What Power 4 football colleges are based in their state’s capital. We are talking main campuses here.
Example: Elon University (not a Power 4 school) has a main campus based in Elon, NC. They also have a law school in Greensboro, NC. For the purposes of this exercise, if they were a Power 4 school, their location would be Elon, NC.
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HINT 1
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There are 11 P4 schools based in their state’s capital.
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HINT 2
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Breakdown by conference:
SEC: 4
ACC: 3
Big 10: 3
Big 12: 1
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HINT 3
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Schools that may be thought to be in their state’s capital, but are not:
- Boston College (not actually in Boston)
- Michigan State (in East Lansing, not Lansing)
- University of Minnesota (most campus buildings are in Minneapolis; the ones not in Minneapolis are in a suburb of St. Paul called Falcon Heights, but not St. Paul itself)
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ANSWER BELOW:
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SEC:
Texas: Austin
LSU: Baton Rogue
South Carolina: Colombia
Vanderbilt: Nashville
ACC:
Georgia Tech: Atlanta
FSU: Tallahassee
NC State: Raleigh
Big 10:
OSU: Columbus
Nebraska: Lincoln
Wisconsin: Madison
Big 12:
Utah: Salt Lake City
