Troy Trojans The Troy Trojans are the sports teams of Troy University . They began playing in the NCAA ' s Division I - A in 2001 , became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2004 , and joined that conference for all other sports in 2005 . Troy University ' s athletics nickname was the Red Wave until the early 1970s when the student body voted to change the name to Trojans . Prior to becoming a member of NCAA Division One athletics in 1993 , Troy University was a member of the Gulf South Conference of the NCAA Division II ranks . At the time , Troy ' s primary rivals were Jacksonville State University , Livingston University ( now the University of West Alabama ) , and the University of North Alabama . The rivalry between Troy and Jacksonville State was arguably the fiercest of those . However , since Troy University moved to Division I - A participation in football and because Troy and JSU no longer share the same conference affiliation , this once heated rivalry has cooled significantly . Currently , the Trojans ' most prominent rivals include Middle Tennessee in football ( Battle for the Palladium ) , South Alabama in all sports , and UAB in all sports . Football . Troy University has fielded a football team continuously since 1946 . Troy has won national championships at the NAIA level in 1968 and at the NCAA Division II level in 1984 and 1987 . Troy University football began playing in the NCAA ' s Division I - A in 2001 , became a football only member of the Sun Belt Conference in 2004 , and joined that conference for all other sports in 2005 . In 2001 , Troy defeated Mississippi State University in Starkville , Mississippi to notch the Trojans ' first victory over a BCS level program . On September 9 , 2004 , the Trojans garnered the program ' s first win over a ranked opponent when they defeated then # 17 ranked Missouri , 24 - 14 , upsetting former Heisman - hopeful Brad Smith ' s Heisman Trophy chances . Three years later in 2007 , the Trojans routed Oklahoma State at home by a score of 41 - 23 . The Trojan football team made its first bowl game appearance in the Silicon Valley Football Classic against Northern Illinois University on December 30 , 2004 , but lost . The Trojans won their first bowl game on December 20 , 2006 at the New Orleans Bowl against Rice University by a score of 41 - 17 . The team ' s last bowl appearance was in 2010 against Ohio , routing the Bobcats by a score of 48 - 21 . Troy ' s football team is coached by Larry Blakeney , who is entering his 23rd season as head coach in 2013 . Basketball . The Troy University men ' s basketball team is currently under the direction of head coach Phil Cunningham . Don Maestri is currently the winningest coach in Troy University history . The Trojans ' last NCAA Tournament appearance was in the 2003 NCAA Men ' s Division I Basketball Tournament as a 14 seed after winning the 2003 Atlantic Sun Conference tournament . The Trojans ' faced 3 - seed Xavier in the first round , but the Trojans lost 71 – 59 . They finished the 2003 season with a 26 - 6 overall record . In their most recent post - season appearance in 2010 , the Trojans won the Sun Belt Conference regular - season title but lost in the conference tournament final . Because of this , Troy would make its way back to the NIT for the second time since 2004 , falling to Ole Miss in the first round . The Trojan basketball team is recognized in recent Division I Basketball history for leading the nation in three - pointers from 2004 to 2006 , making 1068 three - pointers over the course of 89 games ( 11 . 66 per game ) during those three seasons . Troy ' s most famous claim to fame , however , is their game against DeVry Institute of Atlanta on January 12 , 1992 when the Trojans came out victorious by the NCAA - record score of 258 – 141 . This game is the current highest scoring game in NCAA basketball history . Women ' s Basketball . In 1997 , the Troy University women ' s basketball team , under the direction of head coach Jerry Hester , won the Mid Continent Conference ( now the Summit League ) tournament championship in Buffalo , New York , and received an automatic berth to the NCAA Division One tournament where the Trojans traveled to Charlottesville , Virginia , and fell in the first round to the Virginia by a score of 96 – 74 . The women ' s basketball team is currently lead by head coach Chanda Rigby . She is in her second season at Troy . Baseball . The Troy University baseball team won two Division II national championships in 1986 and 1987 under the leadership of baseball coach , Chase Riddle . One of Troy ' s most significant victories in baseball came in April 1998 when the Trojans knocked off the # 3 nationally - ranked Alabama Crimson Tide by a score of 8 - 4 at Riddle - Pace Field on the Troy campus . In 2006 , Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year Bobby Pierce led the Trojans to a regular season conference title , conference tournament title , and an NCAA Regional appearance with an overall record of 47 – 16 . The Men of Troy were the 2 - seed in the Tuscaloosa Regional in 2006 , defeating the Southern Miss Golden Eagles twice , but were eliminated by the Alabama Crimson Tide in the championship game . Following the season , Jared Keel , Mike Felix , and Tom King were selected in the MLB draft . Troy ' s highest rank of the season was # 29 by the NCBWA . In 2007 the Trojans went 34 – 27 , finishing in a tie for second in the Sun Belt Conference , and were selected as a number three seed in the Oxford Regional hosted by Ole Miss . The Trojans were defeated by Southern Miss and Sam Houston State in consecutive games and eliminated from the regional . In 2011 , the Trojans struck again by winning the Sun Belt regular season title and earning a bid to the Nashville Regional as a 3 - seed . The Trojans defeated 2 - seed Oklahoma State in the first round , but fell to 1 - seed Vanderbilt and Belmont consecutively . The Trojans ended the 2011 season with a 42 - 17 record . Troy ' s highest rank of the season was # 18 in the Baseball America poll . Troy had also reached a ranking of # 25 in the USA Today coaches poll and # 22 in the College Baseball News poll . Troy would once against win a regular season title in 2013 , this time in a thrilling fashion . The Trojans played # 18 South Alabama during the last series of the regular season . After losing the first game of the series , the Trojans would go on to win the next two games and clinch a share of the Sun Belt title . They would finish the regular season with a 39 - 16 record . Troy ' s highest rank of the season is # 21 in the College Baseball News poll . Troy is also ranked # 22 Perfect Game , # 23 by Baseball America poll , and # 30 by the NCBWA . The Trojan baseball team plays their home games at Riddle - Pace Field . Rodeo . Troy University has one of the top collegiate rodeo programs east of the Mississippi River . The program ' s governing body is the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association . In 2007 , Troy calf roper Ben Mayworth won the calf roping national championship at the National Finals College Rodeo in Casper , Wyoming . The rodeo program ' s home facility is the Pike County Cattlemen ' s Arena in Troy where it hosts a three - day rodeo each October that features college rodeo programs from throughout the southern region of the United States .