Most Popular Academic Majors for 2016 Power 5 Conference Football Players

On fall Saturdays, it can be easy to overlook the fact the players who suit up for the biggest college football teams across the country are still students. They have to juggle academic responsibility with football, combining long hours in the classroom and the film room, the study hall and the locker room.An important part of any college student's life is declaring the major he or she wants to study, and college football players are no different. The majority of players in Power Five conferences, excluding underclassmen who are still new to campus, have declared majors and are working toward degrees as they go through their football careers.For a majority of programs in the major Power Five leagues, finding a player's major can be as easy as looking up his hometown, measurables and stats on the team's online roster. So what do the numbers say about the most popular majors in major college football'After months of tallying the results, here is a conference-by-conference breakdown of the most popular majors for Power Five conference football players. A few schools without major listings online had to be contacted directly, and a couple of teams didn't have information available by the time this was originally published.Last year, I focused on clusters of majorsbusiness, communication, etc.to determine the most popular courses of study for Power Five football players. This year, I am focusing primarily on the individual majors and looking for the top ones across the country.The following slides contain a top-10 list for each conference and the top major for each Power Five team, along with a final tally at the end.For a more detailed breakdown of each individual school, check outthis spreadsheet.Begin Slideshow
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