Best Division 1 Football Colleges | NCSA Power Rankings 2018

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There are over 250 NCAA Division 1 colleges with football programs across two sub-divisions (D1-FBS (formally D1-A), D1-FBS (formally D1-AA)). The best colleges list is based on proprietary analysis of NCSA Favorites data obtained from the college search activity of the over 400,00 football recruits on the NCSA recruiting network, U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges, and IPEDS graduation rate data (more on NCSA Power Rankings methodology).

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1

Duke University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

9745

General Rank:

9

Grad Rank:

10

2

Stanford University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

8120

General Rank:

5

Grad Rank:

17

3

University of Notre Dame

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

6533

General Rank:

17

Grad Rank:

4

University of California - Los Angeles - UCLA

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

11190

General Rank:

25

Grad Rank:

35

5

University of Southern California

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

8397

General Rank:

25

Grad Rank:

28

6

University of California

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

7513

General Rank:

25

Grad Rank:

35

7

University of Michigan

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

8869

General Rank:

35

Grad Rank:

42

8

Vanderbilt University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

5400

General Rank:

13

Grad Rank:

31

9

University of Virginia

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

5274

General Rank:

30

Grad Rank:

23

10

Princeton University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

3327

General Rank:

1

Grad Rank:

2

11

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

7493

General Rank:

44

Grad Rank:

40

12

Northwestern University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

4059

General Rank:

10

Grad Rank:

24

13

University of Florida

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

13697

General Rank:

64

Grad Rank:

63

14

Wake Forest University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

5412

General Rank:

34

Grad Rank:

50

15

Harvard University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2551

General Rank:

2

Grad Rank:

1

16

University of Pennsylvania - Penn

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2697

General Rank:

8

Grad Rank:

7

17

Columbia University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2613

General Rank:

5

Grad Rank:

8

18

Rice University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

4008

General Rank:

13

Grad Rank:

38

19

Cornell University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

3098

General Rank:

13

Grad Rank:

20

Boston College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

4386

General Rank:

45

Grad Rank:

27

21

Georgia Tech

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

7883

General Rank:

55

Grad Rank:

78

22

Davidson College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

3344

General Rank:

32

Grad Rank:

22

23

University of Georgia

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

11809

General Rank:

81

Grad Rank:

74

24

Penn State

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

8227

General Rank:

75

Grad Rank:

69

25

Ohio State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

13741

General Rank:

81

Grad Rank:

88

26

Yale University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2171

General Rank:

3

Grad Rank:

3

27

University of Miami

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

11651

General Rank:

69

Grad Rank:

100

28

Georgetown University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2521

General Rank:

21

Grad Rank:

16

29

Brown University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2209

General Rank:

13

Grad Rank:

5

30

University of Wisconsin

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

6361

General Rank:

69

Grad Rank:

76

31

Clemson University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

13868

General Rank:

103

Grad Rank:

104

32

University of Texas - Austin

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

9890

General Rank:

84

Grad Rank:

113

33

University of Washington

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

5720

General Rank:

84

Grad Rank:

81

34

University of Maryland

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

5251

General Rank:

93

Grad Rank:

65

35

University of Illinois

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

4539

General Rank:

75

Grad Rank:

75

36

Dartmouth College

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

1765

General Rank:

10

Grad Rank:

15

37

Virginia Tech

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

6886

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

84

38

Texas A&M University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

12875

General Rank:

112

Grad Rank:

121

39

Villanova University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2594

General Rank:

69

Grad Rank:

39

40

Florida State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

16532

General Rank:

132

Grad Rank:

115

41

College of William & Mary

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2315

General Rank:

45

Grad Rank:

41

42

Bucknell University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2499

General Rank:

62

Grad Rank:

43

Tulane University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

3488

General Rank:

60

Grad Rank:

87

44

Elon University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2664

General Rank:

45

Grad Rank:

85

45

Syracuse University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

4720

General Rank:

93

Grad Rank:

101

46

United States Naval Academy

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2231

General Rank:

41

Grad Rank:

66

47

Michigan State University

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

10695

General Rank:

132

Grad Rank:

134

48

University of California - Davis

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2535

General Rank:

69

Grad Rank:

71

49

University of Richmond

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

1999

General Rank:

49

Grad Rank:

53

50

United States Military Academy

NCAA Division 1

NCSA Favorites:

2179

General Rank:

36

Grad Rank:

83

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