The University at Buffalo offers 20 Division I intercollegiate sports that compete at the highest level of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The 20 sports are: football, baseball, softball, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, wrestling, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, women's rowing and men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field. The University at Buffalo competes in the prestigious Mid-American Conference in all of those sports except for women's rowing, which is not sponsored by the conference.

Both the University at Buffalo men’s and women’s tennis teams can be found in the latest regional rankings and both teams placed players in both the singles and doubles rankings, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced on Monday. The men finished ranked ninth in the Northeast, while the women finished ranked 10th in the region. The UB men, who won its first ever Mid-American Conference regular season title this past season, finished with a 13-7 record, including a perfect 5-0 mark. The Bulls made their first ever appearance in the MAC Championship and had a streak where they won eight of nine matches.