List of NCAA Division I FBS football programs
This is a list of the 131 schools in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. By definition, all schools in this grouping have varsity football teams.
Schools in Division I FBS are distinguished from those in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) by being allowed to provide scholarship aid to a total of 85 players, and may grant a full scholarship to all 85. FCS schools are limited to financial assistance amounting to a maximum of 63 full scholarships, although some conferences voluntarily place further restrictions on athletic aid. The NCAA classifies FBS football as a "head-count" sport, meaning that each player receiving any athletically-related aid from the school counts fully against the 85-player limit. By contrast, FCS football is classified as an "equivalency" sport, which means that scholarship aid is limited to the equivalent of a specified number of full scholarships. In turn, this means that FCS schools can freely grant partial scholarships, but are also limited to a total of 85 players receiving assistance. Another NCAA rule mandates that any multi-sport athlete who plays football and receives any athletic aid is counted against the football limit, with an exception for players in non-scholarship FCS programs who receive aid in another sport. The three service academies that play in Division I FBS—Air Force, Army, and Navy—are theoretically subject to this rule, but are exempt in practice because all students at these schools receive full scholarships from the federal government.
Starting in 2014, the FBS began playing a four-team tournament culminating in a National Championship Game to determine its national champion, a system that has been in place from the 2014–2025 seasons by contract with ESPN, broadcaster of the games. But since the College Football Playoff is not sanctioned by the NCAA, this makes FBS football the only sport without an NCAA-sanctioned champion. The FCS is the highest division in college football to hold a playoff tournament sanctioned by the NCAA to determine its champion.
Formerly, Division I FBS football was the only NCAA sport without a formal tournament to determine an undisputed national champion, with the FBS schools instead playing in a series of postseason bowl games, culminating in the BCS National Championship Game, which attempted to crown a single national champion. Other organizations, most notably the Associated Press, crowned their own champions via polling. The BCS and AP have not always agreed on a single champion. Before the BCS, the AP was considered to be the deciding body for crowning a champion, but it was started as a regional voting body, much like every other organization before the BCS. Most of the years preceding the BCS era, the championships were claimed by more than one school.
Conference affiliations are current for the upcoming 2022 season.
FBS programs[]
Team | Nickname | City | State[1] | Enrollment | Current conference |
Former conferences |
First played |
Joined FBS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Air Force | Falcons | Colorado Springs | Colorado | 4,237 | Mountain West | WAC | 1955 | |
Akron | Zips | Akron | Ohio | 19,200 | MAC | OAC, MCC, OVC | 1891 | 1987 |
Alabama | Crimson Tide | Tuscaloosa | Alabama | 38,500 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1892 | |
Appalachian State | Mountaineers | Boone | North Carolina | 19,100 | Sun Belt | NSC, SoCon | 1928 | 2014[n 1] |
Arizona | Wildcats | Tucson | Arizona | 45,200 | Pac-12 | BIAA, WAC | 1899 | |
Arizona State | Sun Devils | Tempe | Arizona | 51,800 | Pac-12 | BIAA, WAC | 1896 | |
Arkansas | Razorbacks | Fayetteville | Arkansas | 27,800 | SEC | SWC | 1894 | |
Arkansas State | Red Wolves | Jonesboro | Arkansas | 22,000 | Sun Belt | Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference, Southland, Big West | 1911 | 1992 |
Army | Black Knights | West Point | New York | 4,300 | Independent | C-USA | 1890 | |
Auburn | Tigers | Auburn | Alabama | 30,400 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1892 | |
Ball State | Cardinals | Muncie | Indiana | 22,500 | MAC | IIC, ICC | 1924 | |
Baylor | Bears | Waco | Texas | 17,200 | Big 12 | TIAA, SWC | 1899 | |
Boise State | Broncos | Boise | Idaho | 25,500 | Mountain West | ICAC, Big Sky, Big West, WAC | 1933[n 2] | 1996 |
Boston College | Eagles | Chestnut Hill | Massachusetts | 14,700 | ACC | Big East | 1893 | |
Bowling Green | Falcons | Bowling Green | Ohio | 23,000 | MAC | Northwest Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association, OAC | 1919 | |
Buffalo | Bulls | Buffalo | New York | 31,500 | MAC | New York State Conference | 1894 | 1999 |
BYU | Cougars | Provo | Utah | 33,600 | Independent[n 3] | Rocky Mountain, Mountain States, WAC, MW | 1922 | |
California | Golden Bears | Berkeley | California | 42,500 | Pac-12 | PCC | 1882 | |
Central Michigan | Chippewas | Mount Pleasant | Michigan | 21,700 | MAC | MCC, IIAC | 1896 | |
Charlotte | 49ers | Charlotte | North Carolina | 29,700 | C-USA[n 4] | Sun Belt, C-USA, A-10 | 2013 | 2015 |
Cincinnati | Bearcats | Cincinnati | Ohio | 46,000 | American[n 3] | OAC, Buckeye Intercollegiate Athletic Association, MAC, MVC, C-USA, Big East | 1885 | |
Clemson | Tigers | Clemson | South Carolina | 25,000 | ACC | SIAA, SAIAA, SoCon | 1896 | |
Coastal Carolina | Chanticleers | Conway | South Carolina | 10,600 | Sun Belt | Big South | 2003 | 2017 |
Colorado | Buffaloes | Boulder | Colorado | 33,200 | Pac-12 | Colorado Football Association, Rocky Mountain, Mountain States, Big Eight, Big 12 | 1890 | |
Colorado State | Rams | Fort Collins | Colorado | 33,800 | Mountain West | Colorado Football Association, Rocky Mountain, Mountain States, WAC | 1890 | |
Duke | Blue Devils | Durham | North Carolina | 15,900 | ACC | SoCon | 1888 | |
East Carolina | Pirates | Greenville | North Carolina | 29,100 | American | NSC, Carolinas, SoCon, C-USA | 1932 | |
Eastern Michigan | Eagles | Ypsilanti | Michigan | 20,300 | MAC | MIAA, MCC, IIAC, PAC | 1891 | |
FIU | Panthers | Miami | Florida | 56,800 | C-USA | Sun Belt | 2002 | 2006 |
Florida | Gators | Gainesville | Florida | 56,100 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1906 | |
Florida Atlantic | Owls | Boca Raton | Florida | 30,800 | C-USA[n 4] | Sun Belt | 2001 | 2006 |
Florida State | Seminoles | Tallahassee | Florida | 41,900 | ACC | Dixie | 1947 | |
Fresno State | Bulldogs | Fresno | California | 25,000 | Mountain West | California Coast Conference, NCAC, CCAA, Big West, WAC | 1921 | |
Georgia | Bulldogs | Athens | Georgia | 38,200 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1892 | |
Georgia Southern | Eagles | Statesboro | Georgia | 27,091 | Sun Belt | SoCon | 1924 | 2014 |
Georgia State | Panthers | Atlanta | Georgia | 52,800 | Sun Belt | CAA | 2010 | 2013 |
Georgia Tech | Yellow Jackets | Atlanta | Georgia | 32,700 | ACC | SIAA, SoCon, SEC | 1892 | |
Hawaii | Rainbow Warriors | Honolulu | Hawai'i | 17,700 | Mountain West | WAC | 1909 | |
Houston | Cougars | Houston | Texas | 42,700 | American[n 3] | Lone Star, Gulf Coast, MVC, SWC, C-USA[n 5] | 1946 | |
Illinois | Fighting Illini | Urbana–Champaign | Illinois | 51,200 | Big Ten | Illinois Intercollegiate Football League | 1890 | |
Indiana | Hoosiers | Bloomington | Indiana | 43,700 | Big Ten | IIAA | 1887 | |
Iowa | Hawkeyes | Iowa City | Iowa | 33,000 | Big Ten | WIUFA, MVC | 1889 | |
Iowa State | Cyclones | Ames | Iowa | 33,400 | Big 12 | MVC, Big 8 | 1892 | |
James Madison | Dukes | Harrisonburg | Virginia | 21,496[2] | Sun Belt | Virginia College Athletic Association, Div. II Independent, Div. III Independent, Div. I-AA Independent, Yankee, A-10, CAA | 1972 | 2022 |
Kansas | Jayhawks | Lawrence | Kansas | 27,700 | Big 12 | KCAC, WIUFA, MVC, Big 8 | 1890 | |
Kansas State | Wildcats | Manhattan | Kansas | 21,700 | Big 12 | MVC, Big 8 | 1896 | |
Kent State | Golden Flashes | Kent | Ohio | 39,300 | MAC | OAC | 1920 | |
Kentucky | Wildcats | Lexington | Kentucky | 29,200 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1881 | |
Liberty | Flames | Lynchburg | Virginia | 15,000 | Independent[n 6] | Big South | 1973 | 2018 |
Louisiana | Ragin' Cajuns | Lafayette | Louisiana | 19,200 | Sun Belt | Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference, Gulf States Conference, SIAA, Southland, Big West | 1902 | |
Louisiana–Monroe | Warhawks | Monroe | Louisiana | 8,800 | Sun Belt | Gulf States Conference, Southland, Independent | 1951 | 1994 |
Louisiana Tech | Bulldogs | Ruston | Louisiana | 12,400 | C-USA | Louisiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference, Gulf States Conference, SIAA, Southland, Big West, WAC | 1901 | 1989 |
Louisville | Cardinals | Louisville | Kentucky | 22,600 | ACC | KIAC, SIAA, KIAC, OVC, MVC, C-USA, Big East, American | 1910 | |
LSU | Tigers | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | 30,800 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1893 | |
Marshall | Thundering Herd | Huntington | West Virginia | 13,200 | Sun Belt | WVIAC, Buckeye Conference, OVC, MAC, SoCon, C-USA | 1895 | 1997[n 1] |
Maryland | Terrapins | College Park | Maryland | 41,200 | Big Ten | MIFA, SAIAA, SoCon, ACC | 1888 | |
Memphis | Tigers | Memphis | Tennessee | 21,500 | American | Mississippi Valley Conference, SIAA, MVC, C-USA[n 5] | 1912 | |
Miami (FL) | Hurricanes | Coral Gables[n 7] | Florida | 17,300 | ACC | SIAA, Big East | 1926 | |
Miami (OH) | RedHawks | Oxford | Ohio | 24,300 | MAC | OAC, Buckeye Conference | 1888 | |
Michigan | Wolverines | Ann Arbor | Michigan | 46,000 | Big Ten | None[n 8] | 1879 | |
Michigan State | Spartans | East Lansing | Michigan | 50,300 | Big Ten | MIAA | 1885 | |
Middle Tennessee | Blue Raiders | Murfreesboro | Tennessee | 21,900 | C-USA | VSAC, SIAA, OVC, Sun Belt | 1911 | 1999 |
Minnesota | Golden Gophers | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 47,800 | Big Ten | None[n 8] | 1882 | |
Mississippi State | Bulldogs | Starkville[n 9] | Mississippi | 22,200 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1895 | |
Missouri | Tigers | Columbia | Missouri | 30,000 | SEC | WIUFA, Big 8, Big 12 | 1890 | |
Navy | Midshipmen | Annapolis | Maryland | 4,600 | American | Independent | 1879 | |
NC State | Wolfpack | Raleigh | North Carolina | 35,500 | ACC | SAIAA, SIAA, SoCon | 1892 | |
Nebraska | Cornhuskers | Lincoln | Nebraska | 25,800 | Big Ten | WIUFA, MVC, Big 8, Big 12 | 1890 | |
Nevada | Wolf Pack | Reno | Nevada | 21,600 | Mountain West | NCAC, Big Sky, Big West, WAC | 1896 | 1992 |
New Mexico | Lobos | Albuquerque | New Mexico | 26,300 | Mountain West | BIAA, WAC | 1892 | |
New Mexico State | Aggies | Las Cruces | New Mexico | 21,900 | Independent[n 6] | BIAA, MVC, Big West, Sun Belt, WAC | 1893 | |
North Carolina | Tar Heels | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 29,800 | ACC | SAIAA, SIAA, SoCon | 1888 | |
North Texas | Mean Green | Denton | Texas | 39,400 | C-USA[n 4] | TIAA, Lone Star, Gulf Coast Conference, MVC, Southland, Big West, Sun Belt | 1913 | 1995 |
Northern Illinois | Huskies | DeKalb | Illinois | 20,000 | MAC | IIAC, Big West | 1899 | |
Northwestern | Wildcats | Evanston | Illinois | 21,200 | Big Ten | None[n 8] | 1876 | |
Notre Dame | Fighting Irish | South Bend | Indiana | 12,300 | Independent | ACC | 1887 | |
Ohio | Bobcats | Athens | Ohio | 34,900 | MAC | OAC, Buckeye Conference | 1894 | |
Ohio State | Buckeyes | Columbus | Ohio | 68,100 | Big Ten | OAC | 1889 | |
Oklahoma | Sooners | Norman | Oklahoma | 28,500 | Big 12[n 10] | Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference, SWC, MVC, Big 8 | 1895 | |
Oklahoma State | Cowboys | Stillwater | Oklahoma | 25,300 | Big 12 | Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference, SWC, MVC, Big 8 | 1901 | |
Old Dominion | Monarchs | Norfolk | Virginia | 25,000 | Sun Belt | CAA, C-USA | 2009 | 2014 |
Ole Miss | Rebels | Oxford | Mississippi | 23,200 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1890 | |
Oregon | Ducks | Eugene | Oregon | 22,700 | Pac-12 | PCC, Independent | 1894 | |
Oregon State | Beavers | Corvallis | Oregon | 30,900 | Pac-12 | PCC, Independent | 1893 | |
Penn State | Nittany Lions | University Park[n 11] | Pennsylvania | 46,600 | Big Ten | Independent | 1881 | |
Pittsburgh | Panthers | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 28,600 | ACC | Big East | 1890 | |
Purdue | Boilermakers | West Lafayette | Indiana | 43,400 | Big Ten | IIAA | 1887 | |
Rice | Owls | Houston | Texas | 7,100 | C-USA[n 4] | TIAA, SWC, WAC | 1912 | |
Rutgers | Scarlet Knights | Piscataway[n 12] | New Jersey | 50,200 | Big Ten | Middle Atlantic, Big East, American | 1869 | |
San Diego State | Aztecs | San Diego | California | 34,900 | Mountain West | Southern California Junior College Conference, SCIAC, CCAA, Big West, WAC | 1921 | 1969 |
San Jose State | Spartans | San Jose | California | 32,800 | Mountain West | California Coast Conference, NCAC, California Collegiate, Big West, WAC | 1892 | |
SMU | Mustangs | University Park[n 13] | Texas | 11,800 | American | TIAA, SWC, WAC, C-USA[n 5] | 1915 | |
South Alabama | Jaguars | Mobile | Alabama | 15,100 | Sun Belt | FCS Independent | 2009 | 2012 |
South Carolina | Gamecocks | Columbia | South Carolina | 50,100 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon, ACC | 1892 | |
South Florida | Bulls | Tampa | Florida | 50,700 | American | C-USA, Big East | 1997 | 2001 |
Southern Miss | Golden Eagles | Hattiesburg | Mississippi | 14,500 | Sun Belt | Gulf States Conference, SIAA. C-USA | 1912 | |
Stanford | Cardinal | Stanford | California | 16,500 | Pac-12 | PCC | 1891 | |
Syracuse | Orange | Syracuse | New York | 22,900 | ACC | Big East | 1889 | |
TCU | Horned Frogs | Fort Worth | Texas | 10,400 | Big 12 | TIAA, SWC, WAC, C-USA, MW | 1896 | |
Temple | Owls | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 40,000 | American | Middle Atlantic, Big East, MAC, Big East | 1894 | |
Tennessee | Volunteers | Knoxville | Tennessee | 28,900 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1891 | |
Texas | Longhorns | Austin | Texas | 51,800 | Big 12[n 10] | SIAA, TIAA, SWC | 1893 | |
Texas A&M | Aggies | College Station | Texas | 69,400 | SEC | SIAA, SWC, Big 12 | 1894 | |
Texas State | Bobcats | San Marcos | Texas | 38,800 | Sun Belt | TIAA, Lone Star, Gulf Star, Southland, WAC | 1904 | 2012 |
Texas Tech | Red Raiders | Lubbock | Texas | 40,322 | Big 12 | BIAA, SWC | 1925 | |
Toledo | Rockets | Toledo | Ohio | 23,100 | MAC | Northwestern Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association, OAC | 1917 | |
Troy | Trojans | Troy | Alabama | 18,100 | Sun Belt | Alabama Intercollegiate Conference, SIAA, Alabama Collegiate Conference, Mid-South Athletic Conference, Gulf South, Southland | 1909 | 2002 |
Tulane | Green Wave | New Orleans | Louisiana | 14,100 | American | SIAA, SoCon, SEC, C-USA | 1893 | |
Tulsa | Golden Hurricane | Tulsa | Oklahoma | 3,297[3] | American | Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference, Big 4 Conference, MVC, WAC, C-USA | 1895 | |
UAB | Blazers | Birmingham | Alabama | 21,900 | C-USA[n 4] | FCS Independent | 1991 | 1999 |
UCF | Knights | Orlando | Florida | 68,600 | American[n 3] | MAC, C-USA | 1979 | 1996 |
UCLA | Bruins | Los Angeles | California | 45,400 | Pac-12 | SCIAC, PCC | 1919 | |
UConn | Huskies | Storrs[n 14] | Connecticut | 32,200 | Independent | Yankee, A-10, Big East, American | 1896 | 2000 |
UMass | Minutemen | Amherst | Massachusetts | 30,600 | Independent | Yankee, A-10, CAA, MAC | 1879 | 2012 |
UNLV | Rebels | Las Vegas[n 15] | Nevada | 30,500 | Mountain West | Big West, WAC | 1968 | 1978 |
USC | Trojans | Los Angeles | California | 45,700 | Pac-12 | PCC | 1888 | |
UTEP | Miners | El Paso | Texas | 25,100 | C-USA | BIAA, WAC | 1914 | |
UTSA | Roadrunners | San Antonio | Texas | 30,700 | C-USA[n 4] | WAC | 2011 | 2012 |
Utah | Utes | Salt Lake City | Utah | 33,000 | Pac-12 | Colorado Football Association, RMAC, Mountain States, WAC, MW | 1892 | |
Utah State | Aggies | Logan | Utah | 29,400 | Mountain West | Colorado Football Association, RMAC, Mountain States, Big West, Independent, Sun Belt, WAC | 1892 | |
Vanderbilt | Commodores | Nashville | Tennessee | 13,100 | SEC | SIAA, SoCon | 1890 | |
Virginia | Cavaliers | Charlottesville | Virginia | 24,400 | ACC | SAIAA, SoCon | 1888 | |
Virginia Tech | Hokies | Blacksburg | Virginia | 33,400 | ACC | SAIAA, SIAA, SoCon, Big East | 1892 | |
Wake Forest | Demon Deacons | Winston-Salem | North Carolina | 8,100 | ACC | Big Five Conference, SoCon | 1888 | |
Washington | Huskies | Seattle | Washington | 47,900 | Pac-12 | PCC | 1889 | |
Washington State | Cougars | Pullman | Washington | 30,600 | Pac-12 | PCC, Independent | 1893 | |
West Virginia | Mountaineers | Morgantown | West Virginia | 30,000 | Big 12 | SoCon, WVIAC, Big East | 1891 | |
Western Kentucky | Hilltoppers | Bowling Green | Kentucky | 20,300 | C-USA | SIAA, KIAC, OVC, MVFC, Sun Belt | 1913 | 2009 |
Western Michigan | Broncos | Kalamazoo | Michigan | 22,900 | MAC | MCC | 1905 | |
Wisconsin | Badgers | Madison | Wisconsin | 44,400 | Big Ten | None[n 8] | 1889 | |
Wyoming | Cowboys | Laramie | Wyoming | 12,400 | Mountain West | Colorado Football Association, RMAC, WAC | 1893 |
- Notes
- ^ a b When FBS was created in 1978 as Division I-A, the Southern Conference was designated as a I-A conference. The SoCon was downgraded to FCS (then Division I-AA) level beginning in the 1982 season. This school competed in SoCon football during the league's 1978–81 tenure as a I-A conference.
- ^ At that time, the school was a two-year college known as Boise Junior College. The school did not become a four-year institution until 1965, and only began playing football against four-year schools in 1968.
- ^ a b c d BYU, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF are scheduled to join the Big 12; BYU effective July 1, 2023, Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF effective July 1, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, North Texas, Rice, UAB, and UTSA are scheduled to join the American, effective July 1, 2023.
- ^ a b c Houston, Memphis, and SMU had originally planned to join the Big East Conference in 2013. However, the conference split along football lines in July 2013, with the seven non-FBS schools of the original conference buying the "Big East" name and reorganizing as a new, non-football Big East Conference. The FBS schools that did not leave at that time for the ACC joined the three newcomers, remaining in the original conference structure under the new name of American Athletic Conference.
- ^ a b Liberty and New Mexico State are scheduled to join Conference USA, effective July 1, 2023.
- ^ Miami currently plays its home games in Miami Gardens, Florida.
- ^ a b c d Michigan, Minnesota, Northwestern, and Wisconsin have never switched conferences.
- ^ Nearly all of the Mississippi State campus, including the athletic facilities, is actually in an unincorporated area of Oktibbeha County designated by the United States Postal Service as Mississippi State, Mississippi.
- ^ a b Texas and Oklahoma are scheduled to join the SEC, effective July 1, 2025.
- ^ "University Park" is the United States Postal Service designation for the Penn State campus, which straddles the boundary between State College and College Township. The football stadium is in College Township.
- ^ The Rutgers campus is divided between New Brunswick and Piscataway. The overall administration and most campus buildings are in New Brunswick, while the athletic administration and most sports facilities, including the football stadium, are in Piscataway.
- ^ University Park, home to the SMU campus, and its neighbor of Highland Park form an enclave within the city limits of Dallas. The United States Postal Service considers all of University Park and Highland Park to have a Dallas mailing address.
- ^ UConn currently plays its home games off campus in East Hartford, Connecticut.
- ^ The UNLV campus is not within the City of Las Vegas, but is instead in the unincorporated community of Paradise. The Rebels play off campus at Allegiant Stadium, also within the boundaries of Paradise.
Future FBS programs[]
School | Team | City | State | Current conference |
Future conference |
First played |
FBS transition begins |
FBS football membership |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jacksonville State | Gamecocks | Jacksonville | Alabama | WAC (FCS) | C-USA | 1904 | 2022 | 2023 |
Sam Houston State | Bearkats | Huntsville | Texas | WAC (FCS) | C-USA | 1912 |
Former programs[]
Team | School | City | State | Former FBS conference | Final season | Current status |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brown Bears | Brown University | Providence | Rhode Island | Ivy | 1981 | FCS |
Cal State Fullerton Titans | California State University, Fullerton | Fullerton | California | Independent | 1992 | Discontinued |
Chattanooga Mocs | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Chattanooga | Tennessee | Southern | 1981 | FCS |
Colgate Raiders | Colgate University | Hamilton | New York | Independent | 1981 | FCS |
Columbia Lions | Columbia University | Manhattan | New York | Ivy | 1981 | FCS |
Cornell Big Red | Cornell University | Ithaca | New York | Ivy | 1981 | FCS |
Dartmouth Big Green | Dartmouth College | Hanover | New Hampshire | Ivy | 1981 | FCS |
Florida A&M Rattlers | Florida A&M University | Tallahassee | Florida | Independent | 2004 | FCS |
Harvard Crimson | Harvard University | Cambridge | Massachusetts | Ivy | 1981 | FCS |
Holy Cross Crusaders | College of the Holy Cross | Worcester | Massachusetts | Independent | 1981 | FCS |
Idaho Vandals | University of Idaho | Moscow | Idaho | Sun Belt | 2017[4] | FCS |
Illinois State Redbirds | Illinois State University | Normal | Illinois | Missouri Valley | 1981 | FCS |
Indiana State Sycamores | Indiana State University | Terre Haute | Indiana | Missouri Valley | 1981 | FCS |
Lamar Cardinals | Lamar University | Beaumont | Texas | Southland | 1981[5] | FCS |
Long Beach State 49ers[a] | California State University, Long Beach | Long Beach | California | Big West | 1991 | Discontinued |
McNeese State Cowboys | McNeese State University | Lake Charles | Louisiana | Southland | 1981[5] | FCS |
Pacific Tigers | University of the Pacific | Stockton | California | Big West | 1995 | Discontinued |
Penn Quakers | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 1981 | FCS |
Princeton Tigers | Princeton University | Princeton | New Jersey | Ivy | 1981 | FCS |
Richmond Spiders | University of Richmond | Richmond | Virginia | Independent | 1981 | FCS |
Santa Clara Broncos | Santa Clara University | Santa Clara | California | Independent | 1981 then 1992 | FCS, then Discontinued |
Southern Illinois Salukis | Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Carbondale | Illinois | Missouri Valley | 1981 | FCS |
Tennessee State Tigers | Tennessee State University | Nashville | Tennessee | Independent | 1980 | FCS |
Texas Arlington Mavericks[b] | University of Texas at Arlington | Arlington | Texas | Southland | 1981[5] | Discontinued |
William & Mary Tribe | College of William & Mary | Williamsburg | Virginia | Independent | 1981 | FCS |
Villanova Wildcats | Villanova University | Villanova | Pennsylvania | Independent | 1980 | FCS |
Western Carolina Catamounts | Western Carolina University | Cullowhee | North Carolina | Southern | 1981 | FCS |
Wichita State Shockers | Wichita State University | Wichita | Kansas | Independent | 1986 | Discontinued |
Yale Bulldogs | Yale University | New Haven | Connecticut | Ivy | 1981 | FCS |
- Notes
Notes[]
- Several schools have different athletic nicknames for men's and women's teams. Usually, this is a matter of preceding the main nickname with "Lady", such as LSU Lady Tigers and Tennessee Lady Vols. The two FBS schools nicknamed Cowboys, Oklahoma State and Wyoming, use Cowgirls for women's teams. However, in some cases, the women's team nickname has a completely different form, as in Hawaii Rainbow Wahine and Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters. Because this is a list of American football programs, which are traditionally all-male, only the men's form is given.
- The Pac-12 considers the Pacific Coast Conference or PCC as part of its own history, even though the PCC was established with different charter members and was disbanded due to major crisis and scandal. There is considerable continuity between the two leagues. The Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), which would eventually become the Pac-12, was founded by five former PCC members, and by 1964 all of the final PCC members except for Idaho had been reunited in the AAWU.
- Texas leads the nation with 12 FBS programs based in the state.
References[]
- ^ 9 states (Alaska, Delaware, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont) and Washington, D.C. do not currently have FBS programs.
- ^ "Facts and Figures". James Madison University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
Enrollment (Fall 2021)
- ^ "Tulsa Football to Host Oklahoma in 2023 as Part of New 3-Game Series". University of Tulsa Athletics.
- ^ Idaho Vandals [@Idaho_Vandals] (April 28, 2016). "President Staben - "The University of Idaho Vandal football team will accept an invitation to join the Big Sky Conference" beginning in '18" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c White Jr., Gordon S. (December 5, 1981). "IVY LEAGUE IS FORCED TO LOSE MAJOR-TEAM FOOTBALL STATUS". The New York Times.
See also[]
- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division II institutions
- List of NCAA Division III institutions
- List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs
- List of NCAA Division I non-football programs
- List of NCAA Division II football programs
- List of NCAA Division III football programs
- List of NAIA football programs
- List of community college football programs
- List of colleges and universities with club football teams
- List of NCAA Division I schools that have never sponsored football
- List of defunct college football teams
- List of undefeated Division I football teams
- NCAA Division I FBS football teams
- Lists of college football teams
- NCAA Division I lists