Whitest College Teams - 2019

[Claimjumper]

Below is the state of college football for 2019.

Out of 130 teams there are roughly 764 white starters or about 5.9 per squad and 26.5% white, which is down by about 67 players total, .5 per team on average, and 2.5% lower compared to 2018

Only 6% of the teams this year have 11 or more starters, a far cry from the 30% or so teams that had this distinction about a decade ago.

Air Force, Miami (OH) and Northwestern are the whitest teams, each starting 13 whites (15 for Northwestern if you count the two white / Asian players on their team)

White athletes per team per conference looks like this:

Independent 8.5
Big 10 8.0
MAC 7.9
MW 6.7
Big 12 6.4
Pac 12 5.7
AAC 5.1
CUSA 5.0
ACC 4.9
Sun Belt 4.9
SEC 3.2

The SEC is the first conference to average under 4 white starters, and they are barely above 3! 9 of the 14 teams are starting 3 or fewer white athletes, with the “clubhouse leader” Arkansas at 7.

Here are prior year summaries.

2018
Majority White Teams (11+): 14
Whitest Team: Iowa: 15

2017
Majority White Teams (11+): 10
Whitest Team: Iowa: 16

2016
Majority White Teams (11+): 14
Whitest Teams: Wyoming, Central Michigan: 15

2013-2015
No Summaries completed

2012
Majority White Teams (11+): 24
Whitest Teams: Air Force, Army, Wisconsin: 15

2011
Majority White Teams (11+): 30
Whitest Team: Wyoming: 16

2010
Majority White Teams (11+): 36
Whitest Team: BYU: 17

2009
Majority White Teams (11+): 33
Whitest Team: BYU: 16

2008
Majority White Teams (11+): 26
Whitest Team: Air Force: 18

2007
Majority White Teams (11+): 26
Whitest Team: Air Force: 22 (Likely the last all white team we will ever see)

2006
Majority White Teams (11+): 36
Whitest Teams: Air Force, BYU: 19

2005
Majority White Teams (11+): 35
Whitest Team: BYU: 19

~2019~

"Majority White" - (11+) - 8 Teams
13/15 Northwestern
13 Air Force
13 Miami (OH)
12 Army
12 BYU
12 Wisconsin
11 Kansas State
11 Ohio

"Double Digits" (10) - 10 Teams
Boston College
California
Coastal Carolina
Michigan State
Navy
Northern Illinois
Rice
San Jose State
UAB
Western Michigan

"On the Doorstep" (9) - 10 Teams
Ball State
Bowling Green
Colorado State
Iowa
Iowa State
Nebraska
Notre Dame
Oregon
Purdue
SMU

"Birmingham" (8) - 9 Teams
Clemson
Georgia Tech
Liberty
Nevada
Oklahoma State
Penn State
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming

"Baltimore" (7) - 9 Teams
Arizona
Arkansas
Baylor
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Indiana
Minnesota
San Diego State
Stanford

"Ferguson" (6) - 19 Teams
Boise State
Charlotte
Colorado
Connecticut
Kent State
Kentucky
Michigan
Middle Tennessee
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Ole Miss
Texas
Texas State
Texas Tech
Tulane
Utah State
Virginia
Wake Forest
Western Kentucky

"Camden" (5) - 18 Teams
Akron
Appalachian State
Buffalo
Florida International
Georgia Southern
Illinois
Louisiana-Monroe
Maryland
Ohio State
Oregon State
Rutgers
South Alabama
South Florida
Texas A&M
Troy
Tulsa
UCF
Virginia Tech

"Jackson" (4) - 17 Teams
Arizona State
Duke
East Carolina
Louisiana Tech
Marshall
NC State
North Carolina
North Texas
Old Dominion
Pittsburgh
Southern Miss
Syracuse
Temple
Umass
UTSA
Vanderbilt
Washington State

"Detroit" (3) - 15 Teams
Arkansas State
Florida Atlantic
Georgia
Hawaii
Houston
Kansas
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisville
LSU
Oklahoma
South Carolina
TCU
Toledo
UCLA
USC

"South Side Chicago" (2) - 10 Teams
Alabama
Cincinnati
Florida
Fresno State
Georgia State
Memphis
Miami
Missouri
UNLV
Utah

“East St. Louis” (1) – 3 Teams
Auburn
Florida State
Mississippi State

"Central African Republic" (0) - 2 Teams
Tennessee
UTEP

 

[BeyondFedUp]

Thank you for this list Claimjumper. Excellent work, sir!

 

[Liverlips]

Yes -- many thanks for such an excellent (if depressing) write-up!

 

[Leonardfan]

Claimjumper - thank you for this outstanding write up. This goes beyond the anecdotal evidence of the caste system as we have 10+ years of data on most teams now to prove something (i.e. racial discrimination) is going on in the recruiting racket at the highest rates ever. The caste system is working as hard as possible to eliminate white athletes. Meanwhile over the course of the season we will see several of these supposedly evenly matched teams each filled with the magical race go out and plenty of lopsided blow outs will occur.

 

[BeyondFedUp]

And might I say seeing Iowa, Nebraska and Penn State falling in starters so much after last year's bright spots is a bummer.

 

[Shadowlight]

Nebraska is improving I think. Scott Frost has shown signs that he won't go full hog caste like he did when he was at UCF.

Iowa is probably the best team to root for here at CF so don't give up on them.

I agree Penn State is a big time problem.

 

[Carolina Speed]

Claimjumper, yes, thank you for the information. I know you're probably trying to be as positive as humanly possible but shouldn't the percentage actually be 4.5% MAJORITY white as there are only 6 teams with more than half starters? Just thought I would make it a little more depressing!
More reason for me to not watch any college football. I'm thankful that we have enough posters here that can stomach it and keep be updated on the few white players we have!
I will be at the Wake Forest/UNC game in a couple of weeks to watch Cade Carney and the UNC Freshman QB as my daughter is a student/cheerleader at WF.