D1 Football Schools
Every NCAA Division I football program — 128 FBS schools (the top competitive tier, bowl games and the College Football Playoff) and 130 FCS schools (the championship-bracket subdivision), grouped by conference.
FBS — Football Bowl Subdivision — 128 schools
The highest level of college football: full scholarship limits, bowl eligibility, and the College Football Playoff.
American Athletic Conference
- East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina19,896 students89% admitted
- Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida23,757 students66% admitted
- Rice UniversityHouston, Texas4,776 students8% admitted
- Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania20,970 students80% admitted
- The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas30,580 students87% admitted
- Tulane University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana7,767 students14% admitted
- University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham, Alabama11,635 students88% admitted
- University of MemphisMemphis, Tennessee12,701 students72% admitted
- University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina24,453 students80% admitted
- University of North TexasDenton, Texas34,341 students72% admitted
- University of South FloridaTampa, Florida37,207 students43% admitted
- University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma2,813 students62% admitted
Atlantic Coast Conference
- Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts10,085 students16% admitted
- Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina23,300 students38% admitted
- Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina6,442 students6% admitted
- Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida32,212 students24% admitted
- Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia18,785 students14% admitted
- North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina27,371 students42% admitted
- Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas7,277 students63% admitted
- Stanford UniversityStanford, California7,554 students4% admitted
- Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York15,477 students46% admitted
- University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California33,068 students11% admitted
- University of LouisvilleLouisville, Kentucky14,727 students79% admitted
- University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida12,913 students19% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina20,752 students15% admitted
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania20,370 students58% admitted
- University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia17,597 students17% admitted
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia30,923 students55% admitted
- Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina5,485 students22% admitted
Big Ten Conference
- Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana37,806 students78% admitted
- Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan40,922 students85% admitted
- Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois9,201 students8% admitted
- Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, Ohio45,638 students61% admitted
- Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania42,284 students61% admitted
- Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana44,503 students50% admitted
- Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey37,751 students58% admitted
- University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California33,475 students9% admitted
- University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois36,258 students42% admitted
- University of IowaIowa City, Iowa22,264 students84% admitted
- University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland30,760 students45% admitted
- University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan34,177 students16% admitted
- University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota31,855 students80% admitted
- University of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, Nebraska19,178 students87% admitted
- University of OregonEugene, Oregon20,497 students88% admitted
- University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California20,443 students10% admitted
- University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington31,942 students39% admitted
- University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin36,902 students45% admitted
Big Twelve Conference
- Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona64,674 students90% admitted
- Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas14,785 students51% admitted
- Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah32,952 students68% admitted
- Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa25,367 students89% admitted
- Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas15,142 students82% admitted
- Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma21,773 students75% admitted
- Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas11,026 students44% admitted
- Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas32,394 students73% admitted
- University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona42,537 students86% admitted
- University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida59,146 students40% admitted
- University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio29,882 students85% admitted
- University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado31,939 students78% admitted
- University of HoustonHouston, Texas38,380 students74% admitted
- University of KansasLawrence, Kansas21,217 students93% admitted
- University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah27,264 students86% admitted
- West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia17,385 students89% admitted
Conference USA
- Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama7,036 students78% admitted
- Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia50,012 students99% admitted
- Louisiana Tech UniversityRuston, Louisiana8,312 students86% admitted
- Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee16,301 students69% admitted
- New Mexico State University-Main CampusLas Cruces, New Mexico11,946 students89% admitted
- Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas17,743 students90% admitted
- The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas21,005 students100% admitted
- Western Kentucky UniversityBowling Green, Kentucky12,155 students94% admitted
Division I Independents
Division I-A Independents
Independent Northeast Region
Mid-American Conference
- Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana13,988 students86% admitted
- Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio12,812 students81% admitted
- Central Michigan UniversityMount Pleasant, Michigan10,035 students90% admitted
- Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan10,055 students80% admitted
- Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio19,320 students86% admitted
- Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio16,656 students75% admitted
- Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois11,301 students70% admitted
- Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio19,633 students85% admitted
- University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York20,112 students74% admitted
- University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio9,052 students60% admitted
- University of ToledoToledo, Ohio9,770 students92% admitted
- Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan12,568 students85% admitted
Mountain West Conference
- Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho17,674 students87% admitted
- California State University-FresnoFresno, California21,605 students95% admitted
- Colorado State University-Fort CollinsFort Collins, Colorado25,538 students89% admitted
- San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California35,377 students36% admitted
- San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California27,601 students85% admitted
- University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii15,029 students87% admitted
- University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada24,622 students96% admitted
- University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada15,599 students74% admitted
- University of New Mexico-Main CampusAlbuquerque, New Mexico17,244 students95% admitted
- University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming7,944 students97% admitted
- Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah20,272 students92% admitted
Pacific-12 Conference
Southeastern Conference
- Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama26,816 students46% admitted
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana30,594 students73% admitted
- Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi18,397 students78% admitted
- Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas59,615 students57% admitted
- The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama33,227 students77% admitted
- The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleKnoxville, Tennessee30,418 students42% admitted
- The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas42,855 students27% admitted
- University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas28,677 students74% admitted
- University of FloridaGainesville, Florida35,629 students24% admitted
- University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia32,137 students38% admitted
- University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky24,763 students93% admitted
- University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi21,473 students97% admitted
- University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri23,929 students78% admitted
- University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma22,734 students77% admitted
- University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina29,820 students60% admitted
- Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee7,208 students6% admitted
Sun Belt Conference
- Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North Carolina19,444 students90% admitted
- Arkansas State UniversityJonesboro, Arkansas9,110 students82% admitted
- Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, South Carolina10,377 students75% admitted
- Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, Georgia21,790 students88% admitted
- Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, Georgia26,623 students55% admitted
- Marshall UniversityHuntington, West Virginia7,266 students96% admitted
- Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia17,514 students90% admitted
- Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas36,177 students89% admitted
- Troy UniversityTroy, Alabama9,805 students96% admitted
- University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, Louisiana12,428 students87% admitted
- University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroe, Louisiana5,022 students85% admitted
- University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama8,879 students71% admitted
- University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi10,075 students99% admitted
FCS — Football Championship Subdivision — 130 schools
Division I football with a 24-team playoff instead of bowls — including the Ivy League, HBCU conferences, and most state flagships' in-state rivals.
Atlantic Sun Conference
Big Sky Conference
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California21,996 students31% admitted
- California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California28,350 students94% admitted
- Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington6,222 students91% admitted
- Idaho State UniversityPocatello, Idaho7,583 students
- Montana State UniversityBozeman, Montana14,451 students82% admitted
- Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona22,903 students90% admitted
- Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon13,182 students91% admitted
- The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana7,488 students96% admitted
- University of California-DavisDavis, California32,253 students42% admitted
- University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho7,747 students76% admitted
- University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado5,598 students86% admitted
- Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah16,360 students
Big South Conference
Colonial Athletic Association
- Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island3,194 students65% admitted
- Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina2,680 students87% admitted
- Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina6,452 students66% admitted
- Hampton UniversityHampton, Virginia3,727 students62% admitted
- Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, New Jersey3,684 students89% admitted
- North Carolina A & T State UniversityGreensboro, North Carolina12,182 students50% admitted
- Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York18,101 students49% admitted
- Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland16,136 students82% admitted
- University at AlbanyAlbany, New York12,564 students69% admitted
- University of DelawareNewark, Delaware19,071 students71% admitted
- University of MaineOrono, Maine8,496 students97% admitted
- University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire11,261 students88% admitted
- University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island13,381 students72% admitted
- University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia2,980 students22% admitted
- Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania6,938 students27% admitted
- William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia7,055 students34% admitted
Gulf South Conference
Ivy Group
- Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island7,226 students5% admitted
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York8,973 students4% admitted
- Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York15,995 students9% admitted
- Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire4,541 students5% admitted
- Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts7,601 students4% admitted
- Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey5,709 students5% admitted
- University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania10,650 students5% admitted
- Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut6,758 students4% admitted
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
- Delaware State UniversityDover, Delaware4,398 students47% admitted
- Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, Florida7,582 students21% admitted
- Howard UniversityWashington, District of Columbia10,108 students41% admitted
- Morgan State UniversityBaltimore, Maryland9,019 students82% admitted
- Norfolk State UniversityNorfolk, Virginia5,392 students88% admitted
- North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, North Carolina6,081 students87% admitted
- South Carolina State UniversityOrangeburg, South Carolina2,934 students83% admitted
Missouri Valley Conference
- Illinois State UniversityNormal, Illinois19,057 students88% admitted
- Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana6,188 students81% admitted
- Missouri State University-SpringfieldSpringfield, Missouri13,313 students91% admitted
- Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky6,688 students86% admitted
- North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota9,471 students95% admitted
- South Dakota State UniversityBrookings, South Dakota9,198 students98% admitted
- Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleCarbondale, Illinois8,494 students87% admitted
- University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota9,981 students77% admitted
- University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa7,529 students93% admitted
- University of South DakotaVermillion, South Dakota5,439 students99% admitted
- Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, Ohio7,961 students84% admitted
Northeast Conference
- Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut7,822 students73% admitted
- Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania5,350 students84% admitted
- Long Island UniversityBrookville, New York5,520 students86% admitted
- Mercyhurst UniversityErie, Pennsylvania2,191 students81% admitted
- Robert Morris UniversityMoon Township, Pennsylvania2,896 students90% admitted
- Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut7,087 students65% admitted
- Saint Francis UniversityLoretto, Pennsylvania1,557 students77% admitted
- Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts2,528 students66% admitted
- Wagner CollegeStaten Island, New York1,651 students88% admitted
Ohio Valley Conference
- Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois4,188 students65% admitted
- Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, Missouri4,624 students57% admitted
- Southeast Missouri State UniversityCape Girardeau, Missouri6,373 students74% admitted
- Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee4,848 students70% admitted
- Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee8,698 students76% admitted
- The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, Tennessee4,866 students88% admitted
- Western Illinois UniversityMacomb, Illinois4,410 students71% admitted
Patriot League
- Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania3,876 students29% admitted
- Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York3,180 students14% admitted
- College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts3,106 students18% admitted
- Fordham UniversityBronx, New York10,512 students59% admitted
- Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia7,569 students13% admitted
- Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania2,757 students31% admitted
- Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania5,898 students26% admitted
Pioneer Football League
- Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana4,317 students85% admitted
- Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina1,867 students13% admitted
- Drake UniversityDes Moines, Iowa2,543 students64% admitted
- Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York5,182 students57% admitted
- Morehead State UniversityMorehead, Kentucky4,578 students77% admitted
- Stetson UniversityDeLand, Florida2,297 students72% admitted
- University of DaytonDayton, Ohio7,682 students65% admitted
- University of San DiegoSan Diego, California5,671 students52% admitted
- University of St ThomasSaint Paul, Minnesota6,245 students85% admitted
- Valparaiso UniversityValparaiso, Indiana2,083 students89% admitted
Southern Conference
- Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina2,705 students23% admitted
- East Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, Tennessee10,004 students86% admitted
- Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina2,379 students43% admitted
- Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia4,500 students69% admitted
- Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama4,206 students82% admitted
- The University of Tennessee-ChattanoogaChattanooga, Tennessee10,074 students81% admitted
- Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia1,527 students71% admitted
- Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, North Carolina10,024 students82% admitted
- Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina1,816 students52% admitted
Southland Conference
- East Texas A&M UniversityCommerce, Texas9,912 students92% admitted
- Houston Christian UniversityHouston, Texas2,886 students84% admitted
- Lamar UniversityBeaumont, Texas8,150 students86% admitted
- McNeese State UniversityLake Charles, Louisiana5,005 students78% admitted
- Nicholls State UniversityThibodaux, Louisiana4,737 students91% admitted
- Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches, Louisiana5,519 students93% admitted
- Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana9,514 students99% admitted
- Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas8,728 students94% admitted
- University of the Incarnate WordSan Antonio, Texas4,440 students98% admitted
Southwestern Athletic Conference
- Alabama A & M UniversityNormal, Alabama6,124 students58% admitted
- Alabama State UniversityMontgomery, Alabama3,477 students98% admitted
- Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State, Mississippi2,363 students45% admitted
- Bethune-Cookman UniversityDaytona Beach, Florida2,732 students88% admitted
- Grambling State UniversityGrambling, Louisiana4,164 students45% admitted
- Jackson State UniversityJackson, Mississippi4,600 students93% admitted
- Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena, Mississippi1,439 students92% admitted
- Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie View, Texas8,877 students79% admitted
- Southern University and A & M CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana5,519 students35% admitted
- Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas6,844 students97% admitted
- University of Arkansas at Pine BluffPine Bluff, Arkansas1,807 students41% admitted
Sun Belt Conference
United Athletic Conference
Western Athletic Conference
Divisions and rosters from the US Department of Education's Equity in Athletics data (2024–25); conference membership from IPEDS. Recent reclassifications can lag a season.