List of college athletic programs in Minnesota

This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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 sexes. (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

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Ice hockey		Soccer
					M	W			M	W	M	W
Minnesota Golden Gophers	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	Minneapolis/St. Paul	Big Ten	FBS						[lower-alpha 1]

1. Minnesota's women's ice hockey team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

Division II

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Ice hockey		Soccer
					M	W			M	W	M	W
Bemidji State Beavers	Bemidji State University	Bemidji	Northern Sun						[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
Concordia Golden Bears	Concordia University	Saint Paul	Northern Sun
Minnesota–Crookston Golden Eagles	University of Minnesota Crookston	Crookston	Northern Sun
Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs	University of Minnesota Duluth	Duluth	Northern Sun						[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 1]
Minnesota State Mavericks	Minnesota State University, Mankato	Mankato	Northern Sun						[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
MSU Moorhead Dragons	Minnesota State University Moorhead	Moorhead	Northern Sun
Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs	Southwest Minnesota State University	Marshall	Northern Sun
St. Cloud State Huskies	St. Cloud State University	St. Cloud	Northern Sun						[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 1]
Winona State Warriors	Winona State University	Winona	Northern Sun

1. Bemidji State and Minnesota State's men's and women's ice hockey teams, as well as the women's ice hockey teams of Minnesota–Duluth and St. Cloud State, compete in Division I as members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Bemidji State and Minnesota State will move their men's teams to the revived Central Collegiate Hockey Association in 2021–22.
2. Minnesota–Duluth and St. Cloud State's men's ice hockey teams compete in Division I as members of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.

Division III

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Ice hockey		Soccer
					M	W			M	W	M	W
Augsburg Auggies	Augsburg University	Minneapolis	Minnesota
Bethany Lutheran Vikings	Bethany Lutheran College	Mankato	Upper Midwest
Bethel Royals	Bethel University	Arden Hills	Minnesota
Carleton Knights	Carleton College	Northfield	Minnesota
Concordia Cobbers	Concordia College, Moorhead	Moorhead	Minnesota
Crown Storm	Crown College	St. Bonifacius	Upper Midwest
Gustavus Adolphus Golden Gusties	Gustavus Adolphus College	St. Peter	Minnesota
Hamline Pipers	Hamline University	St. Paul	Minnesota
Macalester Scots	Macalester College	St. Paul	Minnesota	[lower-alpha 1]
Martin Luther Knights	Martin Luther College	New Ulm	Upper Midwest
Minnesota–Morris Cougars	University of Minnesota Morris	Morris	Upper Midwest
North Central Rams	North Central University	Minneapolis	Upper Midwest
Northwestern Eagles	University of Northwestern – St. Paul	Roseville	Upper Midwest
Saint Benedict Bennies	College of Saint Benedict	St. Joseph	Minnesota
St. Catherine Wildcats	St. Catherine University	St. Paul	Minnesota
Saint John's Johnnies	Saint John's University	Collegeville	Minnesota
Saint Mary's Cardinals	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	Winona	Minnesota
St. Olaf Oles	St. Olaf College	Northfield	Minnesota
St. Scholastica Saints	College of St. Scholastica	Duluth	Upper Midwest [lower-alpha 2]						[lower-alpha 3]	[lower-alpha 3]
St. Thomas Tommies	University of St. Thomas	Saint Paul	Minnesota [lower-alpha 4]

1. Macalester's football team competes in the Midwest Conference and will rejoin the Minnesota conference in 2021–22.
2. St. Scholastica will move to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 2021–22.
3. St. Scholastica's ice hockey teams compete in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association.
4. St. Thomas is being forced out of the MIAC and will leave after 2020–21. The school will become a member of the Summit League, with its football team competing in the Pioneer Football League and its men's and women's ice hockey teams respectively competing in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.

NJCAA

Team	School	City	Conference
Anoka-Ramsey Rams	Anoka-Ramsey Community College	Coon Rapids	Minnesota CC
Central Lakes Raiders	Central Lakes College	Brainerd	Minnesota CC
Fond du Lac Thunder	Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College	Cloquet	Minnesota CC
Hibbing Cardinals	Hibbing Community College	Hibbing	Minnesota CC
Itasca Vikings	Itasca Community College	Grand Rapids	Minnesota CC
Mesabi Range Norse	Mesabi Range College	Virginia	Minnesota CC
Minnesota CTC Spartans	Minnesota State Community & Technical College	Fergus Falls	Minnesota CC
Minnesota West Bluejays	Minnesota West Community & Technical College	Worthington	Minnesota CC
Northland Pioneers	Northland Community & Technical College	Thief River Falls	Minnesota CC
Rainy River Voyageurs	Rainy River Community College	International Falls	Minnesota CC
Ridgewater Warriors	Ridgewater College	Willmar	Minnesota CC
Riverland Blue Devils	Riverland Community College	Austin	Minnesota CC
Rochester Yellowjackets	Rochester Community & Technical College	Rochester	Minnesota CC
St. Cloud Tech Cyclones	St. Cloud Technical and Community College	St. Cloud	Minnesota CC
Vermillion Ironmen	Vermilion Community College	Ely	Minnesota CC

ACCA

Team	School	City	Conference
AFLBS Conquerors	Association Free Lutheran Bible School	Plymouth	Northern Intercollegiate
Oak Hills Christian Wolfpack	Oak Hills Christian College	Bemidji	Northern Intercollegiate

See also

• List of NCAA Division I institutions
• List of NCAA Division II institutions
• List of NCAA Division III institutions
• List of NAIA institutions
• List of USCAA institutions
• List of NCCAA institutions