List of college athletic programs in Connecticut
This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
Central Connecticut
UConn
Fairfield
New Haven
Quinnipiac
Sacred Heart
Yale
Full NCAA Division I member colleges in Connecticut.
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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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| New Haven Chargers | University of New Haven[d] | West Haven | Northeast | FCS | |
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| Quinnipiac Bobcats | Quinnipiac University | Hamden | MAAC | |
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| Sacred Heart Pioneers | Sacred Heart University | Fairfield | MAAC | FCS[f] | |
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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.
- ^ As of the 2025–26 academic year, New Haven is in the first year of a three-year transition to Division I and will be an active member in 2028–29.
- ^ a b c d Quinnipiac and Yale's men's and women's ice hockey teams all compete in ECAC Hockey.
- ^ Sacred Heart's football team competes as an independent.
- ^ Sacred Heart's men's ice hockey team competes in Atlantic Hockey America.
- ^ Sacred Heart's women's ice hockey team competes in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.
Bridgeport
Post
Southern Connecticut
Full NCAA Division II member colleges in Connecticut.
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| Bridgeport Purple Knights | University of Bridgeport | Bridgeport | Central Atlantic | |
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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 competes in the Northeast-10 Conference as an affiliate.
- ^ 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.
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.
- ^ Western Connecticut's football team competes in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic 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 |