abstract
| - TV markets are defined by Nielsen Media Research, and are sorted by their rank in the 2011-2012 television season. The primary focus is on "AQ" (automatic qualifying) schools; therefore, they are listed before "non-AQ" schools, even if the "non-AQ" schools are larger. Where "AQ" FBS schools do not exist, preference is given to "non-AQ" FBS schools first, then FCS, Division II, Division III or NAIA, and community colleges. Where no football program exists, the university/community college is listed by largest enrollment. If more than one football-playing school is at the highest level available in a media market, all are listed, with the largest school (by undergraduate enrollment) listed first. Club and sprint football teams do not count; for this reason, the University of Vermont and Mansfield University of Pennsylvania are listed as schools without a football team. The school listed in a given market is not necessarily the largest or best-known school in that area. Several markets have one or more Division I schools without football; to name a few examples:
* Neither of the Milwaukee media market's two NCAA Division I schools, Milwaukee and Marquette, sponsors varsity football. The only NCAA Division II school in the market is UW–Parkside, which also does not sponsor football. The market's seven Division III schools are listed.
* By far the largest school in the Charlotte media market is Charlotte, which has never sponsored football, but plans to launch an FCS football program in 2013.
* The largest school in the Jacksonville media market is North Florida, which has also never sponsored football.
* The only NCAA Division I school in the Green Bay-Appleton media market is Green Bay, which does not sponsor football.
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