCAA Division I independent schools are four-year institutions that do not belong to a conference for a particular sport .
The University of Louisville ( UofL ) is a public research university in Louisville , Kentucky . It is part of the Kentucky state university system . When founded in 1798 , it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains . The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a Preeminent Metropolitan Research University . The university enrolls students from 118 of 120 Kentucky counties , all 50 U.S. states , and 116 countries around the world . The University of Louisville School of Medicine is touted for the first fully self-contained artificial heart transplant surgery as well as the first successful hand transplantation in the United States . The University Hospital is also credited with the first civilian ambulance , the nation 's first accident services , now known as an emergency department ( ED ) , and one of the first blood banks in the US . Louisville is also known for its Louisville Cardinals athletics programs . Since 2005 , the Cardinals have made appearances in the NCAA Division I men 's basketball Final Four in 2005 , 2012 , and 2013 ( vacated ) , football Bowl Championship Series Orange Bowl in 2007 ( champions ) and Sugar Bowl in 2013 ( champions ) , the College Baseball World Series 2007 , 2013 , 2014 , 2017 and 2019 , the women 's basketball Final Four in 2009 ( runner-up ) , 2013 ( runner-up ) , and 2018 , and the men 's soccer national championship game in 2010 . The Louisville Cardinals Women 's Volleyball program has three-peated as champions of the Big East Tournament ( 2008 , 2009 , 2010 ) , and were Atlantic Coast Conference Champions in 2015 and 2017 . Women 's track and field program has won Outdoor Big East titles in 2008 , 2009 and 2010 and an Indoor Big East title in 2011 .
The Louisville Cardinals ( also known as the Cards ) are the NCAA athletic teams representing the University of Louisville . The Cardinals teams play in the Atlantic Coast Conference , beginning in the 2014 season . While playing in the Big East Conference from 2005 through 2013 , the Cardinals captured 17 regular season Big East titles and 33 Big East Tournament titles totaling 50 Big East Championships across all sports . With their 2013 Sugar Bowl appearance against the Florida Gators , the Cardinals football team became the only football team in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to have appeared in and won two Bowl Championship Series bowls , having defeated Wake Forest 24-13 in the 2007 Orange Bowl and Florida 33-23 in the 2013 Sugar Bowl . On November 28 , 2012 , Louisville received and accepted an invitation to join the Atlantic Coast Conference and became a participating member in all sports in 2014 . In 2016 , Lamar Jackson won the school its first Heisman Trophy . Their fan base is referred to as Card Nation . Their fans are known to appear in large numbers at away venues causing red adorned fans to be seen across visiting stadiums . This has become known as the red mist . Since 2000 Louisville is the only NCAA team to win a BCS bowl game ; to appear in the NCAA Division I men 's basketball Final Four , the College World Series , and the NCAA Division I women 's basketball Final Four ; and to finish as runner-up in the Men 's soccer College Cup . It is one of only six schools that has appeared more than once in each of the following events - a BCS bowl game , the men 's and women 's basketball Final Fours , and the College World Series - and Louisville 's span of seven school years ( 2006-07 to 2012-13 ) is the shortest among these schools . Also , it is the first school ever to win a BCS bowl game , appear in the men 's and women 's basketball Final Fours , and appear in the College World Series in the same school year , doing so in 2012-13 .
The University of Maine ( UMaine or Maine or formerly UMO ) is a public research university in Orono , Maine . The university was established in 1865 as a land grant college and is the flagship university of the University of Maine System . The University of Maine is one of only a few land , sea and space grant institutions in the nation . With an enrollment of approximately 11,500 students , UMaine is the state 's largest college or university . The University of Maine 's athletic teams , nicknamed the Black Bears , are Maine 's only Division I athletics program . Maine 's men 's ice hockey team has won two national championships .
The Maine Black Bears football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Maine located in the U.S. state of Maine . The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association . Maine 's first football team was fielded in 1892 . The team plays its home games at the 8,419 seat Alfond Stadium in Orono , Maine .
The University of Massachusetts Amherst ( UMass Amherst , UMass , or Massachusetts ) is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst , Massachusetts . It is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts system . UMass Amherst has an annual enrollment of approximately 1,300 faculty members and more than 30,000 students . The university offers academic degrees in 109 undergraduate , 77 master 's and 48 doctoral programs . Programs are coordinated in nine schools and colleges . It is also a member of the Five College Consortium . The University of Massachusetts Amherst is classified among R1 : Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity . In fiscal year 2014 , UMass Amherst had research expenditures exceeding $ 200 million . UMass Amherst sports teams are the Minutemen and Minutewomen , the colors being maroon , black , and white ; the school mascot is Sam the Minuteman . All teams participate in NCAA Division I . The university is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference , while playing ice hockey in Hockey East and football as an FBS Independent .
The UMass Minutemen football team represents the University of Massachusetts in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) . Massachusetts is the fourth oldest program currently in FBS . The Minutemen currently compete as an FBS independent . UMass began play in 1879 and have since appeared in three FCS National Championship games , winning the title in 1998 . The Minutemen began a two-year Football Bowl Subdivision transition period in 2011 , becoming bowl eligible in 2013 . In March 2014 , the Mid-American Conference and UMass announced an agreement for the Minutemen to leave the conference after the 2015 season due to UMass declining an offer to become a full member of the conference . In the agreement between the MAC and the university , there was a contractual clause that had UMass playing in the MAC as a football-only member for two more seasons if UMass declined a full membership offer . UMass announced that it would look for a more suitable conference for the team . Possibilities included becoming independent or joining the American Athletic Conference , Conference USA , or the Sun Belt Conference . In September 2014 , UMass announced that they would become independent beginning with the 2016 season . The Minutemen have subsequently played as an independent through the 2019 season . As of late December 2019 [ update ] , the program 's 12-game schedules through the 2022 season are fixed , 10 of 12 games are fixed for both 2023 and 2024 , and at least three games per season are fixed out to 2028 .
The University of New Hampshire ( UNH ) is a public research university with its main campus in Durham , New Hampshire . It was founded and incorporated in 1866 as a land grant college in Hanover in connection with Dartmouth College , moved to Durham in 1893 , and adopted its current name in 1923 . The university 's Durham campus comprises six colleges . A seventh college , the University of New Hampshire at Manchester , occupies the university 's campus in Manchester , the state 's largest city . The University of New Hampshire School of Law is in Concord , the state 's capital . The university is part of the University System of New Hampshire . As of 2018 [ update ] , its combined campuses make UNH the largest university system in the state of New Hampshire , with over 15,000 students . The school is designated a land- , sea- , and space-grant institution . Its mascot is a wildcat ; the university 's colors are white and blue .
The New Hampshire Wildcats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of New Hampshire located in the U.S. state of New Hampshire . The Wildcats compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association . The team plays its home games at the 11,000 seat Wildcat Stadium in Durham , New Hampshire , and are currently coached by Ricky Santos on an interim basis while longtime head coach Sean McDonnell is taking a leave of absence for health-related reasons . The school has fielded a football team annually since 1893 , with the exception of one year during World War I and two years during World War II . Bill Bowes , who served as head coach from 1972 to 1998 , is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame .
Northeastern University ( NU or NEU ) is a private research university in Boston , Massachusetts , established in 1898 . It is categorized as an R1 institution ( Doctoral Universities : Highest Research Activity ) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs on its main campus in Boston . The university has satellite campuses in Charlotte , North Carolina ; Seattle , Washington ; San Jose , California ; Toronto , Canada , and Portland , Maine that exclusively offer graduate degrees . Northeastern recently purchased the New College of the Humanities in London and plans to open an additional campus in Vancouver , Canada . The university 's enrollment is approximately 18,000 undergraduate students and 8,000 graduate students . Northeastern features a cooperative education program , more commonly known as co-op , that integrates classroom study with professional experience and contains over 3,100 partners across all seven continents . The program has been a key part of Northeastern 's curriculum of experiential learning for more than a hundred years and is one of the largest co-op/internship programs in the world . While it is not required for students of all academic disciplines to participate in the co-op program , participation is nearly universal among undergraduate students as it helps distinguish their university experience from that of other universities . Northeastern also has a comprehensive study abroad program that spans more than 170 universities and colleges . Northeastern is a large , highly residential university . Most students choose to live on campus but upperclassmen have the option to live off campus .
The Northeastern Huskies football program were the intercollegiate American football teams for Northeastern University located in Boston , Massachusetts . The team competed in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association . Northeastern participated in football from 1933 to 2009 , compiling an all-time record of 289-366-17 . Citing sparse attendance , numerous losing seasons and the expense to renovate Parsons Field ( its football stadium in neighboring Brookline ) to an acceptable standard , the university Board of Trustees voted on November 20 , 2009 , to end the football program . According to president Joseph Aoun , Leadership requires that we make these choices . This decision allows us to focus on our existing athletic programs .
North Carolina Central University ( NCCU or NC Central ) , a state-supported liberal arts institution , is a public , historically black university in Durham , North Carolina . Founded by Dr. James E. Shepard in affiliation with the Chautauqua movement in 1909 , it was supported by private funds from both Northern and Southern philanthropists . It was made part of the state system in 1923 , when it first received state funding and was renamed as Durham State Normal School . It added graduate classes in arts and sciences and professional schools in law and library science in the late 1930s and 1940s . In 1969 the legislature designated this as a regional university and renamed it as North Carolina Central University . It has been part of the University of North Carolina system since 1972 , and offers programs at the baccalaureate , master 's , professional and doctoral levels . The university is a member-school of Thurgood Marshall College Fund .
The North Carolina Central Eagles refer to the 14 sports teams representing North Carolina Central University ( NCCU ) in Durham , North Carolina in intercollegiate athletics , including men and women 's basketball , cross country , tennis , and track and field ; women 's sports include bowling , softball , and volleyball ; men 's sports include baseball and golf . The Eagles compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and are members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference .
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association ( CIAA ) is a collegiate athletic conference , mostly consisting of historically black colleges and universities . CIAA institutions are affiliated at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . Conference members are primarily located in North Carolina ( eight ) and Virginia ( two ) . There is one school in Maryland , Pennsylvania and South Carolina respectively . Because a majority of the members are in North Carolina , the CIAA moved its headquarters to Charlotte , North Carolina from Hampton , Virginia in August 2015 . The CIAA sponsors 16 annual championships and is divided into Northern and Southern divisions for some sports . The most notable CIAA sponsored championship is the CIAA Basketball Tournament held annually in Charlotte , North Carolina which has become one of the largest college basketball events in the nation .
North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences , more commonly known as North Dakota State University ( NDSU ) , is a public research university located in Fargo , North Dakota . The institution was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as the research land-grant institution for the state of North Dakota . NDSU is a doctoral university and is classified as having very high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation . As of 2018 , NDSU offers 102 undergraduate majors , 170 undergraduate degree programs , 6 undergraduate certificate programs , 79 undergraduate minors , 81 master 's degree programs , 47 doctoral degree programs of study and 10 graduate certificate programs . NDSU is part of the North Dakota University System . It is one of the largest universities in the state of North Dakota . The university also operates North Dakota 's agricultural research extension centers distributed across the state on 18,488 acres ( 75 km² ) . In 2015 , NDSU 's economic impact on the state and region was estimated to be $ 1.3 billion a year according to the NDUS Systemwide Economic Study by the School of Economics at North Dakota State University . In 2016 , it was also the fifth-largest employer in the state of North Dakota .
The North Dakota State Bison is the name of the athletic teams of North Dakota State University ( NDSU ) , which is located in the city of Fargo , North Dakota . The teams are often called the Thundering Herd . The current logo is a bison .
The Summit League , or The Summit , is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Indiana and Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the West , with additional members in the Western state of Colorado and the Southern state of Oklahoma . Founded as the Association of Mid-Continent Universities in 1982 , it was rebranded as the Mid-Continent Conference in 1989 . On June 1 , 2007 , the conference changed its name from the Mid-Continent Conference . League headquarters are in Sioux Falls , South Dakota . The membership currently consists of nine full members plus four associate members . In July 2020 , the University of Missouri-Kansas City will return as a full member after a seven-year absence with the new athletic identity of the Kansas City Roos , while Purdue University Fort Wayne will leave for the Horizon League . A total of 31 schools have been full members , but the only charter member remaining in the league today is Western Illinois University .
Presbyterian College ( PC ) is a private Presbyterian liberal arts college in Clinton , South Carolina .
The Presbyterian College Blue Hose are the athletic teams of Presbyterian College , located in Clinton , South Carolina , United States . The Blue Hose athletic program is a member of the Big South Conference and competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) . The PC Athletic Department fields a total of 17 varsity teams in eight men 's and nine women 's sports . The school colors are garnet and blue , and the mascot is Scotty the Scotsman , a medieval Scottish warrior . The team name comes from the socks worn by the football team in the early days of the twentieth century .
The South Atlantic Conference ( SAC ) is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the southeastern United States . It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) 's Division II level . The SAC was founded in 1975 as a football-only conference and became an all-sports conference beginning with the 1989-90 season . The league currently sponsors 10 sports for men ( football , cross country , soccer , basketball , wrestling , baseball , lacrosse , outdoor track & field , tennis , golf ) and 10 sports for women ( volleyball , cross country , field hockey , soccer , basketball , lacrosse , outdoor track & field , softball , tennis , and golf ) .
The University of Rhode Island ( URI ) is a public research university with its main campus in Kingston , Rhode Island . It is the flagship public research as well as the land grant and sea grant university for the state of Rhode Island . Its main campus is located in the village of Kingston in southern Rhode Island . Additionally , smaller campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence , the Rhode Island Nursing Education Center in Providence , the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett , and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West Greenwich . The university offers bachelor 's degrees , master 's degrees , and doctoral degrees in 80 undergraduate and 49 graduate areas of study through eight academic colleges . These colleges include Arts and Sciences , Business , Education and Professional Studies , Engineering , Health Sciences , Environment and Life Sciences , Nursing , and Pharmacy . Another college , University College for Academic Success , serves primarily as an advising college for all incoming undergraduates and follows them through their first two years of enrollment at URI . As of 2019 , the University of Rhode Island enrolls 14,653 undergraduate students , 1,982 graduate students , and 1,339 non-degree students . The in-state tuition for undergrad URI students in 2018-2019 is $ 14,138 , while Regional students paid $ 22,324 for tuition , and out of state students paid $ 30,862 . 75% of students received some type of financial aid .
The Rhode Island Rams football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Rhode Island located in the U.S. state of Rhode Island . The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision ( FCS ) and are members of the Colonial Athletic Association . Rhode Island 's first football team was fielded in 1895 . The team plays its home games at the 6,555 seat Meade Stadium in Kingston , Rhode Island .
The University of Richmond ( UR or U of R ) is a private liberal arts university in Richmond , Virginia . The university is a primarily undergraduate , residential university with approximately 4,350 undergraduate and graduate students in five schools : the School of Arts and Sciences , the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business , the Jepson School of Leadership Studies , the University of Richmond School of Law and the School of Professional & Continuing Studies .
The Richmond Spiders are a college football team representing the University of Richmond in Richmond , Virginia . Richmond was the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision champion for the 2008 season . Richmond currently competes in the Colonial Athletic Association of the NCAA 's Division I Football Championship Subdivision . Former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga head coach Russ Huesman was named head coach of the Spiders , on December 14 , 2016 , replacing Danny Rocco who had depart to become head coach at the University of Delaware a day earlier . In 2008 , # 7 Richmond beat Eastern Kentucky , Appalachian State , and Northern Iowa to advance to the NCAA Division I Football Championship against Montana . In the FCS National Championship Game on December 19 , 2008 , they defeated Montana 24-7 to win the first team NCAA national title for the University of Richmond in any sport . Richmond 's traditional rival in many sports is the College of William & Mary . Richmond and William & Mary have met 127 times since 1898 , making the rivalry ( sometimes referred to as the South 's oldest rivalry ) the fourth most-played in Division I college football . Only Lafayette-Lehigh , Princeton-Yale , and Harvard-Yale have played more games . The winner of the annual W & M-Richmond match-up claims the Capital Cup ( formerly the I-64 Trophy ) , which reflects the historical significance of the cities of Williamsburg and Richmond as the last two capitals of the Commonwealth of Virginia .