Institutional Academic Members

Each year, the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame (NFF) invites universities, colleges, conferences and bowl games from across the country to support its programs in a variety of ways. Listed below is a special group of institutions, led by their athletics directors, commissioners and bowl executives, that have stepped forward to become NFF Institutional Academic Members.

These institutions believe in the NFF's mission, and they understand the resources it takes to sustain our efforts in Building Leaders Through Football. Subsequently, they have chosen to become key financial supporters of the NFF. We ask that you consider joining our collective voice as part of this select group of institutions that sustain our efforts as NFF Institutional Academic Members. Email Ron Dilatush at rdilatush@footballfoundation.com to learn about the benefits and how your school, conference or bowl game can become a 2024 Institutional Academic Member.

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2024 NFF Institutional Academic Members

 
Lifetime Members
5753
Navy logo
7736
 


Presidential Members

Alabama Logo 351x178American Athletic Conference - Academic Member Arizona State - Academic Member
 Baylor - Academic MemberBig 12 - Academic MemberBig Ten - Academic Member


BYU - Academic MemberCalifornia - Academic MemberUCF - Academic Member


Central Michigan - Academic MemberClemson - Academic MemberColorado - Academic Member


Conference USA - Academic MemberGoodyear Cotton Bowl Logo 315x178Houston - Academic Member
Iowa State - Academic MemberKansas - Academic MemberKansas State - Academic Member
Liberty 315x178LSU - Academic MemberMarshall - Academic Member
Miami (FL) - Academic MemberMichigan State - Academic MemberMid-American Conference (MAC) - Academic Member
Mississippi - Academic MemberMississippi State - Academic MemberMountain West - Academic Member
North Texas - Academic MemberNotre Dame - Academic MemberOhio State - Academic Member
Oklahoma - Academic MemberOklahoma State - Academic MemberPenn State - Academic Member
Pittsburgh - Academic MemberPost University Athletics Logo 315x178San Diego - Academic Member
South Florida - Academic MemberSun Belt Conference - Academic MemberTexas - Academic Member
Tulane - Academic MemberValero Alamo Bowl - Academic MemberVirginia Tech 315x178 logo
Western Kentucky - Academic MemberWisconsin - Academic Member
 

Founder Members
Big Sky Conference - Academic MemberCollegiate Sprint Football League - Academic MemberColorado State Pueblo - Academic Member 2018Columbia Logo 216x122
Florida A&M - Academic MemberJames Madison - Academic MemberNew Mexico - Academic MemberNorth Dakota State - Academic Member 2018
Oregon - Academic MemberPurdue - Academic MemberSam Houston State Logo 216 x 122Southern Illinois - Academic Member
Stanford - Academic MemberStephen F Austin - Academic MemberSyracuse - Academic MemberTexas A&M - Academic Member

Texas Tech - Academic MemberIvy League - Academic MemberUtah State - Academic MemberUtah Tech - Academic Member
West Virginia - Academic MemberYale - Academic Member




Executive Members
Appalachian State University
Bates College (ME)
Bluffton University (OH)
Bucknell University
Carson-Newman University (TN)
Colgate University
College of the Holy Cross
Colorado State University
Cornell University
Curry College (MA)
Davidson College
East Carolina University
East Stroudsburg University (PA)
Fort Lewis College (CO)
Georgia Southern University
Georgia State University
Harvard University
Lamar University
Lycoming College (PA)
Marist College
Middle Tennessee State University
Montana State University
New Mexico State University
North Carolina A&T State University
Northern Arizona University
Northwestern State University
Ohio University
Old Dominion University
ReliaQuest Bowl
South Dakota State University
Springfield College (MA)
Stony Brook University
Texas State University
Union College (NY)
United States Air Force Academy
University at Buffalo
University of California, Davis
University of Cincinnati
University of Illinois
University of Iowa
University of Louisville
University of Massachusetts
University of Montana
University of Nebraska
University of North Carolina 
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Dakota
University of Richmond
University of St. Thomas
University of Texas at El Paso
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Wabash College (IN)
Wagner College