List of NCAA Division I FBS football programs

This is a list of schools in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the United States National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). By definition, all schools in this grouping have varsity football teams.

Schools in Division I FBS are distinguished from those in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) by the following:
*FBS programs are allowed to provide scholarship aid to a total of 85 players, and may grant a full scholarship to all 85. FCS schools are limited to financial assistance amounting to a maximum of 63 full scholarships (although some conferences voluntarily place further restrictions on athletic aid). Unlike FBS schools, for whom an athlete receiving a partial scholarship counts fully against the limit of 85, FCS schools can freely grant partial scholarships, but are also limited to a total of 85 players receiving assistance.
**The three service academies that play in Division I FBS — Air Force, Army, and Navy — are exempt from this rule because all students at these schools receive full scholarships from the federal government.
*Division I FBS football is the only NCAA sport without a formal tournament to determine an undisputed national champion. FBS schools instead play in a series of postseason bowl games, culminating in the BCS National Championship Game, which attempts to crown a single national champion. Other organizations, most notably the Associated Press, crown their own champions via polling. The BCS and AP have not always agreed on a single champion. FCS football, on the other hand, conducts a 16-team single-elimination tournament to determine its undisputed champion.

Football Bowl Subdivision programs

Arizona

¹ The school prefers to be called "Southern California" for athletics purposes, but national news media generally use "USC".

Colorado

¹ The University of South Florida prefers the initials "USF" for athletics, but the media often uses both "South Florida" and "USF."

Georgia

Illinois

Kansas

¹ The official, trademarked name of the athletic program is "Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns". National media, however, add "Lafayette" to distinguish the school from Louisiana-Monroe.

Maryland

Minnesota

Nebraska

New Mexico

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Texas

Washington

Wyoming

Notes and references

* Alaska, Delaware, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Washington D.C. do not currently have FBS programs.

* Several schools have different athletic nicknames for men's and women's teams. Usually, this is a matter of preceding the main nickname with "Lady", such as LSU Lady Tigers and Tennessee Lady Vols. The two FBS schools nicknamed Cowboys, Oklahoma State and Wyoming, use Cowgirls for women's teams. However, in some cases, the women's team nickname has a completely different form, as in Hawaii Rainbow Wahine and Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters.

*However, because this is a list of American football programs, which by definition are traditionally all-male (Katie Hnida notwithstanding), only the men's form is given. Hawaiokinai is a special case, as its men's teams are variously called Warriors, Rainbow Warriors, and Rainbows. Here, the football nickname is used.

ee also

*List of NCAA Division I Institutions
*List of NCAA Division II Institutions
*List of NCAA Division III Institutions
*List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs
*List of NCAA Division II football programs
*List of NCAA Division III football programs
*List of NAIA football programs
*List of community college football programs
*List of NCAA Institutions with club football teams
*List of Division I schools that have never sponsored football
*List of defunct college football teams
*List of media markets and college football
*List of undefeated Division I football teams