Which sports will the University continue to offer? How many public universities in the Football Bowl Subdivision have a larger program?
After these announced changes, the Athletic Department will continue to offer a diverse program committed to comprehensive excellence. Cal Athletics will move from a 29-sport program to a department that sponsors 24 intercollegiate athletics teams (11 men’s and 13 women’s), which is commensurate with other peer institutions. Only eight other public universities have athletics programs with more than 24 sports, including the University of Michigan (27), the University of Virginia (25) and the University of North Carolina (28). Cal will offer programs in men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s crew, men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming & diving, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s indoor track & field, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, volleyball, and men’s and women’s water polo.
