History of First Round NFL Draft Picks by College Football Conference

Ever wonder which college football conference historically has had the most players selected in the first round of the NFL draft?

Of course you have.

Thanks to Tex Noel at 1st-N-Goal -- we have the answer.

Here's the list:

Big 10 -- 292

SEC -- 278

ACC -- 224

Pac-10 -- 223

BIG 12 -- 221

All Small Colleges -- 99

Independent -- 64

C-USA -- 61

BIG EAST -- 52

Mountain West -- 37

Western Athletic -- 33

Schools that No Longer Play FB -- 23

Mid-American -- 8

Sun Belt Conference -- 5

Other: (JC, none, Canadian College) -- 3

The list above reflects the composite total of players drafted in the first round (by conference) from the NFL Draft, 1936-2008; and the AFL draft from 1961-66.

As is so often the case, the SEC and Big Ten are 1 and 2. This time the Big Ten is #1; the SEC #2. You can read more SEC vs Big Ten stuff at SEC vs Big Ten.

But, when it comes to comparing all time #1 NFL draft picks (THE player drafted first) -- the SEC is tops. So, these are only counting the very first player selected in an NFL or AFL draft. Here are the numbers by conference and then by team.

SEC -- 16

Pac-10 -- 14

Big Ten -- 12

Big 12 -- 10

ACC -- 6

Independents -- 5

C-USA -- 4

Small Colleges -- 4

WAC -- 3

Mountain West -- 2

BIG EAST -- 1

No Longer Plays CFB -- 1

# SELECTED #1 BY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL
Notre Dame 5
USC 5
Auburn 3
Georgia 3
Illinois 3
Louisiana State 3
Michigan 3
Nebraska 3
Ohio State 3
Stanford 3
Texas 3
Miami (FL) 2
North Carolina State 2
Oklahoma 2
Penn State 2
Pennsylvania 2
Syracuse 2
Tennessee 2
Utah 2
Washington State 2
Weber State 2
Alabama 1
Appalachian State 1
Baylor 1
Boise State 1
Boston College 1
California 1
Chicago 1
Colorado State 1
Florida 1
Fresno College 1
Fresno State 1 Grambling 1
Harvard 1
Indiana 1
Iowa 1
Kansas 1
Kentucky 1
Michigan State 1
Mississippi 1
Mississippi Valley St. 1
Nevada-Reno 1
North Dakota 1
Oklahoma State 1
Oregon 1
Oregon State 1
Pittsburgh 1
Rice 1
South Carolina 1
Southern Methodist 1
Tampa 1
Tennessee State 1
Texas Christian 1
Texas Tech 1
Tulane 1
UCLA 1
Utah State 1
Vanderbilt 1
Virginia 1
Virginia Tech 1
Wake Forest 1
Washington 1
Western Michigan 1

Wondering which SEC school has had the all-time most players drafted in the first round of the NFL draft? The answer is at SEC - NFL Draft Picks.

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