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College soccer in Nebraska

19 college soccer programs play in Nebraska: 10 women’s and 9 men’s — 5 in D1, 2 in D2, 2 in D3 and 10 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
19
Median roster
31
Players listed
613

Rosters: the 18 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

5 programs · 3 women’s · 2 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.

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NCAA Division II

2 programs · 2 women’s

Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

2 programs · 1 women’s · 1 men’s

Every D3 program in the country →

NAIA

10 programs · 4 women’s · 6 men’s

Every NAIA program in the country →

Players from Nebraska

Where Nebraska players go

331 players from Nebraska are on a published college soccer roster, and 55% of them play for a school inside Nebraska.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas.

For scale: 5,537 students played high-school soccer in Nebraska 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 Nebraska?

19 programs — 10 women’s and 9 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 5 in D1, 2 in D2, 2 in D3 and 10 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Nebraska stay in state for college?

55% of the 331 players from Nebraska on a published college roster play for a school inside Nebraska; the most common destinations outside it are Iowa, South Dakota and Kansas. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Nebraska?

The median is 31 players, across the 18 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Bellevue’s, at 21; the largest is Doane University’s, at 62. 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 Nebraska 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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