List of college athletic programs in Ohio
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This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Ohio.
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.
- ^ Bowling Green's men's ice hockey team competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association.
- ^ Cincinnati will join the Big 12 Conference in 2023–24.
- ^ Dayton's football team competes in the Pioneer Football League.
- ^ Miami's men's ice hockey team competes in the National Collegiate Hockey Conference.
- ^ Ohio State's women's ice hockey team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
- ^ Youngstown State's football team competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
- ^ Case Western Reserve's football team competes in the Presidents' Athletic Conference.
Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | ||||||
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Lourdes Gray Wolves | Lourdes University | Sylvania | Wolverine–Hoosier | |||||||
Mount Vernon Nazarene Cougars | Mount Vernon Nazarene University | Mount Vernon | Crossroads | |||||||
Northwestern Ohio Racers | University of Northwestern Ohio | Lima | Wolverine–Hoosier | |||||||
Ohio Christian Trailblazers | Ohio Christian University | Circleville | River States | |||||||
Rio Grande RedStorm | University of Rio Grande | Rio Grande | River States | |||||||
Shawnee State Bears | Shawnee State University | Portsmouth | Mid-South | |||||||
Wilberforce Bulldogs | Wilberforce University | Wilberforce | Mid-South |
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Bryant & Stratton Bobcats | Bryant & Stratton College | Solon | Ohio CC |
Cincinnati State Surge | Cincinnati State Technical and Community College | Cincinnati | Ohio CC |
Clark State Eagles | Clark State Community College | Springfield | Ohio CC |
Columbus State Cougars | Columbus State Community College | Columbus | Ohio CC |
Cuyahoga Triceratops (formerly Challengers) | Cuyahoga Community College | Cleveland | Ohio CC |
Edison Chargers | Edison Community College | Piqua | Ohio CC |
Hocking Hawks | Hocking College | Nelsonville | Ohio CC |
Lakeland Lakers | Lakeland Community College | Kirtland | Ohio CC |
Lorain County Commodores | Lorain County Community College | Elyria | Ohio CC |
Owens Express | Owens Community College | Toledo | Ohio CC |
Sinclair Tartan Pride | Sinclair Community College | Dayton | Ohio CC |
Terra State Titans | Terra State Community College | Fremont | Ohio CC |
Team | School | City |
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Akron-Wayne Warriors | University of Akron, Wayne College | Orrville |
Miami-Hamilton Harriers | Miami University Hamilton[a] | Hamilton |
Miami-Middletown ThunderHawks | Miami University Middletown[a] | Middletown |
Ohio State-Lima Barons | Ohio State University, Lima Campus | Lima |
Ohio State-Mansfield Mavericks | Ohio State University, Mansfield Campus | Mansfield |
Ohio University-Lancaster Cougars | Ohio University-Lancaster | Lancaster |
Team | School | City | Conference |
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Cincinnati-Clermont Cougars | University of Cincinnati Clermont College | Batavia | Independent |
Kent State Tuscarawas Golden Eagles | Kent State University at Tuscarawas | New Philadelphia | Independent |
Kent State Trumbull Golden Flashes | Kent State University at Trumbull | Warren | Independent |
Southern State Patriots | Southern State Community College | Hillsboro | Independent |
Valor Christian Warriors | Valor Christian College | Columbus | Independent |
Wright State-Lake Lakers | Wright State University Lake Campus | Celina | Independent |