List of college athletic programs in Connecticut
This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
NCAA[edit]
Division I[edit]
Central Connecticut
UConn
Fairfield
Quinnipiac
Sacred Heart
Yale
Full NCAA Division I member colleges in Connecticut.
– FBS Football, 
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| Central Connecticut Blue Devils | Central Connecticut State University | New Britain | Northeast | FCS |  |
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| Connecticut Huskies [a] | University of Connecticut | Storrs | Big East | FBS[b] | |
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| Fairfield Stags | Fairfield University | Fairfield | MAAC | |
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| Quinnipiac Bobcats | Quinnipiac University | Hamden | MAAC | |
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| Sacred Heart Pioneers | Sacred Heart University | Fairfield | Northeast[e] | FCS | |
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| Yale Bulldogs | Yale University | New Haven | Ivy League | FCS | |
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- ^ While national media use "Connecticut" in score listings and standings, the short form of "UConn" is widely used as well.
- ^ Connecticut's football team competes as an independent.
- ^ a b Connecticut's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East.
- ^ a b c d Quinnipiac and Yale's men's and women's ice hockey teams all compete in ECAC Hockey.
- ^ Sacred Heart will join the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in the 2024–25 season.
- ^ Sacred Heart's men's ice hockey team competes in Atlantic Hockey.
- ^ Sacred Heart's women's ice hockey team competes in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.
Division II[edit]
Bridgeport
New Haven
Post
Southern Connecticut
Full NCAA Division II member colleges in Connecticut.
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– Football, – Non-Football| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||||
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| Bridgeport Purple Knights | University of Bridgeport | Bridgeport | Central Atlantic | |
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| New Haven Chargers | University of New Haven | West Haven | Northeast-10 | |
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| Post Eagles | Post University | Waterbury | Central Atlantic | [a] |
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| Southern Connecticut Owls | Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven | Northeast-10 | |
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- ^ Post's football team will join the Northeast-10 Conference as an affiliate in 2024.
- ^ Post's men's ice hockey team competes as an affiliate in the Northeast-10 Conference.
- ^ Post's women's ice hockey team competes in Division I as a member of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.
Division III[edit]
Albertus Magnus
Coast Guard
Connecticut College
Eastern Connecticut
Hartford
Mitchell
Saint Joseph
Trinity
Wesleyan
Western Connecticut
Full NCAA Division III member colleges in Connecticut.
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– Football, – Non-football- ^ Albertus Magnus's men's ice hockey team competes as an independent.
- ^ Albertus Magnus;s women's ice hockey team competes in the NCHA.
- ^ As of the 2023–24 academic year, Hartford is in the second year of a three-year transition to Division III and will become an active Division III member in 2025–26.
- ^ Western Connecticut's football team competes in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.
NJCAA[edit]
| Team | School | City | Conference |
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| Gateway Lions | Gateway Community College | New Haven | Massachusetts CC |
| UConn–Avery Point Pointers | University of Connecticut at Avery Point | Groton | Massachusetts CC |