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Best Colleges for Sports

Athletic programs and sports tradition

Based on 5,765 community votes

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Top 10 Public 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

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

University of Nebraska

Lincoln, NE

1598

80.0% win

University of Maryland

College Park, MD

1593

76.9% win

#10

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

1592

73.9% 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	Texas A&M University College Station, TX	Public	1628	13	92.3%
6	University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA	Public	1625	23	82.6%
7	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	Public	1619	11	90.9%
8	University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE	Public	1598	15	80.0%
9	University of Maryland College Park, MD	Public	1593	13	76.9%
10	University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	Public	1592	23	73.9%
11	University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	Public	1591	12	83.3%
12	University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA	Public	1586	9	88.9%
13	Auburn University Auburn, AL	Public	1582	12	75.0%
14	University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI	Public	1581	8	87.5%
15	College of William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	Public	1577	6	100.0%
16	University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	Public	1574	6	100.0%
17	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	Public	1570	11	81.8%
18	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	Public	1568	8	87.5%
19	University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL	Public	1568	5	100.0%
20	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	Public	1567	7	85.7%
21	University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR	Public	1563	11	72.7%
22	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	Public	1555	11	72.7%
23	University of South Carolina Columbia, SC	Public	1550	23	60.9%
24	University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND	Public	1547	3	100.0%
25	University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	Public	1544	12	66.7%
26	Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	Public	1543	7	71.4%
27	University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	Public	1542	16	68.8%
28	University of Maine Orono, ME	Public	1532	2	100.0%
29	Iowa State University Ames, IA	Public	1531	6	66.7%
30	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	Public	1530	6	66.7%
31	Purdue University West Lafayette, IN	Public	1530	6	66.7%
32	Clemson University Clemson, SC	Public	1529	5	80.0%
33	University of New Hampshire Durham, NH	Public	1527	2	100.0%
34	University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	Public	1525	10	60.0%
35	SUNY Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY	Public	1519	5	60.0%
36	University of Missouri Columbia, MO	Public	1516	1	100.0%
37	Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ	Public	1516	3	66.7%
38	University of Vermont Burlington, VT	Public	1515	3	66.7%
39	University of California, Merced Merced, CA	Public	1515	1	100.0%
40	SUNY Binghamton Binghamton, NY	Public	1513	3	66.7%
41	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL	Public	1513	9	55.6%
42	University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN	Public	1511	11	54.5%
43	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI	Public	1505	11	45.5%
44	University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA	Public	1504	14	50.0%
45	SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY	Public	1503	6	50.0%
46	University of Idaho Moscow, ID	Public	1502	6	50.0%
47	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	Public	1501	4	50.0%
48	University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	Public	1500	0	0.0%
49	University of Mississippi Oxford, MS	Public	1499	6	50.0%
50	University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV	Public	1499	6	50.0%
51	University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA	Public	1498	8	50.0%
52	University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI	Public	1496	6	50.0%
53	North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC	Public	1494	18	50.0%
54	Arizona State University Tempe, AZ	Public	1491	5	40.0%
55	University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	Public	1490	7	42.9%
56	Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA	Public	1489	22	54.5%
57	University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD	Public	1487	5	40.0%
58	Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	Public	1485	3	33.3%
59	University of Montana Missoula, MT	Public	1482	5	40.0%
60	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	Public	1480	3	33.3%
61	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA	Public	1480	13	38.5%
62	University of Delaware Newark, DE	Public	1478	28	46.4%
63	University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK	Public	1477	7	42.9%
64	University of Washington Seattle, WA	Public	1476	17	41.2%
65	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	Public	1469	12	41.7%
66	University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	Public	1466	21	42.9%
67	University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA	Public	1462	6	33.3%
68	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	Public	1460	9	33.3%
69	University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI	Public	1455	3	0.0%
70	University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN	Public	1454	3	0.0%
71	University of Oklahoma Norman, OK	Public	1452	3	0.0%
72	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	Public	1439	4	0.0%
73	University of California, Davis Davis, CA	Public	1409	11	18.2%

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