List of college athletic programs in Rhode Island

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The list of college athletic programs in Rhode Island below is in tabular format, with columns arranged left to right in the following order: team name, school name, school location, conference, and sport sponsorship with football, basketball (men and women), baseball, softball, ice hockey (men and women), and soccer (men and women) listed. Different team name for a specific sport within a school are noted separately below the table.

Contents

NCAA

Division I

USA Rhode Island location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Brown
Red pog.svg
Bryant
Green pog.svg
Providence
Red pog.svg
Rhode Island
Full NCAA Division I member colleges in Rhode Island.
Red pog.svg – FCS Football, Green pog.svg – Non-Football
TeamSchoolCityConferenceSport sponsorship
Foot-
ball
BasketballBase-
ball
Soft-
ball
Ice hockeySoccer
MWMWMW
Brown Bears Brown University Providence Ivy League [1] FCS Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg [a] Check-green.svg [a] Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg
Bryant Bulldogs Bryant University Smithfield America East FCS [b] Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg
Providence Friars Providence College Providence Big East [4] Dark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgDark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg [c] Check-green.svg [c] Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg
Rhode Island Rams University of Rhode Island Kingston Atlantic 10 [6] FCS [d] Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg
  1. 1 2 Brown's ice hockey teams compete in ECAC Hockey. [2]
  2. Bryant's football team competes in the Big South Conference. [3]
  3. 1 2 Providence's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East. [5]
  4. Rhode Island's football team competes in CAA Football, the technically separate football league operated by the all-sports Coastal Athletic Association. [7]

Division III

USA Rhode Island location map.svg
Green pog.svg
Johnson & Wales
Green pog.svg
Rhode Island College
Green pog.svg
Roger Williams
Blue pog.svg
Salve Regina
Full NCAA Division III member colleges in Rhode Island.
Blue pog.svg – Football member, Green pog.svg – Non-Football
TeamSchoolCityConferenceSport sponsorship
Foot-
ball
BasketballBase-
ball
Soft-
ball
Ice hockeySoccer
MWMWMW
Johnson & Wales–Providence Wildcats Johnson and Wales University Providence Providence Conference of New England Dark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg
Rhode Island College Anchormen Rhode Island College Providence Little East [8] Dark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg
Roger Williams Hawks Roger Williams University Bristol Conference of New England [9] Dark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgDark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg
Salve Regina Seahawks Salve Regina University Newport NEWMAC Check-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg [a] Check-green.svgCheck-green.svg
  1. Salve Regina's women's ice hockey team competes in the Conference of New England.

NJCAA

TeamSchoolCityConferenceSport sponsorship
Foot-
ball
BasketballBase-
ball
Soft-
ball
Ice hockeySoccer
MWMWMW
Community College of Rhode Island Knights Community College of Rhode Island Warwick Massachusetts CC [10] [11] Dark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svgDark Red x.svgDark Red x.svgCheck-green.svgCheck-green.svg

Independent

TeamSchoolCitySport sponsorship
Basketball
M
RISD Balls Rhode Island School of Design Providence Check-green.svg

See also

References

  1. Tammara, Jake (January 12, 2021). "Which Ivy League School Has the Most Dominant Sports Teams?". College Magazine. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  2. "ECAC Hockey, "Where Hockey's More Than Another Tradition."". ECAC Hockey. n.d. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  3. "Big South Adds Bryant University as Associate Football Member" (Press release). Big South Conference. March 29, 2022.
  4. Daniels, Mark (March 10, 2022). "10 things to know about the Providence College Friars". The Providence Journal. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  5. "Providence Friars". Hockey East. n.d. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  6. "Atlantic 10 Conference". ESPN. n.d. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  7. Kelley, Kevin (January 25, 2022). "Hampton, Monmouth to join Colonial Athletic Association in 2022". FBSchedules. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  8. "Rhode Island College Picked to Repeat as Women's Basketball Champion in 2021-22 LEC Preseason Coaches' Poll". LEC. October 28, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  9. "No. 22 RWU Hosts Endicott in CCC Women's Basketball Championship". Commonwealth Coast Conference. February 24, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  10. "Member Directory". NJCAA. n.d. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  11. "Men's Massachusetts Community College Athletic Association Conference". Top Drawer Soccer. n.d. Retrieved April 24, 2022.