# Division I Football Teams By State **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 4, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938 "2010-04-04T19:20:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/1 "2010-04-04T19:20:34Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/2 "2010-04-04T20:47:41Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/3 "2010-04-04T20:53:36Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/4 "2010-04-04T20:57:59Z")
Venezuela Cameroon East Prussia Pandora Hyrule Upper Volta Wessex Kowloon Green Acres San Angeles Rigel 7 New Jersey Okay, that’s 12 unique replies. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/5 "2010-04-04T21:01:20Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > 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. You need to replace Illinois and Indiana. Others are right. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/6 "2010-04-04T21:03:20Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > 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. Not in the Top 12: Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Massachusetts ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/7 "2010-04-04T21:04:28Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > Venezuela > Cameroon > East Prussia > Pandora > Hyrule > Upper Volta > Wessex > Kowloon > Green Acres > San Angeles > Rigel 7 > New Jersey > Okay, that’s 12 unique replies. Post not counted! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/8 "2010-04-04T22:40:47Z")
California Florida Texas North Carolina Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio Michigan New York Virginia Tennessee Indiana ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/9 "2010-04-04T23:00:01Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > California > Florida > Texas > North Carolina > Pennsylvania > Illinois > > Ohio > Michigan > New York > Virginia > Tennessee > Indiana Not in the Top 12: Illinois, Michigan, Indiana ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/10 "2010-04-04T23:06:38Z")
Guessing on those final 3… Alabama Colorado Oklahoma ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/11 "2010-04-04T23:08:45Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Guessing on those final 3… > > Alabama > Colorado > Oklahoma Only one is correct of those three. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/12 "2010-04-04T23:53:27Z")
California Florida Texas North Carolina Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan Virginia Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi Alabama ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/13 "2010-04-04T23:57:13Z")
Lemme try that again: California Florida Texas North Carolina Pennsylvania New York Ohio Virginia Tennessee Louisiana Mississippi Alabama ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/14 "2010-04-04T23:57:52Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > California > Florida > Texas > North Carolina > Pennsylvania > Ohio > Michigan > Virginia > Tennessee > Louisiana > Mississippi > Alabama Not in the Top 12: Michigan and Mississippi ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/15 "2010-04-05T00:03:15Z")
Y’all are getting close enough that I’ll put up the answer. From [FCS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FCS_football_programs) and [FBS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_programs) these are the states with the most combined totals: ```auto 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 ``` ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/16 "2010-04-05T00:06:00Z")
Then it has got to be: California Ohio Tennessee North Carolina Texas Florida Louisiana Virginia Alabama Pennsylvania New York South Carolina ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/17 "2010-04-05T00:10:03Z")
To fill out the rest, here’s #13 on: ```auto 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 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/division-i-football-teams-by-state/534938/18 "2010-04-05T00:12:21Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Then it has got to be: > > California > Ohio > Tennessee > North Carolina > > Texas > Florida > Louisiana > Virginia > > Alabama > Pennsylvania > New York > South Carolina That’s the batch. We must have been posting at the same times!