Utilize the NCAA Division I-A men's football statistics above to decide whether this division offers you the best athletic scholarship opportunities. The table below shows how NCAA Division I-A schools compare to the national averages.
Total Number of Athletes and Average Athletes Per Team: This tells you about the total number of male athletes are on NCAA Division I-A men's football teams across the nation, which helps you determine how competitive the recruiting process is, especially when you compare it to the national average. At present there are 13,602 men involved in football at NCAA Division I-A schools.
Average Operating Expenses Per Player: This refers to just how much a NCAA Division I-A college is investing in each player on their men's football team for things that are essential such as equipment and uniforms. How much a NCAA Division I-A school invests in you as a player will help determine how valuable they feel you are to the football team and the overall sports program plus the level of support they offer each player.
Average Operating Expenses Per Team: This is exactly what it cost on average for a NCAA Division I-A college to run the day-to-day operations that keep the football program functioning. This will give student athletes a good idea of the quality of men's football programs, facilities and training personnel at NCAA Division I-A schools across the country. The more NCAA Division I-A colleges commit the better quality you may expect.
Total Full and Part Time Coaches: Coaches are vital to helping you refine your talent and help you stay on track athletically and academically so you can keep your football scholarship year after year. The more NCAA Division I-A men's football coaches there are, the more likely you are to get one-on-one instruction and attention you need to reach your primary goal of graduating from a college.
Average Total Revenue: The more money NCAA Division I-A colleges can earn off their men's football programs the more likely it is that they will expand them. When men's football programs are more lucrative and well-known NCAA Division I-A colleges will invest more in their existing programs and other NCAA Division I-A colleges will create new football teams of their very own. More NCAA Division I-A football teams means more athletic scholarship opportunities at this type of school.
Average Total Expenses: Is there a growing affinity for promoting and expanding men's football teams at NCAA Division I-A schools? Are NCAA Division I-A colleges aggressively recruiting men's football players? The total expenses stat includes operating and recruiting expenses. This can give you a good idea of just how much NCAA Division I-A colleges throughout the country are investing in men's football programs, thus whether or not football scholarship opportunities are likely to grow, keep pace or weaken in this division.
If you want to be a contender for one of the many NCAA Division I-A men's football scholarships that are available it will take persistence and lots of research and planning. See how NCAA Division I-A schools in your state compare with NCAA Division I-A schools in the U.S. Choose a state below to get detailed sports program and athletic scholarship statistics.
