NCAA Division I · 2026-27 Projected

Best of

The top athletic departments in each group, and the best in every state. Each list links to the full filtered table.

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Best Power 4 departments

  1. Ohio State #1 nationally 85.5
  2. Michigan #2 nationally 85.5
  3. North Carolina #3 nationally 84.9
  4. UCLA #4 nationally 84.6
  5. Texas #5 nationally 83.3
  6. Florida #6 nationally 83.2
  7. Duke #7 nationally 81.6
  8. Stanford #8 nationally 81.5
  9. Tennessee #9 nationally 81.3
  10. Virginia #10 nationally 81.3
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Best Group of 5 departments

FBS schools outside the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 and SEC

  1. UConn #58 nationally 66.2
  2. Liberty #63 nationally 65.6
  3. Boise State #67 nationally 64.4
  4. New Mexico #73 nationally 62.6
  5. San Diego State #74 nationally 61.3
  6. South Florida #76 nationally 60.9
  7. Miami (OH) #77 nationally 58.5
  8. James Madison #80 nationally 57.0
  9. Oregon State #81 nationally 57.0
  10. Tulsa #82 nationally 56.6
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Best FCS departments

  1. Princeton #54 nationally 67.2
  2. Harvard #62 nationally 65.8
  3. Yale #78 nationally 58.5
  4. Penn #79 nationally 57.2
  5. Villanova #83 nationally 56.4
  6. Cornell #90 nationally 53.9
  7. Georgetown #94 nationally 53.2
  8. Illinois State #96 nationally 53.0
  9. South Dakota State #101 nationally 51.9
  10. Columbia #106 nationally 50.8
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Best without football

  1. Grand Canyon #104 nationally 51.1
  2. High Point #107 nationally 50.7
  3. St. John's #119 nationally 49.1
  4. UC Santa Barbara #123 nationally 48.6
  5. Santa Clara #131 nationally 46.9
  6. Gonzaga #132 nationally 46.8
  7. Providence #141 nationally 45.6
  8. Creighton #143 nationally 45.4
  9. George Mason #148 nationally 45.1
  10. Xavier #152 nationally 44.8
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Best in each state

StateBest schoolNationalSchoolsScore
AL Alabama #11 10 80.4
AR Arkansas #29 5 75.3
AZ Arizona State #35 4 73.9
CA UCLA #4 26 84.6
CO Colorado #72 5 63.0
CT UConn #58 7 66.2
DC Georgetown #94 4 53.2
DE Delaware #146 2 45.2
FL Florida #6 14 83.2
GA Georgia #12 7 80.3
HI Hawaii #91 1 53.8
IA Iowa #23 4 76.0
ID Boise State #67 3 64.4
IL Illinois #46 13 71.9
IN Notre Dame #14 11 79.0
KS Kansas #43 3 72.5
KY Louisville #13 8 79.7
LA LSU #18 12 77.1
MA Harvard #62 9 65.8
MD Maryland #60 9 65.9
ME Maine #296 1 27.4
MI Michigan #2 7 85.5
MN Minnesota #39 2 73.1
MO Missouri #45 6 71.9
MS Ole Miss #37 6 73.7
MT Montana State #116 2 49.4
NC North Carolina #3 19 84.9
ND North Dakota State #97 2 52.9
NE Nebraska #26 3 75.5
NH Dartmouth #157 2 44.2
NJ Princeton #54 8 67.2
NM New Mexico #73 2 62.6
NV UNLV #87 2 54.7
NY Syracuse #68 22 63.8
OH Ohio State #1 13 85.5
OK Oklahoma #15 4 78.9
OR Oregon #44 4 72.3
PA Penn State #33 14 74.5
RI Brown #116 4 49.4
SC Clemson #24 12 75.8
SD South Dakota State #101 2 51.9
TN Tennessee #9 12 81.3
TX Texas #5 25 83.3
UT BYU #20 7 76.7
VA Virginia #10 14 81.3
VT Vermont #245 1 34.2
WA Washington #27 5 75.4
WI Wisconsin #21 4 76.6
WV West Virginia #61 2 65.9
WY Wyoming #124 1 48.3