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The following American colleges and universities are classified as Division I for NCAA competition.
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1 The formal nickname for women's teams is "Lady Razorbacks". However, the school uses "Lady'Backs" as its official short form, and the short form, more often rendered outside the university as "Ladybacks", is in much wider use than the formal name.
1 The Long Beach State baseball team is unofficially called "Dirtbags", and the school recognizes the nickname.
² The school prefers to be called "Southern California" for athletics purposes, but national news media generally use "USC".
| Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | University of Delaware | Newark | Colonial Athletic Association |
| Delaware State Hornets and Lady Hornets | Delaware State University | Dover | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
1 The women's gymnastics team is known as "Gym Dogs".
| Hawaiʻi Rainbow Warriors1 and Rainbow Wahine | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa | Honolulu | Western Athletic Conference |
1 In 2000, all teams at the university were allowed to choose their own nicknames. Different men's teams are known as "Rainbow Warriors", "Warriors", and "Rainbows"; all women's teams use "Rainbow Wahine".
1 National sports media generally use "Loyola-Chicago", "Loyola (Chicago)", or "Loyola (Illinois)" to distinguish this school from others with the Loyola name.
2 Although this is the school's preferred athletic name, national sports media generally use "Illinois-Chicago" in score listings and on first reference.
1 The women's gymnastics team is nicknamed "GymKats" and the swim team is nicknamed "Catfish".
2 The baseball team is nicknamed "Thoroughbreds" instead of "Racers".
1 The official, trademarked name of the athletic program is Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns. National media, however, add "Lafayette" to distinguish the school from Louisiana-Monroe.
2 The University of New Orleans will reclassify to Division 3 after the 2009-10 academic year.
| Maine Black Bears | University of Maine | Orono | America East Conference |
1 Most of the university is in Cambridge, but some academic buildings and athletic facilities, including the football stadium, lie in Boston.
2 While national media generally use "Massachusetts", the shortened "UMass" is in wide usage, especially in Massachusetts itself.
| Minnesota Golden Gophers | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | Minneapolis and St. Paul | Big Ten Conference |
1 Alcorn State uses no nickname for its women's teams at all, referring to them solely as "Alcorn".
2 National media generally use "Mississippi" in score listings and on first reference, but will frequently use "Ole Miss" on later reference. The school athletic department prefers "Ole Miss".
| Montana Grizzlies1 | The University of Montana | Missoula | Big Sky Conference |
| Montana State Bobcats | Montana State University - Bozeman | Bozeman | Big Sky Conference |
1 The women's basketball team is known as the "Lady Griz", but all other women's teams use the "Grizzlies" nickname.
| Creighton Bluejays | Creighton University | Omaha | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Lincoln | Big 12 Conference |
| Nevada Wolf Pack | University of Nevada, Reno | Reno | Western Athletic Conference |
| UNLV Rebels | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Las Vegas | Mountain West Conference |
| Dartmouth Big Green | Dartmouth College | Hanover | Ivy League |
| New Hampshire Wildcats | University of New Hampshire | Durham | America East Conference |
| New Mexico Lobos | University of New Mexico | Albuquerque | Mountain West Conference |
| New Mexico State Aggies | New Mexico State University | Las Cruces | Western Athletic Conference |
1 National media usually use "St. Francis (New York)" to distinguish it from other schools of that name, notably the school of the same name in Pennsylvania.
2 Other schools in the U.S. have this name but, national media do not add a location identifier to it, since it is the only "St. John's" whose athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I.
| North Dakota State Bison | North Dakota State University | Fargo | The Summit League |
1 National media generally refer to the school as "Miami (Ohio)" to distinguish it from the University of Miami in Florida.
1 The school also widely uses its historic short form of "Pitt".
2 National media usually use "St. Francis (Pennsylvania)" to distinguish it from other schools of that name, notably the Division I school of the same name in New York.
3 Although there are other schools with this name in the U.S., none of the others are members of Division I. Therefore, national media refer to it as "Saint Joseph's" (preferred usage) or "St. Joseph's", without a regional identifier.
1 Although the school prefers to use "USC Upstate", national media often use "South Carolina Upstate".
| South Dakota State Jackrabbits | South Dakota State University | Brookings | The Summit League |
| South Dakota Coyotes | University of South Dakota | Vermillion | The Summit League |
1 The formal nickname for women's teams is "Lady Volunteers". However, the school considers the use of "Lady Vols" acceptable, and the shortened form is widely popular in Tennessee and in much wider usage among national media than the longer form.
1 The women's basketball team is known as "Lady Raiders". All other women's teams use "Red Raiders".
1 The men's basketball team is nicknamed "Runnin' Utes", and the women's gymnastics team is nicknamed "Red Rocks".
| Vermont Catamounts | University of Vermont | Burlington | America East Conference |
| Marshall Thundering Herd | Marshall University | Huntington | Conference USA |
| West Virginia Mountaineers | West Virginia University | Morgantown | Big East Conference |
1 The school officially uses "Milwaukee" for its athletic program, and accepts "UWM". However, most national sports media have yet to accept this, instead using "Wisconsin–Milwaukee".
2 The school prefers "UW–Green Bay" for its athletic program, and accepts "UWGB", but most national sports media have yet to accept this, instead using "Wisconsin–Green Bay".
| Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls | University of Wyoming | Laramie | Mountain West Conference |
The following schools have begun the process to reclassify to Division I, but are not yet recognized as full Division I members.
WSSU will return to Division II after the 2009-2010 year.
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