2026 roster ledger

Farthest From Home

Hawai'i’s average player grew up 1,641 mi from campus—3.5× the FBS median.

Average hometown-to-campus distance on 2026 rosters

Some programs recruit a country, not a state. Distance has always been part of their identity; for others, it is new.

Conference

138 teams

Rank				Players
1	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1,641 mi	98 located	—
2	Stanford	ACC	1,429 mi	105 located	—
3	Oregon	Big Ten	1,232 mi	113 located	—
4	Oregon State	Pac-12	1,030 mi	102 located	—
5	Army	American Athletic	1,004 mi	189 located	—
6	Colorado	Big 12	1,004 mi	101 located	—
7	California	ACC	987 mi	100 located	—
8	Washington State	Pac-12	967 mi	99 located	—
9	Washington	Big Ten	868 mi	99 located	—
10	Arizona State	Big 12	854 mi	97 located	—
11	Air Force	Mountain West	845 mi	134 located	—
12	UCLA	Big Ten	835 mi	118 located	—
13	UNLV	Mountain West	818 mi	105 located	—
14	Boise State	Pac-12	799 mi	103 located	—
15	New Mexico State	Conference USA	770 mi	99 located	—
16	USC	Big Ten	765 mi	123 located	—
17	Michigan	Big Ten	764 mi	115 located	—
18	Duke	ACC	744 mi	97 located	—
19	Arizona	Big 12	736 mi	98 located	—
20	Colorado State	Pac-12	734 mi	81 located	—
21	Utah	Big 12	732 mi	101 located	—
22	New Mexico	Mountain West	707 mi	107 located	—
23	Wyoming	Mountain West	692 mi	104 located	—
24	UTEP	Mountain West	680 mi	104 located	—
25	Sacramento State	Mid-American	677 mi	90 located	—
26	Massachusetts	Mid-American	660 mi	88 located	—
27	UConn	FBS Independents	658 mi	85 located	—
28	Nebraska	Big Ten	655 mi	110 located	—
29	Navy	American Athletic	654 mi	186 located	—
30	Boston College	ACC	649 mi	112 located	—
31	Wake Forest	ACC	649 mi	96 located	—
32	Minnesota	Big Ten	647 mi	105 located	—
33	Central Michigan	Mid-American	645 mi	103 located	—
34	Nevada	Mountain West	631 mi	98 located	—
35	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	627 mi	106 located	—
36	Utah State	Pac-12	627 mi	91 located	—
37	San Diego State	Pac-12	627 mi	108 located	—
38	Michigan State	Big Ten	619 mi	109 located	—
39	Fresno State	Pac-12	610 mi	107 located	—
40	West Virginia	Big 12	609 mi	109 located	—
41	Miami	ACC	606 mi	105 located	—
42	North Carolina	ACC	580 mi	101 located	—
43	Syracuse	ACC	579 mi	95 located	—
44	Penn State	Big Ten	562 mi	109 located	—
45	Illinois	Big Ten	543 mi	107 located	—
46	Missouri	SEC	541 mi	105 located	—
47	Akron	Mid-American	539 mi	84 located	—
48	Iowa State	Big 12	539 mi	122 located	—
49	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	538 mi	109 located	—
50	UCF	Big 12	538 mi	100 located	—
51	Kansas	Big 12	533 mi	109 located	—
52	Texas Tech	Big 12	531 mi	101 located	—
53	Wisconsin	Big Ten	530 mi	100 located	—
54	Missouri State	Conference USA	527 mi	95 located	—
55	Texas A&M	SEC	520 mi	120 located	—
56	Northwestern	Big Ten	517 mi	118 located	—
57	Sam Houston	Conference USA	517 mi	100 located	—
58	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	515 mi	110 located	—
59	Kansas State	Big 12	506 mi	105 located	—
60	Purdue	Big Ten	506 mi	110 located	—
61	Rice	American Athletic	491 mi	100 located	—
62	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	491 mi	97 located	—
63	Liberty	Conference USA	488 mi	103 located	—
64	Oklahoma State	Big 12	484 mi	110 located	—
65	Ohio State	Big Ten	482 mi	116 located	—
66	Texas	SEC	481 mi	108 located	—
67	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	478 mi	96 located	—
68	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	478 mi	102 located	—
69	Vanderbilt	SEC	476 mi	110 located	—
70	Alabama	SEC	475 mi	116 located	—
71	Oklahoma	SEC	466 mi	106 located	—
72	Arkansas	SEC	462 mi	113 located	—
73	Tulane	American Athletic	459 mi	113 located	—
74	Kentucky	SEC	458 mi	102 located	—
75	Memphis	American Athletic	451 mi	102 located	—
76	LSU	SEC	450 mi	102 located	—
77	Pittsburgh	ACC	449 mi	110 located	—
78	Virginia	ACC	449 mi	109 located	—
79	North Dakota State	Mountain West	447 mi	115 located	—
80	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	447 mi	103 located	—
81	South Florida	American Athletic	446 mi	107 located	—
82	BYU	Big 12	445 mi	114 located	—
83	Western Michigan	Mid-American	444 mi	99 located	—
84	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	442 mi	109 located	—
85	James Madison	Sun Belt	436 mi	101 located	—
86	Ohio	Mid-American	433 mi	92 located	—
87	UAB	American Athletic	429 mi	102 located	—
88	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	424 mi	93 located	—
89	San José State	Mountain West	422 mi	98 located	—
90	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	421 mi	103 located	—
91	SMU	ACC	416 mi	102 located	—
92	Ole Miss	SEC	412 mi	106 located	—
93	East Carolina	American Athletic	407 mi	113 located	—
94	Bowling Green	Mid-American	407 mi	100 located	—
95	Baylor	Big 12	404 mi	106 located	—
96	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	402 mi	106 located	—
97	NC State	ACC	400 mi	121 located	—
98	Florida State	ACC	395 mi	102 located	—
99	North Texas	American Athletic	392 mi	103 located	—
100	Charlotte	American Athletic	381 mi	101 located	—
101	Louisville	ACC	379 mi	99 located	—
102	Cincinnati	Big 12	378 mi	106 located	—
103	Texas State	Pac-12	376 mi	102 located	—
104	Mississippi State	SEC	365 mi	106 located	—
105	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	363 mi	107 located	—
106	Buffalo	Mid-American	361 mi	107 located	—
107	Iowa	Big Ten	360 mi	103 located	—
108	Marshall	Sun Belt	357 mi	93 located	—
109	TCU	Big 12	356 mi	117 located	—
110	Toledo	Mid-American	353 mi	87 located	—
111	Ball State	Mid-American	353 mi	105 located	—
112	Rutgers	Big Ten	352 mi	112 located	—
113	Auburn	SEC	350 mi	108 located	—
114	Tulsa	American Athletic	344 mi	100 located	—
115	UTSA	American Athletic	344 mi	114 located	—
116	Tennessee	SEC	344 mi	105 located	—
117	Florida	SEC	343 mi	112 located	—
118	Temple	American Athletic	338 mi	107 located	—
119	App State	Sun Belt	336 mi	83 located	—
120	Clemson	ACC	321 mi	116 located	—
121	South Carolina	SEC	321 mi	103 located	—
122	Indiana	Big Ten	318 mi	93 located	—
123	Florida International	Conference USA	317 mi	104 located	—
124	Georgia	SEC	315 mi	121 located	—
125	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	309 mi	94 located	—
126	Houston	Big 12	304 mi	114 located	—
127	Troy	Sun Belt	303 mi	98 located	—
128	Virginia Tech	ACC	291 mi	118 located	—
129	Georgia State	Sun Belt	290 mi	106 located	—
130	South Alabama	Sun Belt	279 mi	113 located	—
131	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	278 mi	118 located	—
132	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	276 mi	117 located	—
133	Delaware	Conference USA	258 mi	99 located	—
134	Kent State	Mid-American	254 mi	106 located	—
135	Georgia Tech	ACC	247 mi	106 located	—
136	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	247 mi	120 located	—
137	Maryland	Big Ten	215 mi	99 located	—
138	Louisiana	Sun Belt	182 mi	100 located	—

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