Division I Football Teams By State

See if you can name the Top Twelve states by Total Division I (FBS & FCS) College Football Teams.

I’ll post the answer after 12 unique replies.

Without Googling (which would violate the spirit of the challenge), here are my guesses:

California
Ohio
Tennessee
North Carolina

Texas
Florida
Illinois
Virginia

Indiana
Pennsylvania
New York
South Carolina

Not in any particular order, although I’m generally more confident of the guess the earlier it appears.

Cailifornia
Texas
Florida
Ohio
New york
Penn
Illinois
Alabama
Michigan
Indiana
North Carolina
Masschusetts

My list is about 60% what I know about highest populated states, 40% what I know about football. It’s in what I’m guessing the order to be.

Venezuela
Cameroon
East Prussia
Pandora
Hyrule
Upper Volta
Wessex
Kowloon
Green Acres
San Angeles
Rigel 7
New Jersey
Okay, that’s 12 unique replies.

You need to replace Illinois and Indiana. Others are right.

Not in the Top 12: Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Massachusetts

Post not counted!

California
Florida
Texas
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Illinois

Ohio
Michigan
New York
Virginia
Tennessee
Indiana

Not in the Top 12: Illinois, Michigan, Indiana

Guessing on those final 3…

Alabama
Colorado
Oklahoma

Only one is correct of those three.

California
Florida
Texas
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan

Virginia
Tennessee

Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama

Lemme try that again:

California
Florida
Texas
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
Virginia
Tennessee
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama

Not in the Top 12: Michigan and Mississippi

Y’all are getting close enough that I’ll put up the answer.

From FCS and FBS these are the states with the most combined totals:


 
                  All FBS FCS

 Texas            15   10   5

 North Carolina   14    5   9

 New York         12    3   9

 California       11    7   4
 Louisiana        11    5   6
 Pennsylvania     11    3   8

 Ohio             10    8   2
 Florida          10    7   3
 Virginia         10    2   8

 Tennessee         9    4   5
 South Carolina    9    2   7

 Alabama           8    4   4


Then it has got to be:

California
Ohio
Tennessee
North Carolina

Texas
Florida
Louisiana
Virginia

Alabama
Pennsylvania
New York
South Carolina

To fill out the rest, here’s #13 on:



 Indiana         7  4 3
 Illinois        7  3 4

 Kentucky        6  3 3 
 Mississippi     6  3 3

 Michigan        5  5 0
 Utah            5  3 2
 Massachusetts   5  1 4

 Colorado        4  3 1
 Arkansas        4  2 2 
 Georgia         4  2 2  
 Iowa            4  2 2
 Maryland        4  2 2
 Connecticut     4  1 3

 Oklahoma        3  3 0
 Arizona         3  2 1
 Idaho           3  2 1
 Oregon          3  2 1
 Washington      3  2 1
 New Jersey      3  1 2
 Missouri        3  1 2 
 Rhode Island    3  0 3

 Kansas          2  2 0 
 Nevada          2  2 0
 New Mexico      2  2 0 
 West Virginia   2  2 0
 Delaware        2  0 2
 D.C.            2  0 2
 Montana         2  0 2
 New Hampshire   2  0 2
 North Dakota    2  0 2
 South Dakota    2  0 2

 Hawaii          1  1 0
 Minnesota       1  1 0 
 Nebraska        1  1 0
 Wisconsin       1  1 0
 Wyoming         1  1 0
 Maine           1  0 1


That’s the batch. We must have been posting at the same times!