Boston College teams are known as the Eagles . They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I level ( Football Bowl Subdivision ( FBS ) sub-level for football ) , primarily competing in the Atlantic Coast Conference ( ACC ) for all sports ( except men 's lacrosse ) since the 2005-06 season . The Eagles formerly competed as a charter member of the Big East Conference from 1979-80 to 2004-05 . Up to that point , Boston College was the only Big East member affiliated with the Catholic Church that played football in the conference . All the football-playing members of the Big East are now secular ( usually public ) institutions . Men 's sports include baseball , basketball , cross country , fencing ( non-ACC ) , football , golf , ice hockey ( non-ACC ) , lacrosse ( non-ACC ) , sailing ( non-ACC ) , skiing ( non-ACC ) , soccer , swimming , tennis , and track & field ; while women 's sports include basketball , cross country , fencing ( non-ACC ) , field hockey , golf , ice hockey ( non-ACC ) , lacrosse , rowing , sailing , skiing , soccer , softball , swimming , tennis , track & field and volleyball . The men 's and women 's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East ; while the women 's rowing team competes in the Eastern Association of Women 's Rowing Colleges ( EAWRC ) as well as the ACC ; and the co-ed skiing , fencing and sailing teams are non-ACC/NCAA . Boston College is one of only thirteen universities in the country offering NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision ( formerly , I-A ) football , Division I men 's and women 's basketball , and Division I hockey
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