Presentation of Trends in Men's Football 1991-1992 to 2004-2005

Football Type 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005
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see graph		 Closed Group Teams Men 481 488 471 488 487 482 481 484 487 483 495 497 494 491
Open Group Teams Men 546 553 561 566 600 600 599 605 610 624 617 619 617 614
Closed Group Participants Men 44,393 45,066 43,281 44,395 44,278 44,305 44,064 40,289 46,458 46,154 47,819 48,309 48,607 48,439
Open Group Participants Men 49,793 49,768 50,848 50,956 54,846 54,956 54,806 56,541 57,593 58,710 58,090 59,640 59,980 60,117
Closed Group Avg. Squad Size Men 92.29 92.35 91.89 90.97 90.92 91.92 91.61 83.24 95.40 95.56 96.60 97.20 98.39 98.65
Open Group Avg. Squad Size Men 91.20 90.00 90.64 90.03 91.41 91.59 91.50 93.46 94.41 94.09 94.15 96.35 97.21 97.91

We modified some open group data points, in concert with NCAA officials, to resolve apparent inconsistencies and unexplained fluctuations presented in the NCAA published report. Thus, there are a small number of data points used for this report that differ from what is published in the NCAA report.