Athletics Data
This table lists the data used for determining the Athletics ranking of the schools. Some data, such as NCAA Championships, is further broken down on a per student basis to compensate for smaller schools (such as Kenyon). It is worth noting the outstanding Athletics performances of otherwise little thought of schools (in this area) such as Kenyon College, Abilene Christian University, Florida Southern, St. Augustine's and North Dakota State (among others). The categories are :
IC The number of intercollegiate sports programs
IM The number of intramural sports programs
BA The number of bowl appearances by the football team
BW The number of football bowl wins
FBC The number of national championships won by the football team (post 1930)
BBC The number of NCAA basketball championships won
F4 The number of Final Four appearances by the basketball team
NCAA The number of overall NCAA championships (all sports) won
Schools | IC | IM | BA | BW | FBC | BBC | F4 | NCAA |
Stanford Univ. | 32 | 74 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 85 |
UCLA | 21 | 38 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 90 |
USC | 20 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 80 |
Univ. of Arkansas | 19 | 86 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 39 |
Yale Univ. | 33 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
Kenyon College | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
Abilene Christian Univ. | 13 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
Oklahoma State Univ. | 16 | 80 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 44 |
Univ. of Michigan | 25 | 50 | 34 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 31 |
Univ. of North Carolina | 26 | 34 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 29 |
Princeton Univ. | 33 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 |
Univ. of Texas | 18 | 90 | 42 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 36 |
Louisiana State Univ. | 18 | 40 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 38 |
College of New Jersey | 21 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
Middlebury College | 26 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Univ. of Iowa | 22 | 58 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
Penn State Univ. | 29 | 29 | 37 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29 |
Indiana Univ. | 24 | 57 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 21 |
Williams College | 31 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Univ. of California | 26 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 22 |
Florida Southern College | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Univ. of Oklahoma | 20 | 70 | 36 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
North Central College | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
St. Augustine's College | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Ohio State Univ. | 30 | 38 | 34 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 20 |
Villanova Univ. | 22 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
Univ. of Wisconsin | 20 | 53 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
Univ. of Maryland | 25 | 76 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 |
Univ. of Virginia | 24 | 60 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
Lincoln Univ. | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Methodist College | 19 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Univ. of Notre Dame | 26 | 44 | 25 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Univ. of Georgia | 16 | 55 | 38 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 |
Univ. of Nebraska | 25 | 110 | 41 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Columbia Univ. | 28 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Michigan State Univ. | 24 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
Arizona State Univ. | 21 | 70 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
Johns Hopkins Univ. | 26 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Harvard Univ. | 41 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Washington Univ. in St. Louis | 18 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Iowa State Univ. | 19 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
Univ. of Illinois | 17 | 60 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
North Dakota State Univ. | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Univ. of Colorado | 15 | 31 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
U.S. Naval Academy | 29 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Adams State College | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Univ. of Tennessee | 18 | 44 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
Duke Univ. | 23 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 6 |
Univ. of Oregon | 14 | 36 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
Amherst College | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Univ. of Minnesota | 23 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
Dartmouth College | 32 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Univ. of Arizona | 18 | 53 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
Wake Forest Univ. | 16 | 36 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Cornell Univ. | 34 | 72 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Univ. of Kentucky | 23 | 44 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
New York Univ. | 20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
Trinity Univ. | 18 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Univ. of Florida | 18 | 21 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 |
Brigham Young Univ. | 19 | 66 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Univ. of Kansas | 18 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 |
Univ. of Miami | 17 | 40 | 27 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Brown Univ. | 35 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Univ. of Pennsylvania | 34 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Emory Univ. | 18 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Univ. of Alabama | 19 | 33 | 51 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Florida State Univ. | 19 | 54 | 32 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Boston Univ. | 25 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Brandeis Univ. | 22 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Macalaster College | 21 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Wheaton College | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Davidson College | 21 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Univ. of Washington | 21 | 38 | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Washington and Lee Univ. | 22 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Temple Univ. | 26 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Carleton College | 24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bucknell Univ. | 28 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Boston College | 33 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Univ. of Cincinnati | 18 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Texas A&M Univ. | 21 | 47 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Purdue Univ. | 20 | 53 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Univ. of Missouri | 16 | 65 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Rutgers | 30 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Univ. of South Carolina | 20 | 66 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Northwestern Univ. | 19 | 60 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Georgetown Univ. | 22 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Univ. of Chicago | 19 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tulane Univ. | 16 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rice Univ. | 14 | 37 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Univ. of Mississippi | 18 | 70 | 30 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gonzaga Univ. | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Case Western Reserve Univ. | 22 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wesleyan Univ. | 29 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. Air Force Academy | 27 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bowdoin College | 29 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tufts Univ. | 33 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vanderbilt Univ. | 15 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bates College | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
San Diego State Univ. | 17 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Oberlin College | 23 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vassar College | 22 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carnegie Mellon Univ. | 17 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pomona College | 20 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Swarthmore College | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
California Inst. of Tech. | 18 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Georgia Inst. of Tech. | 17 | 21 | 31 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Grinnell College | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haverford College | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
St. John's College (Md) | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mount Holyoke College | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DePaul Univ. | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Smith College | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tuskegee Univ. | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cooper Union | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rhode Island School of Design | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sarah Lawrence College | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wellesley College | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bryn Mawr College | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hollins Univ. | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reed College | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Culinary Inst. of America | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
College of the Atlantic | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Illinois Inst. of Tech. | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Juilliard School | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New School Univ. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |