Division 1 Football Programs – FBS Schools ​

• Indiana: 4

  • University of Notre Dame – Independent / ACC

  • Purdue University – Big10

  • Indiana University  – Big10

  • Ball State University – MAC

• Michigan: 5

  • Michigan University – Big10

  • Michigan State University – Big10

  • Western Michigan University – MAC

  • Eastern Michigan University – MAC

  • Central Michigan University – MAC

• Ohio: 8

  • Ohio State University – Big10

  • University of Cincinnati – American

  • Miami University – MAC

  • University of Toledo – MAC

  • Bowling Green State University – MAC

  • Ohio University – MAC

  • University of Akron – MAC

  • Kent State University – MAC

• Illinois: 3

  • University of Illinois – Big10

  • Northwestern University – Big10

  • Northern Illinois University – MAC

• Kentucky: 3

  • University of Kentucky – SEC

  • University of Louisville – ACC

  • Western Kentucky University – USA

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Division 1 – D1AA Football Programs – FCS Schools

• Indiana: 1

  • Indiana State University

    • Pioneer and Ivy Football Leagues:

  • D1 – FCS – Non-Athletic Scholarship Football Conference

    • *Butler University

    • *Valparaiso University

    • *No Athletic Scholarships for Football Programs

• Michigan: 0

• Ohio: 1

  • Youngstown State University

    • *University of Dayton

    • *No Athletic Scholarships for Football Programs

• Illinois: 4

  • Eastern Illinois University

  • Illinois State University

  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

  • Western Illinois University

• Kentucky: 2

  • Eastern Kentucky University 

  • Murray State University

    • *Morehead State University

    • *No Athletic Scholarships for Football Programs

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Division 2 Football Programs

• Indiana: 

  • University of Indianapolis

• Michigan: 9

  • Hillsdale College

  • Wayne State University

  • Davenport University

  • Grand Valley State University

  • Saginaw Valley State University

  • Ferris State University

  • Northwood University – Michigan

  • *Northern Michigan University

  • *Michigan Technological University

  • *Located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

• Ohio: 8

  • Central State University

  • Ohio Dominican University

  • University of Findlay

  • Tiffin University

  • Ashland University

  • Walsh University

  • Notre Dame College

  • Lake Erie College

• Illinois: 2

  • McKendree University

  • Quincy University

• Kentucky: 2

  • Kentucky State University

  • Kentucky Wesleyan College

Division 3 Football Programs

• Indiana: 8

  • Anderson University – Indiana

  • Franklin College

  • Wabash College

  • DePauw University

  • Rose-Hulman Institution of Technology

  • Hanover College

  • Manchester University

  • Trine University

• Michigan: 7

  • Adrian College

  • Albion College

  • Kalamazoo College

  • Olivet College

  • Hope College

  • Alma College

  • *Finlandia University

  • *Located in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

• Ohio: 21

  • Wittenberg University

  • Wilmington University

  • Mount St. Joseph University

  • Ohio Northern University

  • Bluffton University

  • Defiance College

  • Capital University

  • Otterbein University

  • Ohio Wesleyan University

  • Denison University

  • Kenyon College

  • Heidelberg University

  • Muskingum University

  • Marietta College

  • Ohio Continued:

  • College of Wooster

  • University of Mount Union

  • Oberlin College

  • Baldwin Wallace University

  • Hiram College

  • John Carroll University

  • Case Western Reserve University

• Illinois: 18

  • Millikin University

  • Illinois Wesleyan University

  • Eureka College

  • Greenville University

  • Illinois College

  • University of Chicago

  • Concordia University – Chicago

  • Elmhurst University

  • Benedictine University

  • North Central College

  • Wheaton College – Illinois

  • Aurora University

  • North Park University

  • Lake Forest College

  • Rockford University

  • Knox College

  • Monmouth College

  • Augustana College – Illinois

• Kentucky: 1

  • Centre College

 

NAIA Football Programs

• Indiana: 5

  • Marian University – Indiana

  • Taylor University

  • Indiana Wesleyan University

  • University of St. Francis – Indiana

  • Calumet College of St. Joseph

• Michigan: 4

  • Siena Heights University

  • Concordia University – Ann Arbor

  • Madonna University

  • Lawrence Technological University

• Ohio: 0

• Illinois: 6

  • Olivet Nazarene University

  • University of St. Francis – Illinois

  • Saint Xavier University

  • Roosevelt University

  • Judson University

  • Trinity International University

• Kentucky: 9

  • Thomas More University

  • Midway University

  • Georgetown College

  • Campbellsville University

  • Lindsey Wilson College

  • University of the Cumberlands

  • Union College – Kentucky

  • Kentucky Christian University

  • University of Pikeville

 

JUCO Football Programs

• Indiana: 0

• Michigan: 0

• Ohio: 1

  • Hocking College

• Illinois: 1

  • College of DuPage

• Kentucky: 0