The MTSU Blue Raiders are a Division I team in the Sun Belt Conference. In 2001, their football program set the highest-scoring NCAA Division I-A football game in history when they defeated the University of Idaho 70-58. MTSU retained that record until 2003.
The women’s basketball team brings many fans out to their games. In the 2003-2004 and 2005-2006 seasons they won the Sun Belt Conference and received a bid to the NCAA women’s tournament. They were defeated both seasons in the second round.
Popular intramurals at MTSU are basketball, dodgeball, football, soccer, and volleyball.
Several MTSU traditions are Greek-sponsored events while others are student-organized. Every year the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity puts on Miss MTSU & Miss Middle Tennessee Blue Raider. It is a scholarship competition that crowns two winners to receive scholarships and is also a preliminary to the Miss American Scholarship Pageant.
Another fun Greek gradation is the NPHC Step Show, put on by the National Panhellenic Council. Held every Homecoming, people from all over Tennessee attend a step showcase put on by members of the Greek system and local high schools.
Another time-honored tradition is the Student Government Association’s Homecoming activities. It is a chance for all members of the MTSU community to celebrate their school and show off their Blue Raider Pride. The school is covered in blue and there is a banner competition, horseshoe competition, chili cook-off, parade, and pep rally.
Muhammad Yunus, a former assistant professor of economics, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.
MTSU has its own police force but is also under the Murfreesboro police’s jurisdiction.
