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Best D1 Men's Football Programs, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 256 D1 men's Football programs by investment score — a composite built from aid per athlete, operating budget, recruiting spend, coaching staff, and head coach salary relative to its peers.

Average aid across D1 men's Football programs is $24,667 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $3,154,372, and rosters of about 119 athletes. Programs near the top tend to combine larger budgets with stronger per-athlete support.

Use this ranking to find programs that back their athletes with real resources, then read our guide on how to compare scholarship offers.

Programs
256
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$24,667
Avg. Op. Budget
$3,154,372

Top programs

Showing 10 of 256 programs.

Aid/Athlete
$56,234
Op. Budget
$9,307,232
Recruiting
$1,072,917
Aid/Athlete
$39,231
Op. Budget
$9,342,391
Recruiting
$1,173,788
Aid/Athlete
$43,165
Op. Budget
$7,348,255
Recruiting
$2,430,401
Aid/Athlete
$37,676
Op. Budget
$8,614,094
Recruiting
$1,722,781
Aid/Athlete
$33,159
Op. Budget
$8,902,737
Recruiting
$932,179
Aid/Athlete
$37,777
Op. Budget
$3,173,817
Recruiting
$2,462,363
Aid/Athlete
$34,437
Op. Budget
$5,179,547
Recruiting
$1,392,596
Aid/Athlete
$37,569
Op. Budget
$5,743,760
Recruiting
$1,312,784
Aid/Athlete
$41,935
Op. Budget
$8,535,332
Recruiting
$1,010,816
Aid/Athlete
$33,833
Op. Budget
$7,738,930
Recruiting
$1,658,392

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