[Roberton3]

The top 15 includes the only three football programs--Stanford, Duke and Northwestern.  Stanford has by far the top football program and rarely loses recruits to the other two. 

Nearly all of the top 15 have football (I believe that Caltech is the only one that doesn't, though I might be missing one or two others).  And a number of NFL players come from the schools that "don't have football."

Yes, I know what you meant was that they don't have FBS teams.  And if you're thinking about competition for elite recruits, not having an FBS team is essentially the same thing as not having football at all.  But saying they don't have football comes across as a bit obnoxious.  It's like saying that most colleges in the US don't have academics, when what you mean is that they don't have top-tier academics.

[Roberton3]

The top 15 includes the only three football programs--Stanford, Duke and Northwestern.  Stanford has by far the top football program and rarely loses recruits to the other two. 

Nearly all of the top 15 have football (I believe that Caltech is the only one that doesn't, though I might be missing one or two others).  And a number of NFL players come from the schools that "don't have football."

Yes, I know what you meant was that they don't have FBS teams.  And if you're thinking about competition for elite recruits, not having an FBS team is essentially the same thing as not having football at all.  But saying they don't have football comes across as a bit obnoxious.  It's like saying that most colleges in the US don't have academics, when what you mean is that they don't have top-tier academics.