College football

College football was the venue through which American football first gained popularity in the United States. College football remains extremely popular today among students, alumni, and other fans of the sport.

Division I colleges that no longer play football

Last season played in parentheses

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• American University (unknown)
• Birmingham-Southern College (c. 1941)
• Boston University (1997)
• Bradley University (1970)
• University of California, Riverside (1975)
• University of California, Santa Barbara (1991)
• University of Chicago (1939)
• Although now a Division III school, U of C was one of the founding memebers of the Big Ten Conference, and the only team with an undefeated record against the University of Notre Dame. The "Maroons" were the original Monsters of the Midway, ceasing gridiron play in 1939, with the school leaving the Big Ten entirely in 1946.
• California State University, Fullerton (1992)
• California State University, Long Beach (1991)
• California State University, Northridge (2001)
• Campbell University (c. 1953)
• Canisius College (2002)
• Centenary College of Louisiana (1947)
• College of Charleston (1938)
• Creighton University (1942)
• University of Denver (1960)
• DePaul University (c. 1938)
• University of Detroit Mercy (1964, as University of Detroit)
• Drexel University (1973)
• East Tennessee State University (2003)
• Erskine College (unknown)
• University of Evansville (1997)
• Fairfield University (2002)
• George Washington University (1966)
• Gonzaga University (1941)
• High Point University (1950)
• University of Illinois, Chicago (1973)
• Lamar University (1989)
• Long Island University (1940)
• Loyola College in Maryland (1933)
• Loyola Marymount University (1951)
• Loyola University Chicago (c. 1930)
• Manhattan College (1942)
• Marquette University (1960)
• University of Maryland Eastern Shore (1979)
• Mercer University (unknown)
• Mount Saint Mary's University (1950)
• Niagara University (1950)
• Old Dominion University (1941)
• At that time, Old Dominion was a two-year division of The College of William and Mary; it did not grant its first bachelor's degrees until 1956. The school has never sponsored football since becoming an independent institution in 1962, but is now planning to reinstitute a football program in 2009.
• University of the Pacific (1995)
• Pepperdine University (1961)
• University of Portland (1949)
• Providence College (1941)
• Rider University (1951)
• St. Bonaventure University (1951)
• St. Francis College (New York) (1935)
• St. John's University, New York (2002)
• Saint Joseph's University (1939)
• Saint Louis University (1949)
• St. Mary's College of California (2003)
• University of San Francisco (1971)
• Santa Clara University (1992)
• Seton Hall University (1981)
• Siena College (2003)
• Stetson University (1956)
• Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (1966)
• University of Texas at Arlington (1985)
• University of Vermont (1974)
• University of Tampa (1970s)
• Wichita State University (1986)
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1974)
• Xavier University (Cincinnati) (1973)