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College soccer in Tennessee

52 college soccer programs play in Tennessee: 30 women’s and 22 men’s — 15 in D1, 15 in D2, 6 in D3 and 16 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
52
Median roster
29
Players listed
1,584

Rosters: the 52 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

15 programs · 11 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 Tennessee →Every D1 program in the country →

NCAA Division II

15 programs · 8 women’s · 7 men’s

D2 women's soccer in Tennessee →Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

6 programs · 3 women’s · 3 men’s

Every D3 program in the country →

NAIA

16 programs · 8 women’s · 8 men’s

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

Players from Tennessee

Where Tennessee players go

710 players from Tennessee are on a published college soccer roster, and 51% of them play for a school inside Tennessee.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia.

For scale: 16,490 students played high-school soccer in Tennessee 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 Tennessee?

52 programs — 30 women’s and 22 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 15 in D1, 15 in D2, 6 in D3 and 16 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Tennessee stay in state for college?

51% of the 710 players from Tennessee on a published college roster play for a school inside Tennessee; the most common destinations outside it are Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Tennessee?

The median is 29 players, across the 52 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is ETSU’s, at 17; the largest is Milligan University’s, at 52. 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 Tennessee 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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