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	76.7
2	Big Ten Big Ten Conference	18	Ohio State #1	75.3
3	ACC Atlantic Coast Conference	18	North Carolina #4	73.2
4	Big 12 Big 12 Conference	16	BYU #20	69.2
5	Ivy Ivy League	8	Princeton #59	55.6
6	Pac-12 Pac-12 Conference	9	Boise State #66	54.3
7	AAC American Conference	13	South Florida #74	51.5
8	MW Mountain West Conference	10	New Mexico #67	49.0
9	Big East Big East Conference	11	UConn #55	47.9
10	CUSA Conference USA	10	Liberty #58	47.6
11	Sun Belt Sun Belt Conference	14	James Madison #85	47.4
12	MAC Mid-American Conference	12	Miami (OH) #78	45.0
13	Big West Big West Conference	12	UC Santa Barbara #121	38.7
14	Summit Summit League	8	North Dakota State #94	38.7
15	A-10 Atlantic 10 Conference	14	Rhode Island #147	38.1
16	WCC West Coast Conference	10	Santa Clara #131	37.3
17	Big Sky Big Sky Conference	11	Montana State #110	37.2
18	UAC United Athletic Conference	9	Tarleton State #143	36.9
19	Patriot Patriot League	10	Navy #79	36.8
20	MVC Missouri Valley Conference	11	Illinois State #100	36.4
21	CAA Coastal Athletic Association	13	UNC Wilmington #170	35.8
22	SoCon Southern Conference	11	East Tennessee State #159	33.5
23	Southland Southland Conference	12	Stephen F. Austin #125	32.6
24	ASUN Atlantic Sun Conference	8	Florida Gulf Coast #196	31.2
25	America East America East Conference	9	Albany #227	30.6
26	Big South Big South Conference	9	High Point #107	29.9
27	Horizon Horizon League	12	Youngstown State #148	27.9
28	Metro Metro Conference	13	Quinnipiac #178	27.4
29	OVC Ohio Valley Conference	9	Southeast Missouri State #224	27.4
30	NEC Northeast Conference	9	LIU #277	20.4
31	SWAC Southwestern Athletic Conference	12	Southern #295	19.8
32	MEAC Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	8	Howard #246	19.4