Sports in Missouri


Missouri hosts a number of sports teams. Missouri is home to six major league professional sports teams — three in the St. Louis metropolitan area, and three in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Missouri hosted the 1904 Summer Olympics at Washington University in St. Louis, the first time the games were hosted in the United States.

Major league sports teams

ClubSportLeague
Kansas City ChiefsAmerican footballNational Football League
Kansas City RoyalsBaseballMajor League Baseball
St. Louis BluesIce hockeyNational Hockey League
St. Louis CardinalsBaseballMajor League Baseball
St. Louis City SCSoccerMajor League Soccer
Kansas City CurrentSoccerNational Women's Soccer League

College sports

There are six NCAA Division I teams in the state, one of which started a transition from NCAA Division II in July 2022. The only D-I program in the Football Bowl Subdivision is the Missouri Tigers, with the Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears joining them in 2025. As of the 2024–25 school year, 13 schools play in NCAA Division II, with nine in the Great Lakes Valley Conference and four in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association.
TeamCityDivisionPrimary
conference
Kansas City RoosKansas CityNCAA Division ISummit League
Lindenwood LionsNCAA Division IOhio Valley Conference
Missouri TigersColumbiaNCAA Division ISoutheastern Conference
Missouri State Bears and Lady BearsSpringfieldNCAA Division IMissouri Valley Conference
Saint Louis BillikensNCAA Division IAtlantic 10 Conference
Southeast Missouri RedhawksCape GirardeauNCAA Division IOhio Valley Conference
Central Missouri Mules and JenniesWarrensburgNCAA Division IIMIAA
Drury PanthersSpringfieldNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes Valley
Lincoln Blue TigersJefferson CityNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes Valley
Maryville SaintsTown and CountryNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes Valley
Missouri S&T MinersRollaNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes Valley
Missouri Southern LionsJoplinNCAA Division IIMIAA
Missouri Western GriffonsNCAA Division IIMIAA
Northwest Missouri State BearcatsMaryvilleNCAA Division IIMIAA
Rockhurst HawksKansas CityNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes Valley
Southwest Baptist BearcatsBolivarNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes Valley
Truman BulldogsKirksvilleNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes Valley
UMSL TritonsNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes Valley
William Jewell CardinalsLibertyNCAA Division IIGreat Lakes Valley
Fontbonne GriffinsClaytonNCAA Division III
Washington University BearsNCAA Division IIIUniversity Athletic Association
Webster GorloksWebster GrovesNCAA Division III
Westminster Blue JaysFultonNCAA Division III