[2] The Lakers are members of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) for 15 of 17 sports.

The other two programs, men's volleyball and women's bowling, are currently independents (the former will join the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2025).

[3] The Lakers announced in April 2020 their addition of football and men's/women's ice hockey for the 2020–21 academic year, having been acquired from Robert Morris (when they competed as the Eagles); this merged expanded the university's offering of athletics programs from the initial seven to fourteen.

The 20,000-capacity SeatGeek Stadium was previously the home of the Roosevelt Lakers soccer teams.

[8] The Lillian and Larry Goodman Center is located at 501 S. Wabash Avenue, which is the southeast corner of the intersection known as Ida B.