Cal Poly Mustangs
| Cal Poly Mustangs | |
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| University | California Polytechnic State University |
| Conference |
Big West Conference Big Sky Conference (football only) Pac-12 Conference (men's swimming and diving, wrestling) Mountain Pacific Sports Federation |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Don Oberhelman |
| Location | San Luis Obispo, California |
| Varsity teams | 20 |
| Football stadium | Alex G. Spanos Stadium (football, soccer), 11,075 capacity |
| Basketball arena | Mott Athletics Center |
| Baseball stadium | Robin Baggett Stadium |
| Nickname | Mustangs |
| Colors | Forest Green, Vegas Gold, and Copper |
| Website | www |
The Cal Poly Mustangs are the athletic teams representing Cal Poly also known as California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. The university fields twenty teams including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and field; women's-only indoor track, softball, and volleyball; and men's-only baseball, football, and wrestling. The Mustangs compete in NCAA Division I; they are primarily members of the Big West Conference and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, but the football team plays in the Big Sky Conference and the men's swimming and diving and wrestling teams are associate members in the Pac-12 Conference.
California Polytechnic State University sponsors teams in eleven men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:
Men's Intercollegiate Sports
Women's Intercollegiate Sports
The Mustang basketball team had its most successful year in 2014, when the team won the Big West Tournament, clinching its first NCAA basketball tournament bid in school history.
The men's cross country team has finished in the top 25 in the nation four of the past five years. In 2012, Coach Mark Conover and his men's squad collected its second straight Big West Conference title and 12th in the past 15 seasons. Their last national placing was in 2008, when they finished 23rd at the National Cross Country Championships. Also in 2012, the women’s program nabbed its first Big West Conference crown since 2001.
Mustang Football plays in the Big Sky Conference, competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Prior to joining the Big Sky Conference in 2012, the team competed in the Great West Conference and is the first Great West Football Conference participant in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. Each year Cal Poly plays rival UC Davis in the annual Battle for the Golden Horseshoe.
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