This is a list of women's college soccer programs in the United States that play in NCAA Division I. As of the 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer season, 347 schools in the United States sponsor Division I varsity women's soccer; all are full Division I members except Colorado College, a Division III member which competes in Division I only for women's soccer and men's ice hockey, ten schools that are transitioning from Division II, and the University of St. Thomas, transitioning from Division III. This list reflects each team's conference affiliation as of the coming 2024 NCAA women's soccer season.[1]
Current Division I schools
edit- ^ Essentially all of the Air Force Academy grounds lie outside the city limits of Colorado Springs. The US Census Bureau and US Postal Service consider the Academy its own entity, respectively designating it as "Air Force Academy" and "USAF Academy".
- ^ The campus mailing address is Huntsville.
- ^ The campus has a Lorman mailing address, but is physically located in unincorporated Claiborne County.
- ^ The school's preferred athletic brand name is Army West Point.
- ^ While the university's mailing address is Binghamton, its main campus and athletic facilities are located in the adjacent town of Vestal.
- ^ While the university's mailing address is Buffalo, its main campus and athletic facilities are located in the adjacent town of Amherst.
- ^ The school started rebranding its athletic program as "Bakersfield" in 2023–24, but the NCAA and national media have yet to follow suit.
- ^ Colorado College is an affiliate of the Mountain West Conference, and primarily plays in the Division III Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ a b Both Delaware and Delaware State are chartered as "privately governed, state-assisted" institutions.
- ^ a b Delaware State and Howard are affiliates of the Northeast Conference, and primarily play in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
- ^ a b c d e East Texas A&M, Lindenwood, Queens, Southern Indiana and Stonehill started transitions from NCAA Division II in July 2022, becoming full D-I members in the 2026–27 school year.
- ^ FIU has a Miami mailing address, but is located in unincorporated Miami-Dade County in the census-designated place of Westchester.
- ^ FGCU has a Fort Myers mailing address, but is located in unincorporated Lee County.
- ^ The main GMU campus has a Fairfax mailing address, but is physically located in unincorporated Fairfax County.
- ^ While Harvard's overall administration and undergraduate campus are in Cambridge, the athletic department offices and almost all athletic facilities, including the soccer stadium, are within the Boston city limits and have a Boston mailing address.
- ^ The university's administration and mailing address are in Urbana, but the athletic program offices and mailing address are in Champaign. The soccer stadium is bisected by the Champaign–Urbana border.
- ^ The school's preferred athletic brand name is UIW.
- ^ Inherited the athletic program of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), which was formally dissolved on July 1, 2024 and replaced by separate institutions within the Indiana University and Purdue University systems.[2] The athletic program's official site adopted the "IU Indy" branding shortly before the institutional split.
- ^ The campus has a Kennesaw mailing address, but is physically in unincorporated Cobb County.
- ^ Le Moyne started a transition from NCAA Division II in July 2023 and will become a full D-I member in the 2027–28 school year.
- ^ The Le Moyne campus has a Syracuse mailing address, but physically lies in the adjacent town of DeWitt.
- ^ The LIU athletic program represents both of the university's main campuses—LIU Brooklyn in the New York City borough of that name, and LIU Post in Brookville. The women's soccer team is based at Post.
- ^ a b Mercyhurst and West Georgia started transitions from NCAA Division II in July 2024, and will become full D-I members in the 2028–29 school year.
- ^ The campus has an Itta Bena mailing address, but is physically in unincorporated Leflore County.
- ^ The university's mailing address is Emmitsburg, but its campus is in unincorporated Frederick County.
- ^ The Niagara campus is its own census-designated place and postal entity within the town of Lewiston.
- ^ The university's mailing address is Rochester, but its campus is split between the cities of Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills.
- ^ a b Oregon State and Washington State are affiliates of the West Coast Conference, and are primarily members of the Pac-12 Conference.
- ^ The entire Penn State campus is designated for postal purposes as "University Park, Pennsylvania". It straddles the boundary between State College, which houses the university administration and core of the academic campus, and College Township, location of most athletic facilities.
- ^ Pepperdine has a Malibu mailing address, but is located in unincorporated Los Angeles County.
- ^ The Rutgers campus is divided between New Brunswick and Piscataway. The university administration is in New Brunswick; the athletic administration and most athletic facilities, including the soccer stadium, are in Piscataway.
- ^ The St. Bonaventure campus is its own census-designated place and postal entity within the town of Allegany.
- ^ The mailing address is Queens.
- ^ The university's administration and mailing address are in Philadelphia. The main campus is divided by the boundary between Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township, and athletic facilities are in both communities, but the soccer stadium is within the Philadelphia city limits.
- ^ St. Thomas began a transition from NCAA Division III in July 2021, becoming a full D-I member in the 2026–27 school year.[3]
- ^ The school's preferred athletic brand name is SIUE.
- ^ The SMU campus has a Dallas mailing address, but virtually all of it (including all athletic facilities) lies in University Park, a city contained within the Dallas city limits.
- ^ South Carolina State primarily plays its other sports in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
- ^ The school's preferred athletic brand name is SEMO.
- ^ The Southern Indiana campus has an Evansville mailing address, but is located in unincorporated Vanderburgh County.
- ^ The UCSB campus has a Santa Barbara mailing address, but is located in the adjacent community of Isla Vista.
- ^ UCF has an Orlando mailing address, but is located in unincorporated Orange County.
- ^ The campus mailing address is Baltimore.
- ^ UNLV lies outside the Las Vegas city limits in the unincorporated community of Paradise, but all unincorporated areas in the Las Vegas Valley have a Las Vegas mailing address.
- ^ Utah Tech was renamed from Dixie State in July 2022.
- ^ UTRGV has multiple campuses within its service area, but the athletic program operates from the Edinburg campus, which it inherited from its athletic predecessor of UT Pan American.
- ^ UVA has a Charlottesville mailing address, but the soccer stadium is located in unincorporated Albemarle County, which encloses but does not include the city of Charlottesville.
- ^ Wright State has a Dayton mailing address, but is physically located in Fairborn.
Scheduled additions
edit| School | Location | State | Type | Team | Future conference | Starting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State University | Nashville | Tennessee | Public | Lady Tigers | Ohio Valley Conference | 2028 (at latest)[4] |
References
edit- ^ "Division I Women's Soccer Institutions". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
- ^ Burbrink, Jacob (August 12, 2022). "IU, Purdue split IUPUI into separate academic organizations". Indianapolis: WXIN. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
- ^ "St. Thomas receives NCAA waiver to join The Summit League in 2021-22". The Summit League. June 17, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ Organ, Mike (April 23, 2024). "Tennessee State is bringing baseball back as an NCAA-sanctioned sport". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 23, 2024.