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Football conferences

71 leagues sponsor football — 671 programs. Open a conference for its table of programs, or a division for every program at that level.

Division I 266Division II 161Division III 244By stateBy conferenceRankingsThe hub
71
Conferences
24
Division I leagues
266 programs
17
Division II leagues
161 programs
30
Division III leagues
244 programs
$1B
Richest league
Big Ten Conference
18
Most programs
Big Ten Conference

Richest leagues · combined team budgets

  1. 1Big Ten ConferenceDivision I · 18 programs · $57M each$1B
  2. 2Southeastern ConferenceDivision I · 16 programs · $58M each$926M
  3. 3Atlantic Coast ConferenceDivision I · 17 programs · $49M each$832M
  4. 4Big 12 ConferenceDivision I · 16 programs · $38M each$612M
  5. 5American ConferenceDivision I · 14 programs · $17M each$242M
  6. 6Sun Belt ConferenceDivision I · 14 programs · $13M each$180M
  7. 7Pac-12 ConferenceDivision I · 8 programs · $22M each$172M
  8. 8Conference USADivision I · 10 programs · $12M each$125M
  9. 9Mountain West ConferenceDivision I · 10 programs · $12M each$120M
  10. 10IndependentDivision I · 3 programs · $40M each$119M
  11. 11Mid-American ConferenceDivision I · 13 programs · $8.5M each$111M
  12. 12Big Sky ConferenceDivision I · 13 programs · $6.6M each$85M

Division I · 24 conferences · 266 programs

ConferenceProgramsCombined budgetPer programMedian rosterOver the cap (105)Median APRMedian admit rateMedian net price
Big Ten Conference18$1B$57M1221897351%$19k
Southeastern Conference16$926M$58M1231697268%$20k
Atlantic Coast Conference17$832M$49M1241797722%$22k
Big 12 Conference16$612M$38M1231696981%$18k
American Conference14$242M$17M1241296373%$15k
Sun Belt Conference14$180M$13M1221495685%$14k
Pac-12 Conference8$172M$22M116896487%$19k
Conference USA10$125M$12M119996076%$15k
Mountain West Conference10$120M$12M117896390%$14k
Independent3$119M$40M113397354%$29k
Mid-American Conference13$111M$8.5M1191095981%$16k
Big Sky Conference13$85M$6.6M1161395887%$15k
Coastal Athletic Association13$80M$6.1M110996570%$25k
Patriot League10$78M$7.8M99098527%$35k
Southern Conference10$61M$6.1M115996282%$19k
Missouri Valley Football Conference9$47M$5.3M113796290%$16k
Southland Conference10$45M$4.5M125994191%$12k
Southwestern Athletic Conf.12$43M$3.6M1181094062%$14k
United Athletic Conference8$42M$5.3M125795284%$15k
The Ivy League8$39M$4.8M11289925%$23k
Ohio Valley Conference8$36M$4.5M115794778%$15k
Northeast Conference9$33M$3.6M130795281%$27k
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conf.6$32M$5.4M118494083%$15k
Pioneer Football League11$22M$2M119997472%$31k

Division II · 17 conferences · 161 programs

ConferenceProgramsCombined budgetPer programMedian rosterMedian admit rateMedian net price
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference15$31M$2.1M12293%$20k
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association10$26M$2.6M13587%$15k
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference14$26M$1.8M11775%$18k
Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf.13$23M$1.8M12763%$14k
Great American Conference12$22M$1.8M14075%$14k
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference8$22M$2.7M13185%$18k
South Atlantic Conference10$20M$2M15078%$21k
Lone Star Conference10$20M$2M12990%$12k
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference10$19M$1.9M13393%$16k
Great Midwest Athletic Conference10$17M$1.7M13381%$22k
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association11$17M$1.5M11378%$15k
Great Lakes Valley Conference9$16M$1.8M11373%$17k
Mountain East Conference10$14M$1.4M12990%$16k
Northeast 10 Conference8$13M$1.6M11081%$27k
Conference Carolinas7$8.3M$1.2M14692%$20k
Gulf South Conference3$6.1M$2M11687%$13k
Independent1$2M$2M12999%$11k

Division III · 30 conferences · 244 programs

ConferenceProgramsCombined budgetPer programMedian rosterMedian admit rateMedian net price
New England Small College Athletic Conference10$9.4M$940k8710%$23k
Presidents' Athletic Conference12$9.1M$762k10873%$23k
Southern Athletic Association8$7.1M$888k11751%$29k
College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin9$7M$774k12668%$25k
North Coast Athletic Conference10$6.3M$631k9553%$30k
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference8$6.1M$761k12284%$15k
Centennial Conference8$5.7M$716k10146%$32k
Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association8$5.7M$712k13076%$25k
Midwest Conference11$5.7M$517k9071%$26k
Ohio Athletic Conference9$5.5M$616k12579%$22k
Northwest Conference8$5.5M$691k10884%$33k
Liberty League8$5.4M$675k10758%$35k
USA South Athletic Conference8$5.4M$671k13273%$24k
American Southwest Conference6$5.1M$849k16778%$23k
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference10$5.1M$507k9870%$28k
Empire 88$5M$630k12170%$20k
Middle Atlantic Conferences10$4.8M$484k12486%$26k
American Rivers Conference8$4.8M$595k12286%$23k
Landmark Conference7$4.5M$645k11779%$29k
New Jersey Athletic Conference8$4.5M$561k10185%$20k
Conference of New England8$4.4M$550k10887%$31k
Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf.8$4.3M$535k11268%$28k
Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference9$4.3M$473k10185%$23k
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference8$4M$495k10664%$28k
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference6$3.7M$621k10158%$24k
Old Dominion Athletic Conf.8$3.5M$440k13879%$26k
Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference7$3.4M$489k12571%$22k
Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference9$2.5M$279k10090%$18k
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference6$2.3M$381k8181%$24k
Independent1$425k$425k9180%$21k

Budgets are each team's reported expenses for last season, added across the league; medians are of the league's programs (roster, APR) or its schools (admission rate, net price). "Over the cap" counts programs whose last roster exceeded the 105-player Division I limit.

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