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This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Indiana.
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This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Indiana.
– FBS Football, 
– FCS Football, 
– Non-football
| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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| Foot- ball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Soccer | ||||||
| M | W | M | W | |||||||
| Indianapolis Greyhounds | University of Indianapolis | Indianapolis | Great Lakes Valley |  | | | | | | |
| Purdue Northwest Pride | Purdue University Northwest | Hammond | GLIAC |  | | | | | | |
– HCAC, – Michigan, – North Coast| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foot- ball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Ice hockey | Soccer | |||||||
| M | W | M | W | M | W | |||||||
| Anderson Ravens | Anderson University | Anderson | HCAC | | | | | | | | | |
| DePauw Tigers | DePauw University | Greencastle | North Coast | | | | | | | | | |
| Earlham Hustlin' Quakers | Earlham College | Richmond | HCAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Franklin Grizzlies | Franklin College | Franklin | HCAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Hanover Panthers | Hanover College | Hanover | HCAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Manchester Spartans | Manchester University | North Manchester | HCAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Rose–Hulman Fightin' Engineers | Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology | Terre Haute | HCAC | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Mary's Belles | Saint Mary's College | Notre Dame | Michigan | | | | | | | | | |
| Trine Thunder | Trine University | Angola | Michigan | | | | | | [lower-alpha 1] | [lower-alpha 1] | | |
| Wabash Little Giants | Wabash College | Crawfordsville | North Coast | | | | | | | | | |
| Team | School | City | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancilla Chargers | Ancilla College | Donaldson | Michigan CC |
| Vincennes Trailblazers | Vincennes University | Vincennes | NJCCA Region XII |
| Team | School | City | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Pomeroys [lower-alpha 1] | Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College | St. Mary's | |
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