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Best D1 Men's Football Programs in North Carolina, Ranked by Resources

Not every program invests equally in its athletes. Below, we've ranked all 14 D1 men's Football programs in North Carolina 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 in North Carolina is $23,191 per athlete, with an average operating budget of $2,526,924, 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
14
Avg. Aid/Athlete
$23,191
Avg. Op. Budget
$2,526,924

Top programs

Showing 14 of 14 programs.

Aid/Athlete
$44,167
Op. Budget
$5,218,699
Recruiting
$1,196,591
2. Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
Aid/Athlete
$56,030
Op. Budget
$3,488,313
Recruiting
$680,628
Aid/Athlete
$20,098
Op. Budget
$2,382,979
Recruiting
$576,764
Aid/Athlete
$23,457
Op. Budget
$5,498,704
Recruiting
$1,014,389
Aid/Athlete
$21,955
Op. Budget
$7,743,163
Recruiting
$703,547
Aid/Athlete
$29,055
Op. Budget
$725,290
Recruiting
$142,783
Aid/Athlete
$19,979
Op. Budget
$2,917,310
Recruiting
$527,921
Aid/Athlete
$20,100
Op. Budget
$2,735,849
Recruiting
$326,153
9. Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC
Aid/Athlete
$27,812
Op. Budget
$1,051,281
Recruiting
$156,374
Aid/Athlete
$16,191
Op. Budget
$607,044
Recruiting
$93,501
11. Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, NC
Aid/Athlete
$14,248
Op. Budget
$619,624
Recruiting
$31,563
Aid/Athlete
$10,981
Op. Budget
$431,031
Recruiting
$117,950
Aid/Athlete
$7,616
Op. Budget
$755,711
Recruiting
$148,847
Aid/Athlete
$12,980
Op. Budget
$1,201,938
Recruiting
$19,616

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