This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Maine.
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||||
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Foot- ball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Ice hockey | Soccer | |||||||
M | W | M | W | M | W | |||||||
Maine Black Bears | University of Maine | Orono | America East | FCS [lower-alpha 1] | [lower-alpha 2] | [lower-alpha 2] |
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Central Maine Mustangs | Central Maine Community College | Auburn | Yankee Small |
Maine-Augusta Moose | University of Maine at Augusta | Augusta | Yankee Small |
Maine-Fort Kent Bengals | University of Maine at Fort Kent | Fort Kent | Independent |
Southern Maine Seawolves | Southern Maine Community College | South Portland | Yankee Small |
York County Hawks | York County Community College | Wells | Yankee Small |
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The North Atlantic Conference (NAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference which competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. Member schools are primarily small liberal arts colleges in the New England states of Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont, as well as the Mid-Atlantic state of New York.
The Conference of New England (CNE), formerly known as the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC), is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in New England in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.
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