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College soccer in Kentucky

45 college soccer programs play in Kentucky: 24 women’s and 21 men’s — 12 in D1, 4 in D2, 10 in D3 and 19 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
45
Median roster
28
Players listed
1,314

Rosters: the 44 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

12 programs · 8 women’s · 4 men’s

Players: the 2026-27 roster as the school publishes it, where we could confirm it is this season’s. → a Startline page with the class-year breakdown · ↗ the school’s own site: its roster page, or its team or athletics page where the roster link did not check out.

D1 women's soccer in Kentucky →Every D1 program in the country →

NCAA Division II

4 programs · 2 women’s · 2 men’s

Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

10 programs · 5 women’s · 5 men’s

Every D3 program in the country →

NAIA

19 programs · 9 women’s · 10 men’s

NAIA women's soccer in Kentucky →NAIA men's soccer in Kentucky →Every NAIA program in the country →

Players from Kentucky

Where Kentucky players go

643 players from Kentucky are on a published college soccer roster, and 64% of them play for a school inside Kentucky.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee.

For scale: 13,195 students played high-school soccer in Kentucky in 2024-25.

Counted off the hometowns listed on college rosters (read Sep 11, 2026; the 2026-27 squad for most programs, last season’s where a school had not posted a new one). A headcount of who is playing, not a rate — no one publishes how many of a state’s high-school players go on. High-school figure: NFHS participation survey, 2024-25. NFHS survey (PDF).

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How many college soccer programs are in Kentucky?

45 programs — 24 women’s and 21 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 12 in D1, 4 in D2, 10 in D3 and 19 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Kentucky stay in state for college?

64% of the 643 players from Kentucky on a published college roster play for a school inside Kentucky; the most common destinations outside it are Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Kentucky?

The median is 28 players, across the 44 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Kentucky Christian’s, at 15; the largest is Thomas More’s, at 55. Roster size is not the number of spots a program recruits each year; how many graduate at each position is what decides that.

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Which of them fit your player?

A list of the programs in Kentucky is the same for every family. Which of them fit your player — level, position, grad year and grades — and which have room at your position is what the free list scores.

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