AKRON
Kangaroos made top 40 in soccer; campus adjacent to Firestone PGA course; only MAC school to have beaten Ohio State in FB (1894)
ALABAMA A&M
Top 40 in women's volleyball; Bulldogs are 64-48 since jump to D-I hoops in '98-99; alums: John Stallworth, Jearl Miles Clark
ALABAMA STATE
Archrival of Alabama A&M; three ex-Hornets DBs in NFL; FB team (8-4) set for 79th meeting with Tuskegee on Thanksgiving
ALBANY
Only school whose teams are Great Danes; site of N.Y. Giants' camp; Bob Ford started FB program as club in '70—he's still coach
ALCORN STATE
Braves from Miss, lost NCAA hoops play-in game; first winning FB season (6-5) since '94; alums: Medgar Evers, Steve McNair[Square Hat]
ARKANSAS LITTLE ROCK
Derek Fisher's alma mater had 18 hoops wins; Croatian pipeline to strong women's volleyball team; Trojans have no FB team
ARKANSAS PINE BLUFF
Small school was in NAIA just six years ago; three former Golden Lions play DB in NFL; tough '01-02: 4-7 in FB, 6-21 in basketball
ARKANSAS STATE
Real mess: losing teams, budget woes, Title IX noncompliance; FB team (14-41 since 1997) could be demoted to I-AA
AUSTIN PEAY
Tenn. school made NCAAs in women's hoops; unique bathroom-call cheer: "Let's go Peay" (rhymes with see); Governors 3-7 in FB
BELMONT
Vince Gill, other country stars attend Bruins hoops games; Nashville school is within mile of archrival Lipscomb; no FB

