Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Where the big teams are
Last night as I was trying to get to sleep, I started thinking about the weird distribution of FBS Division 1 football teams. It doesn't correlate to population at all, given that North Carolina has seven, while New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois (much more populous states that produce a lot of football players) have only three and Wisconsin and Minnesota each have only one. These disparities must really matter for recruiting! Here is how it breaks down:
Texas: 13 (that kinda makes sense)
Ohio: 8
California: 7
Florida: 7
Alabama: 5
Georgia: 5
Louisiana: 5
Michigan: 5
Virginia: 5
Indiana: 4
Tennessee: 4
Colorado: 3
Illinois: 3 (if you count Northwestern)
Kentucky: 3
Mississippi: 3
New York: 3
Oklahoma: 3
Pennsylvania: 3
South Carolina: 3
Utah: 3
Arkansas: 2
Iowa: 2
Kansas: 2
Massachusetts: 2
Nevada: 2
New Mexico: 2
Oregon: 2
Washington: 2
West Virginia: 2
Connecticut: 1
Idaho: 1
Minnesota: 1
Missouri: 1
Nebraska: 1
Wisconsin: 1
Wyoming: 1
