 Bowling Green 's athletic teams are known as the Falcons . The university participates in NCAA Division I ( Division I @-@ A for football ) as a member of the Mid @-@ American Conference and the Western Collegiate Hockey Association for ice hockey . BGSU is one of only 13 universities in the country offering NCAA division I @-@ A football , division I men 's and women 's basketball , and Division I ice hockey . The Falcons ' main rivals are the Rockets of the University of Toledo . Separated by just 20 miles ( 32 km ) on Interstate 75 , the two schools celebrate a heated rivalry in several sports . The most well @-@ known of these games is the Battle of I @-@ 75 , a football game held each year in which the winner takes home the Peace Pipe , a Native American peace pipe placed upon a wood tablet . The university sponsors 18 athletic teams : baseball , men 's and women 's basketball , men 's and women 's cross county , football , men 's and women 's golf , women 's gymnastics , men 's ice hockey , men 's and women 's soccer , softball , women 's swimming , women 's tennis , women 's track and field , and women 's volleyball . 
