List of college athletic programs in Texas
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This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Texas.
NCAA
Division I
Abilene Christian
Baylor
East Texas A&M
Houston
Houston Christian
Incarnate Word
Lamar
North Texas
Prairie View A&M
Rice
Sam Houston State
SMU
Stephen F. Austin
Tarleton State
TCU
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
Texas Southern
Texas State
Texas Tech
UT
Arlington
Arlington
UTEP
UTRGV
UTSA
Full NCAA Division I member colleges in Texas.
- FBS Football, 
- FCS Football, 
- Non-football
- FBS Football, 
- FCS Football, 
- Non-football
- Abilene Christian, Stephen F. Austin, and Tarleton's football programs all compete in the United Athletic Conference.
- Houston Christian and Incarnate Word's men's soccer teams compete in the Ohio Valley Conference.
- Texas Tech uses "Lady Raiders" for women's sports teams that have men's counterparts, most notably women's basketball. "Red Raiders" is used in sports that are sponsored only for one sex, whether men or women.
Division II
Angelo State
Dallas Baptist
Lubbock Christian
Midwestern State
St. Edward's
St. Mary's
Sul Ross State
Texas A&M International
Texas A&M–Kingsville
UT Dallas
UT Tyler
UT Permian Basin
Texas Woman's
West Texas A&M
Full NCAA Division II member colleges in Texas.
- Football member, - Non-football member
- Football member, - Non-football member- Dallas Baptist's baseball team competes in Division I as a member of Conference USA. Their baseball team will join the Pac-12 starting in the 2026 school year.
Division III
Austin College
Concordia
Dallas
ETBU
Hardin-Simmons
Howard Payne
LeTourneau
UMHB
McMurry
St. Thomas
Schreiner
Southwestern
Texas Lutheran
Trinity
Full NCAA Division III member colleges in Texas.
- Football member, - Non-football member
- Football member, - Non-football member- Schreiner will revive their football program starting in 2026.
NAIA
Huston-Tillotson
JCU
Nelson
North American
UNTD
OLLU
PQC
Texas A&M-San Antonio
Texas A&M-Texarkana
Texas A&M-Victoria
Texas College
Texas Wesleyan
Wayland Baptist
Wiley
Full NAIA member colleges in Texas.
- Football member, - Non-football member
- Football member, - Non-football member- UNT Dallas has planned to add baseball, men's and women's soccer, and softball at a later time.
- Texas College's football team competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference.
NJCAA
NCCAA
Arlington Baptist
Dallas Christian
Southwestern Adventist
Full NCCAA member colleges in Texas.
- Non-football member
- Non-football member| Team | School | City | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Baptist Patriots | Arlington Baptist University [a] | Arlington | |
| Dallas Christian Crusaders | Dallas Christian College | Farmers Branch | |
| Southwestern Adventist Knights | Southwestern Adventist University [b] | Keene |