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Best D1 men's programs for multi-events
Not who is famous: who invests. A typical D1 men's roster puts 3% of its athletes in multi-events. The programs at the top of this list carry and sign far more than that, so they have more spots in the event every year. 166 programs do not recruit it at all.
Where the multi-events talent is
Ranked by share of the division’s top marks in multi-events, per season.
Programs that invest most in multi-events
- 1
Big East · CT
12% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 0 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 2
Big 12 · KS
7% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 1 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 3DukeSpecialty
ACC · NC
8% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 1 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 4IllinoisSpecialty
Big Ten · IL
8% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 3 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 5North Dakota StateSpecialty
Summit · ND
7% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 2 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 6High PointSpecialty
Big South · NC
11% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 2 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 7Incarnate WordSpecialty
Southland · TX
9% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 2 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 8Kansas StateSpecialty
Big 12 · KS
8% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 5 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
- 9Northern IowaSpecialty
MVC · IA
8% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 3 signed in the last 3 classes
- 10Oklahoma StateSpecialty
Big 12 · OK
7% of the roster in multi-events vs 3% D1 average · 2 signed in the last 3 classes · event coach on staff
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The full D1 multi-events list, ranked: roster share, signings and talent rank for every program that recruits the event. Enter your email to open it.
D1 men's programs that do not recruit multi-events
No athletes racing the event in the seasons we hold and no signings in it. Do not spend your first emails here.
- Akron
- Alabama A&M
- Alcorn State
- American
- Appalachian State
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- Bellarmine
- Binghamton
- Boise State
- Boston College
- Bradley
- Bryant
- Butler
- Cal State Northridge
- California Baptist
- Campbell
- Canisius
- Central Connecticut
- Charleston Southern
- Cincinnati
- Colgate
- Cornell
- Creighton
- Davidson
- DePaul
- Delaware State
- Detroit Mercy
- Drake
- East Carolina
- Eastern Kentucky
- Evansville
- FIU
- Fairleigh Dickinson
- Florida
- Florida A&M
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida State
- Fresno State
- Furman
- Gardner-Webb
- George Washington
- Georgetown
- Georgia Tech
- Gonzaga
- Grambling State
- Grand Canyon
- Hampton
- Hofstra
- Holy Cross
- Houston Christian
- Howard
- IUPUI
- Idaho
- Iona
- Jackson State
- Jacksonville State
- LIU
- LSU
- La Salle
- Le Moyne
- Liberty
- Lipscomb
- Longwood
- Louisiana
- Louisiana Monroe
- Louisiana Tech
- Loyola Chicago
- Manhattan
- Marist
- Marshall
- Maryland
- Maryland-Eastern Shore
- McNeese
- Memphis
- Merrimack
- Miami Ohio
- Michigan
- Middle Tennessee
- Minnesota
- Mississippi State
- Mississippi Valley State
- Missouri
- Morehead State
- Morgan State
- Mount St. Mary's
- NC State
- NJIT
- New Hampshire
- New Mexico
- Nicholls
- North Alabama
- North Carolina A&T
- North Carolina Central
- North Dakota
- North Florida
- Northern Arizona
- Northern Colorado
- Notre Dame
- Oakland
- Oklahoma
- Oral Roberts
- Pacific
- Penn State
- Pepperdine
- Pittsburgh
- Portland
- Portland State
- Prairie View A&M
- Presbyterian
- Providence
- Purdue
- Quinnipiac
- Radford
- Rider
- Robert Morris
- Rutgers
- SIU Edwardsville
- Saint Joseph's
- Saint Louis
- Saint Mary's
- Saint Peter's
- San Francisco
- San Jose State
- Santa Clara
- Seattle
- South Carolina
- South Dakota State
- South Florida
- Southeastern Louisiana
- Southern Miss
- Southern University
- Southern Utah
- Stanford
- Stonehill
- Stony Brook
- Syracuse
- Tarleton State
- Tennessee
- Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
- Texas Southern
- Troy
- Tulane
- Tulsa
- UC Irvine
- UC Riverside
- UC San Diego
- UCLA
- UNC Greensboro
- UNC Wilmington
- USC
- UT Arlington
- UT Martin
- UT Rio Grande Valley
- VCU
- Villanova
- Virginia
- Wagner
- Wake Forest
- Washington State
- Western Illinois
- Western Kentucky
- Winthrop
- Wright State
- Wyoming
- Xavier
Questions athletes and parents ask
Which D1 men's programs recruit the most multi-events athletes?
Connecticut, Kansas, Duke, Illinois, North Dakota State carry and sign well above the D1 average in multi-events (3% of a typical D1 roster). They have more roster spots in the event to fill every year.
Which D1 programs do not recruit multi-events?
166 D1 men's programs show no multi-events athletes racing and no signings in the event in the classes we hold, including Akron, Alabama A&M, Alcorn State, American, Appalachian State, Arizona. A thin group there is not an opening.
Does a bigger share of the roster mean more scholarship money?
Colleges do not publish scholarships by event. Where a program spends its roster spots and its signings is the best public evidence of where the money goes, and a program that carries twice the division share in your event has roughly twice the seats to fill. Ask the coach about aid directly.
How is this calculated?
From each program's official outdoor results lists (who raced each event area, averaged over the seasons we hold), its signing classes (2024-25, 2025-26, 2026-27), its share of the division's top marks, and whether a paid coach is titled for the event. Each is compared with the D1 average and blended; a small class is pulled toward the average so one big year cannot fake a specialty.
Other D1 men's event areas
As of 2026-10-22. Program counts and shares only; no college athlete is named on this page. Built from official meet results and the signing classes we hold. All event areas