This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Maryville Scots | Maryville College | Maryville | CCS | [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Rhodes Lynx | Rhodes College | Memphis | SAA | |||||||
Sewanee Tigers | Sewanee: The University of the South | Sewanee | SAA |
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Bethel Wildcats | Bethel University | McKenzie | Mid-South | |||||||
Bryan Lions | Bryan College | Dayton | Appalachian | |||||||
Cumberland Phoenix | Cumberland University | Lebanon | Mid-South | |||||||
Fisk Bulldogs | Fisk University | Nashville | Gulf Coast | |||||||
Freed–Hardeman Lions | Freed–Hardeman University | Henderson | Mid-South | |||||||
Johnson Royals | Johnson University | Kimberlin Heights | Appalachian | |||||||
UT Southern Firehawks | University of Tennessee Southern | Pulaski | Mid-South | |||||||
Milligan Buffaloes | Milligan University | Elizabethton | Appalachian | [lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs | Tennessee Wesleyan University | Athens | Appalachian |
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Chattanooga State Tech Tigers | Chattanooga State Technical Community College | Chattanooga | Tennessee J&CC |
Cleveland State Cougars | Cleveland State Community College | Cleveland | Tennessee J&CC |
Columbia State Chargers | Columbia State Community College | Columbia | Tennessee J&CC |
Dyersburg State Eagles | Dyersburg State Community College | Dyersburg | Tennessee J&CC |
Jackson State Green Jays | Jackson State Community College | Jackson | Tennessee J&CC |
Motlow State Bucks | Motlow State Community College | Lynchburg | Tennessee J&CC |
Roane State Raiders | Roane State Community College | Harriman | Tennessee J&CC |
Southwest Tennessee Saluqis | Southwest Tennessee Community College | Memphis | Tennessee J&CC |
Volunteer State Pioneers | Volunteer State Community College | Gallatin | Tennessee J&CC |
Walters State Senators | Walters State Community College | Morristown | Tennessee J&CC |
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Crown Royal Crusaders | Crown College | Powell | |
Johnson Royals | Johnson University | Kimberlin Heights | |
Welch Flames | Welch College | Gallatin |
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