This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Arkansas Razorbacks | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville | SEC | FBS | ||||||
Arkansas State Red Wolves | Arkansas State University | Jonesboro | Sun Belt | FBS | ||||||
UAPB Golden Lions | University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff | Pine Bluff | SWAC | FCS | ||||||
Central Arkansas Bears & Sugar Bears | University of Central Arkansas | Conway | ASUN | FCS [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Little Rock Trojans | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | Little Rock | Ohio Valley |
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Hendrix Warriors | Hendrix College | Conway | SAA | |||||||
Lyon Scots | Lyon College [lower-alpha 1] | Batesville | SLIAC | [lower-alpha 2] | ||||||
Ozarks Eagles | University of the Ozarks | Clarksville | American Southwest |
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Arkansas Baptist Buffaloes | Arkansas Baptist College | Little Rock | Continental | |||||||
Central Baptist Mustangs | Central Baptist College | Conway | American Midwest | |||||||
Crowley's Ridge Pioneers | Crowley's Ridge College | Paragould | Continental | |||||||
John Brown Golden Eagles | John Brown University | Siloam Springs | Sooner | |||||||
Philander Smith Panthers | Philander Smith University | Little Rock | Gulf Coast | |||||||
Williams Baptist Eagles | Williams Baptist University | Walnut Ridge | American Midwest |
Team | School | City | Conference |
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ASU Mid-South Greyhounds | Arkansas State University Mid-South | West Memphis | Bi-State |
ASU-Mountain Home Trailblazers | Arkansas State University-Mountain Home | Mountain Home | Bi-State |
ASU-Newport Aviators | Arkansas State University-Newport | Newport | Bi-State |
ASU-Three Rivers Eagles | Arkansas State University Three Rivers | Malvern | Bi-State |
NPC Nighthawks | National Park College | Hot Springs | Bi-State |
North Arkansas Pioneers | North Arkansas College | Harrison | Bi-State |
NWACC Eagles | Northwest Arkansas Community College | Bentonville | Bi-State |
Shorter Bulldogs | Shorter College | North Little Rock | Bi-State |
South Arkansas Stars | South Arkansas Community College | El Dorado | Bi-State |
SEARK Sharks | Southeast Arkansas College | Pine Bluff | Bi-State |
SAU Tech Rockets | Southern Arkansas University Tech | Camden | Bi-State |
UA Rich Mountain Bucks | University of Arkansas Rich Mountain | Mena | Bi-State |
UA Cossatot Colts | University of Arkansas Cossatot | De Queen | Bi-State |
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Champion Christian Tigers | Champion Christian College | Hot Springs | Independent |
Ecclesia Royals | Ecclesia College | Springdale | Independent |
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Champion Christian Tigers | Champion Christian College | Hot Springs | Independent |
The Gulf South Conference (GSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the Southeastern United States.
The Lone Star Conference (LSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the southwestern United States, with schools in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas, with two members in the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington competing as affiliates for football only.
The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), founded in 1962, is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Colorado, Louisiana, and Texas. Difficulties related to travel distances led seven former members to announce the formation of a new Southeastern US-based conference, the Southern Athletic Association, starting with the 2012–13 academic year.
NAIA independent schools are four-year institutional members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) that do not have formal conference affiliations. NAIA schools that are not members of any other athletic conference are members of the Continental Athletic Conference (CAC), formerly the Association of Independent Institutions (AII), which provides member services to the institution and allows members to compete in postseason competition. The CAC has one member institution in Canada's British Columbia. It provides services to the member institutions that are not fitting in any other NAIA conference and allows members to compete in postseason competition. The AII renamed itself the Continental Athletic Conference at the end of June 2021, citing the need to identify as a proper conference.
Lyon College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and located in Batesville, Arkansas. Founded in 1872 as Arkansas College, it is the oldest independent college in Arkansas.
NCAA Division I (D-I) is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States, which accepts players globally. D-I schools include the major collegiate athletic powers, with large budgets, more elaborate facilities and more athletic scholarships than Divisions II and III as well as many smaller schools committed to the highest level of intercollegiate competition.
The Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Originally developed as a five-team conference of Oklahoma-based schools, the SAC now boasts 12 schools in a league that spans four states – Arkansas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, with a Missouri based school to join in 2024.
The Central Arkansas Bears football program is the intercollegiate American football team for University of Central Arkansas (UCA) located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) as a member of the United Athletic Conference (UAC), which started play in 2023. For the 2021 season, UCA was a de facto associate member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), and in 2022 it played in its full-time home of the ASUN Conference. Central Arkansas's first football team was fielded in 1908. The team plays its home games at the 12,000-seat Estes Stadium in Conway, Arkansas. The Bears are coached by Nathan Brown, in his fifth year.
The Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference (AIC) was an athletic conference in existence from 1927 or 1928 to 1995 affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference membership consisted entirely of colleges and universities in the state of Arkansas.