List of defunct college football teams
Last season played in parentheses
- American University (unknown)
- Birmingham-Southern College (c. 1941)
- Boston University (1997)
- Bradley University (1970)
- University of Bridgeport (1975)
- University of California, Riverside (1975)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (1991)
- California State University, Fullerton (1992)
- California State University, Long Beach (1991)
- California State University, Northridge (2001)
- Campbell University (c. 1953)
- Canisius College (2002)
- Centenary College of Louisiana (1947)
- College of Charleston (1938)
- University of Chicago (1939)
- City College of New York (CCNY) (1951)
- Creighton University (1942)
- University of Denver (1960)
- DePaul University (c. 1938)
- University of Detroit, now University of Detroit Mercy (1964)
- Drexel University (1973)
- East Tennessee State University (2003)
- Erskine College (1952)
- University of Evansville (1997)
- Fairfield University (2002)
- George Washington University (1966)
- Gonzaga University (1941)
- High Point University (1950)
- University of Illinois, Chicago (1973)
- Lamar University (1989)
- Long Island University (1940)
- Loyola College in Maryland (1933)
- Loyola Marymount University (1951)
- Loyola University Chicago (c. 1930)
- Manhattan College (1942)
- Marquette University (1960)
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore (1979)
- Mercer University (unknown)
- Morris Brown College (2003)
- Mount Saint Mary's University (1950)
- New York University (1952)
- Niagara University (1950)
- Northeastern Illinois University (1988)
- Old Dominion University (1941)
- At the time, ODU was a two-year division of the College of William and Mary, and did not grant bachelor's degrees until 1956. ODU will reestablish a Division I-AA football program in 2009.
- University of the Pacific (1995)
- Pepperdine University (1961)
- University of Portland (1949)
- Providence College (1941)
- Rider University (1951)
- St. Bonaventure University (1951)
- St. Francis College (New York) (1935)
- St. John's University, New York (2002)
- Saint Joseph's University (1939)
- Saint Louis University (1949)
- St. Mary's College of California (2003)
- University of San Francisco (1971)
- Santa Clara University (1992)
- Seton Hall University (1981)
- Siena College (2003)
- Stetson University (1956)
- University of Tampa (1974)
- Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (1966)
- University of Texas at Arlington (1985)
- U.S. International University, now Alliant International University (1980)
- University of Vermont (1974)
- Wichita State University (1986)
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1974)
- Xavier University (Cincinnati) (1973)