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This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Virginia.
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 genders.(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
- ^ a b c Hampton, Richmond, and William & Mary's football teams all compete in CAA Football, the technically separate football league operated by the all-sports CAA.
- ^ Liberty's men's soccer team competes in the Ohio Valley Conference.
- ^ Norfolk State's baseball team competes as a member of the Northeast Conference.
- ^ The university prefers the shortened name "Virginia Tech" over its legal name for both athletic and non-athletic purposes.
Division II
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Emory and Henry Wasps [a] | Emory and Henry College | Emory | SAC | |||||||
Virginia State Trojans | Virginia State University | Ettrick | CIAA | [b] | ||||||
Virginia Union Panthers | Virginia Union University | Richmond | CIAA | |||||||
Virginia–Wise Cavaliers | University of Virginia's College at Wise | Wise | SAC |
Division III
- ^ Christopher Newport's football team competes in the New Jersey Athletic Conference.
- ^ Hollins does not have an official mascot, and the university's athletic programs do not have official nicknames.
- ^ Southern Virginia's football team competes in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.
NAIA
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Foot- ball |
Basketball | Base- ball |
Soft- ball |
Soccer | ||||||
M | W | M | W | |||||||
Bluefield Rams | Bluefield University | Bluefield | Appalachian Athletic |
NJCAA
Team | School | City | Conference |
---|---|---|---|
Bryant & Stratton Bobcats | Bryant & Stratton College | Virginia Beach | Region X |
Mountain Gateway Roadrunners | Mountain Gateway Community College | Clifton Forge | Region X |
Patrick & Henry Patriots | Patrick & Henry Community College | Martinsville | Region X |
Paul D. Camp Hurricanes | Paul D. Camp Community College | Franklin | Region X |
Richard Bland Statesmen | Richard Bland College | Prince George | Region X |
Southside Virginia Panthers | Southside Virginia Community College | Alberta | Region X |
Southwest Virginia Flying Eagles | Southwest Virginia Community College | Cedar Bluff | Region X |
USCAA
Team | School | City | Conference |
---|---|---|---|
The Apprentice Builders | The Apprentice School | Newport News | Eastern Metro |
Christendom Crusaders | Christendom College | Front Royal | |
Regent Royals | Regent University | Virginia Beach | Eastern Metro |
Virginia University of Lynchburg Dragons | Virginia University of Lynchburg | Lynchburg |
Independent
Team | School | City |
---|---|---|
Patrick Henry Sentinels and Lady Sentinels | Patrick Henry College | Purcellville |