UC Davis Aggies

The UC Davis Aggies (also referred to as the Ags, Cal Aggies or Aggies) are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Davis.

Eighteen of the school's 25 intercollegiate sports - baseball, men's basketball, men's cross country, men's golf, men's soccer, men's tennis, men's track & field, men's water polo, softball, women's basketball, women's beach volleyball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's soccer, women's tennis, women's track & field, women's volleyball and women's water polo - compete in the Mountain West Conference (MW).

The Aggies' football team compete in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) (formerly known as Division I-AA), and are members of the Big Sky Conference, granting UC Davis the distinction of being one of only three UC campuses to field a football team (Cal and UCLA being the other two). It is also one of only four full members of Division I FBS conferences that do not play FBS football, and the only one of these that plays FCS football. The other three, Pac-12 Conference member Gonzaga, fellow MW member Grand Canyon, and American Conference member Wichita State, do not play football at all.

The Aggies are also members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in women's field hockey, women's indoor track and field, women's gymnastics, and women's swimming and diving, the Eastern College Athletic Conference in equestrian, the West Coast Conference in beach volleyball and men's water polo, the Golden Coast Conference in women's water polo, and the Big 12 Conference in women's lacrosse.

On December 10, 2024 it was announced that UC Davis would join the Mountain West Conference in all sports except football, for which it will remain in the Big Sky Conference. This move is expected on July 1, 2026. In anticipation of joining the MW in 2026, UC Davis announced 'Aggie Ascent' on November 18th, 2025. The plan outlines a $265 million phased plan to upgrade, expand, and refit current and new UC Davis athletic facilities to comply with Mountain West (and potentially FBS) standards, the largest of which would be a $50 million dollar expansion to UC Davis Health Stadium.