Division I-A Athletic Programs 

(Sorted by Number of Major NCAA Violations)

 

School

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COMMENT

SMU

8 And got the death penalty for it.
Arizona State 7 Point shaving and so forth.  That'll do 'er.
Texas A&M 7 The Aggies are not always on the up and up.
Auburn 6 Cheating in the SEC?  No!
Florida State 6 Bobby Bowden, legendary coach and humanitarian.
Kansas State 6 You try building a program from (almost literally) nothing without cheating!
UCLA 6 But they sure look sharp in the powder blue.
Minnesota 6 Maybe, if they had their own stadium, luring recruits would be easier.
Wisconsin 6 And the worst fans in college football to boot.  Their athletic director/football coach's son was arrested for microwaving a parrot (100% true).  That should count double.
Michigan State 5 Hey, they had Magic Johnson.
North Carolina State 5 Chuck Amato, the most famous disciple of the Bobby Bowden coaching tree.
California 5 Freakin' hippies.
Cincinnati 5 They had Bob Huggins as a coach, and still only have 5?
Georgia 5 The SEC Cheats?  No!
Illinois 5 The Fighting/Paying Illini.
Kansas 5 Would you go to college in the middle of Kansas if they weren't paying you?
Kentucky 5 Not to mention a remarkable history of blatant racism.
Memphis 5 Free barbeque ribs.
Oklahoma 5 They had Barry Switzer as a coach, and still only have 5?
UTEP 5 At least they beat Kentucky (on the court).
Baylor 4 Oh boy...not a situation any AD would want to deal with.
Clemson 4 Head Coach: Tommy Bowden
Mississippi State 4 First SEC team to hire a black coach.  So they got that going for them, which is nice.
Oklahoma State 4 Cowboy up!
Arizona 4 As usual, trailing the rival Sun Devils from ASU.
Florida 4 Probably the cleanest of the Big Three Florida programs, which isn't saying much.  Former recruiting/offensive coordinator now working for JoePa at Penn State, who just landed his two best classes in years...hmm...
Houston 4 Andre Ware won the Heisman Trophy.  Dave Klinger is still all over those passing records.
The "U" (Miami) 4 They had Dennis Erickson as a coach, and still only have 4? 
UNLV 4 What's that?  You're a Division I-A school in Las Vegas, and you only have 4 major violations?  I'm not even mad.  That's amazing.
USC 4 Busted for handing out free Trojans.
West Virginia 4 Would you go to this state, ever, if they weren't going to pay you?
Alabama 3 Good thing having stripper/prostitutes ring up 1000 dollar room service bills in your head coach's hotel room isn't an NCAA violation, or this number would be higher.
Colorado 3 3 that got their President, Athletic Director, and Football Coach fired.
Louisville 3 Doing better than Kentucky.
Nebraska 3 Lawrence Phillips...Christian Peter...Tom Osborne.  Three men you don't want your sister going out with, ever.
Notre Dame 3 But they went to confession and all 3 were forgiven.
Texas 3 It could be worse.  You could be Texas A&M.
Mississippi 3 Cheating in the SEC?  No!
Washington 3 At least they got Ty Willingham to turn the program around.  He got things straightened out in South Bend, right?
Washington State 3 Have to keep up with your Apple Cup rival.
South Carolina 3 Bunch of (Game)cocks.
The Ohio State University 3 Jim Tressel, Thad Matta, Earl Bruce, and Woody Hayes run/ran clean programs.  Jim O'Brien definitely did not.

 

 

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