List of NCAA Division I schools that have never sponsored football

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This is a list of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I schools that have never sponsored gridiron football as a varsity sport.

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Sprint football, a weight-restricted variant of the sport, has never been overseen by any major national college sports governing body. Schools that have only fielded sprint football teams are considered "non-football" by the NCAA.

NameLocationNicknamePrimary conferenceTypeEnrollment (total)Founded
Bellarmine University [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] Louisville, Kentucky Bellarmine Knights ASUN Conference private, Catholic3,7501950
Belmont University Nashville, Tennessee Belmont Bruins Missouri Valley Conference private, liberal arts7,2441890
Binghamton University Vestal, New York Binghamton Bearcats America East Conference public16,0981946
California State University, Bakersfield Bakersfield, California Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners Big West Conference public8,7201965
Chicago State University Chicago, Illinois Chicago State Cougars Independent public7,1311867
Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland State Vikings Horizon League public17,2041923
Coppin State University Baltimore, Maryland Coppin State Eagles Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference public2,3481900
Fairleigh Dickinson University Teaneck, New Jersey Fairleigh Dickinson Knights Northeast Conference private11,0001942
Florida Gulf Coast University Lee County, Florida Florida Gulf Coast Eagles ASUN Conference public14,6731991
George Mason University near Fairfax, Virginia George Mason Patriots Atlantic 10 Conference public33,9171957
Grand Canyon University Phoenix, Arizona Grand Canyon Antelopes Western Athletic Conference private25,300 (on campus)/103,1001949
University of Wisconsin–Green Bay Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay Phoenix Horizon League public6,7001965
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis [lower-alpha 3] Indianapolis, Indiana IUPUI Jaguars Horizon League public30,4611969
University of Missouri–Kansas City Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City Roos Summit League public15,7461933
Le Moyne College [lower-alpha 4] DeWitt, New York Le Moyne Dolphins Northeast Conference private, Catholic3,4091946
Lipscomb University Nashville, Tennessee Lipscomb Bisons ASUN Conference private, Churches of Christ4,5801891
University of Arkansas at Little Rock [lower-alpha 5] Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock Trojans Ohio Valley Conference public13,1761927
Longwood University Farmville, Virginia Longwood Lancers Big South Conference public4,8001839
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey NJIT Highlanders America East Conference public10,6461881
University of New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans Privateers Southland Conference public8,0001956
University of North Florida Jacksonville, Florida North Florida Ospreys ASUN Conference public16,3721972
Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, Kentucky Northern Kentucky Norse Horizon League public14,5661968
Oakland University Rochester, Michigan Oakland Golden Grizzlies Horizon League public20,1691957
Oral Roberts University Tulsa, Oklahoma Oral Roberts Golden Eagles Summit League private, Christian3,3351965
Purdue University Fort Wayne [lower-alpha 6] Fort Wayne, Indiana Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Horizon League public10,2081964
Queens University of Charlotte [lower-alpha 7] Charlotte, North Carolina Queens Royals [lower-alpha 8] ASUN Conference private2,4631857
Quinnipiac University Hamden, Connecticut Quinnipiac Bobcats Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference private9,0001929
Radford University Radford, Virginia Radford Highlanders Big South Conference public9,7981910
Seattle University Seattle, Washington Seattle Redhawks Western Athletic Conference private, Jesuit7,7551891
University of South Carolina Upstate Spartanburg, South Carolina USC Upstate Spartans Big South Conference public5,5001967
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, Illinois SIU Edwardsville Cougars Ohio Valley Conference public13,9721957
University of California, Irvine Irvine, California UC Irvine Anteaters Big West Conference public, research30,7571965
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland UMBC Retrievers America East Conference public13,9791966
University of North Carolina at Asheville [lower-alpha 5] Asheville, North Carolina UNC Asheville Bulldogs Big South Conference public3,6441927
University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, North Carolina UNC Greensboro Spartans Southern Conference public18,5021891
University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, North Carolina UNC Wilmington Seahawks Colonial Athletic Association public12,7431979
University of Southern Indiana [lower-alpha 7] Evansville, Indiana [lower-alpha 9] Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles Ohio Valley Conference public9,7581965
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 10] [lower-alpha 11] Edinburg, Texas [lower-alpha 12] UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros Western Athletic Conference [lower-alpha 13] public28,7001927/
2015 [lower-alpha 14]
Utah Valley University Orem, Utah Utah Valley Wolverines Western Athletic Conference public31,5561941
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, Virginia VCU Rams Atlantic 10 Conferencepublic31,1631838
Winthrop University Rock Hill, South Carolina Winthrop Eagles Big South Conference public6,1701886
Wright State University Dayton, Ohio Wright State Raiders Horizon League public17,5951967

Notes

  1. ↑ Began transition from NCAA Division II to Division I in July 2020. Full D-I membership in 2024.
  2. ↑ Bellarmine added sprint football, a form of the sport with severe limits on player weight that is not governed by the NCAA, in the 2022–23 school year. [1]
  3. ↑ In 2024, the Indiana University and Purdue University systems will dissolve IUPUI, replacing it with separate IU- and Purdue-affiliated institutions. The athletic program will transfer to the new IU Indianapolis. The athletic branding of the new institution has yet to be announced; plausible names include IU Indianapolis and IUI. [2]
  4. ↑ Began transition from NCAA Division II to Division I in July 2023. Full D-I membership in 2027.
  5. 1 2 3 These schools had football teams when they were junior colleges, but none have since becoming universities.
  6. ↑ Purdue Fort Wayne inherited its athletic program from the former Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW), which was dissolved on July 1, 2018. Degree programs in health sciences became exclusive to the IU system as Indiana University Fort Wayne, with all other degree programs becoming exclusive to the Purdue system as Purdue University Fort Wayne (PFW). Shortly before the split became official, PFW announced that the athletic program would change its branding from "Fort Wayne" to "Purdue Fort Wayne".
  7. 1 2 Began transition from NCAA Division II to Division I in July 2022. Full D-I membership in 2026.
  8. ↑ Often referred to by media as "Queens (NC)" because of the existence of Queens College in New York City, which remained in D-II after the North Carolina school moved to D-I in 2022.
  9. ↑ The campus has an Evansville mailing address, but lies outside the city limits in Perry Township, a subdivision of Vanderburgh County that includes a small part of Evansville proper.
  10. ↑ In July 2015, UTRGV, in full the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, entered full operation after the merger of the two University of Texas System campuses in the Rio Grande Valley, the University of Texas–Pan American (UTPA) and University of Texas at Brownsville. [3] Nearly a year before the merger, the UT System announced that UTRGV would inherit the UTPA athletic program, [4] and later unveiled the new school's nickname as Vaqueros.
  11. ↑ In January 2021, UTRGV explored the addition of a football program. It will compete in the Southland Conference, starting in the 2025 season. [5] [6]
  12. ↑ UTRGV has multiple campuses throughout its service area, but its athletic program is based from the former UTPA main campus in Edinburg.
  13. ↑ UTRGV joins Southland in July 2024.
  14. ↑ UTRGV was formally founded in 2013 and began full operation in 2015, but inherited its athletic program from UTPA, which was founded in 1927 as the two-year Edinburg College.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bellarmine to become founding member of Midwest Sprint Football League" (Press release). Bellarmine Knights. June 21, 2021. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
  2. ↑ Tryon, Matthew (August 12, 2022). "What's next for IUPUI athletics? Staying in the Horizon League and 'tough decisions'". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Project South Texas: Timeline". University of Texas System.
  4. ↑ "Project South Texas: Ask a Question". University of Texas System. July 30, 2014.
  5. ↑ Jeyarajah, Shehan (January 14, 2021). "UTRGV exploring adding FCS football". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ "UTRGV Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25". UTRGV Vaqueros (Press release). March 25, 2024.
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