College Football Rankings by Players on Roster, 2026

Navy ranks first in FBS in players on roster at 197, ahead of Army (196) and North Dakota State (130). The middle of FBS is about 111, and Colorado State is last of 138 (82).

What's players on roster?

Everyone listed on the team roster, walk-ons included. The NCAA roster limit is now 105, but some teams list more players than that.

247Sports team talent composite and 2026 transfer portal class. Star counts cover only the players 247Sports rates, not walk-ons, so they add up to less than the full roster. Ranks are out of all 138 FBS teams.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. Ranks are among the 138 FBS teams with the number.

Every FBS team by players on roster

Rank	Team	Conference	Players on roster
1	Navy	American Athletic	197
2	Army	American Athletic	196
3	North Dakota State	Mountain West	130
4	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	128
5	Iowa State	Big 12	126
5	Rutgers	Big Ten	126
5	USC	Big Ten	126
8	Georgia	SEC	125
8	NC State	ACC	125
10	Northwestern	Big Ten	124
11	Boston College	ACC	123
12	Air Force	Mountain West	122
12	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	122
12	Texas A&M	SEC	122
15	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	121
15	Virginia Tech	ACC	121
17	Alabama	SEC	120
17	Ohio State	Big Ten	120
17	UCLA	Big Ten	120
20	Clemson	ACC	119
20	East Carolina	American Athletic	119
20	Purdue	Big Ten	119
20	Temple	American Athletic	119
20	UTSA	American Athletic	119
25	Arkansas	SEC	118
25	Buffalo	Mid-American	118
25	Michigan	Big Ten	118
25	West Virginia	Big 12	118
29	BYU	Big 12	117
29	Florida	SEC	117
29	South Alabama	Sun Belt	117
29	Tulane	American Athletic	117
29	Virginia	ACC	117
34	Ball State	Mid-American	116
34	Houston	Big 12	116
34	Illinois	Big Ten	116
34	Nebraska	Big Ten	116
34	Sacramento State	Mid-American	116
34	TCU	Big 12	116
40	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	115
40	Fresno State	Pac-12	115
40	Mississippi State	SEC	115
40	Vanderbilt	SEC	115
44	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	114
44	Boise State	Pac-12	114
44	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	114
44	Georgia State	Sun Belt	114
44	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	114
44	Oregon	Big Ten	114
44	Wisconsin	Big Ten	114
51	Auburn	SEC	113
51	Kansas	Big 12	113
51	Miami	ACC	113
51	Minnesota	Big Ten	113
51	Notre Dame	Independents	113
51	Oklahoma State	Big 12	113
51	South Florida	American Athletic	113
58	Central Michigan	Mid-American	112
58	New Mexico	Mountain West	112
58	Ole Miss	SEC	112
58	Penn State	Big Ten	112
58	Pittsburgh	ACC	112
58	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	112
58	Stanford	ACC	112
58	Tennessee	SEC	112
58	Wyoming	Mountain West	112
67	Baylor	Big 12	111
67	Cincinnati	Big 12	111
67	Iowa	Big Ten	111
67	Kent State	Mid-American	111
67	Kentucky	SEC	111
67	Michigan State	Big Ten	111
67	Missouri	SEC	111
67	San Diego State	Pac-12	111
75	Charlotte	American Athletic	110
75	Hawai'i	Mountain West	110
75	Oklahoma	SEC	110
75	South Carolina	SEC	110
75	Syracuse	ACC	110
75	Tulsa	American Athletic	110
75	UTEP	Mountain West	110
82	App State	Sun Belt	109
82	James Madison	Sun Belt	109
82	Kansas State	Big 12	109
82	North Carolina	ACC	109
82	Texas	SEC	109
87	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	108
87	LSU	SEC	108
87	Maryland	Big Ten	108
87	Oregon State	Pac-12	108
87	Texas Tech	Big 12	108
87	UCF	Big 12	108
87	UNLV	Mountain West	108
94	Georgia Tech	ACC	107
94	Memphis	American Athletic	107
94	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	107
94	SMU	ACC	107
94	Texas State	Pac-12	107
99	Bowling Green	Mid-American	106
99	Delaware	Conference USA	106
99	Florida State	ACC	106
99	North Texas	American Athletic	106
99	Sam Houston	Conference USA	106
99	UAB	American Athletic	106
99	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	106
106	Colorado	Big 12	105
106	Florida International	Conference USA	105
106	Louisiana	Sun Belt	105
106	Marshall	Sun Belt	105
106	Ohio	Mid-American	105
106	Washington State	Pac-12	105
112	Akron	Mid-American	104
112	Liberty	Conference USA	104
112	Missouri State	Conference USA	104
112	Toledo	Mid-American	104
112	Troy	Sun Belt	104
112	Utah	Big 12	104
112	Western Michigan	Mid-American	104
119	Arizona	Big 12	103
119	California	ACC	103
119	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	103
119	Massachusetts	Mid-American	103
119	Nevada	Mountain West	103
119	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	103
119	Rice	American Athletic	103
119	San José State	Mountain West	103
119	Wake Forest	ACC	103
128	Louisville	ACC	102
129	Arizona State	Big 12	101
129	Duke	ACC	101
129	New Mexico State	Conference USA	101
129	Washington	Big Ten	101
133	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	99
134	Indiana	Big Ten	98
134	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	98
136	UConn	Independents	96
137	Utah State	Pac-12	89
138	Colorado State	Pac-12	82

The best team in each conference

American Athletic: Navy (197, 1st); Mountain West: North Dakota State (130, 3rd); Conference USA: Jacksonville State (128, 4th); Big 12: Iowa State (126, 5th); Big Ten: Rutgers (126, 5th); SEC: Georgia (125, 8th); ACC: NC State (125, 8th); Sun Belt: Georgia Southern (122, 12th); Mid-American: Miami (OH) (121, 15th); Pac-12: Fresno State (115, 40th); Independents: Notre Dame (113, 51st).

College Football Rankings by Players on Roster, 2026

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