School Name-Change/Abbreviation Key
Various schools have changed their name. The current school name is listed along with other names by which
the schools have been referred. (Note: Not all schools in this list currently sponsor or have sponsored football)
School name changes
Current school name:
Changed from:
Akron.................................................................................................................................................................Buchtel
Alcorn St. ...............................................................................................................................................Alcorn A&M
Alliant Int’l........................................................................................................................... U.S. Int’l; Cal Western
Arcadia................................................................................................................................................................Beaver
Arizona St................................................................................................................................................... Tempe St.
Ark.-Pine Bluff.............................................................................................................................. Arkansas AM&N
Armstrong Atlantic.........................................................................................................................Armstrong St.
Ashford............................................................................................................................Franciscan; Mt. St. Clare
Auburn.................................................................................................................................................Alabama Poly
Augusta St. . ................................................................................................................................................. Augusta
Benedictine (IL)..............................................................................................................................Ill. Benedictine
Bradley................................................................................................................................................... Bradley Tech
BYU Idaho............................................................................................................................................................. Ricks
Brockport..............................................................................................................................................Brockport St.
UC Davis........................................................................................................................................California Aggies
Cal St. East Bay..............................................................................................................................Cal St. Hayward
Cal St. Fullerton........................................................................Orange County State College; Orange St.
Cal St. L.A. ....................................................................................................................................... Los Angeles St.
Cal St. Monterey Bay......................................................................................................................Monterey Bay
Cal St. Northridge....................................................................................................... San Fernando Valley St.
Carnegie Mellon............................................................................................................................. Carnegie Tech
Case...........................................................................................Case Reserve, Case Institute of Technology
Castleton................................................................................................................................................Castleton St.
Central Ark.................................................................................................................State College of Arkansas
Central Conn. St............................................................................................................................. New Haven St.
Central Mich......................................................................................................................................... Mt. Pleasant
Central Mo.........................................................................................................................................Central Mo. St.
Central Okla. . ............................................................................................................................Central St. (Okla.)
Charleston So. ....................................................................................................................................Baptist (S.C.)
Charleston (WV)..............................................................................................................................Morris Harvey
Charlotte............................................................................................................................................UNC Charlotte
Chattanooga.......................................................................................................................... Tenn-Chattanooga
Cleveland St. ...................................................................................................................................................... Fenn
Colorado St. ....................................................................................................................................Colorado A&M
Colorado St.-Pueblo.....................................................................................................................Southern Colo.
Columbus St. . ......................................................................................................................................... Columbus
Concordia (CA)...................................................................................................................Christ College-Irvine
Concordia Chicago........................................................................................................................Concordia (Ill.)
Concordia (TX).......................................................................................................................... Concordia-Austin
Connecticut...........................................................................................................................Connecticut Aggies
Corban.............................................................................................................................................Western Baptist
Crossroads.....................................................................................................................................Minnesota Bible
Crown (MN)..........................................................................................................................................St. Paul Bible
Davenport.....................................................................................................................................Detroit Business
Davis.....................................................................................................................................................Practical Bible
Dayton........................................................................................................................................St. Mary’s Institute
Delaware Valley............................................................................................................................National Aggies
DeSales.......................................................................................................................................................Allentown
Detroit...................................................................................................................... Detroit Mercy; Detroit Tech
Dist. Columbia......................................................................................................................................Federal City
Dominican (IL).................................................................................................................................................Rosary
Drexel........................................................................................................................................................Drexel Tech
Dubuque.............................................................................................................................................Columbia Col.
Duke......................................................................................................................................................... Trinity (N.C.)
Eastern Conn. St.............................................................................................................................. Willimantic St.
Eastern Mich. ........................................................................................................................... Michigan Normal
Eckerd..............................................................................................................................................Fla. Presbyterian
Emporia St. .............................................................................................................................. Kansas St. Normal
FDU-Florham.....................................................................................................................................FDU-Madison
Farmingdale St................................................................................................................................... Farmingdale
Fort Hays St.............................................................................................................Kansas St. Normal-Western
Franciscan..............................................................................................................................................Steubenville
Fresno St. ........................................................................................................................................... Fresno Pacific
Col. of Idaho..............................................................................................................................................Albertson
Idaho St...............................................................Academy of Idaho; Idaho Tech. Inst.; Idaho-Southern
Ill.-Chicago..................................................................................................................................Ill.-Chicago Circle
Illinois St. . ..................................................................................................Illinois St. Normal; Illinois Normal
Indiana (PA).....................................................................................................................................Indiana St. (Pa.)
Ind. Wesleyan..................................................................................................................................................Marion
Indianapolis....................................................................................................................................Indiana Central
Iowa.................................................................................................................................. State University of Iowa
Iowa St. ................................................................................................................................................................Ames
James Madison...........................................................................................................................................Madison
Johnson C. Smith......................................................................................................................... Johnson Smith
Kansas St. . ........................................................................................................................................Kansas Aggies
Kean.............................................................................................................................................................Newark St.
Kent St. ..................................................................................................................................................................Kent
La Sierra................................................................................................................................................... Loma Linda
Lamar.........................................................................................................................................................Lamar Tech
Current school name:
Changed from:
Liberty........................................................................................................Lynchburg Baptist; Liberty Baptist
La.-Lafayette...............................................................................................................................Southwestern La.
La.-Monroe..........................................................................................................................................Northeast La.
Loyola Marymount.............................................................................................St. Vincent; Loyola U. of L.A.
Lycoming................................................................................................... Williamsport Dickinson Seminary
Lynn.....................................................................................................................................College of Boca Raton
Lyon........................................................................................................................................................Arkansas Col.
Me.-Farmington...............................................................................................Western State Normal School
SUNY Maritime...................................................................................................Maritime (NY), N.Y. Maritime
Marycrest Int’l.............................................................................................................................Teikyo Marycrest
Md.-East. Shore...................................................................................................................................Maryland St.
Massachusetts........................................................Massachusetts St.; Massachusetts Agriculture Col.
Mass.-Dartmouth................................................................................................................Southeastern Mass.
Mass.-Lowell.....................................................................................................Lowell; Lowell St.; Lowell Tech
McDaniel............................................................................................................................................... Western Md.
Memphis................................................................................................ Memphis St.; West Tenn. St. Normal
Michigan Tech..........................................................................................................Michigan Mines and Tech
Millersville........................................................................................................................................... Millersville St.
Millikin................................................................................................................................................. James Millikin
Minn. St. Mankato...............................................................................................................................Mankato St.
Minn. St. Moorhead........................................................................................................................Moorhead St.
Mississippi Col.............................................................................................................................Mississippi A&M
Mississippi Val.................................................................................................................. Mississippi Vocational
Missouri S&T.........................................................................................Missouri School of Mines; Mo.-Rolla
Missouri St. .............................................................................................................................. Southwest Mo. St.
Mont. St.-Billings.......................................................................................................................Eastern Montana
Montana St.-Northern........................................................................................................ Northern Montana
Neb.-Kearney......................................................................................................................................... Kearney St.
Neb.-Omaha................................................................................................................................................... Omaha
U. New England.............................................................................................New England; St. Francis (Me.)
New Jersey City................................................................................................................................ Jersey City St.
New Mexico St. ...................................................................................................................... New Mexico A&M
New Orleans............................................................................................................................Louisiana St. (N.O.)
North Ala. ...............................................................................................................................................Florence St.
N.C. Central............................................................................................................................North Caro. College
UNC Pembroke.................................................................................................................................Pembroke St.
North Central Texas.......................................................................................................................Cooke County
North Texas......................................................................................................................................... North Tex. St.
Northeastern St. ............................................................................................................Northeastern Okla. St.
Northern Ariz. ..................................................................................................................... Arizona St.-Flagstaff
Northern Colo. .......................................................................................... Colorado St. Col.; State Teachers
Okla. Panhandle........................................................................................... Panhandle A&M; Panhandle St.
Oklahoma St. ...............................................................................................................................Oklahoma A&M
Old Dominion.............................................................................................................William & Mary (Norfolk)
Penn St.-Berks.........................................................................Penn St. Berks-Lehigh Val.; Berks & Lehigh
Penn St.-Harrisburg................................................................................................................... Penn St.-Capitol
Pepperdine............................................................................................................................George Pepperdine
Phila. Sciences............................................................................................................................. Phila. Pharmacy
Philadelphia U. ...................................................................................................................................Phila. Textile
Pittsburgh..........................................................................................................................Western Pennsylvania
Plymouth St.....................................................................................Plymouth Normal; Plymouth Teachers
Polytechnic (NY)..............................................................................................New York Poly; Brooklyn Poly
Portland St.....................................................................................................................................................Vanport
Post............................................................................................................................................................. Teikyo Post
Randolph.................................................................................................................Randolph-Macon Woman’s
Rhodes.................................................................................................................................Southwestern (Tenn.)
Rice..........................................................................................................................................................Rice Institute
Richard Stockton.................................................................................................................................Stockton St.
Rochester Inst. . ...................................................................................................................Mechanics Institute
Rose-Hulman...........................................................................................................Rose Polytechnic Institute
Rowan....................................................................................................................................................Glassboro St.
Sage Colleges......................................................................................................................................Russell Sage
Salem Int’l............................................................................................................................. Salem-Teikyo; Salem
Samford.................................................................................................................................................. Howard Col.
S.C. Upstate................................................................................................................................. S.C.-Spartanburg
Southern Ark...................................................................................................................................Magnolia A&M
Southern Conn. St......................................................................................................................... New Britain St.
Southern Ind. ....................................................................................................................Indiana St.-Evansville
Southern Me. ........................................................................Maine Portland-Gorham; Gorham St. (Me.)
Southern Miss.................................................................. Mississippi Southern Col.; Mississippi Normal
Southern N.H............................................................................................................................... New Hamp. Col.
Southern U. .......................................................................................................................................Southern B.R.
Southwest Minn. St. . .................................................................................................................... Southwest St.
Stevens Institute................................................................................................................................Stevens Tech
Stevenson.....................................................................................................................................................Villa Julie
Taylor-Ft. Wayne.......................................................................................................................Summit Christian
Tex. A&M-Commerce.......................................................................................................................East Texas St.
Tex. A&M-Kingsville.................................................................................................................................Texas A&I
Tex.-Pan American..........................................................................................................................Pan American
Texas St. . ................................................................................................................................... Southwest Tex. St.
Thomas More...................................................................................................................................Villa Madonna
Towson....................................................................................................................................................... Towson St.
Trine..................................................................................................................................................................Tri-State
Troy......................................................................................................................................................................Troy St.
Truman................................................................................................................. Northeast Mo. St.; Truman St.
Tulsa.....................................................................................................................................................Henry Kendall
Current school name:
Also known as:
Washburn................................................................................................................................................Lincoln Col.
Washington-St. Louis.............................................................................................................Washington (Mo.)
Washington St. . ...............................................................................................Washington Agricultural Col.
West Ala. ...................................................................................................................................................Livingston
West Tex. A&M..................................................................................................................................West Texas St.
Western N.M. ....................................................................................................................New Mexico Western
Western Ore. ............................ Monmouth Normal; Oregon Tech; Oregon College of Education
Western St. ..................................................................................................Colo. Western; Colorado Normal
Westmar................................................................................................Western Union Col.; Teikyo Westmar
Wichita St. ................................................................................................................................................Fairmount
Widener...................................................................................................................... Pennsylvania Military Col.
Wm. Paterson........................................................................................................................................ Paterson St.
Wis.-Superior...............................................................................................................................Superior Normal
Xavier..............................................................................................................................................................St. Xavier
In the early days of colleges and universities, many schools used the designation of Teachers College.
Due to the high numbers of such schools, they are not listed here.
SCHOOLS also known as
Current school name:
Also known as:
A&M-Corpus Christi.......................................................................................................Tex. A&M-Corp. Chris.
Air Force...........................................................................................................................U.S. Air Force Academy
Apprentice School....................................................................................................................... Newport News
Army............................................................................................................U.S. Military Academy; West Point
Baruch........................................................................................................................................Bernard M. Baruch
BYU.................................................................................................................................................... Brigham Young
Case.........................................................................................................Case Reserve, Case Western Reserve
Charlotte............................................................................................................................................UNC Charlotte
Chattanooga........................................................................................................................................ Tenn.-Chatt.
CCNY...............................................................................................................................City College of New York
City Tech....................................................................................................... New York City Tech (was NYCCT)
Coast Guard............................................................................................................ U.S. Coast Guard Academy
FIU............................................................................................................................................................... Florida Int’l
Georgia College............................................................................................Georgia College & State, GCSU
Green Bay.........................................................................................................................................Wis.-Green Bay
Hawthorne.........................................................................................................................Nathaniel Hawthorne
IPFW............................................................................................................................ Indiana/Purdue-Ft. Wayne
IUPUI......................................................................................................................Indiana/Purdue-Indianapolis
Lehman.....................................................................................................................................Herbert H. Lehman
Lipscomb.......................................................................................................................................David Lipscomb
Long Island..........................................................................................................................................LIU-Brooklyn
LSU............................................................................................................................................................Louisiana St.
MCLA...........................................Mass. Liberal Arts; Massachusetts College (was North Adams St.)
Merchant Marine..............................................................King’s Point; U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Milwaukee......................................................................................................................................Wis.-Milwaukee
MIT......................................................................................................Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navy......................................................................................................................................... U.S. Naval Academy
NJIT...........................................................................................Newark Engineering (was N.J. Inst. of Tech.)
NYIT.............................................................................. New York Institute of Technology; New York Tech
Rensselaer....................................................................................................................RPI, Rensselaer Poly Inst.
Rochester Inst. . ..................................................................................................................................................... RIT
Sewanee...........................................................................................................................University of the South
SMU..........................................................................................................................................Southern Methodist
Southampton..........................................................................................................................LIU-Southampton
SUNY Cortland..................................................................................................................................... Cortland St.
SUNY Geneseo.....................................................................................................................................Geneseo St.
SUNY Maritime.................................................................................................................................Maritime (NY)
SUNY Potsdam.....................................................................................................................................Potsdam St.
SUNYIT.....................................................................................................................................................Utica/Rome
TCNJ........................................................................................The College of New Jersey (was Trenton St.)
TCU....................................................................................................Texas Christian (was AddRan Christian)
UAB..................................................................................................................................Alabama at Birmingham
UALR.................................................................................................................................................. Ark.-Little Rock
UCF....................................................................................................................... Central Fla. (was Florida Tech)
UCLA....................................................................................................... University of California, Los Angeles
UMBC..............................................................................................................................................Md.-Balt. County
UMKC................................................................................................................................................Mo.-Kansas City
UNI.........................................................................Northern Iowa (was Iowa Normal; State Col. of Iowa)
UNLV..........................................................................................Nevada-Las Vegas (was Nevada Southern)
UTEP.............................................................................................................Texas-El Paso (was Texas Western)
UTSA...........................................................................................................................................Texas-San Antonio
VCU............................................................................................................................................Va. Commonwealth
VMI...............................................................................................................................................................Va. Military
WPI........................................................................................................... Worcester Poly Inst.; Worcester Tech
SCHOOL Mergers
Current school name:
Two Schools Merged & Year:
Case....................................................................................................Case Tech & Western Reserve; 1971-72
Huston-Tillotson.......................................................................Samuel Huston &Tillotson, Oct. 24, 1952
Martin Luther........................................................... Northwestern (Wis.) & Dr. Martin Luther, 1995-96
Mass.-Lowell..............................................................................................Lowell St. & Lowell Tech; 1975-76