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.
To join online, please select and click your division:
Football Bowl Subdivision
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Division II
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2024 NFF Institutional Academic Members
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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