2026 roster ledger

Biggest Localism Shift

James Madison’s in-state share fell from 58% to 17%—the biggest move in the FBS.

Absolute change in in-state roster share: 2016–18 baseline to 2026

This is the sharpest break with the pre-portal roster: the teams whose in-state share moved furthest, in either direction.

Conference

136 teams

Rank				Players
1	James Madison	Sun Belt	17.4%	19 / 107	↓ 41.1 pts
2	South Florida	American Athletic	46.9%	53 / 113	↓ 40.3 pts
3	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	42.4%	42 / 97	↓ 37.2 pts
4	Central Michigan	Mid-American	33.0%	37 / 111	↓ 36.1 pts
5	Sam Houston	Conference USA	49.5%	51 / 102	↓ 35.4 pts
6	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	50.9%	58 / 114	↓ 35.2 pts
7	Charlotte	American Athletic	18.2%	20 / 105	↓ 34.5 pts
8	Missouri State	Conference USA	20.6%	21 / 101	↓ 33.9 pts
9	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	5.7%	6 / 105	↓ 32.8 pts
10	North Carolina	ACC	11.9%	13 / 107	↓ 31.5 pts
11	Rice	American Athletic	56.3%	58 / 103	↓ 27.9 pts
12	UCLA	Big Ten	50.8%	61 / 120	↓ 27.1 pts
13	Western Michigan	Mid-American	22.1%	23 / 104	↓ 27.1 pts
14	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	43.0%	55 / 126	↓ 24.3 pts
15	SMU	ACC	52.3%	56 / 105	↓ 24.3 pts
16	California	ACC	40.8%	42 / 101	↓ 24.3 pts
17	Texas A&M	SEC	51.6%	63 / 122	↓ 24.2 pts
18	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	16.3%	16 / 98	↓ 23.7 pts
19	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	24.5%	27 / 109	↓ 22.9 pts
20	Michigan	Big Ten	12.8%	15 / 117	↓ 22.5 pts
21	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	23.3%	24 / 102	↓ 22.5 pts
22	Texas	SEC	56.4%	62 / 109	↓ 22.0 pts
23	UConn	FBS Independents	7.4%	7 / 94	↓ 21.4 pts
24	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	5.3%	6 / 112	↓ 21.2 pts
25	Colorado	Big 12	7.8%	8 / 101	↓ 21.1 pts
26	LSU	SEC	38.0%	41 / 108	↓ 21.1 pts
27	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	38.2%	42 / 110	↓ 19.5 pts
28	Rutgers	Big Ten	33.1%	41 / 124	↓ 19.4 pts
29	Kansas State	Big 12	20.2%	22 / 108	↓ 19.4 pts
30	Wisconsin	Big Ten	26.3%	30 / 112	↓ 18.9 pts
31	UCF	Big 12	49.1%	53 / 101	↓ 18.8 pts
32	Clemson	ACC	21.8%	26 / 119	↓ 18.7 pts
33	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	18.4%	19 / 100	↓ 18.7 pts
34	NC State	ACC	37.6%	47 / 124	↓ 18.6 pts
35	Florida	SEC	53.0%	62 / 113	↓ 18.4 pts
36	Baylor	Big 12	58.6%	65 / 110	↓ 18.2 pts
37	Texas State	Pac-12	68.2%	73 / 107	↓ 17.9 pts
38	Florida State	ACC	46.2%	49 / 103	↓ 17.6 pts
39	Troy	Sun Belt	34.0%	35 / 103	↓ 16.8 pts
40	Memphis	American Athletic	16.8%	18 / 106	↓ 16.2 pts
41	Houston	Big 12	62.9%	73 / 116	↓ 16.2 pts
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	19.5%	22 / 112	↓ 15.4 pts
43	Washington	Big Ten	23.8%	24 / 101	↓ 15.2 pts
44	Florida International	Conference USA	71.4%	75 / 104	↓ 15.0 pts
45	USC	Big Ten	50.8%	64 / 125	↓ 15.0 pts
46	Mississippi State	SEC	33.0%	38 / 114	↓ 14.6 pts
47	Delaware	Conference USA	9.5%	10 / 105	↓ 14.1 pts
48	Arkansas	SEC	24.6%	29 / 117	↓ 14.1 pts
49	Virginia	ACC	29.1%	34 / 116	↓ 14.1 pts
50	Penn State	Big Ten	25.0%	28 / 112	↓ 13.6 pts
51	Virginia Tech	ACC	39.7%	48 / 121	↓ 13.5 pts
52	Miami	ACC	46.0%	52 / 111	↓ 13.4 pts
53	Georgia	SEC	59.2%	74 / 123	↓ 13.2 pts
54	Arizona State	Big 12	14.9%	15 / 101	↓ 13.2 pts
55	Georgia State	Sun Belt	57.7%	64 / 111	↓ 12.9 pts
56	East Carolina	American Athletic	33.9%	40 / 118	↓ 12.9 pts
57	West Virginia	Big 12	10.2%	12 / 116	↓ 12.7 pts
58	Kentucky	SEC	12.6%	14 / 110	↓ 12.7 pts
59	Utah State	Pac-12	44.8%	43 / 94	↑ 12.7 pts
60	UTEP	Mountain West	66.1%	72 / 107	↑ 12.4 pts
61	TCU	Big 12	72.6%	85 / 117	↑ 12.4 pts
62	Tulane	American Athletic	28.2%	33 / 117	↓ 12.4 pts
63	Michigan State	Big Ten	30.6%	34 / 111	↓ 12.3 pts
64	Toledo	Mid-American	34.8%	32 / 91	↓ 12.2 pts
65	Temple	American Athletic	25.0%	29 / 115	↓ 12.2 pts
66	App State	Sun Belt	29.5%	26 / 86	↓ 12.0 pts
67	BYU	Big 12	49.6%	58 / 116	↑ 12.0 pts
68	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	56.6%	69 / 121	↓ 12.0 pts
69	San José State	Mountain West	76.7%	79 / 102	↓ 12.0 pts
70	Kansas	Big 12	27.4%	31 / 113	↑ 12.0 pts
71	Akron	Mid-American	28.7%	25 / 85	↓ 11.7 pts
72	Ohio	Mid-American	45.8%	44 / 96	↓ 11.7 pts
73	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	28.9%	33 / 114	↓ 11.5 pts
74	Marshall	Sun Belt	21.9%	23 / 101	↑ 11.5 pts
75	Cincinnati	Big 12	31.5%	35 / 111	↓ 11.3 pts
76	Louisiana	Sun Belt	60.2%	62 / 102	↑ 11.3 pts
77	North Texas	American Athletic	61.3%	65 / 106	↓ 11.2 pts
78	Iowa	Big Ten	35.1%	39 / 111	↓ 11.1 pts
79	Texas Tech	Big 12	64.8%	70 / 107	↓ 11.0 pts
80	Iowa State	Big 12	19.8%	25 / 125	↓ 10.8 pts
81	Hawai'i	Mountain West	48.1%	51 / 104	↑ 10.5 pts
82	Colorado State	Pac-12	22.4%	19 / 85	↓ 10.3 pts
83	Buffalo	Mid-American	22.2%	26 / 116	↓ 10.2 pts
84	Boston College	ACC	13.3%	16 / 118	↓ 9.9 pts
85	Nebraska	Big Ten	27.8%	32 / 115	↓ 9.5 pts
86	Kent State	Mid-American	53.2%	59 / 111	↑ 9.4 pts
87	Missouri	SEC	26.1%	29 / 110	↓ 9.2 pts
88	Tennessee	SEC	30.4%	34 / 110	↓ 8.8 pts
89	Massachusetts	Mid-American	20.6%	21 / 100	↓ 8.4 pts
90	Liberty	Conference USA	17.3%	18 / 104	↓ 8.3 pts
91	Ohio State	Big Ten	44.2%	53 / 120	↓ 8.2 pts
92	UAB	American Athletic	35.6%	37 / 104	↓ 8.2 pts
93	Oregon State	Pac-12	14.2%	15 / 106	↓ 8.0 pts
94	Georgia Tech	ACC	57.9%	62 / 107	↓ 7.9 pts
95	Purdue	Big Ten	20.2%	24 / 119	↓ 7.7 pts
96	Ole Miss	SEC	26.8%	30 / 111	↓ 7.5 pts
97	Fresno State	Pac-12	66.7%	76 / 112	↓ 7.3 pts
98	Bowling Green	Mid-American	34.0%	36 / 105	↓ 6.9 pts
99	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	36.4%	44 / 121	↑ 6.8 pts
100	Pittsburgh	ACC	30.4%	34 / 111	↓ 6.5 pts
101	Wake Forest	ACC	12.7%	13 / 101	↓ 6.5 pts
102	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	32.7%	35 / 106	↑ 6.5 pts
103	Boise State	Pac-12	10.7%	12 / 108	↓ 6.2 pts
104	Auburn	SEC	34.5%	39 / 112	↓ 6.2 pts
105	Oklahoma	SEC	20.2%	22 / 108	↓ 6.2 pts
106	Arizona	Big 12	24.3%	25 / 100	↓ 6.1 pts
107	Oklahoma State	Big 12	20.4%	23 / 113	↓ 6.0 pts
108	Northwestern	Big Ten	26.0%	32 / 122	↑ 5.6 pts
109	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	23.9%	27 / 112	↓ 5.6 pts
110	UNLV	Mountain West	14.8%	16 / 108	↓ 5.5 pts
111	New Mexico	Mountain West	10.8%	12 / 110	↓ 5.2 pts
112	South Carolina	SEC	36.4%	40 / 108	↓ 5.2 pts
113	Stanford	ACC	24.1%	27 / 111	↓ 4.9 pts
114	Washington State	Pac-12	20.0%	21 / 103	↓ 4.8 pts
115	Louisville	ACC	29.7%	30 / 101	↑ 4.7 pts
116	San Diego State	Pac-12	64.9%	72 / 111	↓ 4.7 pts
117	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10.6%	12 / 112	↑ 4.7 pts
118	Wyoming	Mountain West	8.9%	10 / 112	↓ 4.6 pts
119	Navy	American Athletic	10.7%	21 / 197	↑ 4.5 pts
120	Ball State	Mid-American	32.4%	36 / 111	↓ 4.1 pts
121	Utah	Big 12	30.8%	32 / 103	↓ 3.9 pts
122	Duke	ACC	13.9%	14 / 100	↓ 3.7 pts
123	Tulsa	American Athletic	32.7%	36 / 109	↓ 3.6 pts
124	Illinois	Big Ten	33.6%	39 / 116	↓ 3.4 pts
125	New Mexico State	Conference USA	8.9%	9 / 101	↓ 3.2 pts
126	UTSA	American Athletic	73.7%	87 / 117	↑ 3.1 pts
127	Indiana	Big Ten	30.6%	30 / 97	↑ 2.8 pts
128	Army	American Athletic	1.0%	2 / 196	↓ 2.8 pts
129	Syracuse	ACC	15.5%	17 / 105	↑ 2.7 pts
130	Vanderbilt	SEC	17.5%	20 / 113	↑ 2.5 pts
131	Maryland	Big Ten	40.7%	44 / 106	↓ 2.2 pts
132	South Alabama	Sun Belt	38.8%	45 / 114	↓ 2.1 pts
133	Air Force	Mountain West	7.9%	11 / 139	↑ 1.6 pts
134	Oregon	Big Ten	20.2%	23 / 114	↑ 0.4 pts
135	Alabama	SEC	36.7%	44 / 119	↑ 0.2 pts
136	Nevada	Mountain West	20.4%	21 / 103	↓ 0.0 pts

Comparisons use the 2016–18 baseline where available. Teams without enough reliable history remain in the current-roster table but show no change.