List of college athletic programs in Nebraska

This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Nebraska.

Notes:

• This list is in a tabular format, with columns arranged in the following order, from left to right:
  • Athletic team description (short school name and nickname), with a link to the school's athletic program article if it exists. When only one nickname is listed, it is used for teams of both sexes. (Note that in recent years, many schools have chosen to use the same nickname for men's and women's teams even when the nickname is distinctly masculine.) When two nicknames are given, the first is used for men's teams and the other is used for women's teams. Different nicknames for a specific sport within a school are noted separately below the table.
  • Full name of school.
  • Location of school.
  • Conference of the school (if conference column is left blank, the school is either independent or the conference is unknown).
• Apart from the ongoing conversions, the following notes apply:
  • Following the normal standard of U.S. sports media, the terms "University" and "College" are ignored in alphabetization, unless necessary to distinguish schools (such as Boston College and Boston University) or are actually used by the media in normally describing the school (formerly the case for the College of Charleston, but media now use "Charleston" for that school's athletic program).
  • Schools are also alphabetized by the names they are most commonly referred to by sports media, with non-intuitive examples included in parentheses next to the school name. This means, for example, that campuses bearing the name "University of North Carolina" may variously be found at "C" (Charlotte), "N" (North Carolina, referring to the Chapel Hill campus), and "U" (the Asheville, Greensboro, Pembroke, and Wilmington campuses, all normally referred to as UNC-{campus name}).
  • The prefix "St.", as in "Saint", is alphabetized as if it were spelled out.

NCAA

Division I

Creighton

Nebraska

Omaha

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Full NCAA Division I member colleges in Nebraska.
– FBS Football, – Non-Football

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Ice hockey		Soccer
					M	W			M	W	M	W
Creighton Bluejays	Creighton University	Omaha	Big East
Nebraska Cornhuskers	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	Lincoln	Big Ten	FBS
Omaha Mavericks	University of Nebraska Omaha	Omaha	Summit						[lower-alpha 1]

1. Omaha's men's ice hockey team competes in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

Division II

Chadron State

Nebraska–Kearney

Wayne State

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Full NCAA Division II member colleges in Nebraska.

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Soccer
					M	W			M	W
Chadron State Eagles	Chadron State College	Chadron	Rocky Mountain
Nebraska–Kearney Lopers	University of Nebraska at Kearney	Kearney	MIAA
Wayne State Wildcats	Wayne State College	Wayne	Northern Sun

Division III

Nebraska Wesleyan

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Full NCAA Division III member colleges in Nebraska.

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Soccer
					M	W			M	W
Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Lincoln	American Rivers

NAIA

Bellevue

Concordia

Doane

Hastings

Midland

Peru State

Saint
Mary

York

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NAIA member colleges in Nebraska.
– Football, – Non-Football

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Soccer
					M	W			M	W
Bellevue Bruins	Bellevue University	Bellevue	North Star						[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
Concordia Bulldogs	Concordia University, Nebraska	Seward	Great Plains
Doane Tigers	Doane University	Crete	Great Plains
Hastings Broncos	Hastings College	Hastings	Great Plains
Midland Warriors	Midland University	Fremont	Great Plains	[lower-alpha 2]
Peru State Bobcats	Peru State College	Peru	Heart of America
Saint Mary Flames	College of Saint Mary	Omaha	Great Plains
York Panthers	York University	York	Kansas

1. Bellevue's soccer teams compete as independents.
2. Midland additionally sponsors flag football as a women's varsity sport and competes in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.

NJCAA

Team	School	City	Conference
Central-Columbus Raiders	Central Community College at Columbus	Columbus	Nebraska CC
Little Priest Tribal Warriors	Little Priest Tribal College	Winnebago	Iowa CC
McCook Indians	Mid-Plains Community College	McCook	Nebraska CC
North Platte Knights		North Platte	Nebraska CC
Northeast Hawks	Northeast Community College	Norfolk	Iowa CC
Southeast Bobcats	Southeast Community College	Beatrice	Nebraska CC
Western Nebraska Cougars	Western Nebraska Community College	Scottsbluff	Nebraska CC

Other

Team	School	City	Assc.
Union Warriors	Union Adventist University	Lincoln	ACCA & NCCAA
NCTA Aggies	Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture	Curtis	None

Defunct

Team	School	City	Year of closure
Bellevue Redmen	Bellevue College	Bellevue	1918
Cotner Bulldogs	Cotner College	Bethany	1933
Dana Vikings	Dana College	Blair	2010
Grace Royals	Grace University	Omaha	2018
Grand Island Islanders	Grand Island College	Grand Island	1931
Hiram Scott Scots	Hiram Scott College	Scottsbluff	1972
Kennedy Patriots & Patriettes	John F. Kennedy College	Wahoo	1975
LSC ??? / Hamilton Aliens [1]	Lincoln School of Commerce	Lincoln	2004
Luther Vikings	Luther College	Wahoo	1962
Nebraska Central Fighting Quakers	Nebraska Central College	Central City	1953
Nebraska Christian Sentinels	Nebraska Christian College	Papillion	2020
Omaha Commercial Commercials	Omaha Commercial College	Omaha	1911
Omaha Medical Medics	Omaha Medical College	Omaha	1902
Pershing ???	John J. Pershing College	Beatrice	1971

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See also

• List of NCAA Division I institutions
• List of NCAA Division II institutions
• List of NCAA Division III institutions
• List of NAIA institutions
• List of USCAA institutions
• List of NCCAA institutions

References

1. Hambleton, Ken (February 6, 2005). "Hamilton's Hill reclaims his life, career". Lincoln Journal-Star.
2. "Lost Colleges by State".