List of college athletic programs in North Carolina
This is a list of
college athletics programs in the U.S. state of North Carolina
.
NCAA
Division I
- ^ CAA Football, the technically separate football league operated by the all-sports CAA.
- ^ Davidson's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League.
- ^ As of the 2023–24 academic year, Queens is in the second year of a four-year transition to Division I and will become an active Division I member in 2026–27.
Division II
- ^ Barton's football team competes in the South Atlantic Conference. In 2025, it will move to Conference Carolinas.
- ^ Chowan's football team competes in the Gulf South Conference. In 2025, it will move to Conference Carolinas.
- ^ a b Shaw's soccer teams compete as independents.
- ^ UNC Pembroke's football team competes in the Mountain East Conference. In 2025, it will move to Conference Carolinas.
Division III
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Brevard Tornados |
Brevard College | Brevard | USA South | |||||||
Greensboro Pride |
Greensboro College | Greensboro | USA South | |||||||
Guilford Quakers | Guilford College | Greensboro | Old Dominion | |||||||
Meredith Angels |
Meredith College | Raleigh | USA South | |||||||
Methodist Monarchs |
Methodist University | Fayetteville | USA South | |||||||
North Carolina Wesleyan Battling Bishops |
North Carolina Wesleyan University | Rocky Mount | USA South | |||||||
Pfeiffer Falcons | Pfeiffer University | Misenheimer | USA South | |||||||
Salem Spirits |
Salem College | Winston-Salem | USA South | |||||||
Warren Wilson Owls |
Warren Wilson College | Swannanoa | C2C [a] | |||||||
William Peace Pacers |
William Peace University | Raleigh | USA South |
- ^ As of the 2023–24 academic year, Warren Wilson is in the third year of a three-year transition to Division III and will become an active Division III member in 2024–25.
NAIA
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Montreat Cavaliers | Montreat College | Montreat | Appalachian | |||||||
St. Andrews Knights | St. Andrews University | Laurinburg | Appalachian |
USCAA
Team | School | City | Conference |
---|---|---|---|
Johnson & Wales Wildcats |
Johnson & Wales University | Charlotte | Eastern Metro |
MACU Mustangs |
Mid-Atlantic Christian University | Elizabeth City | Eastern Metro |
Warren Wilson Owls [a] |
Warren Wilson College | Swannanoa | Eastern Metro |
- ^ Warren Wilson also competes in NCAA Division III.
NCCAA
Team | School | City | Division |
---|---|---|---|
Carolina Bruins | Carolina University | Winston-Salem | 1 |