Best Juco Football Teams [Junior College]

Top Junior College Football Teams include Iowa Western, East Mississippi, Butler, Mississippi Gulf Coast, Snow, and Northwest Mississippi.

Let’s look at the list of the top 20 Juco Football Teams in the past decade in the table below :

Iowa Western Community College

Iowa Western Community College located in Council Bluff, Iowa, stood as the number-one team in the 2010-2019 decade. The campus maintained a record of 98-19 and secured 153.0 points in total. 

The team competes in Division I of the National Junior College Athletic Association under the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference. 

The college has won Men’s Football National Championship twice, once in 2012 and another recently in 2022. Their college cheerleading squad has won World University Championship in 2016 and 2023 and UCA College Cheerleading National Championship in 2023 and more. 

East Mississippi Community College

East Mississippi College, formerly known as East Mississippi Junior College, is situated in Scooba, Mississippi, and was established in 1927.

The Lions, compete in a wide range of sports in NJCAA and have received multiple championships and honors so far. The sports include football, basketball, baseball, softball, Men’s Golf, Rodeo, etc. 

EMCC’s achievements in football are notably high. They have got five NJCAA National Championships in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, and 2018. The Mississippi Lions have also recorded MACJC State/NJCAA Region 23 Champions in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2018.

The team is one of the top Juco National Ranking Football teams with nine MACJC North Division Championships, first in 2009 and others from 2011 – 2018.

EMCC has a total of 30 NJCAA All-Americans in its history book. Their record for the past decade was 97-14 and the team’s overall point was 146.0. 

Butler Community College

Butler Community College is the second-largest community college in Kansas and was founded in 1927 as El Dorado Junior College in El Dorado, Kansas.

Butler has a total of ten NJCAA National Championships in their name among which six are for Football. The of their football national titles were in 1981, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2008. 

The team’s record in the decade of 2010-2019 was 92-25 and secured the squad’s point of 130.0 overall. They also have 2015 Jayhawk Conference Championship.

Junior College football rankings are 1. Iowa Western Community College, 2. Hutchinson Community College, and 3. NW Mississippi.

To find out the top Juco national rankings in football, NJCAA conducted a poll marking the end of the 2022 season in December. The list is given below:

California Juco Football Rankings

California Juco football rankings place Riverside City in first position followed by Mt. San Antonio. College of San Mateo is placed third.

California Community College Athletic Division has listed 25 top college football rankings with junior football, including Riverside City, Mt. San Antonio, College of San Mateo, etc. 

Riverside City stands on the top of the list with a 10-0 record and got 275 points until the last of the 2022 season. It was also in the same position last year as well. 

Similarly, Mt. San Antonio is the second-most scorer and had a 9-1 record with 258 points in total. It was also ranked second the previous year. 

The third position was held by the College of San Mateo with a 9-1 record and scored 254 points. It moved to the 2nd position from the fourth previous year.

Others of the top 10 on the list are Fullerton, Laney, Golden West, Butte, American River, Cerritos, and Ventura.

Mississippi Juco Football

Mississippi Association of Community College Conference consists of two divisions of Juco Football; the North and the South Division.

They have seven teams each which makes a total of 14 Juco Football teams in MACCC. Among them Northwest Mississippi Community College with a record of 10-2 in total of 12 games played. 

Similarly, East Mississippi Community College holds the second position in the list with an 8-3 record from eleven total games a winning streak of 4. 

The third on the list comes from the south division, Jones College, whose overall record is 8 wins and 2 lost from 10 total games.

Likewise, Pearl River Community College and Holmes Community College are in the third and fourth positions with a 6-4 and 5-4 record respectively. Northeast Mississippi Community College and Copiah-Lincoln Community College hold the fifth position with equal records. 

Juco Football Texas

There are seven Juco Football Teams with Division I NJCAA ranking in Texas which are Blinn College, Trinity Valley Community College, RPA College, and more.

The others are Cisco College in Cisco, Kilgore College in Kilgore, Navarro College in Corsicana, and Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas.

The best Community Colleges with football are Iowa Western Community College, Hutchinson Community College, and Northwest Mississippi.

Let’s Look at the top 5 Junior College Football Community Colleges:

• Iowa Western Community College
• Hutchinson Community College
• Northwest Mississippi Community College
• Coffeyville Community College
• East Mississippi Community College

Hutchinson Community College

Hutchinson Community College was incepted in 1928 in Hutchinson Kansas and was initially called Hutchinson Junior College. It was renamed in 1993.

The athletic team goes by the name of Hutchinson Blue Dragons and competes both in National Junior College Athletic Association and Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference games.

The Blue Dragons are with an overall record of 9-2 and maintained the conference record of 5-2. They have a winning streak of 6  in overall in the 2021-22 season. 

In the last season, they had 57 touchdowns from 12 games played and scored 447 points which means they had 37.3 points per game as a whole. 

Northwest Mississippi Community College

NMCC was also established in 1928 in Senatobia, Mississippi was initially known as Tate County Agricultural High School in 1915.

The College competes in a wide variety of NJCAA sports programs including football, soccer, softball, baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, rodeo, and golf. 

The name of the sports team is Northwest Mississippi Community College Rangers and also takes part in MACCC. The team had a 10-2 overall and 6-0 conference record in the 2022 season.

Coffeyville Community College

The Juco Football Team of the Coffeyville Community College is known as the Coffeyville Red Ravens which held an overall record of 8-3 and 4-2 record in conference. 

It had a 4-2 record at home and a 4-0 record in away games in the 2022 season. The team played a total of 11 games and secured 305 points. The Ravens are ranked 7th among others. 

They played their last game of the season on December 3 and lost by 38-7 score with Hutchinson. 

The 2023 Juco Football tryouts camps for West Coast Region will probably take place in January or February and for Mid West Region in May. 

The all-position Juco All-American camp west coast will be held in Southern California and Mid West Coast will occur at Oakland Yard Athletics in Waterford (Metro Detroit), Michigan.

Juco Football player rankings are 1. Malik Benson 2. Justin Jefferson 3. Michael Nwokocha 4. Keyshawn Blackstock and 5. Channing Canada.

Juco players in NFL comprise the names Aaron Rodgers, Tyreek Hill, and Alvin Kamara. Seven Juco players are active in NFL currently.

Let’s look at the full list of the Juco players currently playing in the NFL: 

• Aaron Rodgers – Butte Community College
• Tyreek Hill – Garden City Community College
• Alvin Kamara – Hutchinson Community College
• Gardner Minshew – Northwest Mississippi Community College
• Antonio Gibson – East Central Community College
• Lavonte David – Fort Scott Community College
• Montez Sweat – Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Rodgers played his junior college football at Butte College. He got 26 touchdowns in the lone season and is currently playing for the New York Jets. Aaron was signed by Green Bay Packers before that. He is an NFL MVP and Super Bowl Champion. 

Tyrteek Hill is one of the best WR in the NFL at present. He played the Juco for Garden City C. C. and went on to Join the Kansas City Chiefs and the Miami Dolphins. Hill has also won the Super Bowl Championship with the Chiefs. 

Similarly, Alvin Kamara is a pass-out of the Hutchinson Juco Football team. The athlete played his college football for the University of Alabama. Kamara currently plays as an RB for the New Orlean Saints. 

Gardner Minshew entered Northwest Mississippi College and gave the team NJCAA National Championship. Minshaw plays for the Indianapolis Colts as a quarterback.

Likewise, Antonio Gibson showcased his immense talent while he was playing his Junior College Football at East Central Community College. Gibson is a top running back playing for the Washington Commanders. 

The List of best all-time Juco Players in NFL History are: 

• O.J. Simpson – City College, San Francisco
• Warren Moon – West Los Angeles Community College
• Cam Newton – Blinn College
• Jason Pierre-Paul – Fort Scott Community College
• Roger Staubach – New Mexico Military Institute
• Mike Anderson – Mt. San Jacinto Junior College
• Cordarrelle Patterson – Hutchinson Community College
• Keyshawn Johnson – West Los Angeles Community College