 UTA has Sun Belt rivalries with every West Division school (Little Rock, Arkansas State, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, and Texas State).UTA currently maintains a primary rivalry with the Texas State Bobcats, their Sun Belt rival and a team which has been a conference rival every year since 1987, despite the two schools belonging to three different conferences in that time frame.As of the conclusion of the 2016–2017 seasons, UTA leads the all-time series in volleyball (42–35), men's basketball (36–33), softball (61–59), and football (2–0), and the Bobcats lead in women's basketball (31–39), and baseball (43–66).