Which college programs are doing the best jobs of cranking out the pro talents? Here are the rankings by conference of the college teams and how many players they sent to the NFL.
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In the Five-Year Program Analysis, here are the rankings of the teams by conference when it comes to the having the most players drafted, ranked by each conference.
Send a lot of players to the NFL, and your conference is probably going to be better.
– CFN Preview 2020: All 130 Team Previews
ACC
– CFN 2020 ACC Preseason Rankings
1 Clemson 31
2 Miami 25
3 NC State 19
4 Florida State 15
5 Virginia Tech 13
T6 Boston College 12
T6 North Carolina 12
8 Pitt 11
9 Louisville 8
10 Virginia 7
11 Wake Forest 6
12 Syracuse 5
13 Georgia Tech 4
14 Duke 1
American Athletic Conference
– CFN 2020 All-American Athletic Team
1 Temple 15
2 Houston 11
3 Memphis 9
4 UCF 7
T5 Cincinnati 6
T5 Tulane 6
7 USF 5
8 SMU 4
T9 Navy 2
T9 Tulsa 2
11 East Carolina 1
Big 12
– CFN 2020 Big 12 Preseason Rankings
1 Oklahoma 24
2 TCU 17
3 West Virginia 15
4 Baylor 12
5 Texas 11
T6 Oklahoma State 9
T6 Texas Tech 9
8 Kansas State 6
T9 Iowa State 2
T9 Kansas 2
Big Ten
– CFN 2020 Big Ten Preseason Rankings
1 Ohio State 45
2 Michigan 31
3 Penn State 23
4 Wisconsin 18
5 Iowa 17
6 Michigan State 12
7 Maryland 11
8 Minnesota 9
T9 Indiana 8
T9 Nebraska 8
11 Northwestern 6
T9 Illinois 5
T9 Purdue 5
T9 Rutgers 5
Conference USA
– CFN 2020 All-Conference USA Team
1 Louisiana Tech 10
2 WKU 7
3 Southern Miss 6
T4 FIU 4
T4 Florida Atlantic 4
T6 Charlotte 2
T6 Marshall 2
T6 Middle Tennessee 2
T6 UTEP 2
T6 UTSA 2
T11 Old Dominion 0
T11 North Texas 0
T11 Rice 0
T11 UAB 0
Independents
– CFN 2020 All-Independent Team
1 Notre Dame 25
2 BYU 4
T3 UConn 3
T3 UMass 3
5 New Mexico State 2
6 Liberty 1
7 Army 0
MAC
1 Western Michigan 8
2 Toledo 6
3 Central Michigan 4
T4 Eastern Michigan 3
T4 Northern Illinois 3
T4 Ohio 3
T7 Akron 2
T7 Miami Univ. 2
T9 Bowling Green 1
T9 Buffalo 1
T9 Ball State 1
12 Kent State 0
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Mountain West
– CFN 2020 All-Mountain West Team
1 Boise State 11
2 San Diego State 7
3 Wyoming 6
4 Utah State 5
T5 Colorado State 4
T5 San Jose State 4
T7 Fresno State 3
T7 Hawaii 3
T9 Air Force 1
T9 New Mexico 1
T9 Nevada 1
12 UNLV 0
Pac-12
– CFN 2020 Pac-12 Preseason Rankings
T1 UCLA 22
T1 Utah 22
T1 Washington 22
T4 Stanford 18
T4 USC 18
T6 California 12
T6 Oregon 12
8 Arizona State 10
9 Colorado 9
10 Washington State 7
11 Oregon State 6
12 Arizona 4
SEC
– CFN 2020 SEC Preseason Rankings
