By Look across the U.S. high school sports landscape and you’ll see that football clearly outranks the other offerings, with over a million athletes hitting the gridiron.
In fact, according to the data from one study, only seven states don’t have football as the top sport.
Considering that type of overwhelming demand, it seems a more interesting question is this: What’s the next most popular?
Here’s how that breaks down for all 50 states…
Alabama
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Baseball
Alaska
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Football (basketball is No. 1)
Arizona
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Arkansas
(Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
California
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Colorado
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
Connecticut
(Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Delaware
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Soccer
Florida
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
Georgia
(Photo: Chiara Caldarola via Pexels)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Hawaii
(Photo: Mateusz Dach via Pexels)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Idaho
(Photo: Pixabay)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Illinois
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Indiana
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Iowa
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Kansas
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Kentucky
(Photo: Bryan Woolston/Special to CJ)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
Louisiana
(Photo: Chiara Caldarola via Pexels)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Maine
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
Maryland
(Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
Second most popular boys sport: Soccer
Massachusetts
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Michigan
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Minnesota
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Mississippi
(Chris Todd, For the Clarion-Ledger)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
Missouri
(Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY via USA TODAY NETWORK)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Montana
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Football (track and field is No. 1)
Nebraska
(Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images)
Second most popular boys sport: Football (track and field is No. 1)
Nevada
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
New Hampshire
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Soccer
New Jersey
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
New Mexico
(Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
New York
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
North Carolina
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
North Dakota
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Football (basketball is No. 1)
Ohio
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Oklahoma
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
Oregon
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Pennsylvania
(Kirby Lee/Image of Sport-USA TODAY Sports)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Rhode Island
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
South Carolina
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
South Dakota
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
Tennessee
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
Texas
(Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Utah
(Photo by FREDERIC MOREAU/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Vermont
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Football (soccer is No. 1)
Virginia
(Photo by FREDERIC MOREAU/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Washington
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
West Virginia
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Basketball
Wisconsin
(USA TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
Wyoming
(US TODAY)
Second most popular boys sport: Track and Field
