NCAA Men’s Football Teams

Below is a list of NCAA men’s football teams at the Division I, II, and III level. Our list focuses on football programs at the most selective colleges and universities in the U.S.

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Unit ID	Institution	TAG	Division	Conference	Region	Selectivity
210669	Allegheny College		III	Presidents' Athletic	Region II	Moderately Selective
164465	Amherst College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Most Selective
197869	Appalachian State University	App State	I-FBS	Sun Belt	Unassigned	Less Selective
104151	Arizona State University	ASU	I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Less Selective
100858	Auburn University		I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
160977	Bates College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Very Selective
223232	Baylor University		I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
238333	Beloit College		III	Midwest	Region V	Moderately Selective
164739	Bentley University		II	Northeast-10	Super Region 1	Moderately Selective
142115	Boise State University		I-FBS	Mountain West	West	Less Selective
164924	Boston College	BC	I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
161004	Bowdoin College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Most Selective
230038	Brigham Young University-Provo	BYU	I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
217156	Brown University		I-FCS	The Ivy League	East	Most Selective
217165	Bryant University		I-FCS	Ohio Valley	Central	Moderately Selective
211291	Bucknell University		I-FCS	Patriot League	East	Very Selective
150163	Butler University		I-FCS	Pioneer Football League	Central	Moderately Selective
110422	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Cal Poly	I-FCS	Big Sky	West	Extremely Selective
110556	California State University-Fresno		I-FBS	Mountain West	Unassigned	Less Selective
110592	California State University-Los Angeles		I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Less Selective
173258	Carleton College		III	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Extremely Selective
211440	Carnegie Mellon University	CMU	III	Presidents' Athletic	Region II	Most Selective
201645	Case Western Reserve University		III	Presidents' Athletic	Region II	Extremely Selective
131283	Catholic University of America		III	Landmark	Region II	Moderately Selective
156408	Centre College		III	Southern Athletic	Region III	Moderately Selective
111948	Chapman University		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Moderately Selective
112260	Claremont McKenna College	CMC	III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Most Selective
217882	Clemson University		I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
161086	Colby College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Most Selective
190099	Colgate University		I-FCS	Patriot League	East	Extremely Selective
166124	College of the Holy Cross		I-FCS	Patriot League	East	Very Selective
231624	College of William and Mary	W&M	I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Very Selective
126775	Colorado School of Mines		II	Rocky Mountain Athletic	Super Region 4	Moderately Selective
126818	Colorado State University	CSU	I-FBS	Mountain West	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
190150	Columbia University in the City of New York		I-FCS	The Ivy League	East	Most Selective
153162	Cornell College		III	Midwest	Region V	Moderately Selective
190415	Cornell University		I-FCS	The Ivy League	East	Most Selective
182670	Dartmouth College		I-FCS	The Ivy League	East	Most Selective
198385	Davidson College		I-FCS	Pioneer Football League	Central	Extremely Selective
202523	Denison University		III	North Coast Athletic	Region IV	Very Selective
150400	DePauw University		III	North Coast Athletic	Region IV	Moderately Selective
212009	Dickinson College		III	Centennial	Region II	Very Selective
153269	Drake University		I-FCS	Pioneer Football League	Central	Moderately Selective
198419	Duke University		I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Most Selective
212106	Duquesne University		I-FCS	Northeast	East	Moderately Selective
198464	East Carolina University	ECU	I-FBS	American Athletic	Unassigned	Less Selective
198516	Elon University		I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Moderately Selective
133669	Florida Atlantic University	FAU	I-FBS	American Athletic	South	Less Selective
133951	Florida International University	FIU	I-FBS	Conference USA	South	Less Selective
134097	Florida State University	FSU	I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Very Selective
191241	Fordham University		I-FCS	Patriot League	East	Moderately Selective
212577	Franklin and Marshall College	F&M	III	Centennial	Region II	Very Selective
218070	Furman University		I-FCS	Southern	South	Moderately Selective
131496	Georgetown University		I-FCS	Patriot League	East	Most Selective
139755	Georgia Institute of Technology	Georgia Tech	I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
139940	Georgia State University		I-FBS	Sun Belt	South	Less Selective
212674	Gettysburg College		III	Centennial	Region II	Moderately Selective
153384	Grinnell College		III	Midwest	Region V	Most Selective
212805	Grove City College		III	Presidents' Athletic	Region II	Moderately Selective
173647	Gustavus Adolphus College		III	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Moderately Selective
191515	Hamilton College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Most Selective
150756	Hanover College		III	Heartland Collegiate Athletic	Region IV	Moderately Selective
166027	Harvard University		I-FCS	The Ivy League	East	Most Selective
115409	Harvey Mudd College	HMC	III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Most Selective
107080	Hendrix College		III	Southern Athletic	Region III	Moderately Selective
170286	Hillsdale College		II	Great Midwest Athletic	Super Region 1	Extremely Selective
191630	Hobart William Smith Colleges		III	Liberty League	Region II	Moderately Selective
170301	Hope College		III	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Region IV	Moderately Selective
131520	Howard University	HU	I-FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic	South	Moderately Selective
145646	Illinois Wesleyan University		III	College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin	Region V	Moderately Selective
151351	Indiana University-Bloomington	IUB	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
153603	Iowa State University		I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Less Selective
191968	Ithaca College		III	Liberty League	Region II	Moderately Selective
232423	James Madison University	JMU	I-FBS	Sun Belt	East	Moderately Selective
162928	Johns Hopkins University	JHU	III	Centennial	Region II	Most Selective
213251	Juniata College		III	Landmark	Region II	Moderately Selective
170532	Kalamazoo College		III	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Region IV	Moderately Selective
155399	Kansas State University		I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Less Selective
203535	Kenyon College		III	North Coast Athletic	Region IV	Very Selective
146427	Knox College		III	Midwest	Region V	Moderately Selective
213385	Lafayette College		I-FCS	Patriot League	East	Very Selective
146481	Lake Forest College		III	Midwest	Region V	Moderately Selective
239017	Lawrence University		III	Midwest	Region V	Moderately Selective
213543	Lehigh University		I-FCS	Patriot League	East	Very Selective
209056	Lewis & Clark College		III	Northwest	Region VI	Moderately Selective
159391	Louisiana State University	LSU	I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
173902	Macalester College		III	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Extremely Selective
161299	Maine Maritime Academy		III	Commonwealth Coast	Region I	Moderately Selective
192819	Marist College		I-FCS	Pioneer Football League	Central	Moderately Selective
166683	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MIT	III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Region I	Most Selective
140447	Mercer University		I-FCS	Southern	South	Moderately Selective
204024	Miami University-Oxford		I-FBS	Mid-American	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
171100	Michigan State University	MSU	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Less Selective
171128	Michigan Technological University		II	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic	Super Region 3	Moderately Selective
230959	Middlebury College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Most Selective
176080	Mississippi State University		I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Less Selective
178411	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MUST	II	Great Lakes Valley	Super Region 3	Moderately Selective
180461	Montana State University - Bozeman		I-FCS	Big Sky	West	Less Selective
140553	Morehouse College		II	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic	Super Region 2	Less Selective
214175	Muhlenberg College		III	Centennial	Region II	Moderately Selective
199193	North Carolina State University	NC State	I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Very Selective
147767	Northwestern University		I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Most Selective
204501	Oberlin College		III	North Coast Athletic	Region IV	Extremely Selective
204796	Ohio State University	OSU	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
204857	Ohio University	OU	I-FBS	Mid-American	Unassigned	Less Selective
204909	Ohio Wesleyan University		III	North Coast Athletic	Region IV	Moderately Selective
209542	Oregon State University	OSU	I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Less Selective
214777	Pennsylvania State University	PSU; Penn State	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
121257	Pitzer College		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Extremely Selective
121345	Pomona College		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Most Selective
186131	Princeton University		I-FCS	The Ivy League	East	Most Selective
243780	Purdue University-Main Campus		I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
194824	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	RPI	III	Liberty League	Region II	Moderately Selective
221351	Rhodes College		III	Southern Athletic	Region III	Moderately Selective
227757	Rice University		I-FBS	American Athletic	Unassigned	Most Selective
152318	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	RHIT	III	Heartland Collegiate Athletic	Region IV	Moderately Selective
184782	Rowan University		III	New Jersey Athletic	Region II	Less Selective
186380	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	RU	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
183239	Saint Anselm College		II	Northeast-10	Super Region 1	Moderately Selective
122409	San Diego State University	SDSU	I-FBS	Mountain West	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
122755	San Jose State University	SJSU	I-FBS	Mountain West	Unassigned	Less Selective
228246	Southern Methodist University	SMU	I-FBS	American Athletic	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
228343	Southwestern University (TX)		III	Southern Athletic	Region III	Moderately Selective
195216	St. Lawrence University	SLU	III	Liberty League	Region II	Moderately Selective
174844	St. Olaf College		III	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Very Selective
243744	Stanford University		I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Most Selective
137546	Stetson University		I-FCS	Pioneer Football League	Central	Less Selective
167996	Stonehill College		I-FCS	Northeast	East	Less Selective
196097	Stony Brook University		I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Very Selective
196413	Syracuse University		I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
216339	Temple University		I-FBS	American Athletic	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
228723	Texas A & M University-College Station		I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
228875	Texas Christian University	TCU	I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
229115	Texas Tech University		I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
187134	The College of New Jersey	TCNJ	III	New Jersey Athletic	Region II	Moderately Selective
206589	The College of Wooster		III	North Coast Athletic	Region IV	Moderately Selective
100751	The University of Alabama		I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Less Selective
180489	The University of Montana		I-FCS	Big Sky	West	Less Selective
221759	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	UTK	I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
228778	The University of Texas at Austin	UT Austin	I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Very Selective
221519	The University of the South		III	Southern Athletic	Region III	Moderately Selective
164076	Towson University		I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Less Selective
130590	Trinity College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Very Selective
229267	Trinity University		III	Southern Athletic	Region III	Extremely Selective
178615	Truman State University		II	Great Lakes Valley	Super Region 3	Moderately Selective
168148	Tufts University		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Most Selective
160755	Tulane University of Louisiana		I-FBS	American Athletic	Unassigned	Most Selective
196866	Union College		III	Liberty League	Region II	Very Selective
128328	United States Air Force Academy	USAFA	I-FBS	Mountain West	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
130624	United States Coast Guard Academy	USCGA	III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Region I	Moderately Selective
197027	United States Merchant Marine Academy		III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Region I	Moderately Selective
197036	United States Military Academy	USMA	I-FBS	Independent	Unassigned	Very Selective
164155	United States Naval Academy		I-FBS	American Athletic	Unassigned	Very Selective
196088	University at Buffalo		I-FBS	Mid-American	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
100663	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB	I-FBS	American Athletic	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
104179	University of Arizona	UA	I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Less Selective
106397	University of Arkansas - Fayetteville		I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Less Selective
110635	University of California-Berkeley	UCB: UC Berkeley	I-FBS	Pac-12	West	Extremely Selective
110644	University of California-Davis	UCD; UC Davis	I-FCS	Big Sky	West	Very Selective
110662	University of California-Los Angeles	UCLA	I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
132903	University of Central Florida	UCF	I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
144050	University of Chicago	UChicago	III	Midwest	Region V	Most Selective
201885	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus		I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
126614	University of Colorado Boulder		I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
129020	University of Connecticut	UConn	I-FBS	Independent	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
130943	University of Delaware	UD	I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Moderately Selective
134130	University of Florida	UF	I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
139959	University of Georgia	UGA	I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Very Selective
225511	University of Houston		I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
142285	University of Idaho		I-FCS	Big Sky	West	Less Selective
145637	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	UIUC	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
153658	University of Iowa		I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Less Selective
155317	University of Kansas	KU	I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Less Selective
157085	University of Kentucky	UK	I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Less Selective
157289	University of Louisville		I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Less Selective
161253	University of Maine		I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Less Selective
163286	University of Maryland-College Park	UMD	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Very Selective
166629	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	UMass Amherst	I-FBS	Independent	East	Moderately Selective
135726	University of Miami	UM	I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
170976	University of Michigan	UMich	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
174233	University of Minnesota-Duluth		II	Northern Sun Intercollegiate	Super Region 4	Less Selective
174251	University of Minnesota-Morris		III	Upper Midwest Athletic	Region VI	Less Selective
174066	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	UMN	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
176017	University of Mississippi	Ole Miss	I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Less Selective
178396	University of Missouri-Columbia	Mizzou	I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
181464	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	UNL	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Less Selective
182281	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	UNLV	I-FBS	Mountain West	Unassigned	Less Selective
182290	University of Nevada-Reno	UNR	I-FBS	Mountain West	Unassigned	Less Selective
183044	University of New Hampshire	UNH	I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Moderately Selective
199120	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	UNC Chapel Hill	I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
199139	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNCC; UNC Charlotte	I-FBS	American Athletic	Unassigned	Less Selective
152080	University of Notre Dame	UND	I-FBS	Independent	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
207500	University of Oklahoma	OU	I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
209551	University of Oregon		I-FBS	Pac-12	West	Moderately Selective
215062	University of Pennsylvania	UPenn	I-FCS	The Ivy League	East	Most Selective
215293	University of Pittsburgh		I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
236328	University of Puget Sound		III	Northwest	Region VI	Moderately Selective
121691	University of Redlands		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	Region VI	Less Selective
217484	University of Rhode Island	URI	I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Moderately Selective
233374	University of Richmond		I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Extremely Selective
195030	University of Rochester		III	Liberty League	Region II	Very Selective
122436	University of San Diego	USD	I-FCS	Pioneer Football League	Central	Moderately Selective
218663	University of South Carolina-Columbia	USC	I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
137351	University of South Florida	USF	I-FBS	American Athletic	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
123961	University of Southern California	USC	I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Most Selective
174914	University of St Thomas (MN)		I-FCS	Pioneer Football League	Central	Moderately Selective
234076	University of Virginia	UVA	I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
236948	University of Washington-Seattle	UW	I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Very Selective
240444	University of Wisconsin-Madison	UW-Madison	I-FBS	Big Ten	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
216524	Ursinus College		III	Centennial	Region II	Moderately Selective
221999	Vanderbilt University	Vandy	I-FBS	Southeastern	Unassigned	Most Selective
216597	Villanova University		I-FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	East	Extremely Selective
233921	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech	I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
152673	Wabash College		III	North Coast Athletic	Region IV	Moderately Selective
199847	Wake Forest University		I-FBS	Atlantic Coast	Unassigned	Extremely Selective
234207	Washington and Lee University	W&L; WLU	III	Old Dominion Athletic	Region III	Extremely Selective
236939	Washington State University	WSU	I-FBS	Pac-12	Unassigned	Less Selective
179867	Washington University in St Louis	WashU	III	College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin	Region V	Most Selective
130697	Wesleyan University		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Extremely Selective
216764	West Chester University of Pennsylvania		II	Pennsylvania State Athletic	Super Region 1	Moderately Selective
238032	West Virginia University	WVU	I-FBS	Big 12	Unassigned	Less Selective
149781	Wheaton College (IL)		III	College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin	Region V	Moderately Selective
210401	Willamette University		III	Northwest	Region VI	Moderately Selective
168342	Williams College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Region I	Most Selective
218973	Wofford College		I-FCS	Southern	South	Moderately Selective
168421	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	WPI	III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Region I	Moderately Selective
130794	Yale University		I-FCS	The Ivy League	East	Most Selective

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