39 states have produced
a College Football Belt holder since 1869. Shading shows how many separate reigns
started there — darker means more; hover a state (or check the list below) for who.
California
31 reigns
USC (13×), UCLA (9×), Stanford (6×), California (3×)
Pennsylvania
25 reigns
Penn State (5×), Pennsylvania (4×), Villanova (2×), Carnegie Mellon (2×), Pittsburgh (2×), Lafayette, Lehigh, Muhlenberg, Lebanon Valley, Washington & Jefferson, Duquesne, Geneva, Grove City, Bucknell, Temple
Texas
25 reigns
Baylor (7×), Texas (5×), Texas A&M (4×), TCU (4×), Texas Tech (3×), Rice (2×)
Alabama
20 reigns
Alabama (11×), Auburn (9×)
Florida
15 reigns
Miami (6×), Florida (6×), Florida State (2×), South Florida
New York
13 reigns
Syracuse (4×), Army (3×), Cornell (2×), Columbia (2×), Colgate, Fordham
Indiana
13 reigns
Notre Dame (9×), Purdue (4×)
Washington
13 reigns
Washington (11×), Washington State (2×)
Michigan
11 reigns
Michigan (9×), Michigan State (2×)
Mississippi
11 reigns
Ole Miss (6×), Mississippi State (3×), Southern Miss (2×)
New Jersey
10 reigns
Princeton (9×), Rutgers
Massachusetts
10 reigns
Harvard (10×)
Louisiana
10 reigns
LSU (8×), Tulane (2×)
South Carolina
10 reigns
Clemson (6×), South Carolina (4×)
Ohio
9 reigns
Ohio State (9×)
Tennessee
9 reigns
Tennessee (7×), Memphis, Vanderbilt
Georgia
9 reigns
Georgia (6×), Georgia Tech (3×)
Arizona
9 reigns
Arizona (5×), Arizona State (4×)
Oklahoma
8 reigns
Oklahoma (4×), Oklahoma State (3×), Tulsa
Connecticut
7 reigns
Yale (7×)
Maryland
6 reigns
Navy (5×), Maryland
Colorado
6 reigns
Air Force (2×), Colorado (2×), Colorado State (2×)
North Carolina
5 reigns
Duke (2×), NC State (2×), North Carolina
Arkansas
5 reigns
Arkansas (4×), Arkansas State
Illinois
4 reigns
Illinois (2×), Chicago, Northwestern
Utah
4 reigns
BYU (3×), Utah
Wisconsin
3 reigns
Wisconsin (3×)
Nebraska
3 reigns
Nebraska (3×)
West Virginia
3 reigns
West Virginia (2×), West Virginia Wesleyan
Oregon
3 reigns
Oregon State (2×), Oregon
Rhode Island
2 reigns
Brown (2×)
Iowa
2 reigns
Iowa (2×)
Virginia
2 reigns
Virginia, Virginia Tech
Kentucky
2 reigns
Kentucky, Louisville
Minnesota
1 reign
Minnesota
New Mexico
1 reign
New Mexico
Wyoming
1 reign
Wyoming
Missouri
1 reign
Missouri
Kansas
1 reign
Kansas State