{"id":646,"date":"2025-05-15T15:20:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/?page_id=646"},"modified":"2026-06-26T21:08:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:08:43","slug":"interactive-college-football-map","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/interactive-college-football-map\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Map 2026: Teams by Conference &#038; State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more than 130 colleges fielding teams across the NCAA, one of the best ways to see them all at once is on a college football map. We built an interactive map showing where every <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/colleges-and-universities-map\/\">college<\/a> football team in the U.S. plays, color-coded by the conference each team belongs to \u2014 and we&#8217;ve updated it for the <strong>2026 season<\/strong> to reflect the latest wave of conference realignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you a football fan? Don&#8217;t miss our interactive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/interactive-nfl-stadium-map\/\">NFL stadium map<\/a> and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/super-bowl-lix-map\/\">Super Bowl map<\/a>, which shows who America is rooting for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-interactive-college-football-team-and-stadium-map\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Interactive College Football Team and Stadium Map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:500px;\" src=\"\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/pub?group=7104676&#038;legend=1\"> <\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This map shows all 138 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/colleges-and-universities-map\/\">colleges<\/a> in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/sports\/football\/fbs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)<\/a> for the 2026 season \u2014 up from 134 two years ago, with North Dakota State and Sacramento State among the programs that have moved up from the FCS. In the map, we use color coding to designate the conference each school belongs to. Below is the list of conferences and the color-coding scheme the map uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Conference<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Color<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)<\/td><td>red<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Conference USA (CUSA)<\/td><td>purple<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>American Athletic Conference (AAC)<\/td><td>blue<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Big Ten Conference (B1G)<\/td><td>yellow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pac-12 Conference<\/td><td>green<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mountain West Conference (MW)<\/td><td>light green<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sun Belt Conference (SBC)<\/td><td>light blue<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Big 12 Conference<\/td><td>light yellow<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Southeastern Conference (SEC)<\/td><td>light purple<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mid-American Conference (MAC)<\/td><td>white<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Independent<\/td><td>brown<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-what-changed-for-2026-conference-realignment\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Changed for 2026: Conference Realignment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The biggest change on the 2026 college football map is the <strong>rebuilt Pac-12<\/strong>. After the conference nearly dissolved in the 2024 realignment \u2014 when ten of its twelve schools departed for the Big Ten, Big 12, and ACC \u2014 it has reloaded around its two holdovers, Oregon State and Washington State. Joining them for 2026 are five former Mountain West programs \u2014 Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, San Diego State, and Utah State \u2014 plus Texas State from Conference USA, giving the new-look Pac-12 eight football-playing members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shake-up rippled across the Group of Five as well. The Mountain West backfilled its ranks by adding UTEP from Conference USA and Northern Illinois from the MAC, while two perennial FCS powers \u2014 North Dakota State and Sacramento State \u2014 stepped up to the FBS. The conference colors on the college football map above reflect each team&#8217;s 2026 home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-static-college-football-team-map\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Static College Football Team Map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/collegemap.png\" alt=\"College Football Map, created on ZeeMaps\" class=\"wp-image-828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/collegemap.png 792w, https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/collegemap-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/collegemap-768x593.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>College Football Map, created on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/map\/onevu?group=7104676\">ZeeMaps<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"block-74ba924e-03ca-48e6-b3b0-5cc27be5ae3c\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create Your Own College Football Map<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can make your own interactive college football and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/nba-map\/\">team map<\/a> using ZeeMaps by following these steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create a New Map.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Additions, choose &#8220;Upload (Copy\/Paste) Spreadsheet&#8221; and add your data to the map.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select United States as the starting position.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose &#8220;Pinned Circles&#8221; as the upload type.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To add labels to your map, go into the &#8220;Settings&#8221; page. Click on the &#8220;Markers Display&#8221; tab, and check the box for &#8220;Label Markers using.&#8221; Select the field value that will supply the labels for the pins.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To make your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zeemaps.com\/world-of-maps\/nhl-hockey-teams-map\/\">sports map<\/a> static instead of interactive, save it as a PNG or PDF. Simply use the Print or Share option, then click &#8220;PDF\/PNG Image.&#8221; With options like satellite vs. map imagery, different pin styles, image resolution, and size, there are plenty of ways to customize your college football map using ZeeMaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than 130 colleges fielding teams across the NCAA, one of the best ways to see them all at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":837,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"map_category":[112],"class_list":["post-646","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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