American football

Which schools produce the most (left), and where it's the biggest part of the school's identity (right). "3×" = that school's notable alumni are three times as likely to have this sport as the typical school's. People who attended recently weigh more than those from earlier eras.

Most alumni

School	Alumni	vs. typical
University of Michigan MI	685	7.1×
Ohio State University OH	550	4.0×
Pennsylvania State University PA	518	5.3×
Syracuse University NY	469	8.9×
University of Notre Dame IN	438	17.7×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI	425	4.0×
Auburn University AL	406	7.7×
Michigan State University MI	396	3.3×
The University of Alabama AL	380	7.2×
University of Georgia GA	340	5.0×
University of Southern California CA	338	4.4×
University of Florida FL	311	3.2×
Stanford University CA	300	8.0×
University of Oklahoma OK	298	5.1×
Louisiana State University LA	295	4.0×
University of Tennessee TN	278	3.7×
The University of Texas at Austin TX	270	2.2×
University of Iowa IA	262	3.8×
University of Minnesota MN	261	1.7×
University of Pittsburgh PA	242	3.3×
Northwestern University IL	237	5.6×
University of Nebraska NE	233	3.8×
Texas A&M University TX	228	2.3×
Washington State University WA	216	4.3×
University of Mississippi MS	206	6.9×
University of Miami FL	204	5.1×
Clemson University SC	202	5.6×
San Diego State University CA	201	2.2×
University of Oregon OR	198	4.2×
University of California-Los Angeles CA	197	2.2×
Harvard University MA	195	3.9×
University of Arkansas AR	192	4.2×
Vanderbilt University TN	190	7.7×
University of Kansas KS	189	2.9×
Purdue University IN	188	2.1×
Georgia Institute of Technology GA	186	4.9×
University of Washington WA	185	1.9×
University of Missouri MO	185	2.8×
University of Maryland-College Park MD	177	1.9×
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC	174	2.9×

Biggest part of the school's identity

Shares are shrunk toward the national rate for small counts, and each school must clear the same size-scaled minimum (5–20 people) as the school pages.

School	% of its noted alumni	Alumni
The University of the South TN	75.7%	51
Texas A&M University-Kingsville TX	71.9%	46
Washington & Jefferson College PA	67.2%	64
South Carolina State University SC	61.1%	43
Carroll University WI	59.2%	16
Centre College KY	59.1%	26
Pennsylvania State University PA	59.1%	518
Alcorn State University MS	58.5%	45
North Dakota State University ND	57.4%	63
East Texas A&M University TX	56.3%	16
South Dakota State University SD	56.0%	45
University of Pittsburgh PA	56.0%	242
Lackawanna College PA	55.8%	13
Syracuse University NY	55.6%	469
University of Mississippi MS	55.5%	206
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL	55.4%	45
Auburn University AL	55.4%	406
The University of Alabama AL	54.7%	380
Heidelberg University OH	54.7%	11
Haskell Indian Nations University KS	54.7%	11
Morris Brown College GA	54.5%	12
Indiana University of Pennsylvania PA	54.2%	13
University of Southern Mississippi MS	54.2%	97
Hardin-Simmons University TX	54.2%	26
University of North Alabama AL	54.1%	20
Texas Southern University TX	54.0%	41
Trinity Valley Community College TX	53.4%	17
Howard Payne University TX	53.3%	10
Georgia Military College GA	53.1%	11
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff AR	52.9%	21
Kalamazoo College MI	52.9%	12
Langston University OK	52.7%	13
Ohio State University OH	52.6%	550
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater WI	52.3%	17
University of Oklahoma OK	52.1%	298
University of Tulsa OK	51.8%	156
Northwestern Oklahoma State University OK	51.5%	11
Washington State University WA	51.5%	216
Grambling State University LA	51.4%	30
The College of Wooster OH	51.4%	13

Full University Alumni

American football

Most alumni

Biggest part of the school's identity