NCAA Division I · 2026-27 Projected

Conference standings

Each conference's score is the average of its members' athletic department scores. Click a conference for its full table.

Combined Men's Women's

Season

Rank	Conference	Schools	Best school	Average score
1	SEC Southeastern Conference	16	Texas #5	76.8
2	Big Ten Big Ten Conference	18	Ohio State #1	75.3
3	ACC Atlantic Coast Conference	18	North Carolina #3	73.5
4	Big 12 Big 12 Conference	16	BYU #20	69.0
5	Ivy Ivy League	8	Princeton #54	55.9
6	Pac-12 Pac-12 Conference	9	Boise State #67	54.2
7	AAC American Conference	13	South Florida #76	51.5
8	MW Mountain West Conference	10	New Mexico #73	48.6
9	Big East Big East Conference	11	UConn #58	47.7
10	CUSA Conference USA	10	Liberty #63	47.7
11	Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference	14	James Madison #80	47.4
12	MAC Mid-American Conference	12	Miami (OH) #77	45.2
13	Summit Summit League	8	North Dakota State #97	38.7
14	Big West Big West Conference	12	UC Santa Barbara #123	38.7
15	A-10 Atlantic 10 Conference	14	Rhode Island #136	38.3
16	WCC West Coast Conference	10	Santa Clara #131	37.3
17	Big Sky Big Sky Conference	11	Montana State #116	37.1
18	UAC United Athletic Conference	9	Tarleton State #140	37.0
19	Patriot Patriot League	10	Navy #85	36.7
20	MVC Missouri Valley Conference	11	Illinois State #96	36.3
21	CAA Coastal Athletic Association	13	UNC Wilmington #174	35.8
22	SoCon Southern Conference	11	East Tennessee State #150	33.6
23	Southland Southland Conference	12	Stephen F. Austin #127	32.6
24	ASUN Atlantic Sun Conference	8	Florida Gulf Coast #192	31.3
25	America East America East Conference	9	Bryant #229	30.5
26	Big South Big South Conference	9	High Point #107	29.7
27	Horizon Horizon League	12	Youngstown State #161	28.0
28	OVC Ohio Valley Conference	9	Southeast Missouri State #217	27.5
29	Metro Metro Conference	13	Quinnipiac #179	27.2
30	NEC Northeast Conference	9	LIU #279	20.3
31	SWAC Southwestern Athletic Conference	12	Southern #300	19.7
32	MEAC Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	8	Howard #239	19.4