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  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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    Perhaps one of the ways to measure a state as a good college football state is to look at the number of programs that play football in that state.....at ALL levels. Here is how each state makes out"

    Alabama: 4 FBS, 4 FCS, 5 D-II, 2 D-III.....15 total programs

    Alaska: has no college football programs at any level.... -0- programs

    ARizona: 2 FBS, 1 FCS, not a single D-II or D-II program...... 3 programs

    Arkansas: 2 FBS, 2 FCS, 6 D-II, one D-II....11 programs

    California: 7 FBS, 4 FCS, 2 D-II, 8 D-III.... 21 total programs

    Colorado: 3 FBS, 1 FCS, 6 D-II, -0- DIII....10 total programs

    Connecticut: 1 FBS, 3 FCS, 2 D-II, 4 D-III...10 total programs

    Delaware: -0- FBS, 2 FCS, -0- D-II, 1 D-III...3 total programs

    Dist. of Columbia: -0- FBS, 2 FCS, -0- D-II, 2 D-III...4 total programs

    Florida: 7 FBS, 4 FCS, 1 D-II, not a single D-III....12 total programs

    Georgia: 4 FBS, 3 FCS, 7 D-II, 2 D-III....16 total programs

    Hawaii: 1 FBS, none in any other division.....1 total program

    Idaho: 2 FBS, 1-DII, none on D-II or III......3 total programs

    Illinois: 3 FBS, 1 FCS, 2 D-II, 19 D-III......25 total programs

    Indiana: 4 FBS, 3 FCS, 2 D-II, 9 D-III......18 total programs

    Iowa: 2 FBS, 2 FCS, 1 D-II, 11 D-III.......16 total programs

    Kansas: 2 FBS

    Well....enough typing. Bottom line the states that play and support college football the most are:

    Ohio has 41 college programs.

    Penn. has 53 college programs

    Texas has 36

    New York has 31

    Mass. has 29. Good for a small state.

    Florida's 12 programs....none in D-III tells me that they are not as big a football state as it may first seem.

    California's 21 seems meager give that state's size. Ohio has almost twice as many.

    And while TX is high on the list....they are not such the vaunted football state as it may seem.

    So I give the prize on this to border states of PA and OH.

  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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    No one cares about non-FBS teams.

    (inb4 Gipper goes on about non-FBS teams)

  • No one cares about non-FBS teams.

    (inb4 Gipper goes on about non-FBS teams)

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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    @mld-woody said:

    No one cares about non-FBS teams.

    (inb4 Gipper goes on about non-FBS teams)

    Nobody cares if you live or die. So what's the difference?