Football Colleges by State 2025

Texas
22
North Carolina
14
New York
12
California
11
Louisiana
11
Pennsylvania
11
Alabama
10
Florida
10
Ohio
10
Tennessee
10
Virginia
10
South Carolina
9
Illinois
7
Indiana
7
Georgia
6
Kentucky
6
Mississippi
6
Massachusetts
5
Michigan
5
Utah
5
Arkansas
4
Colorado
4
Connecticut
4
Iowa
4
Maryland
4
Missouri
4
Arizona
3
Idaho
3
New Jersey
3
Oklahoma
3
Oregon
3
Rhode Island
3
Washington
3
Delaware
2
District of Columbia
2
Kansas
2
Montana
2
Nevada
2
New Hampshire
2
New Mexico
2
North Dakota
2
South Dakota
2
West Virginia
2
Hawaii
1
Maine
1
Minnesota
1
Nebraska
1
Wisconsin
1
Wyoming
1
  • The first table lists the number of major football colleges in each state. The second table lists each college by name.
  • Data accurate as of August 2023. However, conference realignment is ongoing.
  • AAC = American Athletic Conference
  • ACC = Atlantic Coast Conference
  • CAA = Colonial Athletic Association
  • MAC = Mid-American Conference
  • MEAC = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
  • MVFC = Missouri Valley Football Conference
  • NEC = Northeast Conference
  • OVC = Ohio Valley Conference
  • SEC = Southeastern Conference
  • SoCon = Southern Conference
  • SWAC = Southwestern Athletic Conference
  • SBC = Sun Belt Conference
  • UAC = United Athletic Conference, an unofficial merger of WAC and ASUN
  • WAC = Western Athletic Conference