No NCAA Championships For Illinois and Notre Dame Despite At Least 25 A-As
March 27th, 2025 - 9:15
Kentucky and North Carolina still rank 1-2 for most All-American honorees over the years. Cooper Flagg enabled Duke to tie UNC for most different All-Americans although none of them for the Blue Devils came from the state of North Carolina.
Illinois and Notre Dame never have won an NCAA championship despite both schools supplying more than 25 different individuals as All-Americans a minimum of 40 times. Following is a list of the top 10 universities boasting the most All-Americans since 1928-29 (AP, Converse, NABC, UPI and USBWA):
Rank School (Different Individuals) Rank School (Total # of All-Americans) 1. Kentucky (50) T1. North Carolina (76) T2. North Carolina (47) T1. Kentucky (76) T2. Duke (47) 3. Duke (70) 4. Kansas (44) 4. Kansas (63) 5. Indiana (42) 5. Indiana (58) 6. Illinois (34) 6. UCLA (49) 7. UCLA (33) 7. Ohio State (48) 8. Ohio State (31) 8. Notre Dame (44) 9. Notre Dame (26) 9. Illinois (40) 10. Purdue (25) 10. Purdue (37) 11. Michigan (21) 12. Syracuse (20)