List of college athletic programs in Missouri
This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Kansas City
Lindenwood
Missouri
Missouri State
Saint Louis
Southeast Missouri State
Full NCAA Division I member colleges in Missouri.
– FBS Football, 
– FCS Football, 
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| Kansas City Roos | University of Missouri–Kansas City | Kansas City | Summit |  |
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| Lindenwood Lions and Lady Lions [a] | Lindenwood University | St. Charles | Ohio Valley | FCS | |
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| Missouri Tigers | University of Missouri | Columbia | SEC | FBS | |
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| Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears | Missouri State University | Springfield | Missouri Valley | FCS [c] | |
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| Saint Louis Billikens | Saint Louis University | St. Louis | Atlantic 10 | |
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| Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | Southeast Missouri State University | Cape Girardeau | Ohio Valley | FCS | |
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- ^ As of the 2024–25 academic year, Lindenwood is in the third year of a four-year transition to Division I and will become an active Division I member in 2026–27.
- ^ a b Lindenwood's men's ice hockey team competes as an independent, and its women's ice hockey team competes as a member of College Hockey America.
- ^ Missouri State's football team competes in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.
Central Missouri
Drury
Lincoln
Maryville
Missouri S&T
Missouri Southern
Missouri Western
Northwest Missouri State
Rockhurst
Southwest Baptist
Truman
UMSL
William Jewell
Fontbonne
WashU
Webster
Westminster
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| Fontbonne Griffins | Fontbonne University | Clayton | St. Louis |  [a] |
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| Washington University Bears | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis | UAA | [b] |
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| Webster Gorloks | Webster University | Webster Groves | St. Louis | |
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| Westminster Blue Jays | Westminster College | Fulton | St. Louis | [c] |
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- ^ Fontbonne fields a team in sprint football, a weight-restricted form of football not governed by the NCAA, as a charter member of the Midwest Sprint Football League.
- ^ Washington University's football team competes in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.
- ^ Westminster's football team competes in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference.
Avila
Central Methodist
Ozarks
Columbia
Cottey
Culver-Stockton
Evangel
Hannibal-LaGrange
HSSU
Mission
Missouri Baptist
MVC
Park
UHSP
Stephens
William Woods
Full NAIA member colleges in Missouri.
– Football, – Non-Football, 
– Women's Flag Football
– Football, – Non-Football, 
– Women's Flag Football- ^ Cottey sponsors flag football as a women's varsity sport and competes in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.
- ^ Missouri Baptist's football team competes in the Heart of America Athletic Conference.
| Team | School | City | Conference |
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| Calvary Warriors | Calvary University | Kansas City | |
| Central Christian Saints | Central Christian College of the Bible | Moberly | |
| College of the Ozarks Bobcats | College of the Ozarks | Point Lookout | |
| Mission Patriots | Mission University | Springfield | |
| Ozark Christian Ambassadors | Ozark Christian College | Joplin | |
| Spurgeon College Knights | Spurgeon College | Kansas City |
Defunct
[edit]| Team | School | City | Division | Defunct |
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| St. Louis Christian Soldiers | St. Louis Christian College | Florissant | ACCA | 2022[a] |
- ^ St. Louis Christian College merged with Central Christian College of the Bible in December 2022.