This is a list of college athletic programs in the U.S. state of Nebraska.
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 sponsorshipFoot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Ice hockey Soccer M W M W M W Creighton Bluejays Creighton University Omaha Big East Nebraska Cornhuskers Lincoln Big Ten FBS Omaha Mavericks Omaha Summit
Division II
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorshipFoot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Ice hockeySoccer M W MW M W Chadron State Eagles Chadron State College Chadron Rocky Mountain Nebraska–Kearney Lopers Kearney MIAA Wayne State Wildcats Wayne State College Wayne Northern Sun
Division III
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorshipFoot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Ice hockeySoccer M W M W M W Nebraska Wesleyan Prairie Wolves Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln American Rivers
NAIA
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorshipFoot-ball Basketball Base-ball Soft-ball Soccer M W M W Bellevue Bruins Bellevue University Bellevue Frontier Concordia Bulldogs Concordia University, Nebraska Seward Great Plains Doane Tigers Doane University Crete Great Plains Hastings Broncos Hastings College Hastings Great Plains Midland Warriors Midland University Fremont Great Plains Peru State Bobcats Peru State College Peru Heart of America Saint Mary Flames Omaha Great Plains York Panthers York University York Kansas
NJCAA Team School City Conference Central-Columbus Raiders Central Community College at Columbus Columbus Nebraska CC Little Priest Tribal Warriors Little Priest Tribal College Winnebago Iowa CC McCook Indians Mid-Plains Community College McCook Nebraska CC North Platte Knights North Platte Nebraska CC Northeast Hawks Northeast Community College Norfolk Iowa CC Southeast Bobcats Southeast Community College Beatrice Nebraska CC Western Nebraska Cougars Western Nebraska Community College Scottsbluff Nebraska CC
Other Team School City Union Warriors Union Adventist University Lincoln ACCA & NCCAA NCTA Aggies Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture Curtis None
Defunct Team School City Year of closure Bellevue Redmen Bellevue College Bellevue 1918 Cotner Bulldogs Cotner College Bethany 1933 Dana Vikings Dana College Blair 2010 Grace Royals Grace University Omaha 2018 Grand Island Islanders Grand Island College Grand Island 1931 Hiram Scott Scots Hiram Scott College Scottsbluff 1972 Kennedy Patriots & Patriettes John F. Kennedy College Wahoo 1975 LSC ??? / Hamilton Aliens Lincoln School of Commerce Lincoln 2004 Luther Vikings Luther College Wahoo 1962 Nebraska Central Fighting Quakers Nebraska Central College Central City 1953 Nebraska Christian Sentinels Nebraska Christian College Papillion 2020 Omaha Commercial Commercials Omaha Commercial College Omaha 1911 Omaha Medical Medics Omaha Medical College Omaha 1902 Pershing ??? John J. Pershing College Beatrice 1971
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 List of NJCAA Division I institutions List of NJCAA Division II institutions List of NJCAA Division III institutions
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