List of NCAA Division I institutions
This is a list of colleges and universities that are members of Division I, the highest level of competition sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Currently, there are 365 institutions classified as Division I, making it the second largest division by school count in the NCAA. An additional 206 institutions in one of the NCAA's other two divisions compete or will compete in Division I in at least one sport. All colleges and universities on this list are located in the United States; all states plus the District of Columbia are represented by full members. Information in this list represents the current 2025–26 seasons.
Full members
These schools are full members of Division I, meaning they either have finished the process of joining Division I or were members of its predecessor, the University Division.Notelist
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Transitioning members
These schools are at some point in the process of joining Division I, but as of January 2025, have not yet finished the process and thus aren't yet full members. Unless stated otherwise, all transitions begin and end on July 1 of a given year.Following a change in Division I rules approved in January 2025, new transitions from Division II now require three years, and those from Division III four years. Both are reductions of one year from previous reclassification periods. Additional requirements concerning academic and scholarship metrics were added to the requirements for Division I membership eligibility. Institutions already in the reclassification process may apply the new, shorter reclassification period, if they meet the new academic and scholarship requirements. The dates of full membership shown in the table below assume the reclassifying institutions will elect to apply the new, shorter reclassification period and will qualify to do so.
Approved reclassifications
All moves between divisions require NCAA approval before commencing. These schools gained this approval and as such have begun their transitions.| School | Common name | Nickname | City | State | Type | Subdivision | Former Div. | Conference | Reclassified | Full member |
| Le Moyne College | Le Moyne | Dolphins | Syracuse | NY | Private | Non-football | II | NEC | 2023 | 2026 |
| Mercyhurst University | Mercyhurst | Lakers | Erie | PA | Private | FCS | II | NEC | 2024 | 2027 |
| University of New Haven | New Haven | Chargers | West Haven | CT | Private | FCS | II | NEC | 2025 | 2028 |
| University of West Georgia | West Georgia | Wolves | Carrollton | GA | Public | FCS | II | Atlantic Sun Conference | 2024 | 2027 |
Partial members
These schools are not members of Division I, but rather are members of Division II or Division III that compete in one or more sports at the Division I level. In many cases, these institutions play in Division I because their divisions do not have championships for a particular sport. The NCAA elevated women's wrestling to full championship status in 2025–26, initially as a "National Collegiate" sport with a single championship event open to all divisions. Of that sport's 111 total programs in 2025–26, only six are Division I members; 39 are in Division II and 66 in Division III. Three institutions, all Division II members, fielded teams in a Division I sport other than women's wrestling for the first time in the 2025–26 school year. Jamestown, UC Merced, and Southwest Baptist added men's volleyball; UC Merced also added men's and women's water polo.Future partial members
These schools that are members of other divisions, or of the NAIA or NJCAA, have announced their intentions to field at least one team at the Division I level sometime after the 2025–26 school year. An NJCAA member listed here has either started transitions to the NCAA or has announced plans to do so.Years of joining reflect calendar years. For schools that will play only spring sports at the D-I level, the calendar year of joining is the year before the first season of competition.