The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States. The FBS consists of the largest schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As of 2022, there are 10 conferences and 131 schools in FBS.
College football is one of the most popular spectator sports throughout much of the United States. The top schools generate tens of millions of dollars in yearly revenue. Top FBS teams draw tens of thousands of fans to games, and the ten largest American stadiums by capacity all host FBS teams or games. Since July 1, 2021, college athletes have been able to get paid for the use of their image and likeness. Prior to this date colleges were only allowed to provide players with non-monetary compensation such as
athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university or a private high school awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport. Athletic scholarships are common in the United St ...
s that provide for tuition, housing, and books.
Unlike other NCAA divisions and subdivisions, the NCAA does not officially award an FBS football national championship, nor does it sanction a playoff tournament to determine such a champion on the field. Instead, organizations such as the Associated Press and AFCA have historically sought to rank the teams and crown a national champion, by taking a vote of sports writers and coaches, respectively. In place of such a playoff, various cities across the United States hold their own post-season contests, called ''
bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is one of a number of post-season college football games that are primarily played by teams belonging to the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). For most of its history, the Division I Bowl Subdiv ...
s'', in which they traditionally invite teams to participate in them. Historically, these bowl games were mostly considered to be exhibition games involving a payout to participating teams. However, in the modern era they are considered the ''de facto'' post-season. There have been agreements in recent decades (such as the
Bowl Coalition
The College Football Bowl Coalition was formed through an agreement among Division I-A college football bowl games and conferences for the purpose of forcing a national championship game between the top two teams and to provide quality bowl game ...
from 1992 to 1994, the
Bowl Alliance
The Bowl Alliance was an agreement among college football bowl games (specifically the Sugar, Orange, and Fiesta Bowls) for the purpose of trying to match the top two teams in a national championship game and to provide quality bowl game matchups ...
from 1995 to 1997, the
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created four or five bowl game match-ups involving eight or ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of American college football, includ ...
from 1998 to 2013, and the
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level ...
from 2014 to the present) by the premier FBS conferences and bowl games to organize matchups so that the FBS national championship is decided on the field.
Overview
The FBS is the highest level of college football in the United States, and FBS players make up the vast majority of the players picked in the
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the majo ...
Draft
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* Draft (sail), degree of curvature in a sail
* Air draft, distance from waterline to the highest point on a vesse ...
. For every sport but football, the NCAA divides schools into three major divisions: Divisions I, II, and III. However, in
football
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, Division I is further divided into two sub-divisions: the Bowl Subdivision, abbreviated as the FBS, and the Championship Subdivision, abbreviated as the FCS. Divisions are themselves further divided up into
conferences
A conference is a meeting of two or more experts to discuss and exchange opinions or new information about a particular topic.
Conferences can be used as a form of group decision-making, although discussion, not always decisions, are the main p ...
, which are groupings of schools that play each other in contention for a conference championship. The FBS currently has ten conferences, which are often divided into the "
Power Five conferences
The Power Five conferences are the five most prominent and highest-earning athletic conferences in college football in the United States. They are part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate ...
" and the less prominent "
Group of Five
The Group of Five (G5) encompasses five nations which have joined together for an active role in the rapidly evolving international order. Individually and as a group, the G5 nations work to promote dialogue and understanding between developing ...
".
Although FCS programs can draw thousands of fans per game, many FCS schools attempt to join the FBS in hopes of increased revenue, corporate sponsorship, alumni donations, prestige, and national exposure. However, FBS programs also face increased expenses in regards to staff salaries, facility improvements, and scholarships. The athletic departments of many FBS schools lose money every year, and these athletic departments must rely on subsidies from the rest of the university. In many states, the highest-paid public employee is the head coach of an FBS team. FBS schools are limited to a total of 85 football players receiving financial assistance. Nearly all FBS schools that are not on NCAA probation give 85 full scholarships.
In order to retain FBS membership, schools must meet several requirements. FBS schools must have an average home attendance of at least 15,000 (over a rolling two-year period). An FBS school must sponsor a minimum of 16 varsity intercollegiate teams (including football), with at least six men's or coeducational teams and at least eight all-female teams. Across all sports, each FBS school must offer at least 200 athletic scholarships (or spend at least $4 million on athletic scholarships) per year, and FBS football teams must provide at least 90% of the maximum number of football scholarships (which is currently 85).
Scheduling
The FBS season begins in late August or early September and ends in January with the
College Football Playoff National Championship
The College Football Playoff National Championship is a post-season college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), which began play in the 2014 college football season ...
game. Most FBS teams play 12 regular season games per year, with eight or nine of those games coming against conference opponents. All ten FBS conferences hold a conference championship game to determine the winner of the conference. Between conference games, non-conference games, a conference championship game, and up to two bowl games if ranked among the top four college teams in the country by the College Football Playoff Committee. Only the four Playoff teams are eligible to participate in two bowl games in one post-season, and only the winners of the two playoff semifinal bowl games will play a 15th game when they meet in the
College Football Playoff National Championship
The College Football Playoff National Championship is a post-season college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), which began play in the 2014 college football season ...
. The Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and teams that play at Hawaii get a special exemption and are allowed to play a thirteenth regular season game in order to defray travel costs, so an FBS team that plays 13 regular season games, a conference championship game, a semifinal bowl game, and in the national championship game ''could'' theoretically play 16 games in a season. No team has played a 16th game in one season, due to the unlikelihood of a team playing Hawaii at some point, finishing the season ranked in the top four, opting in to a 13th regular season game, and then winning a Playoff semifinal game. The theoretical 16th game has only been possible since the beginning of the College Football Playoff era in
2015
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.
For non-conference regular season games, FBS teams are free to schedule match-ups against any other FBS team, regardless of conference. A small number of FBS teams are
independent
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, and have total control over their own schedule. Non-conference games are scheduled by mutual agreement and often involve "home and homes" (where teams alternate as hosts) and long-established rivalries. A 2014 study found that teams from the stronger conferences frequently play non-conference games against teams from the weaker conferences or, occasionally, against FCS teams. FBS teams are free to schedule up to forty percent of their games against FCS teams, but FBS teams can only use one win per season against an FCS team for the purposes of
bowl eligibility
Bowl eligibility in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level is the standard through which teams become available for selection to participate in postseason bowl games. When a team achieves this state, it is described as "bowl-eligible".
...
. Additionally, the FCS opponent must have averaged at least 90% of the FCS limit of 63 scholarship equivalents over a rolling two-year period. An FBS team must schedule a total of five home games per year; for the purposes of scheduling, a "home game" must take place at a venue in which the team plays 50% of its "home games", although a team is allowed to count one neutral-site game against an FBS team toward the "home game" requirement. FBS-FCS games, known as "money games," are often home games for the FBS team, and victories by FCS teams are usually considered to be upsets. FCS teams receive hundreds of thousands of dollars for their participation in these games.
The Football Bowl Subdivision gets its name from the
bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is one of a number of post-season college football games that are primarily played by teams belonging to the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). For most of its history, the Division I Bowl Subdiv ...
s that many FBS teams play at the end of the year, although other college divisions also have their own bowl games. FBS bowl games are played at the end of the season in December or January, and collectively generate over $400 million per year as of 2012. For the 2017–18 bowl season, there were 40 bowl games. In order to be
bowl eligible
Bowl eligibility in college football at the NCAA Division I FBS level is the standard through which teams become available for selection to participate in postseason bowl games. When a team achieves this state, it is described as "bowl-eligible". ...
, an FBS team must have a winning record. In certain cases, 5–7 and 6–7 teams can also be selected to bowls, usually to fill bowl vacancies.
Many bowls have an established conference tie-in; for example, the
Cheez-It Bowl
The Cheez-It Bowl is an annual college football bowl game that is played in Orlando, Florida, at Camping World Stadium. The bowl is operated by Florida Citrus Sports, a non-profit group which also organizes the Citrus Bowl and the Florida Clas ...
provides a match-up between teams from ACC and the
Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
. A small number of long-established bowls played a major role in the
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created four or five bowl game match-ups involving eight or ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of American college football, includ ...
, which was used to select the national champion until 2015, and these bowls continue to play a major role in the
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level ...
. Under the playoff, there are six major bowls, known as the New Year's Six, with automatic bids going to the conference champions of the
Power Five conferences
The Power Five conferences are the five most prominent and highest-earning athletic conferences in college football in the United States. They are part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate ...
and the top-ranked member of the "Group of Five." Two of these bowls serve as semi-final games to the
College Football Playoff National Championship
The College Football Playoff National Championship is a post-season college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), which began play in the 2014 college football season ...
game. Conferences receive millions of dollars for each school that appears in the playoff, and appearances in other bowls are also quite lucrative. In addition to the regular bowls, some post-season bowls, such as the
NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
The NFLPA Collegiate Bowl is a post-season college football all-star game for NFL draft-eligible college players, held annually in January. The event was founded in 2012 by the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA). Players predom ...
, match up teams of all-stars and
NFL Draft
The National Football League Draft, also called the NFL Draft or (officially) the Player Selection Meeting, is an annual event which serves as the league's most common source of player recruitment. Each team is given a position in the drafting o ...
entrants.
History
College football has been played for over one hundred years, but the game and the organizational structure of college football have evolved significantly during that time. The first college football game was played in 1869, but the game continued to develop during the late 19th and early 20th century. During this period,
Walter Camp
Walter Chauncey Camp (April 7, 1859 – March 14, 1925) was an American football player, coach, and sports writer known as the "Father of American Football". Among a long list of inventions, he created the sport's line of scrimmage and the syste ...
pioneered the concept of a
line of scrimmage
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College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best college football players in the United States at their respective positions. The original use of the term ''All-America'' seems to have been to the 1889 College Football ...
. The
1902 Rose Bowl
Originally titled the "Tournament East–West football game," what is now known as the Rose Bowl Game was first played on January 1, 1902, at Tournament Park in Pasadena, California, starting the tradition of New Year's Day bowl games.
The inaugu ...
was the first
bowl game
In North America, a bowl game is one of a number of post-season college football games that are primarily played by teams belonging to the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). For most of its history, the Division I Bowl Subdiv ...
in college football history, and the event began to be held annually starting with the 1916 Rose Bowl. In the 1930s, other bowl games came into existence, including the
Sugar Bowl
The Sugar Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in New Orleans, Louisiana. Played annually since January 1, 1935, it is tied with the Orange Bowl and Sun Bowl as the second-oldest bowl games in the country, surpassed only ...
, the
Cotton Bowl Classic
The Cotton Bowl Classic (also known as the Cotton Bowl) is an American college football bowl game that has been held annually in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex since January 1, 1937. The game was originally played at its namesake stadium i ...
, and the
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935, making it, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, the second-oldest bowl game in ...
. The
1906 college football season
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was the first season played under the IAAUS (which would later change its name to the NCAA) and the first season in which the
forward pass
In several forms of football, a forward pass is the throwing of the ball in the direction in which the offensive team is trying to move, towards the defensive team's goal line. The forward pass is one of the main distinguishers between gridiron ...
was legal. The IAAUS had formed after President
Theodore Roosevelt
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, responding to several deaths that had occurred during football games, requested that colleges find ways to make football a safer sport.
In 1935, the
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy (usually known colloquially as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman) is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and har ...
was presented for the first time; the award is generally considered to be college football's most prestigious individual award. In 1965, the NCAA voted to allow the
platoon system
A platoon system in baseball or American football is a method for substituting players in groups (platoons), to keep complementary players together during playing time.
Baseball
In baseball, a platoon is a method of sharing playing time, where ...
, in which different players played on offense and defense; teams had previously experimented with the concept in the 1940s. In 1968, the NCAA began allowing freshmen to compete in games; freshmen had previously been required to take a
redshirt
Redshirt, Red Shirt, or Redshirts may refer to:
Entertainment
* ''Red Shirts'' (film), a 1952 film about Anita Garibaldi by Franco Rossi
* Redshirt (stock character), originally derived from ''Star Trek'', a stock character who dies soon after ...
year. In 1975, after a growth of "grants-in-aid" (scholarships given for athletic rather than academic or need-based reasons), the NCAA voted to limit the number of athletic scholarships each school could offer. In 1968, the NCAA required all teams to identify as members of either the University Division (for larger schools) or the College Division (for smaller schools), and in 1973, the NCAA divided into three divisions. At the urging of several larger schools seeking increased autonomy and commonality, Division I-A was formed prior to the 1978 season; the remaining teams in Division I formed the
Football Championship Subdivision
The NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS), formerly known as Division I-AA, is the second-highest level of college football in the United States, after the Football Bowl Subdivision. Sponsored by the National Collegiate Athleti ...
or FCS (then known as Division I-AA).Crowley 2006, p. 43. In 1981, members of the
College Football Association The College Football Association (CFA) was a group formed by many of the American colleges with top-level college football programs in order to negotiate contracts with TV networks to televise football games. It was formed in 1977 by 63 schools from ...
attempted to create a fourth division consisting solely of the most competitive schools, but this effort was defeated. In the
1992 season
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, the SEC split into divisions and played the first FBS conference championship game. The Big 12 and Western Athletic Conference did the same for the 1996 season, and most conferences eventually adopted divisions and championship games.
The NCAA does not officially award an FBS football championship, but several teams have claimed national championships. Other organizations have also sought to rank the teams and crown a national champion. The
Dickinson System
The Dickinson System was a mathematical point formula that awarded national championships in college football. Devised by University of Illinois economics professor Frank G. Dickinson, the system crowned national champions from 1925 to 1940. Dick ...
and other methods were formed in the early 20th century to select the best team in the country, and the
AP Poll
The Associated Press poll (AP poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 62 sportswriters and broad ...
and the
Coaches Poll
The Coaches Poll is a weekly ranking of the top 25 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football, Division I college basketball, and Division I college baseball teams. The football version of the poll has been known official ...
began rankings teams in the middle of the 20th century. In many seasons, selectors such as the AP and the Coaches Poll designated different teams as national champions. Often, more than one team would finish undefeated, as the top teams were not guaranteed to play each other during the regular season or in bowl games. In 1992, five major conferences established the
Bowl Coalition
The College Football Bowl Coalition was formed through an agreement among Division I-A college football bowl games and conferences for the purpose of forcing a national championship game between the top two teams and to provide quality bowl game ...
in order to determine the FBS champion. In 1998, the two remaining major conferences joined with the other five conferences to form the
Bowl Championship Series
The Bowl Championship Series (BCS) was a selection system that created four or five bowl game match-ups involving eight or ten of the top ranked teams in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of American college football, includ ...
. The BCS used a rankings system to match up the top two teams in the
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, was a postseason college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), first played in the 1998 college foot ...
2003
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the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll selected different national champions. The
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level ...
, with a four-team field, replaced the BCS starting with the 2014 season.
Currently as of March 2020, there is no unified system to provide FBS football players with financial compensation aside from collegiate scholarships. Leading the forefront of the movement on compensation is California governor Gavin Newsom. He stated, "Collegiate student athletes put everything on the line — their physical health, future career prospects and years of their lives to compete. Colleges reap billions from these student athletes' sacrifices and success but, in the same breath, block them from earning a single dollar," he said in a statement. "That's a bankrupt model — one that puts institutions ahead of the students they are supposed to serve. It needs to be disrupted." Newsom passed a law in California called the "Fair Play to Pay Act" making it the first state to allow student athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. The law is scheduled to go in effect on January 1, 2023.
Television
College football was first broadcast on radio in 1921, and first broadcast on television in 1939. Television became profitable for both schools and the NCAA, which tightly controlled the airing of games in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. The NCAA limited each football team to six television appearances over a two-year period. The 1981
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College Football Association The College Football Association (CFA) was a group formed by many of the American colleges with top-level college football programs in order to negotiate contracts with TV networks to televise football games. It was formed in 1977 by 63 schools from ...
, Notre Dame's 1991 television contract ushered in an era in which schools and conferences negotiate their own television contracts. This new era of television led to several waves of conference realignment, most notably in
1996
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,
2005
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, and the early 2010s. FBS games continue to be a major draw on television, as over 26 million people watched the
2014 BCS National Championship Game
The 2014 Vizio BCS National Championship Game was the national championship game of the 2013 college football season, which took place on Monday, January 6, 2014. The game featured the Auburn Tigers and Florida State Seminoles. It was the 16th ...
.
National networks such as CBS, ABC, NBC, several
ESPN
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networks, and several
Fox
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Twelve s ...
networks have all covered the FBS, as have several regional and local networks. As conferences negotiate their own television deals, each conference is affiliated with a network that airs its home games. In the mid-2000s, college and conferences began to create their own television networks; such networks include the
Big Ten Network
Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. The channel is dedicated to coverage of collegiate sports sanctioned by the Big Ten Conference, including live and recorded event telecasts, news, analysis programs, ...
,
BYUtv
BYU TV (stylized as BYUtv) is a television channel, founded in 2000, which is owned and operated as a part of Brigham Young University (BYU). The channel, available through cable and satellite distributors in the United States, produces a number ...
, the
Longhorn Network
Longhorn Network (LHN) is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between The University of Texas at Austin, ESPN and Learfield (formerly IMG College), and is operated by ESPN (itself owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company ...
, and the
Pac-12 Network
The Pac-12 Network (P12N; also sometimes referred to as Pac-12 Networks) is an American sports-oriented digital cable and satellite television network owned by the Pac-12 Conference. The network's studio and production facilities are headquart ...
. In 2012, college football games drew over 400 million viewers.
Teams and conferences
Conferences
History
The Big Ten (then popularly known as the Western Conference) was founded in 1896, after which several other schools joined together to form conferences, including the
Pacific Coast Conference
The Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pac-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, with eight of the ten PCC members (including ...
, the MVIAA, the Southwest Conference, the
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly k ...
, the
Mountain States Conference
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(also known as the Skyline Conference), and the
Border Conference
The Border Conference, officially known as the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, was an NCAA-affiliated college athletic conference founded in 1931 that disbanded following the 1961–62 season. Centered in the southwestern United State ...
. In 1928, six schools seceded from the MVIAA to form the Big Six Conference, which later expanded to the Big Eight in 1957; the remaining schools formed the Missouri Valley Conference. In 1932, several Southern schools formed the SEC after breaking away from the Southern Conference, and in 1953 several more schools seceded from the Southern Conference to form the ACC. In 1946, several Midwestern schools formed the MAC. Several elite Northeastern schools had formed the
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League
The Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League was an athletic conference for men's college basketball, beginning with the 1901–02 season and ending with the 1954–55 season. Its membership ranged from four to eight members; all of these te ...
in 1901, and its members (plus
Brown University
Brown University is a private research university in Providence, Rhode Island. Brown is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Provide ...
, not an EIBL member at the time) signed the Ivy Group Agreement, which governed football competition between the signatories, in 1945; the Ivy League was formally founded in 1954, when the agreement was extended to cover all sports. In 1959, the Pacific Coast Conference dissolved, and most of its former members formed the new Athletic Association of Western Universities, which became the Pac-8 when more former PCC members joined. In 1962, several schools from the Mountain States Conference and the Border Conference formed the Western Athletic Conference. In 1969, the Pacific Coast Athletic Association (PCAA), later known as the
Big West Conference
The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...
, was formed by several Division II California schools that sought to join Division I.
Division I separated into Division I-A (the predecessor to the FBS) and I-AA (predecessor of the FCS) prior to the 1978 season. At that time, there were several
independent
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I-A schools and twelve Division I-A conferences: the Southeastern Conference (SEC), Big Ten,
Pacific-10
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
Southwest Conference
The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma an ...
(SWC),
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Texas.
Due to most ...
(WAC), PCAA (which later changed its name to the Big West),
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the midwest.
History
The MVC was established ...
,
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly k ...
, Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Mid-American Conference (MAC), and the
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term ''Ivy League'' is typically used beyond the sports context to refer to the eight schools ...
. The Ivy League and the Southern Conference left for Division I-AA prior to the 1982 season, while the Missouri Valley Conference stopped sponsoring football prior to the 1985 season. In 1991, the
Big East
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and ...
recruited several independents and began sponsoring football, becoming a major conference. In 1996,
Conference USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
(C-USA), formed the previous year by the merger of the non-football
Metro
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Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban ...
and Great Midwest Conferences, also began sponsoring football. That same year, the Southwest Conference dissolved, and four of its former members joined with the Big 8 to form the Big 12 Conference. In 1999, eight schools broke away from the WAC to form the
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations ...
(MW). Prior to the 2000 season, the Big West stopped sponsoring football. The
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams partici ...
began sponsoring football in 2001. After periods of conference realignment in
2005
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American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athl ...
Most of the 131 FBS schools are members of an FBS conference, but there are also a small number of
independent schools
An independent school is independent in its finances and governance. Also known as private schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, they are not administered by local, state or national governments. In British En ...
. Since the
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Texas.
Due to most ...
discontinued football sponsorship prior to the 2013 season, there have been ten conferences in the FBS. All of the FBS conferences have between ten and fourteen members, although independent Notre Dame has a scheduling agreement with the fourteen-member ACC. The ten conferences are split into two groups for the purposes of the
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level ...
. The "
Power Five conferences
The Power Five conferences are the five most prominent and highest-earning athletic conferences in college football in the United States. They are part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate ...
" consist of most of the largest and best-known college athletic programs in the country. A school from one of the Power Five conferences won every
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, was a postseason college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), first played in the 1998 college foot ...
(which operated from 1999 to 2014), and has won every
College Football Playoff National Championship
The College Football Playoff National Championship is a post-season college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), which began play in the 2014 college football season ...
. The remaining five conferences are known as the "
Group of Five
The Group of Five (G5) encompasses five nations which have joined together for an active role in the rapidly evolving international order. Individually and as a group, the G5 nations work to promote dialogue and understanding between developing ...
." Any conference may split its teams into two divisions, and as of the 2022 season, the American Athletic Conference, Big 12 Conference, Pac-12 Conference, and Conference USA do not use divisions. The American, the Big 12, and C-USA all previously utilized division systems before abandoning them after losing some of their member schools to realignment:
UConn
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...
left the American in July 2020, and
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Islands
* Marshall Islands, a ...
,
Old Dominion
Old Dominion most commonly refers to:
*The Old Dominion, a nickname for the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia
**Colony of Virginia
*Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia
**Old Dominion Monarchs, the athletic teams represen ...
, and Southern Miss left the C-USA in July 2022, leaving both those conferences with an odd number of members, while the Big 12 has not used divisions since the early-2010s conference realignment left it with 10 members. The Pac-12, however, chose to abandon divisions entirely as a result of the NCAA Division I Council ruling that conferences would no longer be required to maintain divisions in order to hold a conference championship. It was the first conference to entirely abandon divisions due to this, with the Atlantic Coast Conference and Mountain West Conference announcing similar intentions for 2023. As of the 2018 season, all conferences hold a
championship game
In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion.
Championship systems
Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship.
Title match system
In this system ...
that determines the conference champion. The Sun Belt was the last conference to launch a championship game, as well as the most recent to split into divisions for football, with both the title game and the divisional alignment debuting in 2018. That conference chose to form football divisions despite having only 10 football members.
† "Big Five" or "
Power Five
The Power Five conferences are the five most prominent and highest-earning athletic conferences in college football in the United States. They are part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate ...
" conferences with guaranteed berths in the "access bowls" associated with the
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level ...
;Notes
Transitional teams
Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia joined the Sun Belt Conference upon transitioning to the FBS level in 2014. Prior to joining the Sun Belt, GASOU won six FCS (I-AA) national championships and have produced two Walter Payton Award winners. The Eagles first continuously fielded a football team in 1924; however, play was suspended for World War II and revived in 1981. The Eagles competed as an FCS independent from 1984 until 1992 as the Eagles' main conference at the time, the Trans America Athletic Conference (now known as the ASUN Conference), did not sponsor football, and as a member of the Southern Conference from 1993 until 2013, winning 10 SoCon championships.
The Georgia Southern Eagles finished their first FBS season 9–3 overall and was undefeated in Sun Belt Conference play at 8–0; winning the Sun Belt Conference championship outright in its first year as an FBS member. They were also the first team ever to go unbeaten in conference play in their first FBS season. Since the Eagles were under transitional status, the university filed for a postseason waiver to allow the Eagles to play in a bowl game; however, the NCAA denied Georgia Southern's waiver request and a subsequent appeal since enough full member FBS teams became bowl-eligible during the season.
Liberty University
Liberty University (LU) is a Private university, private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer ...
, the most recent school to complete an FBS transition, began its FBS transition process on July 1, 2017. The NCAA granted the school a waiver from its normal transition rules that require an invitation from an FBS conference before beginning the transition. The Flames played in the
Big South Conference
The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). T ...
in 2017 but were not eligible for the FCS playoffs. For 2018 to 2022, the Flames became an FBS independent. The school initially intended to remain a Big South member in other sports until it received an invitation to an FBS conference, but instead joined the non-football
ASUN Conference
The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Divisio ...
in 2018.
Conference USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
(C-USA) eventually announced in November 2021 Liberty's future addition to that conference, with Flames football moving to C-USA starting in the 2023 season.
Three schools began FBS transitions on July 1, 2022.
James Madison University
James Madison University (JMU, Madison, or James Madison) is a public research university in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the institution was renamed Madison Coll ...
joined the Sun Belt after meeting the NCAA minimum of five FBS opponents at its home stadium, as required and scheduled. This happened after James Madison's FCS conference, the all-sports
Colonial Athletic Association
The Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA's NCAA Division I, Division I whose full members are located in East Coast ...
(CAA), barred the Dukes from competing in or hosting team championships in any sport for that conference during the 2021–22 season according to CAA bylaws. (The CAA football league, branded as CAA Football, is technically a separate entity from the all-sports CAA.) However, the Dukes were eligible for at-large bids to all NCAA team championships in 2021–22. By meeting FBS scheduling requirements in 2022, JMU skipped one year of the normal two-year transition process, making it eligible for bowl games in 2023. On July 1, 2023, two outgoing FCS teams
Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctorate degree ...
and
Sam Houston
Samuel Houston (, ; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played an important role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two i ...
are moving to C-USA.
The next school to start an FBS transition will be
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw State University (KSU) is a public research university located in the state of Georgia with two different campuses in the Atlanta metropolitan area, one in Kennesaw and the other in Marietta on a combined of land. The school was foun ...
, which will start its transition in 2023 ahead of its move to Conference USA in 2024.
Realignment
The FBS has experienced several realignments since its formation in 1978, with many teams changing conferences, dropping out of the FBS, or moving up from the FCS. In 1982, the size of the division was cut considerably, and the
Southern Conference
The Southern Conference (SoCon) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly k ...
and the
Ivy League
The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference comprising eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. The term ''Ivy League'' is typically used beyond the sports context to refer to the eight schools ...
were demoted to the FCS. In 1985, the
Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference (also called MVC or simply "The Valley") is the third-oldest collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference's members are primarily located in the midwest.
History
The MVC was established ...
Southwest Conference
The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma an ...
dissolved, and four Texas teams from that conference joined with the Big 8 schools to form the
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...
. The
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Texas.
Due to most ...
expanded to sixteen members, but half of the schools left in 1999 to form the
Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference (MW) is one of the collegiate athletic conferences affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) (formerly I-A). The MW officially began operations ...
. Conference USA (C-USA) formed from a merger of the
Metro Conference
The Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because its six charter members were all in urban metropolitan areas, though its later members did n ...
and the
Great Midwest Conference
The Great Midwest Conference was an NCAA Division I athletics conference that existed from 1991 to 1995.
History
It was formed in 1990 with six members: Cincinnati and Memphis State (now Memphis) from the Metro Conference, UAB from the Sun Bel ...
, two conferences which had not sponsored football. The
Big West
The Big West Conference (BWC) is an American collegiate athletic conference whose member institutions participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The conference was originally formed on July 1, 1969, as the Pacific ...
stopped sponsoring football after the 2000 season, and was essentially replaced by the
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams partici ...
, which added former Big West members and began sponsoring football in 2001. In the mid-2000s, the Big East added former basketball-only member Connecticut, while Temple left the conference (before eventually returning in 2013). During another phase of realignment in 2005, three schools jumped from the
Big East
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and ...
to the ACC. The Big East responded by adding schools from Conference USA.
College football underwent another major conference realignment in the first half of the 2010s. Members of the
Big East
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and ...
left the conference to join the Big 12 and ACC. The Big 12 lost members to the SEC, the Pac-12, and the Big Ten, while the Big Ten also gained one former ACC member. The remaining members of the Big East split into two conferences: the
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athl ...
("The American") and a new conference that assumed the
Big East
The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that competes in NCAA Division I in ten men's sports and twelve women's sports. Headquartered in New York City, the eleven full-member schools are primarily located in Northeast and ...
name but does not sponsor football. The American added several schools from C-USA, but lost one school each to the ACC and Big Ten after its first season. In turn, C-USA added FCS schools and schools from the
Sun Belt Conference
The Sun Belt Conference (SBC) is a collegiate athletic conference that has been affiliated with the NCAA's Division I since 1976. Originally a non-football conference, the Sun Belt began sponsoring football in 2001. Its football teams partici ...
Western Athletic Conference
The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is an NCAA Division I conference. The WAC covers a broad expanse of the western United States with member institutions located in Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Washington, and Texas.
Due to most ...
. The Mountain West lost schools to the Big 12, Pac-12, and the FBS independent ranks, and added several schools from the WAC. After several defections, leaving the conference with only two football-sponsoring schools remaining, the WAC dropped its sponsorship of football.
The early-2010s realignment cycle also affected the FBS independent ranks.
BYU
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da ...
left the MW in 2011 for football independence and the non-football
West Coast Conference
The West Coast Conference (WCC) — known as the California Basketball Association from 1952 to 1956 and then as the West Coast Athletic Conference until 1989 — is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I consisting of ...
. In 2013,
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
and
New Mexico State
New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university based primarily in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's tw ...
, the last two football-sponsoring schools in the WAC, became FBS independents, but would return to their former football home of the Sun Belt Conference as football-only members the following year. Also in 2013, Notre Dame became a full but non-football member of the ACC, entering into a scheduling agreement with that conference that calls for the Fighting Irish football team to play five games each season against ACC schools, and to play each other ACC school at least once every three years. Finally, in 2015,
Navy
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It i ...
became a football-only member of The American, ending more than a century of football independence.
Realignment continued at a lower level through the rest of the 2010s and into the early 2020s. Georgia Southern joined the Sun Belt Conference upon transitioning to the FBS level in 2014. The Eagles won the Sun Belt Conference championship outright in its first year as an FBS member. The 2016 season saw FCS Coastal Carolina join the Sun Belt Conference for non-football sports while beginning a transition to FBS football; the
football team
A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all-s ...
joined the Sun Belt in 2017. That season was also the last for
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...
and
New Mexico State
New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university based primarily in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's tw ...
as Sun Belt football members. After 2017, New Mexico State returned to independent status, while Idaho downgraded to FCS football—becoming the first program ever to voluntarily do so—and added football to its all-sports membership in the
Big Sky Conference
The Big Sky Conference (BSC) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I with football competing in the Football Championship Subdivision. Member institutions are located in the western United States in the eight ...
. Also in 2016, UMass went independent after turning down an offer of full membership in the
Mid-American Conference
The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the tw ...
. Most recently,
UConn
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...
went independent in 2020 when the school left The American to rejoin many of its historic basketball rivals in the current Big East Conference. Notre Dame competed under a full ACC schedule only also in 2020 in response to logistical concerns that arose from the effects of COVID-19.
The most recent realignment is currently ongoing, starting with the announcements by
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New M ...
and
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by b ...
that they would leave the Big 12 for the SEC no later than 2025. The first actual conference changes came in 2022, with the Sun Belt gaining
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Islands
* Marshall Islands, a ...
, returning
Old Dominion
Old Dominion most commonly refers to:
*The Old Dominion, a nickname for the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia
**Colony of Virginia
*Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia
**Old Dominion Monarchs, the athletic teams represen ...
James Madison
James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father. He served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for hi ...
. The following year sees C-USA add
Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctorate degree ...
,
Sam Houston
Samuel Houston (, ; March 2, 1793 – July 26, 1863) was an American general and statesman who played an important role in the Texas Revolution. He served as the first and third president of the Republic of Texas and was one of the first two i ...
(both from FCS),
New Mexico State
New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university based primarily in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's tw ...
and
Liberty
Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom.
In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
(FBS independents) but lose
Charlotte
Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...
,
Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, and satellite campuses in Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, and Fort Pierce. FAU belongs to the 12-c ...
,
North Texas
North Texas (also commonly called North Central Texas) is a term used primarily by residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, and surrounding areas to describe much of the north central portion of the U.S. state of Texas. Residents of the Dallas–Fort Wor ...
,
Rice
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and ''Porteresia'', both wild and domesticated, ...
, UAB, and UTSA to The American. In turn, The American will lose Cincinnati,
Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...
, and
UCF
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University S ...
to the Big 12, which will also add former football independent BYU. In 2024,
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
and
USC
USC most often refers to:
* University of South Carolina, a public research university
** University of South Carolina System, the main university and its satellite campuses
**South Carolina Gamecocks, the school athletic program
* University of ...
will leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten and Kennesaw State will upgrade to FBS and join C-USA.
Awards
Several awards are given each year to players and coaches in the FBS. Although all college football players are eligible for many of these awards (such as the
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy (usually known colloquially as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman) is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and har ...
), FBS players usually win these awards, and other awards (such as the
Walter Payton Award
The Walter Payton Award is awarded annually to the most outstanding offensive player in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) of college football as chosen by a nationwide panel of media and college sports ...
) exist to honor players in other divisions and the FCS. In addition to the national awards listed below, FBS conferences also have their own awards, and several organizations release a yearly
College Football All-America Team
The College Football All-America Team is an honor given annually to the best college football players in the United States at their respective positions. The original use of the term ''All-America'' seems to have been to the 1889 College Football ...
. In 1951, the
National Football Foundation
The National Football Foundation (NFF) is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States and "developing the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, competitive zeal and the dr ...
established the
College Football Hall of Fame
The College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and interactive attraction devoted to college football. The National Football Foundation (NFF) founded the Hall in 1951 to immortalize the players and coaches of college football that were vot ...
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy (usually known colloquially as the Heisman Trophy or The Heisman) is awarded annually to the most outstanding player in college football. Winners epitomize great ability combined with diligence, perseverance, and har ...
,
Maxwell Award
The Maxwell Award is presented annually to the college football player judged by a panel of sportscasters, sportswriters, and National Collegiate Athletic Association head coaches and the membership of the Maxwell Football Club to be the best a ...
,
Walter Camp Award
The Walter Camp Player of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football player of the year, as decided by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I FBS head coaches and sports information direc ...
,
Archie Griffin Award
The Touchdown Club of Columbus was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1956 by Sam B. Nicola at the request of state auditor James A. Rhodes, who later became governor of the state. Nicola served as the club's president until his death in 1993. More t ...
Lombardi Award
The Rotary Lombardi Award is an award for college football in the United States. Awarded by the Rotary Club of Houston, Texas annually to the college football player "who best embodies the values and spirit of NFL's legendary coach Vince Lomba ...
(originally lineman/linebacker, but expanded to all players in 2016)
* Defensive player of the year:
Chuck Bednarik Award
The Chuck Bednarik Award is presented annually to the defensive player in college football as judged by the Maxwell Football Club to be the best in the United States. The award is named for Chuck Bednarik, a former college and professional Ameri ...
,
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
The Bronko Nagurski Trophy has been awarded annually since 1993 to the collegiate American football defensive player adjudged by the membership of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) to be the best in the National Collegiate Athle ...
,
Lott Trophy
The Lott IMPACT Trophy is presented annually to the college football defensive IMPACT player of the year. IMPACT is an acronym for: Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community, and Tenacity. The award purports to equally recognize the ...
* Position awards:
Dave Rimington Trophy
The Dave Rimington Trophy is awarded to the player considered to be the best American football center in college football. Dave Rimington was a center who played at the University of Nebraska from 1979 to 1982.
A member of the National College ...
(Center),
Davey O'Brien Award
The Davey O'Brien Award, officially the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, named after Davey O'Brien, is presented annually to the collegiate American football player judged by the Davey O'Brien Foundation to be the best of all National C ...
and
Manning Award
The Manning Award has been presented annually since the 2004 football season to the collegiate American football quarterback as judged by the Sugar Bowl Committee to be the best in the United States. It is the only quarterback award that incl ...
Doak Walker Award
Since 1990 the Doak Walker Award honors the top running back in college football in the United States. It is named in honor of Doak Walker, a former running back who played for the SMU Mustangs from 1945 to 1949 and in the National Football Leag ...
Jim Thorpe Award
The Jim Thorpe Award, named in memory of multi-sport athlete Jim Thorpe, has been awarded to the top defensive back in college football since 1986. It is voted on by the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In 2017, the award became sponsored by Payc ...
(Defensive back),
John Mackey Award
The John Mackey Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding tight end. Established in 2000 by the Nassau County Sports Commission, the award is given annually to the tight end who best exemplifies the play, sportsmanship, a ...
(Tight end),
Lou Groza Award
The Lou Groza Award is presented annually to the top college football placekicker in the United States by the Palm Beach County Sports Commission. The award is named after former Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns player Lou Groza. It has b ...
(Placekicker),
Outland Trophy
The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best college football interior lineman in the United States as adjudged by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named an All- ...
(Interior lineman),
Ray Guy Award
The Ray Guy Award is presented annually to college football's most outstanding punter as adjudged by the Augusta Sports Council. The award is named after punter Ray Guy, an All-American for Southern Mississippi and an All-Pro in the National Fo ...
(Punter),
Ted Hendricks Award
The Ted Hendricks Award is given annually to college football's top defensive end. The award is named after Ted Hendricks, a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the h ...
(Defensive end), Jet Award (Return Specialist)
* Non-positional playing awards:
Paul Hornung Award
The Paul Hornung Award is a college football award that was created in January 2010 by the Louisville Sports Commission (LSC) with the support of Paul Hornung, a native and resident of Louisville, Kentucky and member of the College Football Hall o ...
(most versatile player), Burlsworth Trophy (top player who began his college career as a walk-on),
Jon Cornish Trophy
The Jon Cornish Trophy, also known as the Cornish Award, is an award given annually to the top Canadian player in NCAA football. The award is named after Canadian Football Hall of Famer (CFHOF) Jon Cornish and has been presented since 2017, with ...
(top Canadian player)
*Coaching awards:
** Head coaches:
AFCA Coach of the Year
The AFCA Coach of the Year Award is given annually to a college football coach by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). The award has had several different sponsors over the years, including Eastman Kodak Corporation, and thus also ...
,
Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year
The Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award is given annually to a college football coach by the Football Writers Association of America. The award honors Eddie Robinson, former coach at Grambling State University
Grambling State Univers ...
Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award
The Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award is given annually to the collegiate American football head coach adjudged by a group of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) head coaches and sports inf ...
,
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award
The American Heart Association (AHA) Paul "Bear" Bryant Awards are an annual awards banquet that is hosted each year in January, in Houston, Texas, by the AHA.For a list of American Heart Association offices, by state, go to: There are two awar ...
,
Home Depot Coach of the Year Award
The Coach of the Year Award is given annually to college football's top head coach. The award for the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision is selected by ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) ...
Broyles Award
The Broyles Award is an annual award given to honor the best assistant coach in college football. First awarded in 1996, it was named after former University of Arkansas men's athletic director Frank Broyles. The award is presented in Little ...
William V. Campbell Trophy
The William V. Campbell, formerly the Vincent dePaul Draddy Trophy, is awarded by the National Football Foundation to the American college football player with the best combination of academics, community service, and on-field performance. It i ...
,
Wuerffel Trophy
The Wuerffel Trophy is an award given annually to the college football player "who best combines exemplary community service with athletic and academic achievement." The trophy, designed by W. Stanley Proctor and named in honor of former Univers ...
Amos Alonzo Stagg Award
:''There is a separate " Amos Alonzo Stagg Coaching Award".
The Amos Alonzo Stagg Award is presented annually by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the "individual, group or institution whose services have been outstanding in ...
Theodore Roosevelt Award
The Theodore Roosevelt Award is the highest honor the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) may confer on an individual. The award is awarded annually to a graduate from an NCAA member institution who earned a varsity letter in college fo ...
The NCAA does not officially name a national champion, but several other organizations name
national champions
National champions are corporations which are technically private businesses but due to governmental policy are ceded a dominant position in a national economy. In this system, these large organizations are expected not only to seek profit but als ...
and all conferences participate in the
College Football Playoff
The College Football Playoff (CFP) is an annual postseason knockout invitational tournament to determine a national champion for the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level ...
in order to determine a champion. The winner of the College Football Playoff receives the
College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy
The College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy is the trophy awarded to the winner of the College Football Playoff (CFP), the postseason tournament in American college football that determines a national champion for the NCAA Division ...
. The AP awards the
AP National Championship Trophy
The Associated Press Trophy is the annual award given by the Associated Press (AP) to the team ranked No. 1 in the season's final AP Poll. The trophy is emblematic of the college football national championship as awarded by the Associated Press.
...
, while the
American Football Coaches Association
The American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) is an association of over 11,000 American football coaches and staff on all levels. According to its constitution, some of the main goals of the American Football Coaches Association are to "mainta ...
awards the
AFCA National Championship Trophy
The Coaches' Trophy (officially known as the AFCA National Championship Trophy and popularly as "the crystal football") is the trophy awarded annually by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) to the NCAA Division I FBS college football ...
. The AFCA trophy was previously awarded to the winner of the
BCS National Championship Game
The BCS National Championship Game, or BCS National Championship, was a postseason college football bowl game, used to determine a national champion of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), first played in the 1998 college foot ...
(a predecessor of the College Football Playoff National Championship game), which operated from 1999 to 2014. The
Football Writers Association of America
The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) is an organization of college football media members in the United States founded in 1941. It is composed of approximately 1,200 professional sports writers from both print and Internet media out ...
awarded the
Grantland Rice Trophy
The Grantland Rice Trophy was an annual award presented in the United States from 1954 to 2013 to the college football team recognized by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) as the National Champions.
Named for the legendary sportsw ...
until after the 2013 season, and the
National Football Foundation
The National Football Foundation (NFF) is a non-profit organization to promote and develop amateur American football on all levels throughout the United States and "developing the qualities of leadership, sportsmanship, competitive zeal and the dr ...
awards the MacArthur Bowl. Since the disputed end of the 2003 season, the various organizations have been able to agree on a single national champion.
Maps of teams
1927
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, before six MVIAA teams formed the Big 6.{{cite web, title=1927 Standings, url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1927-standings.html, website=SR/College Football, publisher=Sports Reference, access-date=November 10, 2015
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1991
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, when the Big East was formed and one year before the start of the
Bowl Coalition
The College Football Bowl Coalition was formed through an agreement among Division I-A college football bowl games and conferences for the purpose of forcing a national championship game between the top two teams and to provide quality bowl game ...
. Hawaii (a member of the WAC) is not shown. Independents that joined an AQ conference by the BCS's inaugural 1998 season (plus Notre Dame, which also automatically qualified for the BCS under certain conditions) are represented by black circles, while the remaining independents are represented by silver pogs.
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{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Steel pog.svg , label = {{small, Army , position=left , lat_deg = 41 , lat_min = 24 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 73 , lon_min = 57 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Steel pog.svg , label = {{small, BYU , position=left , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =15 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =111 , lon_min =39 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Steel pog.svg , label = {{small, Liberty , position=right , lat_deg = 37 , lat_min = 21 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 79 , lon_min = 10.5 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Steel pog.svg , label = {{small, New Mexico State , position=top , lat_deg = 32 , lat_min = 17 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 106 , lon_min = 45 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Steel pog.svg , label = {{small, UConn , position=right , lat_deg = 41 , lat_min = 48 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 72 , lon_min = 15 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Steel pog.svg , label = {{small, UMass , position=left , lat_deg =42 , lat_min =23 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =72 , lon_min =32 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, Louisiana Tech , position=left , lat_deg = 32 , lat_min = 32 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 92 , lon_min = 39 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Rice , position=bottom , lat_deg =29 , lat_min =43 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =95 , lon_min =24 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, UTEP , position=right , lat_deg =31 , lat_min =46 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =106 , lon_min =30 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, Charlotte , position=left , lat_deg = 35 , lat_min = 18 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 80 , lon_min = 44 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, FIU , position=left , lat_deg = 25 , lat_min = 45 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 80 , lon_min = 22 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, FAU , position=left , lat_deg = 26 , lat_min = 22 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 80 , lon_min = 6 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, MTSU , position=bottom , lat_deg = 35 , lat_min = 51 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 86 , lon_min = 22 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, North Texas , position=top , lat_deg = 33 , lat_min = 13 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 97 , lon_min = 9 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, UAB , position=left , lat_deg = 33 , lat_min = 31 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 86 , lon_min = 51 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, UTSA , position=bottom , lat_deg = 29 , lat_min = 35 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 98 , lon_min = 37 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{nowrap, {{small, Western Kentucky , position=top , lat_deg = 36 , lat_min = 59 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 86 , lon_min = 27 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Arkansas State , position=left , lat_deg = 35 , lat_min = 50 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 90 , lon_min = 41 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, App. St. , position=top , lat_deg = 36 , lat_min = 13 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 81 , lon_min = 41 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Coastal Carolina , position=right , lat_deg = 33 , lat_min = 48 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 79 , lon_min = 1 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Georgia Southern , position=right , lat_deg = 32 , lat_min = 25 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 81 , lon_min = 47 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Georgia State , position=bottom , lat_deg = 33 , lat_min = 45 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 84 , lon_min = 13 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, JMU , position=right , lat_deg = 38 , lat_min = 26 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 78 , lon_min = 52 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Louisiana , position=left , lat_deg = 30 , lat_min = 13 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 92 , lon_min = 1 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Louisiana–Monroe , position=right , lat_deg = 32 , lat_min = 32 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 92 , lon_min = 4 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Marshall , position=right , lat_deg = 38 , lat_min = 26 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 82 , lon_min = 25 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Old Dominion , position=right , lat_deg = 36 , lat_min = 53 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 76 , lon_min = 18 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, South Alabama , position=right , lat_deg = 30 , lat_min = 42 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 88 , lon_min = 11 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Southern Miss , position=left , lat_deg = 31 , lat_min = 20 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 89 , lon_min = 20 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Texas State , position=right , lat_deg = 29 , lat_min = 53 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 97 , lon_min = 56 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Troy , position=left , lat_deg = 31 , lat_min = 48 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 85 , lon_min = 57 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, Akron , position=left , lat_deg = 41 , lat_min = 5 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 81 , lon_min = 31 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, NIU , position=bottom , lat_deg = 41 , lat_min = 56 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 88 , lon_min = 47 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, BGSU , position=bottom , lat_deg =41 , lat_min =23 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =83 , lon_min =38 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, Central Michigan , position=top , lat_deg =43 , lat_min =35 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =84 , lon_min =47 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, Miami (OH) , position=left , lat_deg =39 , lat_min =31 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =84 , lon_min =44 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, Toledo , position=left , lat_deg =41 , lat_min =39 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =83 , lon_min =37 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, WMU , position=left , lat_deg =42 , lat_min =17 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =85 , lon_min = 37 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, Ball St. , position=top , lat_deg = 40 , lat_min = 12 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 85 , lon_min = 25 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, EMU , position=left , lat_deg = 42 , lat_min = 15 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 83 , lon_min = 37 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, Ohio , position=left , lat_deg = 39 , lat_min = 20 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 82 , lon_min = 6 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, Kent State , position=right , lat_deg = 41 , lat_min = 9 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 81 , lon_min = 21 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Pink pog.svg , label = {{small, Buffalo , position=bottom , lat_deg = 43 , lat_min = 0 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 78 , lon_min = 47 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Temple , position=right , lat_deg =39 , lat_min =59 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =75 , lon_min =10 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, SMU , position=right , lat_deg =32 , lat_min =50 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =96 , lon_min =47 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Houston , position=right , lat_deg =29 , lat_min =46 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =95 , lon_min =23 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, Navy , position=right , lat_deg = 38 , lat_min = 59 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 76 , lon_min = 29 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, Tulane , position=right , lat_deg = 29 , lat_min = 56 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 90 , lon_min = 7 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, Memphis , position=right , lat_deg = 35 , lat_min = 7 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 89 , lon_min = 56 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, Cincinnati , position=right , lat_deg = 39 , lat_min = 8 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 84 , lon_min = 31 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, Tulsa , position=top , lat_deg =36 , lat_min =9 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =95 , lon_min =57 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, East Carolina , position=right , lat_deg = 35 , lat_min = 36 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 77 , lon_min = 20 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, UCF , position=right , lat_deg = 28 , lat_min = 36 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 81 , lon_min = 12 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, South Florida , position=left , lat_deg = 28 , lat_min = 3 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 82 , lon_min = 25 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Arizona , position=bottom , lat_deg =32 , lat_min =14 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =110 , lon_min =57 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Arizona State , position=right , lat_deg =33 , lat_min =25 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =111 , lon_min =56 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, California , position=top , lat_deg =37 , lat_min =52 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =122 , lon_min =16 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, UCLA , position=left , lat_deg =34 , lat_min =4 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =118 , lon_min =27 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Oregon , position=bottom , lat_deg =44 , lat_min =3 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =123 , lon_min =5 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Oregon State , position=right , lat_deg =44 , lat_min =34 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =123 , lon_min =17 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, USC , position=bottom , lat_deg =34 , lat_min =1 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =118 , lon_min =17 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Stanford , position=left , lat_deg =37 , lat_min =26 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =122 , lon_min =10 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Washington , position=bottom , lat_deg =47 , lat_min =39 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =122 , lon_min =18 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Washington State , position=right , lat_deg =46 , lat_min =44 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =117 , lon_min =10 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Colorado , position=left , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =0 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =105 , lon_min =16 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot red.svg , label = {{small, Utah , position=right , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =46 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =111 , lon_min =51 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Texas A&M , position=top , lat_deg =30 , lat_min =37 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =96 , lon_min =21 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Arkansas , position=top , lat_deg =36 , lat_min =4 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =94 , lon_min =11 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Florida , position=right , lat_deg =29 , lat_min =39 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =82 , lon_min =21 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Kentucky , position=top , lat_deg =38 , lat_min =2 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =84 , lon_min =30 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Georgia , position=right , lat_deg =33 , lat_min =57 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =83 , lon_min =22 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Tennessee , position=top , lat_deg =35 , lat_min =57 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =83 , lon_min =56 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Vanderbilt , position=left , lat_deg =36 , lat_min =9 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =86 , lon_min =48 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Alabama , position=bottom , lat_deg =33 , lat_min =13 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =87 , lon_min =32 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Auburn , position=right , lat_deg =32 , lat_min =36 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =85 , lon_min =29 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, LSU , position=bottom , lat_deg =30 , lat_min =25 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =91 , lon_min =11 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Ole Miss , position=left , lat_deg =34 , lat_min =22 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =89 , lon_min =32 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Mississippi State , position=left , lat_deg =33 , lat_min =27 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =88 , lon_min =47 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Missouri , position=bottom , lat_deg =38 , lat_min =57 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =92 , lon_min =20 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot purple.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, South Carolina , position= lat_deg =34 , lat_min =0 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =81 , lon_min =2 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Penn State , position=top , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =48 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =77 , lon_min =52 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Rutgers , position=right , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =30 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =74 , lon_min =27 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Nebraska , position=left , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =49 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =96 , lon_min =42 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Indiana , position=left , lat_deg =39 , lat_min =10 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =86 , lon_min =32 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Michigan , position=right , lat_deg =42 , lat_min =17 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =83 , lon_min =45 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Michigan State , position=top , lat_deg =42 , lat_min =43 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =84 , lon_min =29 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Ohio St. , position=top , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =0 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =83 , lon_min =1 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Illinois , position=left , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =7 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =88 , lon_min =14 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Iowa , position=left , lat_deg =41 , lat_min =39 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =91 , lon_min =32 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Minnesota , position=left , lat_deg =44 , lat_min =58 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =93 , lon_min =14 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Northwestern , position=left , lat_deg =42 , lat_min =3 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =87 , lon_min =40 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Purdue , position=left , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =25 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =86 , lon_min =56 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Wisconsin , position=top , lat_deg =43 , lat_min =5 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =89 , lon_min =25 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot blue.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Maryland , position=top , lat_deg =38 , lat_min =59 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =76 , lon_min =56 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Iowa State , position=top , lat_deg =42 , lat_min =1 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =93 , lon_min =39 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Kansas , position=bottom , lat_deg =38 , lat_min =57 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =95 , lon_min =15 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Kansas State , position=left , lat_deg =39 , lat_min =12 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =96 , lon_min =35 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Oklahoma , position=bottom , lat_deg =35 , lat_min =13 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =97 , lon_min =27 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{nowrap, {{small, Oklahoma State , position=left , lat_deg =36 , lat_min =8 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =97 , lon_min =5 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Texas Tech , position=left , lat_deg =33 , lat_min =34 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =101 , lon_min =53 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Texas , position=left , lat_deg =30 , lat_min =17 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =97 , lon_min =44 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Baylor , position=left , lat_deg =31 , lat_min =33 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =97 , lon_min =6 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, TCU , position=left , lat_deg =32 , lat_min =43 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =97 , lon_min =22 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot green.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, West Virginia , position=bottom , lat_deg =39 , lat_min =38 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =79 , lon_min =57 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Georgia Tech , position=left , lat_deg =33 , lat_min =47 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =84 , lon_min =24 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, WFU , position=top , lat_deg =36 , lat_min =8 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =80 , lon_min =17 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Virginia , position=right , lat_deg =38 , lat_min =2 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =78 , lon_min =30 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, NCSU , position=bottom , lat_deg =35 , lat_min =47 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =78 , lon_min =41 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, UNC , position=left , lat_deg =35 , lat_min =55 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =79 , lon_min =3 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Duke , position=top , lat_deg =36 , lat_min =0 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =78 , lon_min =56 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Clemson , position=right , lat_deg =34 , lat_min =41 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =82 , lon_min =50 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Boston College , position=top , lat_deg =42 , lat_min =20 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =71 , lon_min =10 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Syracuse , position=bottom , lat_deg =43 , lat_min =2 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =76 , lon_min =8 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Pittsburgh , position=right , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =27 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =79 , lon_min =57 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Miami (FL) , position=right , lat_deg =25 , lat_min =43 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =80 , lon_min =17 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Virginia Tech , position=left , lat_deg =37 , lat_min =13 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =80 , lon_min =25 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Florida State , position=right , lat_deg =30 , lat_min =27 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =84 , lon_min =18 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Location dot cyan.svg , label = {{small, Louisville , position=left , lat_deg =38 , lat_min =13 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =85 , lon_min =46 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, San Diego State , position=bottom , lat_deg =32 , lat_min =47 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =117 , lon_min =4 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Air Force , position=bottom , lat_deg =38 , lat_min =59 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =104 , lon_min =52 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Wyoming , position=top , lat_deg =41 , lat_min =19 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =105 , lon_min =35 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Colorado State , position=right , lat_deg =40 , lat_min =34 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =105 , lon_min =5 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, New Mexico , position=top , lat_deg =35 , lat_min = 5 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =106 , lon_min = 37 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Fresno State , position=right , lat_deg =36 , lat_min =49 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =119 , lon_min =45 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, San Jose State , position=bottom , lat_deg =37 , lat_min =20 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =121 , lon_min =53 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Utah State , position=left , lat_deg =41 , lat_min =44 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =111 , lon_min =49 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, UNLV , position=top , lat_deg =36 , lat_min =6 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =115 , lon_min =9 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Boise State , position=right , lat_deg =43 , lat_min =36 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =116 , lon_min =12 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Nevada , position=right , lat_deg =39 , lat_min =33 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =119 , lon_min =49 , lon_dir = W
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{{collapse top, Schools that have transitioned to the FBS, bg=#F0F2F5
{{Location map+ , USA ,
, width = 1120
, caption = This map shows schools that have transitioned to the FBS since 1978. Green pogs indicate schools that transitioned before 1990, red pogs indicate schools that transitioned between 1990 and 1999, blue pogs indicate schools that transitioned between 2000 and 2009, orange pogs indicate schools that transitioned after 2010, and black pogs that transition after 2020. White pog denotes Idaho, a school that has transitioned from FCS to FBS (1997) and back to FCS (2018).
, places =
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, Louisiana Tech , position=left , lat_deg = 32 , lat_min = 32 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 92 , lon_min = 39 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, Akron , position=left , lat_deg = 41 , lat_min = 5 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 81 , lon_min = 31 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Green pog.svg , label = {{small, UNLV , position=top , lat_deg =36 , lat_min =6 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =115 , lon_min =9 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Arkansas State , position=left , lat_deg = 35 , lat_min = 50 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 90 , lon_min = 41 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Nevada , position=right , lat_deg =39 , lat_min =33 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =119 , lon_min =49 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{nowrap, {{small, Louisiana–Monroe , position=right , lat_deg = 32 , lat_min = 32 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 92 , lon_min = 4 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, North Texas , position=top , lat_deg = 33 , lat_min = 13 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 97 , lon_min = 9 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Boise State , position=right , lat_deg =43 , lat_min =36 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =116 , lon_min =12 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Buffalo , position=right , lat_deg = 43 , lat_min = 0 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 78 , lon_min = 47 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, UCF , position=right , lat_deg = 28 , lat_min = 36 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 81 , lon_min = 12 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Marshall , position=left , lat_deg = 38 , lat_min = 26 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 82 , lon_min = 25 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Red pog.svg , label = {{small, Middle Tennessee , position=left , lat_deg = 35 , lat_min = 51 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 86 , lon_min = 22 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, South Florida , position=left , lat_deg = 28 , lat_min = 3 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 82 , lon_min = 25 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, UConn , position=right , lat_deg = 41 , lat_min = 48 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 72 , lon_min = 15 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, Troy , position=left , lat_deg = 31 , lat_min = 48 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 85 , lon_min = 57 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, Florida Atlantic , position=right , lat_deg = 26 , lat_min = 22 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 80 , lon_min = 6 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, FIU , position=left , lat_deg = 25 , lat_min = 45 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 80 , lon_min = 22 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Blue pog.svg , label = {{small, Western Kentucky , position=top , lat_deg = 36 , lat_min = 59 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 86 , lon_min = 27 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, UMass , position=left , lat_deg =42 , lat_min =23 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =72 , lon_min =32 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Charlotte , position=bottom , lat_deg = 35 , lat_min = 18 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 80 , lon_min = 44 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Liberty , position=right , lat_deg = 37 , lat_min = 21 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 79 , lon_min = 10.5 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Old Dominion , position=right , lat_deg = 36 , lat_min = 53 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 76 , lon_min = 18 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, UTSA , position=left , lat_deg = 29 , lat_min = 35 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 98 , lon_min = 37 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Appalachian State , position=left , lat_deg = 36 , lat_min = 13 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 81 , lon_min = 41 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Georgia Southern , position=bottom , lat_deg = 32 , lat_min = 25 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 81 , lon_min = 47 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Georgia State , position=right , lat_deg = 33 , lat_min = 45 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 84 , lon_min = 13 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, South Alabama , position=left , lat_deg = 30 , lat_min = 42 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 88 , lon_min = 11 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Texas State , position=right , lat_deg = 29 , lat_min = 53 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 97 , lon_min = 56 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Orange pog.svg , label = {{small, Coastal Carolina , position=right , lat_deg = 33 , lat_min = 48 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 79 , lon_min = 1 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Black pog.svg , label = {{small, James Madison , position=top , lat_deg= 38 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg=78 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Black pog.svg , label = {{small, Sam Houston , position=top , lat_deg= 31 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg=95 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Black pog.svg , label = {{small, Jacksonville State , position=left , lat_deg= 33 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg=86 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = Black pog.svg , marksize=8 , label = {{small, Kennesaw State , position=top , lat_deg =34 , lat_min =2 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg =84 , lon_min =35 , lon_dir = W
{{Location map~ , USA , mark = White pog.svg , label = {{small, Idaho , position=right , lat_deg = 46 , lat_min = 44 , lat_dir = N , lon_deg = 117 , lon_min = 1 , lon_dir = W
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Tuscaloosa
Tuscaloosa ( ) is a city in and the seat of Tuscaloosa County in west-central Alabama, United States, on the Black Warrior River where the Gulf Coastal and Piedmont plains meet. Alabama's fifth-largest city, it had an estimated population o ...
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Bryant–Denny Stadium
Bryant–Denny Stadium is an outdoor stadium in the southeastern United States, on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. It is the home field of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Op ...
Tigers
The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on un ...
Jordan–Hare Stadium
Jordan–Hare Stadium (properly pronounced n central Alabama dialectas ) is an American football stadium in Auburn, Alabama on the campus Auburn University. It primarily serves as the home venue of the Auburn Tigers football team. The stadium ...
Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State University (JSU) is a public university in Jacksonville, Alabama. Founded in 1883, Jacksonville State offers programs of study in six academic schools leading to bachelor's, master's, education specialist, and doctorate degree ...
,
Gamecocks
A cockfight is a blood sport, held in a ring called a cockpit. The history of raising fowl for fighting goes back 6,000 years. The first documented use of the ''word'' gamecock, denoting use of the cock as to a "game", a sport, pastime or ente ...
,
Jacksonville
Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the seat of Duval County, with which the ...
C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
in 2023.
, 1903
, -
,
South Alabama
South Alabama is the various parts of southern Alabama. Although it is not a strictly defined geographic region, it generally includes all Alabama counties south of the Black Belt. In that view, ''South Alabama'' consists of just the two counties ...
Hancock Whitney Stadium
Hancock Whitney Stadium is a 25,450-seat multi-purpose stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. It is the home of the South Alabama Jaguars football program, starting with the 2020 season. The stadium replaced ...
,
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
, 2009
, -
,
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Çan ...
,
Trojans
Trojan or Trojans may refer to:
* Of or from the ancient city of Troy
* Trojan language, the language of the historical Trojans
Arts and entertainment Music
* ''Les Troyens'' ('The Trojans'), an opera by Berlioz, premiered part 1863, part 189 ...
,
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in present-day Turkey, south-west of Çan ...
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
,
Protective Stadium
Protective Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium owned and operated by the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. Its naming rights are provided by the Protective Life company, which will pay $1 million p ...
,
C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
{{efn, group=AL, UAB will move to the
American Athletic Conference
The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athl ...
Wildcats
The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') and the African wildcat (''F. lybica''). The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while th ...
,
Tucson
, "(at the) base of the black ill
, nicknames = "The Old Pueblo", "Optics Valley", "America's biggest small town"
, image_map =
, mapsize = 260px
, map_caption = Interactive map ...
,
Arizona Stadium
Arizona Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in the southwestern United States, located on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. It is the home field of the Arizona Wildcats of the Pac-12 Conference.
Original ...
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
, 1899
, -
,
Arizona State
Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, ASU is one of the largest public universities by enrollment in the U ...
Sun Devil Stadium
Sun Devil Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in the southwestern United States, on the campus of Arizona State University (ASU) in Tempe, Arizona. It is home to the ASU Sun Devils football team of the Pac-12 Conference. The stad ...
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage la ...
Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium
Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium is an American football stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas and serves as the home field of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks football team since its opening in 1938. The stadium was formerly known as Razorb ...
{{efn, group=AR, Arkansas also plays select home games at War Memorial Stadium in
Little Rock
( The "Little Rock")
, government_type = Council-manager
, leader_title = Mayor
, leader_name = Frank Scott Jr.
, leader_party = D
, leader_title2 = Council
, leader_name2 ...
Red Wolves
The red wolf (''Canis rufus'') is a canine native to the southeastern United States. Its size is intermediate between the coyote (''Canis latrans'') and gray wolf (''Canis lupus'').
The red wolf's taxonomic classification as being a separate s ...
Centennial Bank Stadium
Centennial Bank Stadium (formerly known as Liberty Bank Stadium) is located on the campus of Arkansas State University and is home to their college football team, the Red Wolves. The stadium was named after the old nickname of the school, the Ind ...
,
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
, 1911
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California
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, California
, Golden Bears
, Berkeley
,
California Memorial Stadium
California Memorial Stadium also known simply and commonly as Memorial Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium on the west coast of the United States, located on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley, California. It i ...
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
, 1886
, -
,
Fresno State
California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers bachelo ...
,
Bulldogs
The Bulldog is a British breed of dog of mastiff type. It may also be known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is of medium size, a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose.Fresno
Fresno () is a major city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region. It covers about and had a population of 542,107 in 2020, mak ...
,
Valley Children's Stadium
Valley Children's Stadium, also known as Jim Sweeney Field at Bulldog Stadium, is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of California State University, Fresno in Fresno, California. It is the home ...
San Diego State
San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...
,
Aztecs
The Aztecs () were a Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl l ...
,
San Diego
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States ...
,
Snapdragon Stadium
Snapdragon Stadium, known during its planning and early construction phases as Aztec Stadium, is an outdoor college football stadium on the west coast of the United States, in San Diego, California. It is located on the campus of San Diego ...
San Jose State
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) ...
,
Spartans
Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ...
CEFCU Stadium
CEFCU ('sef-kyü) Stadium, formerly known as Spartan Stadium, is an outdoor athletic stadium on the west coast of the United States, located in the Spartan Keyes neighborhood of central San Jose, California. Owned by San José State Universi ...
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
,
Cardinal
Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to:
Animals
* Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds
**'' Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae
**'' Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, t ...
,
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considere ...
,
Stanford Stadium
Stanford Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium on the west coast of the United States, located on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California. It is the home of the Stanford Cardinal and hosts the university's commencemen ...
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
, 1891
, -
,
UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...
Pasadena
Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.
Its ...
{{efn, group=CA, UCLA plays home games in Pasadena, but its campus is in Los Angeles.
, Rose Bowl
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
{{efn, group=CA, name=B1G, UCLA and USC will move to the
Big Ten Conference
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representat ...
in 2024.
, 1919
, -
,
USC
USC most often refers to:
* University of South Carolina, a public research university
** University of South Carolina System, the main university and its satellite campuses
**South Carolina Gamecocks, the school athletic program
* University of ...
,
Trojans
Trojan or Trojans may refer to:
* Of or from the ancient city of Troy
* Trojan language, the language of the historical Trojans
Arts and entertainment Music
* ''Les Troyens'' ('The Trojans'), an opera by Berlioz, premiered part 1863, part 189 ...
,
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
,
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a mem ...
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
Air Force
An air force – in the broadest sense – is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an ...
,
Falcons
Falcons () are birds of prey in the genus ''Falco'', which includes about 40 species. Falcons are widely distributed on all continents of the world except Antarctica, though closely related raptors did occur there in the Eocene.
Adult falcons ...
,
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality in, and the county seat of, El Paso County, Colorado, United States. It is the largest city in El Paso County, with a population of 478,961 at the 2020 United States Census, a 15.02% increase since 2 ...
{{efn, group=CO, Virtually all of the Air Force Academy grounds, including the cadet area and athletic facilities, is located in a part of unincorporated El Paso County that is designated by the
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U. ...
Falcon Stadium
Falcon Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in the western United States, on the campus of the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is the home field of the Air Force Falcons of the Mountain West Conference, and also ...
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the ...
Boulder
In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive.
In c ...
,
Folsom Field
Folsom Field is an outdoor college football stadium in the Western United States, western United States, located on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado, Boulder. It is the home field ...
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
, 1890
, -
,
Colorado State
Colorado State University (Colorado State or CSU) is a public land-grant research university in Fort Collins, Colorado. It is the flagship university of the Colorado State University System. Colorado State University is classified among "R1: ...
,
Rams
In engineering, RAMS (reliability, availability, maintainability and safety)Fort Collins
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
UConn
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from Hart ...
,
Huskies
Husky is a general term for a dog used in the polar regions, primarily and specifically for work as sled dogs. It refers to a traditional northern type, notable for its cold-weather tolerance and overall hardiness. Modern racing huskies that ma ...
,
East Hartford
East Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 51,045 at the 2020 census. The town is located on the east bank of the Connecticut River, directly across from Hartford, Connecticut. It is home to aerospa ...
Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independe ...
, 1896
{{notelist, group=CT
Florida
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, FIU
, Panthers
, University Park
,
Riccardo Silva Stadium
Riccardo Silva Stadium is a college football and soccer stadium on the campus of Florida International University (FIU) in Westchester, Florida. It is home stadium of the FIU Panthers football team and the Miami FC soccer team from the USL Ch ...
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C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
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Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to th ...
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (in full Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium),SEC
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Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic University (Florida Atlantic or FAU) is a public research university with its main campus in Boca Raton, Florida, and satellite campuses in Dania Beach, Davie, Fort Lauderdale, Jupiter, and Fort Pierce. FAU belongs to the 12-c ...
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Owls
Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes (), which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers ...
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Boca Raton
Boca Raton ( ; es, Boca Ratón, link=no, ) is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States. It was first incorporated on August 2, 1924, as "Bocaratone," and then incorporated as "Boca Raton" in 1925. The population was 97,422 in the ...
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FAU Stadium
Howard Schnellenberger Field at FAU Stadium is a college football stadium located at the north end of the main campus of Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida. Opened in 2011, it is home to the Florida Atlantic Owls football ...
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C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
{{efn, group=FL, Florida Atlantic will move to The American in 2023.
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Florida State
Florida State University (FSU) is a public university, public research university in Tallahassee, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida. Founded in 1851, it is located on the oldest continuous site of higher e ...
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Seminoles
The Seminole are a Native American people who developed in Florida in the 18th century. Today, they live in Oklahoma and Florida, and comprise three federally recognized tribes: the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and ...
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Tallahassee
Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the populatio ...
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Doak Campbell Stadium
Doak S. Campbell Stadium (in full Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium), popularly known as "Doak", is a football stadium on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. It is the home field of the Florida State Semino ...
Miami
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a coastal metropolis and the county seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida, United States. With a population of 442,241 at the ...
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Hurricanes
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain and squalls. Depe ...
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Miami Gardens
Miami Gardens is a city in north-central Miami-Dade County, Florida. It is located north of Downtown Miami with city boundaries that stretch from I-95 and Northeast 2nd Avenue to its east to Northwest 47th and Northwest 57th Avenues to its west ...
{{efn, group=FL, Miami plays home games in Miami Gardens, but its campus is in Coral Gables.
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Hard Rock Stadium
Hard Rock Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The stadium is the home field for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL) and the Miami Hurricanes, the University of Miami's NCAA Division I college ...
South Florida
South Florida is the southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is one of Florida's three most commonly referred to directional regions; the other two are Central Florida and North Florida. South Florida is the southernmost part of ...
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Bulls
Bulls may refer to:
*The plural of bull, an adult male bovine
*Bulls, New Zealand, a small town in the Rangitikei District
Sports
*Bucking bull, used in the sport of bull riding
* Bulls (rugby union), a South African rugby union franchise operated ...
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Tampa
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough Count ...
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Raymond James Stadium
Raymond James Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tampa, Florida that opened in 1998 and is home to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL) and the University of South Florida (USF) Bulls college football program. The s ...
UCF
The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University S ...
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Knights
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the Pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the Christian denomination, church or the country, especially in a military capacity. Knighthood ...
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Orlando
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures re ...
{{efn, group=FL, Most of the UCF campus, including the football stadium, is in an unincorporated portion of Orange County with an Orlando mailing address.
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FBC Mortgage Stadium
FBC Mortgage Stadium (formerly known as Bright House Networks Stadium and Spectrum Stadium, also known as the Bounce House) is an American football stadium located in Orlando, Florida, United States, on the main campus of the University of Central ...
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Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
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Bulldogs
The Bulldog is a British breed of dog of mastiff type. It may also be known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is of medium size, a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose.Athens
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Sanford Stadium
Sanford Stadium is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States (also known as UGA). The 92,746-seat stadium is the tenth-largest stadium in the NCAA. Architecturally, the stadium is k ...
Eagles
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
Paulson Stadium
Allen E. Paulson Stadium is a 25,000-seat on-campus football stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. It is home to the Georgia Southern Eagles football team and the focal point of Erk Russell Athletic Park.
Paulson Stadium was dedicated on September 29 ...
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Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
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Center Parc Stadium
Center Parc Stadium (formerly Georgia State Stadium) is an outdoor stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium is the home of the Georgia State University Panthers football team as of the 2017 season, replacing the Georgia Dome which had served as ...
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Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
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Georgia Tech
The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part o ...
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
Hawaii
Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is ...
Honolulu
Honolulu (; ) is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean. It is an unincorporated county seat of the consolidated City and County of Honolulu, situated along the southeast coast of the island o ...
, Ching Athletics Complex{{efn, group=HI, Temporary stadium during the demolition of the current
Aloha Stadium
Aloha Stadium is a closed multi-purpose stadium located in Halawa, Hawaii, a western suburb of Honolulu (though with a Honolulu address). It is the largest stadium in the state of Hawaii. , the stadium ceased fan-attended operations indefinitely ...
, also in Honolulu, and its replacement by a new stadium on part of that venue's site. The new Aloha Stadium is currently scheduled to open in 2026.
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Boise
Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area' ...
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Albertsons Stadium
Albertsons Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. It is the home field of the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. Known as Bronco St ...
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolitan areas include, Peoria and Rockfo ...
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Fighting Illini
The Illinois Fighting Illini () are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The university offers 10 men's and 11 women's varsity sports.
The University operates a number of athletic faci ...
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Champaign
Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropo ...
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
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Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois. The region is by far the most populous of Illinois with nearly 9.7 million residents as of 2010.
Economics
Northern Illinois is dominated by th ...
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Huskies
Husky is a general term for a dog used in the polar regions, primarily and specifically for work as sled dogs. It refers to a traditional northern type, notable for its cold-weather tolerance and overall hardiness. Modern racing huskies that ma ...
Huskie Stadium
Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium is a college football stadium in the central United States, located on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois. Opened in 1965, it is the home field of the NIU Huskies of the Mid-Ameri ...
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MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
Wildcats
The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') and the African wildcat (''F. lybica''). The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while th ...
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
Ball State
Ball State University (Ball State, State or BSU) is a public research university in Muncie, Indiana. It has two satellite facilities in Fishers and Indianapolis.
On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball C ...
Muncie
Muncie ( ) is an incorporated city and the seat of Delaware County, Indiana. Previously known as Buckongahelas Town, named after the legendary Delaware Chief.http://www.delawarecountyhistory.org/history/docs/lenape-villages.pdf It is located in ...
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
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Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th st ...
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
Fighting Irish
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the sport, athletic teams that represent the University of Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish participate in 23 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I intercollegiate sports and ...
Notre Dame Stadium
Notre Dame Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana, the home field of the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team.
It was built in 1930 under the guidance of Knute Rockne, regarded as one of the greatest coach ...
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Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independe ...
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Purdue
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...
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Boilermakers
A boilermaker is a tradesperson who fabricates steel, iron, or copper into boilers and other large containers intended to hold hot gas or liquid, as well as maintains and repairs boilers and boiler systems.Bureau of Labor Statistics, US De ...
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West Lafayette
West Lafayette () is a city in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, United States, about northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister city ...
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Ross–Ade Stadium
Ross–Ade Stadium is a stadium in West Lafayette, Indiana, on the campus of Purdue University. It is the home field of Purdue Boilermakers football. The stadium was dedicated on November 22, 1924, and named in honor of Purdue alumni George Ade ...
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Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
Iowa City
Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...
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Kinnick Stadium
Nile Kinnick Stadium is a stadium located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the home stadium of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team. First opened in 1929 as Iowa Stadium to replace Iowa Field, it currently holds up to 69,250 pe ...
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Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
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Iowa State
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...
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Cyclones
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
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Ames
Ames may refer to:
Places United States
* Ames, Arkansas, a place in Arkansas
* Ames, Colorado
* Ames, Illinois
* Ames, Indiana
* Ames, Iowa, the most populous city bearing this name
* Ames, Kansas
* Ames, Nebraska
* Ames, New York
* Ames ...
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Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium (originally Cyclone Stadium and formerly Jack Trice Field, sometimes referred to as "the Jack") is a stadium located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Primarily used for college football, it is the home field of the Iowa State Cycl ...
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Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the w ...
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium is a football stadium located in Lawrence, Kansas, on the campus of the University of Kansas. The stadium was opened in 1921, and is the seventh oldest college football stadium in the country, and is widely rec ...
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Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
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Kansas State
Kansas State University (KSU, Kansas State, or K-State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. It was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 and was the first public instit ...
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Wildcats
The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') and the African wildcat (''F. lybica''). The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while th ...
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Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the List of counties in New York, origin ...
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Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
Bill Snyder Family Stadium is a stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. It is used for American football, and is the home field of the Kansas State University Wildcats football team. It is named after the family of head coach Bill Snyder. Over the past 31 ...
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Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to ...
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Wildcats
The wildcat is a species complex comprising two small wild cat species: the European wildcat (''Felis silvestris'') and the African wildcat (''F. lybica''). The European wildcat inhabits forests in Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus, while th ...
Kroger Field
Kroger Field, formerly known as Commonwealth Stadium, is a stadium in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, located on the campus of the University of Kentucky that primarily serves as the home field for the Kentucky Wildcats football team. The st ...
Louisville
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border.
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Louisville
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border.
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Cardinal Stadium
Cardinal Stadium, formerly known as Papa John's Cardinal Stadium, is a football stadium located in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, on the southern end of the campus of the University of Louisville. Debuting in 1998, it serves as the home of ...
Western Kentucky
Western Kentucky is the western portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It generally includes part or all of several more widely recognized regions of the state.
;Always included
* The Jackson Purchase, the state's westernmost generally recogniz ...
Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...
C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is border ...
Lafayette
Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to:
People
* Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette
* House of La Fayette, a French noble family
** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757� ...
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Cajun Field
Cajun Field is a football stadium located on the South Campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the city of Lafayette, Louisiana. Nicknamed The Swamp, it is the home field of Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns athletics. Cajun Field is primaril ...
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Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
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Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activi ...
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Bulldogs
The Bulldog is a British breed of dog of mastiff type. It may also be known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog. It is of medium size, a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose.Ruston
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Joe Aillet Stadium
Joe Aillet Stadium (formerly Louisiana Tech Stadium) is a college football stadium in Ruston, Louisiana and the home field of the Louisiana Tech University Bulldogs football team, which competes in Conference USA. The football stadium replaced the ...
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C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
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LSU
Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisian ...
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Tigers
The tiger (''Panthera tigris'') is the largest living cat species and a member of the genus ''Panthera''. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside. An apex predator, it primarily preys on un ...
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Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counties ...
Tulane
Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...
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Green Wave
A green wave occurs when a series of traffic lights (usually three or more) are coordinated to allow continuous traffic flow over several intersections in one main direction.
Any vehicle traveling along with the green wave (at an approximate spe ...
Yulman Stadium
Yulman Stadium is the on-campus venue for football at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. It currently has a capacity of 30,000 spectators, with 4,500 premium seats in two fan clubs – the Westfeldt Terrace and the Jill H. and Avram A ...
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to it ...
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Terrapins
Terrapins are one of several small species of turtle (order Testudines) living in fresh or brackish water. Terrapins do not form a taxonomic unit and may not be closely related. Many belong to the families Geoemydidae and Emydidae.
The nam ...
SECU Stadium
SECU Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. It is the home of Maryland Terrapins football and men's lacrosse teams, which compete in the Big Ten Conference. The facility was ...
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Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
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Navy
A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It i ...
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Midshipmen
A midshipman is an officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Canada (Naval Cadet), Australia, Bangladesh, Namibia, New Zealand, South Afri ...
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Annapolis
Annapolis ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Maryland and the county seat of, and only incorporated city in, Anne Arundel County. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east ...
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Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium is an open-air stadium located off the campus of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Opened in 1959, it serves as the home stadium of the Navy Midshipmen college football and lacrosse t ...
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...
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Eagles
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
Alumni Stadium
Alumni Stadium is a football stadium located on the lower campus of Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, approximately west of downtown Boston. It is the home of the Boston College Eagles. Its present seating capacity is 44,500. Offic ...
Minutemen
Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. They were known for being ready at a minute's notice, hence the name. Mi ...
Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium is a 17,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts, on the campus of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
It has been the Massachusetts Minutemen football team's home stadium since 1965, with the e ...
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Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independe ...
Central Michigan
Central Michigan, also called Mid Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As its name implies, it is the middle area of the Lower Peninsula. Lower Michigan is said to resemble a mitten, and Mid Michigan corre ...
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Chippewas
The Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa, or Saulteaux are an Anishinaabe people in what is currently southern Canada, the northern Midwestern United States, and Northern Plains.
According to the U.S. census, in the United States Ojibwe people are one of ...
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
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Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan University (EMU, Eastern Michigan or simply Eastern), is a public research university in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School, the school was the fourth normal school established in the United Sta ...
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Eagles
Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, just ...
Rynearson Stadium
Rynearson Stadium, nicknamed "The Factory", is a stadium in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Eastern Michigan University Eagles. Currently, the stadium has seating for 30,200 people. St ...
,
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
, 1891
, -
,
Michigan
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
,
Wolverines
The wolverine (), (''Gulo gulo''; ''Gulo'' is Latin for " glutton"), also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscul ...
,
Ann Arbor
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie.
Anne is sometimes used as a male name in th ...
,
Michigan Stadium
Michigan Stadium, nicknamed "The Big House," is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the largest stadium in the United States and the Western Hemisphere, the third largest stadium in the world, and the ...
,
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
, 1879
, -
,
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
,
Spartans
Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ...
,
East Lansing
East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County. At the 2020 Census the population was 47,741. Located directly east of the state capita ...
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
, 1885
, -
,
Western Michigan
West Michigan and Western Michigan are terms for an arbitrary region in the U.S. state of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. Most narrowly it refers to the Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland area, and more broadly to most of the region along the Lower Peni ...
Kalamazoo
Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropoli ...
,
Waldo Stadium
Waldo Stadium is a stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It is primarily used for football, and has been the home of Western Michigan University Broncos football in rudimentary form since 1914, and as a complete stadium since 1939. It currently has ...
,
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
, Minnesota Golden Gophers football, Golden Gophers
, Minneapolis
, Huntington Bank Stadium
,
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
, 1882
Mississippi
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Mississippi State
, Mississippi State Bulldogs football, Bulldogs
, Starkville, Mississippi, Starkville{{efn, group=MS, Almost all of the Mississippi State campus, including the university's athletic facilities, is located in a part of unincorporated Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County that is designated by the
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U. ...
as Mississippi State, Mississippi.
, Davis Wade Stadium
, SEC
, 1895
, -
, Ole Miss Rebels, Ole Miss
, Ole Miss Rebels football, Rebels
, Oxford, Mississippi, Oxford
, Vaught–Hemingway Stadium
, SEC
, 1890
, -
, Southern Miss Golden Eagles and Lady Eagles, Southern Miss
, Southern Miss Golden Eagles football, Golden Eagles
, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Hattiesburg
, M. M. Roberts Stadium
,
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Nebraska
, Nebraska Cornhuskers football, Cornhuskers
, Lincoln, Nebraska, Lincoln
, Memorial Stadium (Lincoln), Memorial Stadium
,
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, Rutgers
, Rutgers Scarlet Knights football, Scarlet Knights
, Piscataway, New Jersey, Piscataway{{efn, group=NJ, Rutgers' campus spans New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Brunswick and Piscataway.
, SHI Stadium
,
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
, 1869
{{notelist, group=NJ
New Mexico
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, New Mexico Lobos, New Mexico
, New Mexico Lobos football, Lobos
, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Albuquerque
, University Stadium (Albuquerque), University Stadium
, MW
, 1892
, -
,
New Mexico State
New Mexico State University (NMSU or NM State) is a public land-grant research university based primarily in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest public institution of higher education in New Mexico and one of the state's tw ...
, New Mexico State Aggies football, Aggies
, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Las Cruces
, Aggie Memorial Stadium
,
Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independe ...
{{efn, group=NM, New Mexico State will move to C-USA in 2023.
, 1893
{{notelist, group=NM
New York
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Army Black Knights, Army
, Army Black Knights football, Black Knights
, West Point, New York, West Point
, Michie Stadium
,
Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independe ...
, 1890
, -
, Buffalo Bulls, Buffalo
, Buffalo Bulls football, Bulls
, Amherst, New York, Amherst
, University at Buffalo Stadium
,
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
, 1894
, -
, Syracuse Orange, Syracuse
, Syracuse Orange football, Orange
, Syracuse, New York, Syracuse
, JMA Wireless Dome
, ACC
, 1889
North Carolina
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Appalachian State Mountaineers, Appalachian State
, Appalachian State Mountaineers football, Mountaineers
, Boone, North Carolina, Boone
, Kidd Brewer Stadium
,
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
, 1928
, -
, Charlotte 49ers, Charlotte
, Charlotte 49ers football, 49ers
, Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte
, Jerry Richardson Stadium
,
C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
{{efn, group=NC, Charlotte will move to The American in 2023.
, 2013
, -
, Duke Blue Devils, Duke
, Duke Blue Devils football, Blue Devils
, Durham, North Carolina, Durham
, Wallace Wade Stadium
, ACC
, 1888
, -
, East Carolina Pirates, East Carolina
, East Carolina Pirates football, Pirates
, Greenville, North Carolina, Greenville
, Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium
, The American
, 1932
, -
, NC State Wolfpack, NC State
, NC State Wolfpack football, Wolfpack
, Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh
, Carter–Finley Stadium
, ACC
, 1892
, -
, North Carolina Tar Heels, North Carolina
, North Carolina Tar Heels football, Tar Heels
, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Chapel Hill
, Kenan Memorial Stadium
, ACC
, 1888
, -
, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Wake Forest
, Wake Forest Demon Deacons football, Demon Deacons
, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Winston-Salem
, Truist Field at Wake Forest
, ACC
, 1888
{{notelist, group=NC
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
, 1891
, -
, Bowling Green Falcons, Bowling Green
, Bowling Green Falcons football, Falcons
, Bowling Green, Ohio, Bowling Green
, Doyt Perry Stadium
,
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
, 1919
, -
, Cincinnati Bearcats, Cincinnati
, Cincinnati Bearcats football, Bearcats
, Cincinnati
, Nippert Stadium
, The American{{efn, group=OH, Cincinnati will move to the
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...
in 2023.
, 1885
, -
, Kent State Golden Flashes, Kent State
, Kent State Golden Flashes football, Golden Flashes
, Kent, Ohio, Kent
, Dix Stadium
,
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
, 1894
, -
, Ohio State Buckeyes, Ohio State
, Ohio State Buckeyes football, Buckeyes
, Columbus, Ohio, Columbus
, Ohio Stadium
,
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
MAC
Mac or MAC most commonly refers to:
* Mac (computer), a family of personal computers made by Apple Inc.
* Mackintosh, a raincoat made of rubberized cloth
* A variant of the word macaroni, mostly used in the name of the dish mac and cheese
* Mac, ...
, 1917
{{notelist, group=OH
Oklahoma
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Oklahoma Sooners, Oklahoma
, Oklahoma Sooners football, Sooners
, Norman, Oklahoma, Norman
, Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
,
Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
{{efn, group=OK, Oklahoma will move to the Southeastern Conference no later than 2025.
, 1895
, -
, Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls, Oklahoma State
, Oklahoma State Cowboys football, Cowboys
, Stillwater, Oklahoma, Stillwater
, Boone Pickens Stadium
,
Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
, 1901
, -
, Tulsa Golden Hurricane, Tulsa
, Tulsa Golden Hurricane football, Golden Hurricane
, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa
, Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
, The American
, 1895
{{notelist, group=OK
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
, 1894
, -
, Oregon State Beavers, Oregon State
, Oregon State Beavers football, Beavers
, Corvallis, Oregon, Corvallis
, Reser Stadium
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
, 1893
Pennsylvania
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Penn State Nittany Lions, Penn State
, Penn State Nittany Lions football, Nittany Lions
, State College, Pennsylvania, State College{{efn, group=PA, Most of the Penn State campus, including the football stadium, lies outside the municipality of State College, instead lying in a portion of College Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, College Township designated by the U.S. Postal Service as University Park, Pennsylvania.
, Beaver Stadium
,
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
, 1881
, -
, Pittsburgh Panthers, Pittsburgh
, Pittsburgh Panthers football, Panthers
, Pittsburgh
, Acrisure Stadium
, ACC
, 1890
, -
, Temple Owls, Temple
, Temple Owls football, Owls
, Philadelphia
, Lincoln Financial Field
, The American
, 1895
{{notelist, group=PA
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
, 2003
, -
, South Carolina Gamecocks, South Carolina
, South Carolina Gamecocks football, Gamecocks
, Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia
, Williams–Brice Stadium
, SEC
, 1892
Tennessee
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Memphis Tigers, Memphis
, Memphis Tigers football, Tigers
, Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis
, Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
, The American
, 1912
, -
, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, Middle Tennessee
, Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football, Blue Raiders
, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Murfreesboro
, Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
,
C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
, 1899
, -
, Houston Cougars, Houston
, Houston Cougars football, Cougars
, Houston
, TDECU Stadium
, The American{{efn, group=TX, Houston will move to the
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...
in 2023.
, 1946
, -
, North Texas Mean Green, North Texas
, North Texas Mean Green football, Mean Green
, Denton, Texas, Denton
, Apogee Stadium
,
C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
{{efn, group=TX, name=American, North Texas, Rice, and UTSA will move to The American in 2023.
, 1913
, -
, Rice Owls, Rice
, Rice Owls football, Owls
, Houston
, Rice Stadium (Rice University), Rice Stadium
,
C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
{{efn, group=TX, name=American
, 1912
, -
, Sam Houston State University, Sam Houston
, Sam Houston State Bearkats football, Bearkats
, Huntsville, Texas, Huntsville
, Bowers Stadium
, Western Athletic Conference, WAC (FCS){{efn, group=TX, Sam Houston will move to C-USA in 2023.
, 1912
, -
, SMU Mustangs, SMU
, SMU Mustangs football, Mustangs
, University Park, Texas, University Park{{efn, group=TX, Virtually all of the SMU campus, including the football stadium, lies in University Park, Texas, University Park, which together with its neighbor Highland Park, Texas, Highland Park forms an enclave within the Dallas city limits. The U.S. Postal Service considers all locations within University Park and Highland Park to have a Dallas mailing address.
, Gerald J. Ford Stadium
, The American
, 1915
, -
, TCU Horned Frogs, TCU
, TCU Horned Frogs football, Horned Frogs
, Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth
, Amon G. Carter Stadium
,
Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
{{efn, group=TX, Texas will move to the Southeastern Conference no later than 2025.
, 1893
, -
, Texas A&M Aggies, Texas A&M
, Texas A&M Aggies football, Aggies
, College Station, Texas, College Station
, Kyle Field
, SEC
, 1894
, -
, Texas State Bobcats, Texas State
, Texas State Bobcats football, Bobcats
, San Marcos, Texas, San Marcos
, Bobcat Stadium (Texas State), Bobcat Stadium
,
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
, 1904
, -
, Texas Tech Red Raiders and Lady Raiders, Texas Tech
, Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Red Raiders
, Lubbock, Texas, Lubbock
, Jones AT&T Stadium and Cody Campbell Field
,
Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
, 1925
, -
, UTEP Miners, UTEP
, UTEP Miners football, Miners
, El Paso, Texas, El Paso
, Sun Bowl (stadium), Sun Bowl
,
C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
, 1914
, -
, UTSA Roadrunners, UTSA
, UTSA Roadrunners football, Roadrunners
, San Antonio
, Alamodome
,
C-USA
Conference USA (C-USA or CUSA) is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are ...
Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independe ...
{{efn, group=UT, BYU will move to the
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...
in 2023.
, 1922
, -
, Utah Utes, Utah
, Utah Utes football, Utes
, Salt Lake City
, Rice–Eccles Stadium
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
, 1892
, -
, Utah State Aggies, Utah State
, Utah State Aggies football, Aggies
, Logan, Utah, Logan
, Maverik Stadium
, MW
, 1892
{{notelist, group=UT
Virginia
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, James Madison University, James Madison
, James Madison Dukes football, Dukes
, Harrisonburg, Virginia, Harrisonburg
, Bridgeforth Stadium
,
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
, 1972
, -
, Liberty Flames and Lady Flames, Liberty
, Flames
, Lynchburg, Virginia, Lynchburg
, Williams Stadium
,
Independent
Independent or Independents may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups
* Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s
* Independe ...
{{efn, group=VA, Liberty will move to C-USA in 2023.
, 1973
, -
,
Old Dominion
Old Dominion most commonly refers to:
*The Old Dominion, a nickname for the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia
**Colony of Virginia
*Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia
**Old Dominion Monarchs, the athletic teams represen ...
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
, 2009
, -
, Virginia Cavaliers, Virginia
, Virginia Cavaliers football, Cavaliers
, Charlottesville, Virginia, Charlottesville
, Scott Stadium
, ACC
, 1888
, -
, Virginia Tech Hokies, Virginia Tech
, Virginia Tech Hokies football, Hokies
, Blacksburg, Virginia, Blacksburg
, Lane Stadium
, ACC
, 1892
, -
{{notelist, group=VA
Washington
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Washington Huskies, Washington
, Washington Huskies football, Huskies
, Seattle
, Husky Stadium
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
, 1889
, -
, Washington State Cougars, Washington State
, Washington State Cougars football, Cougars
, Pullman, Washington, Pullman
, Martin Stadium
,
Pac-12
The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly Division ...
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Islands
* Marshall Islands, a ...
, Marshall Thundering Herd football, Thundering Herd
, Huntington, West Virginia, Huntington
, Joan C. Edwards Stadium
,
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the Southeast and Southwest. Another rough definition of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel. Several climates can be found in the region — d ...
, 1895
, -
, West Virginia Mountaineers, West Virginia
, West Virginia Mountaineers football, Mountaineers
, Morgantown, West Virginia, Morgantown
, Milan Puskar Stadium
,
Big 12
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its f ...
Big Ten
The Big Ten Conference (stylized B1G, formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference) is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representati ...
, 1889
Wyoming
{, class="wikitable sortable"
, -
!Team
!Nickname
!City
!Stadium
!Current conference
!First played
, -
, Wyoming Cowboys and Cowgirls, Wyoming
, Wyoming Cowboys football, Cowboys
, Laramie, Wyoming, Laramie
, War Memorial Stadium (Laramie, Wyoming), War Memorial Stadium
, MW
, 1893
*Nine U.S. state, states (Alaska, Delaware, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont) and Washington, D.C. do not have FBS programs.
See also
{{Portal, College football
* List of NCAA Division I non-football programs
References
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