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.

NCAA divisions and conferences

NCAA Division I-A

• Atlantic Coast Conference
• Big East Conference
• Big Ten Conference
• Big Twelve Conference
• Conference USA
• Mid-American Conference
• Mountain West Conference
• Pacific Ten Conference
• Southeastern Conference
• Sun Belt Conference
• Western Athletic Conference
• NCAA Division I-A Independent Schools

NCAA Division I-AA

• Atlantic Ten Conference, will be replaced by Colonial Athletic Association starting in 2007
• Big Sky Conference
• Big South Conference
• Gateway Football Conference
• Great West Football Conference
• Ivy League
• Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
• Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
• Northeast Conference
• Ohio Valley Conference
• Patriot League
• Pioneer Football League
• Southern Conference
• Southland Conference
• Southwestern Athletic Conference
• NCAA Division I-AA Independent Schools

NCAA Division II

• Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Great Northwest Athletic Conference
• Gulf South Conference
• Lone Star Conference
• Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• North Central Conference
• Northeast Ten Conference
• Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
• Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
• Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
• South Atlantic Conference
• Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• NCAA Division II independent schools

NCAA Division III

• American Southwest Conference
• Atlantic Central Football Conference
• College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
• Centennial Conference
• Freedom Football Conference
• Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
• Illini-Badger Football Conference
• Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
• Middle Atlantic Corporation
• Midwest Conference
• Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• New England Football Conference
• New England Small College Athletic Conference
• New Jersey Athletic Conference
• North Coast Athletic Conference
• Northwest Athletic Conference
• Ohio Athletic Conference
• Old Dominion Athletic Conference
• Presidents' Athletic Conference
• Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference
• University Athletic Association
• Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association
• USA South Athletic Conference
• Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
• NCAA Division III independent schools