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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/urzu_seven on 2024-09-13 05:48:41+00:00.
With the Pac-2/6/12 becoming (for now) the all-“State” conference, I thought it would be interesting to take a quick look at all the FBS State schools, so here’s the data.
There are 31 current FBS programs that fit the XXX State pattern (LSU, MTSU, BGSU, and Sam Houston being a sort of anomalies here, but I included them anyway*).
- 13 (including WSU and OSU) are “Power” schools.
- 18 are “Group” schools.
- All 13 of the Power schools are named after the actual state they are in (Washington State is in Washington state for example). Only 6 of the Group schools are named after the actual State.
- 8 of the Group schools are named after the city they are in (Boise, Fresno, Jacksonville, Kennesaw, Kent, San Diego, San Jose, Bowling Green)
- Appalachian State and Middle Tennessee State are named after the region they are in.
- Ball State and Sam Houston State are named after people. Ball State is named after the Ball brothers who founded the Ball Corporation, which yes makes Ball Jars among other things, and Sam Houston State is named after some guy named Sam Houston I assume? Just kidding he’s the name sake of the city of Houston, the governor of Teneesee, President of Texas, Governor of Texas AND later Senator for Texas. Talk about a busy guy.
Here’s a List of all 31:
| Team Name |
|---|
| Appalachian State |
| Arizona State |
| Arkansas State |
| Ball State |
| Boise State |
| Bowling Green State (BGSU) |
| Colorado State |
| Florida State |
| Fresno State |
| Georgia State |
| Iowa State |
| Jacksonville State |
| Kansas State |
| Kennesaw State |
| Kent State |
| Louisiana State (LSU) |
| Michigan State |
| Middle Tennessee State (MTSU) |
| Mississippi State |
| NC State |
| New Mexico State |
| Ohio State |
| Oklahoma State |
| Oregon State |
| Penn State |
| Sam Houston State (Sam Houston) |
| San Diego State |
| San Jose State |
| Texas State |
| Utah State |
| Washington State |
EDIT: *Apologies to BGSU (Bowling Green State), MTSU (Middle Tennessee State), and Sam Houston (Sam Houston State) for missing your schools. To be fair, like LSU you don’t exactly make it easy with how you abbreviate your names, but you still deserve to be included. Numbers updated accordingly. Thanks to u/SlyClydesdale for pointing out my error.