Best Colleges for Sports
Athletic programs and sports tradition
Based on 5,765 community votes
Top 10 Colleges for Sports
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
1648
100.0% win
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
1645
93.8% win
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
1640
88.2% win
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
1634
93.3% win
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
1630
86.7% win
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX
1628
92.3% win
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
1625
82.6% win
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
1619
90.9% win
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
1619
90.9% win
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
1605
91.7% win
Full Rankings
| Rank | College | Type | ELO | Matches | Win Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI | Public | 1648 | 14 | 100.0% |
| 2 | Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA | Public | 1645 | 16 | 93.8% |
| 3 | University of Georgia Athens, GA | Public | 1640 | 17 | 88.2% |
| 4 | Ohio State University Columbus, OH | Public | 1634 | 15 | 93.3% |
| 5 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | Private | 1630 | 15 | 86.7% |
| 6 | Texas A&M University College Station, TX | Public | 1628 | 13 | 92.3% |
| 7 | University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA | Public | 1625 | 23 | 82.6% |
| 8 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL | Public | 1619 | 11 | 90.9% |
| 9 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | Private | 1619 | 11 | 90.9% |
| 10 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY | Private | 1605 | 12 | 91.7% |
| 11 | University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE | Public | 1598 | 15 | 80.0% |
| 12 | University of Maryland College Park, MD | Public | 1593 | 13 | 76.9% |
| 13 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA | Public | 1592 | 23 | 73.9% |
| 14 | University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA | Public | 1591 | 12 | 83.3% |
| 15 | Duke University Durham, NC | Private | 1587 | 6 | 100.0% |
| 16 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL | Private | 1586 | 8 | 100.0% |
| 17 | University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA | Public | 1586 | 9 | 88.9% |
| 18 | Auburn University Auburn, AL | Public | 1582 | 12 | 75.0% |
| 19 | University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI | Public | 1581 | 8 | 87.5% |
| 20 | College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA | Public | 1577 | 6 | 100.0% |
| 21 | University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX | Public | 1574 | 6 | 100.0% |
| 22 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME | Private | 1571 | 9 | 77.8% |
| 23 | University of Connecticut Storrs, CT | Public | 1570 | 11 | 81.8% |
| 24 | University of Oregon Eugene, OR | Public | 1568 | 8 | 87.5% |
| 25 | Occidental College Los Angeles, CA | Private | 1568 | 5 | 100.0% |
| 26 | University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL | Public | 1568 | 5 | 100.0% |
| 27 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ | Public | 1567 | 7 | 85.7% |
| 28 | University of Miami Coral Gables, FL | Private | 1566 | 14 | 71.4% |
| 29 | University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR | Public | 1563 | 11 | 72.7% |
| 30 | Union College Schenectady, NY | Private | 1557 | 4 | 100.0% |
| 31 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | Private | 1556 | 20 | 65.0% |
| 32 | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT | Public | 1555 | 11 | 72.7% |
| 33 | University of South Carolina Columbia, SC | Public | 1550 | 23 | 60.9% |
| 34 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | Private | 1548 | 13 | 69.2% |
| 35 | University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND | Public | 1547 | 3 | 100.0% |
| 36 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | Private | 1546 | 20 | 60.0% |
| 37 | Denison University Granville, OH | Private | 1544 | 3 | 100.0% |
| 38 | Yale University New Haven, CT | Private | 1544 | 10 | 70.0% |
| 39 | University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | Public | 1544 | 12 | 66.7% |
| 40 | Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN | Public | 1543 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 41 | University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | Public | 1542 | 16 | 68.8% |
| 42 | Morehouse College Atlanta, GA | Private | 1542 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 43 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA | Private | 1538 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 44 | Davidson College Davidson, NC | Private | 1532 | 9 | 66.7% |
| 45 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY | Private | 1532 | 14 | 57.1% |
| 46 | University of Maine Orono, ME | Public | 1532 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 47 | Iowa State University Ames, IA | Public | 1531 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 48 | Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, PA | Private | 1531 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 49 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA | Private | 1531 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 50 | Chapman University Orange, CA | Private | 1531 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 51 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | Public | 1530 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 52 | Northeastern University Boston, MA | Private | 1530 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 53 | Purdue University West Lafayette, IN | Public | 1530 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 54 | Clemson University Clemson, SC | Public | 1529 | 5 | 80.0% |
| 55 | Spelman College Atlanta, GA | Private | 1529 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 56 | Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA | Private | 1528 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 57 | Villanova University Villanova, PA | Private | 1527 | 17 | 58.8% |
| 58 | University of New Hampshire Durham, NH | Public | 1527 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 59 | Barnard College New York, NY | Private | 1527 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 60 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | Private | 1527 | 14 | 57.1% |
| 61 | Reed College Portland, OR | Private | 1525 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 62 | University of Kentucky Lexington, KY | Public | 1525 | 10 | 60.0% |
| 63 | SUNY Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY | Public | 1519 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 64 | Fordham University Bronx, NY | Private | 1517 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 65 | University of Missouri Columbia, MO | Public | 1516 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 66 | Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ | Public | 1516 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 67 | Centre College Danville, KY | Private | 1516 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 68 | University of Vermont Burlington, VT | Public | 1515 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 69 | University of California, Merced Merced, CA | Public | 1515 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 70 | SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, NY | Public | 1513 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 71 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL | Public | 1513 | 9 | 55.6% |
| 72 | Gonzaga University Spokane, WA | Private | 1511 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 73 | University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN | Public | 1511 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 74 | Lafayette College Easton, PA | Private | 1510 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 75 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | Private | 1507 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 76 | Michigan State University East Lansing, MI | Public | 1505 | 11 | 45.5% |
| 77 | University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA | Public | 1504 | 14 | 50.0% |
| 78 | SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY | Public | 1503 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 79 | University of Idaho Moscow, ID | Public | 1502 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 80 | Trinity College Hartford, CT | Private | 1502 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 81 | West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | Public | 1501 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 82 | Howard University Washington, D.C. | Private | 1500 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 83 | University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | Public | 1500 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 84 | Baylor University Waco, TX | Private | 1500 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 85 | Scripps College Claremont, CA | Private | 1500 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 86 | Oberlin College Oberlin, OH | Private | 1500 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 87 | Macalester College St. Paul, MN | Private | 1500 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 88 | University of Mississippi Oxford, MS | Public | 1499 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 89 | University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV | Public | 1499 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 90 | University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA | Public | 1498 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 91 | University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI | Public | 1496 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 92 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | Private | 1494 | 11 | 45.5% |
| 93 | North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC | Public | 1494 | 18 | 50.0% |
| 94 | Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA | Private | 1493 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 95 | American University Washington, D.C. | Private | 1492 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 96 | Arizona State University Tempe, AZ | Public | 1491 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 97 | University of Wyoming Laramie, WY | Public | 1490 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 98 | Emory University Atlanta, GA | Private | 1490 | 16 | 43.8% |
| 99 | Boston University Boston, MA | Private | 1490 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 100 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | Private | 1490 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 101 | Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA | Public | 1489 | 22 | 54.5% |
| 102 | University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD | Public | 1487 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 103 | University of San Diego San Diego, CA | Private | 1486 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 104 | Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA | Public | 1485 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 105 | DePaul University Chicago, IL | Private | 1484 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 106 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA | Private | 1483 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 107 | University of Montana Missoula, MT | Public | 1482 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 108 | Whitman College Walla Walla, WA | Private | 1481 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 109 | Amherst College Amherst, MA | Private | 1481 | 14 | 42.9% |
| 110 | Bates College Lewiston, ME | Private | 1480 | 14 | 42.9% |
| 111 | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA | Public | 1480 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 112 | Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | Public | 1480 | 13 | 38.5% |
| 113 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT | Private | 1479 | 10 | 40.0% |
| 114 | University of Delaware Newark, DE | Public | 1478 | 28 | 46.4% |
| 115 | University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK | Public | 1477 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 116 | University of Washington Seattle, WA | Public | 1476 | 17 | 41.2% |
| 117 | Kenyon College Gambier, OH | Private | 1472 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 118 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA | Private | 1472 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 119 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN | Private | 1471 | 8 | 37.5% |
| 120 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX | Private | 1471 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 121 | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO | Public | 1469 | 12 | 41.7% |
| 122 | Marquette University Milwaukee, WI | Private | 1469 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 123 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA | Private | 1467 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 124 | University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA | Public | 1466 | 21 | 42.9% |
| 125 | Tulane University New Orleans, LA | Private | 1463 | 10 | 40.0% |
| 126 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA | Private | 1463 | 7 | 28.6% |
| 127 | University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA | Public | 1462 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 128 | University of Kansas Lawrence, KS | Public | 1460 | 9 | 33.3% |
| 129 | Rice University Houston, TX | Private | 1458 | 19 | 42.1% |
| 130 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | Private | 1458 | 14 | 35.7% |
| 131 | Grinnell College Grinnell, IA | Private | 1456 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 132 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | Private | 1456 | 16 | 37.5% |
| 133 | University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | Public | 1455 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 134 | University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN | Public | 1454 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 135 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | Private | 1453 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 136 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY | Private | 1453 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 137 | Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX | Private | 1452 | 7 | 28.6% |
| 138 | University of Denver Denver, CO | Private | 1452 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 139 | University of Oklahoma Norman, OK | Public | 1452 | 3 | 0.0% |
| 140 | Haverford College Haverford, PA | Private | 1447 | 12 | 33.3% |
| 141 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA | Private | 1447 | 11 | 27.3% |
| 142 | Carleton College Northfield, MN | Private | 1446 | 6 | 16.7% |
| 143 | Dickinson College Carlisle, PA | Private | 1444 | 6 | 16.7% |
| 144 | Georgetown University Washington, D.C. | Private | 1443 | 8 | 25.0% |
| 145 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | Private | 1442 | 21 | 33.3% |
| 146 | San Diego State University San Diego, CA | Public | 1439 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 147 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH | Private | 1437 | 16 | 31.3% |
| 148 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN | Private | 1435 | 7 | 14.3% |
| 149 | Brown University Providence, RI | Private | 1433 | 19 | 31.6% |
| 150 | Williams College Williamstown, MA | Private | 1432 | 8 | 12.5% |
| 151 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA | Private | 1428 | 5 | 0.0% |
| 152 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA | Private | 1421 | 8 | 12.5% |
| 153 | Colby College Waterville, ME | Private | 1417 | 13 | 23.1% |
| 154 | University of California, Davis Davis, CA | Public | 1409 | 11 | 18.2% |
| 155 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA | Private | 1407 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 156 | Hamilton College Clinton, NY | Private | 1402 | 17 | 23.5% |
| 157 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA | Private | 1401 | 10 | 10.0% |
| 158 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA | Private | 1395 | 9 | 0.0% |
| 159 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | Private | 1393 | 11 | 9.1% |
| 160 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA | Private | 1387 | 14 | 14.3% |
| 161 | Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO | Private | 1379 | 16 | 12.5% |
| 162 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | Private | 1378 | 11 | 0.0% |
| 163 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL | Private | 1376 | 12 | 0.0% |
| 164 | Smith College Northampton, MA | Private | 1375 | 15 | 13.3% |
| 165 | Columbia University New York, NY | Private | 1364 | 24 | 16.7% |
| 166 | Tufts University Medford, MA | Private | 1350 | 13 | 0.0% |
| 167 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY | Private | 1342 | 27 | 18.5% |
| 168 | New York University New York, NY | Private | 1322 | 15 | 0.0% |
| 169 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | Private | 1275 | 23 | 0.0% |