List of college athletic programs in Rhode Island

The list of college athletic programs in Rhode Island below is in tabular format, with columns arranged left to right in the following order: team name, school name, school location, conference, and sport sponsorship with football, basketball (men and women), baseball, softball, ice hockey (men and women), and soccer (men and women) listed. Different team name for a specific sport within a school are noted separately below the table.

 
 
Brown
 
Bryant
 
Providence
 
Rhode Island
Full NCAA Division I member colleges in Rhode Island.
  – FCS Football,   – Non-Football
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship
Foot-
ball
Basketball Base-
ball
Soft-
ball
Ice hockey Soccer
M W M W M W
Brown Bears Brown University Providence Ivy League[1] FCS           [a]   [a]    
Bryant Bulldogs Bryant University Smithfield America East FCS [b]                
Providence Friars Providence College Providence Big East[4]             [c]   [c]    
Rhode Island Rams University of Rhode Island Kingston Atlantic 10[6] FCS [d]                
  1. ^ a b Brown's ice hockey teams compete in ECAC Hockey.[2]
  2. ^ Bryant's football team competes in the Big South Conference.[3]
  3. ^ a b Providence's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East.[5]
  4. ^ Rhode Island's football team competes in CAA Football, the technically separate football league operated by the all-sports Coastal Athletic Association.[7]
 
 
Johnson & Wales
 
Rhode Island College
 
Roger Williams
 
Salve Regina
Full NCAA Division III member colleges in Rhode Island.
  – Football member,   – Non-Football
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship
Foot-
ball
Basketball Base-
ball
Soft-
ball
Ice hockey Soccer
M W M W M W
Johnson & Wales–Providence Wildcats Johnson and Wales University Providence Providence Great Northeast[8]             [a]   [a]    
Rhode Island College Anchormen Rhode Island College Providence Little East[10]                  
Roger Williams Hawks Roger Williams University Bristol Commonwealth Coast[11]                  
Salve Regina Seahawks Salve Regina University Newport Commonwealth Coast[11][b]               [c]    
  1. ^ a b Johnson & Wales's ice hockey teams compete in the New England Hockey Conference.[9]
  2. ^ Salve Regina will join NEWMAC in 2023–24.
  3. ^ Salve Regina's women's ice hockey team competes in the Colonial Hockey Conference.[12]
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorship
Foot-
ball
Basketball Base-
ball
Soft-
ball
Ice hockey Soccer
M W M W M W
Community College of Rhode Island Knights Community College of Rhode Island Warwick Massachusetts CC[13][14]                  

Independent

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Team School City Sport sponsorship
Basketball
M
RISD Balls Rhode Island School of Design Providence  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Tammara, Jake (2021-01-12). "Which Ivy League School Has the Most Dominant Sports Teams?". College Magazine. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  2. ^ "ECAC Hockey, "Where Hockey's More Than Another Tradition."". ECAC Hockey. n.d. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  3. ^ "Big South Adds Bryant University as Associate Football Member" (Press release). Big South Conference. March 29, 2022.
  4. ^ Daniels, Mark (2022-03-10). "10 things to know about the Providence College Friars". The Providence Journal. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  5. ^ "Providence Friars". Hockey East. n.d. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  6. ^ "Atlantic 10 Conference". ESPN. n.d. Retrieved 2022-04-23.
  7. ^ Kelley, Kevin (2022-01-25). "Hampton, Monmouth to join Colonial Athletic Association in 2022". FBSchedules. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  8. ^ "Johnson & Wales University: Wildcats". Great Northeast Athletic Conference. n.d. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  9. ^ "ABOUT THE NEW ENGLAND HOCKEY CONFERENCE". NEHC. n.d. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  10. ^ "Rhode Island College Picked to Repeat as Women's Basketball Champion in 2021-22 LEC Preseason Coaches' Poll". LEC. 2021-10-28. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  11. ^ a b "No. 22 RWU Hosts Endicott in CCC Women's Basketball Championship". Commonwealth Coast Conference. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  12. ^ "Commonwealth Coast Conference starting women's hockey in 2020-21, will assume operation of Colonial Hockey Conference". USCHO. 2019-10-05. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  13. ^ "Member Directory". NJCAA. n.d. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  14. ^ "Men's Massachusetts Community College Athletic Association Conference". Top Drawer Soccer. n.d. Retrieved 2022-04-24.