Division 1 FBS Signees by State

[eaglesinsider]

Here is the full list (including FBS Transitionals Old Dominion and Georgia State), Maryland is 15th:

1. Texas- 383
2. Florida- 354
3. California- 342
4. Georgia- 204
5. Ohio- 146
6. Alabama- 92
7. Louisiana- 91
8. Illinois- 81
9. North Carolina- 75
10. New Jersey- 71
11. Pennsylvania- 69
12. Virginia- 63
13. Michigan- 61
14. Mississippi- 56
15. Maryland- 52
16. Tennessee- 43
17. Utah- 40
18. Indiana- 39
19. Missouri- 37
20. Oklahoma- 36
21. Arizona- 34
22. South Carolina- 33
23. Washington -27
t-24. New York- 25
t-24. Hawaii- 25
t-26. Colorado- 23
t-26. Wisconsin- 23
28. Kansas- 20
t-29. Kentucky- 17
t-29. Oregon- 17
31. Nevada- 16
32. Arkansas- 15
33. Minnesota- 13
34. Iowa- 12
t-35. Connecticut- 11
t-35. Massachusetts- 11
37. Washington (DC)- 10
38. Nebraska- 8
39. Idaho- 7
t-40. Delaware- 3
t-40. West Virginia- 3
t-42. South Dakota- 2
t-42. New Mexico- 2
t-44. Alaska- 1
t-44. Wyoming- 1
Maine- 0
Montana-0
New Hampshire- 0
North Dakota- 0
Rhode Island- 0
Vermont- 0

[harcohorns]

Md is 7th in ratio of D1 (FBS) signees to number of HS football players.. would have moved to 5 if not for a unusual spike in signees from Hawaii and Utah...

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...sp?CID=1470883

[eaglesinsider]

Md is 7th in ratio of D1 (FBS) signees to number of HS football players.. would have moved to 5 if not for a unusual spike in signees from Hawaii and Utah...

http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com...sp?CID=1470883

Player Ratio is a great stat. Here is a ratio of total population to signees:

1. Georgia- 1 in 48,627
2. Louisiana- 1 in 50,570
3. Alabama- 1 in 52,413
4. Mississippi- 1 in 53,302
5. Florida- 1 in 54,569
6. Hawaii- 1 in 55,693
7. *Washington (DC)- 1 in 63,232
8. Texas- 1 in 68,039
9. Utah- 1 in 71,382
10. Ohio- 1 in 79,070
11. Oklahoma- 1 in 105,967
12. California- 1 in 111,232
13. Maryland- 1 in 113,165
14. New Jersey- 1 in 124,853
15. Virginia- 1 in 129,934
16. North Carolina- 1 in 130,028
17. South Carolina- 1 in 143,143
18. Kansas- 1 in 144,295
19. Tennessee- 1 in 150,145
20. Illinois- 1 in 158,954
21. Michigan- 1 in 162,022
22. Missouri- 1 in 162,756
23. Indiana- 1 in 167,624
24. Nevada- 1 in 172,433
25. Pennsylvania- 1 in 184,979
26. Arizona- 1 in 192,743
27. Arkansas- 1 in 196,609
28. Idaho- 1 in 227,961
29. Oregon- 1 in 229,374
30. Nebraska- 1 in 230,691
31. Wisconsin- 1 in 248,974
32. Washington -1 in 255,445
33. Colorado- 1 in 255,547
34. Iowa- 1 in 256,182
35. Kentucky- 1 in 257,671
36. Delaware- 1 in 305,697
37. Connecticut- 1 in 326,395
38. Minnesota- 1 in 413,780
39. South Dakota- 1 in 416,677
40. Wyoming- 1 in 576,412
41. Massachusetts- 1 in 604,195
42. West Virginia- 1 in 618,471
43. Alaska- 1 in 731,449
44. New York- 1 in 782,810
45. New Mexico- 1 in 1,042,769

The top 5 are all deep southern states where football is highly important. It's no wonder the SEC is so dominant at the college level when the 5 states with the ratio of total population to signees are in their footprint. Expanding to the top 10 (excluding DC) includes 5 Southern states (Georgia, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida), 2 states with high Polynesian populations (Hawaii, Utah), 2 Southwestern states (Texas, Oklahoma), and 1 traditional rust belt football state (Ohio). I think this data shows a lot about how much emphasis the population in general puts on football. When 1 in 48,627 people in Georgia are signing with FBS programs, that's incredible.

[slapshot]

RE: "It's no wonder the SEC is so dominant at the college level when the 5 states with the ratio of total population to signees are in their footprint"


Not sure per capita is the way to go...it leads to some outliers (at the college level). Certainly it doesn't always translate into football success for the state's flagship college program. Be interesting to look at the number of HS students from each state, that actually stay in that state?

For example, Miss is listed top 5, yet, the Running Rebels are not, and have not, been very good for many years. For that matter, Georgia was good this year, but prior to that, hasn't been a top 10 team in quite a few years. Similar for Hawaii. On the flip side, looking near the bottom, you have Nebraska and Wisc...both of whom have, historically, been very strong, and ususally end up in the top 20 of national rankings - most years.