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 86.5
  2. Michigan #2 nationally 85.3
  3. North Carolina #3 nationally 83.6
  4. UCLA #4 nationally 82.8
  5. Florida #5 nationally 82.1
  6. Texas #6 nationally 81.8
  7. Georgia #7 nationally 81.6
  8. Tennessee #8 nationally 81.3
  9. Virginia #9 nationally 81.2
  10. Alabama #10 nationally 81.2
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Best Group of 5 departments

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

  1. New Mexico #58 nationally 67.1
  2. Liberty #62 nationally 66.2
  3. Boise State #64 nationally 66.0
  4. UConn #66 nationally 64.9
  5. South Florida #70 nationally 62.5
  6. Memphis #74 nationally 61.0
  7. Tulsa #75 nationally 60.8
  8. Miami (OH) #77 nationally 59.7
  9. Oregon State #78 nationally 59.2
  10. Utah State #79 nationally 58.8
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Best FCS departments

  1. Harvard #76 nationally 60.2
  2. Cornell #82 nationally 57.7
  3. Princeton #83 nationally 57.6
  4. Yale #84 nationally 57.5
  5. Illinois State #91 nationally 54.2
  6. Stephen F. Austin #92 nationally 53.5
  7. Montana State #100 nationally 52.1
  8. Penn #105 nationally 51.5
  9. South Dakota State #106 nationally 51.5
  10. Villanova #110 nationally 51.1
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Best without football

  1. High Point #104 nationally 51.6
  2. St. John's #115 nationally 49.5
  3. Grand Canyon #128 nationally 47.5
  4. Gonzaga #129 nationally 47.5
  5. UC Santa Barbara #132 nationally 47.1
  6. VCU #141 nationally 45.8
  7. George Mason #147 nationally 44.7
  8. Santa Clara #149 nationally 44.3
  9. Providence #152 nationally 44.1
  10. UNC Wilmington #152 nationally 44.1
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Best in each state

StateBest schoolNationalSchoolsScore
AL Alabama #10 10 81.2
AR Arkansas #33 5 75.2
AZ Arizona #36 4 74.4
CA UCLA #4 26 82.8
CO Colorado #73 5 61.1
CT UConn #66 7 64.9
DC Georgetown #117 4 49.4
DE Delaware #196 2 39.1
FL Florida #5 14 82.1
GA Georgia #7 7 81.6
HI Hawaii #113 1 49.8
IA Iowa #31 4 75.4
ID Boise State #64 3 66.0
IL Illinois #34 13 75.0
IN Notre Dame #11 11 81.0
KS Kansas #46 3 71.1
KY Louisville #15 8 79.0
LA LSU #38 12 73.9
MA Boston College #68 9 63.4
MD Maryland #71 9 62.5
ME Maine #303 1 23.9
MI Michigan #2 7 85.3
MN Minnesota #49 2 70.1
MO Missouri #41 6 72.5
MS Ole Miss #26 6 76.2
MT Montana State #100 2 52.1
NC North Carolina #3 19 83.6
ND North Dakota State #89 2 54.6
NE Nebraska #27 3 75.9
NH Dartmouth #169 2 42.1
NJ Rutgers #67 8 64.5
NM New Mexico #58 2 67.1
NV UNLV #85 2 56.2
NY Syracuse #72 22 62.2
OH Ohio State #1 13 86.5
OK Oklahoma #17 4 79.0
OR Oregon #43 4 72.0
PA Penn State #45 14 71.1
RI Rhode Island #139 4 45.9
SC Clemson #30 12 75.4
SD South Dakota State #106 2 51.5
TN Tennessee #8 12 81.3
TX Texas #6 25 81.8
UT BYU #13 7 79.3
VA Virginia #9 14 81.2
VT Vermont #271 1 28.9
WA Washington #42 5 72.2
WI Wisconsin #18 4 78.8
WV West Virginia #57 2 68.4
WY Wyoming #109 1 51.3