Open the School Finder

A simple way for Kickers, Punters, and Long Snappers to search college football programs across NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA.

Use the OTU School Finder to sort schools by State, Region, Association, Division, Subdivision, and Conference. Whether you want to search your home state, bordering states, or a wider target region, this tool helps you quickly find football programs and get directly to their program pages.

What the OTU School Finder Helps You Do

 

The recruiting process can feel scattered fast.

Athletes and families often spend hours bouncing between school sites, trying to figure out what programs even exist in their area or at their level.

The OTU School Finder helps simplify that process.

With this tool, you can:

  • search college football programs across the country

  • filter schools by state or multiple surrounding states

  • sort by NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA levels

  • narrow by division, subdivision, and conference

  • click directly into a school’s program page to begin your own review

This is not meant to replace your recruiting strategy.

It is meant to make your school search faster, cleaner, and easier to organize.

HOW TO USE IT

  • Start Here

    Open the Link to the School Finder.

    Save Your Own Search

    To keep your search separate from everyone else, create your own filter view.

    1. Open the School_Finder_Live tab

    2. Click Data → Filter views → Create new temporary filter view

    3. Rename your filter view Click Ok

    Important: Use a filter view instead of a regular filter so your search does not affect other users.

  • Save Your Personal Sheet

    You can sort by State, Region, Association, Division, Subdivision, Conference, and more.

    1. Use the column filters to search by state, region, association, division, subdivision, and conference

    2. Download or save your own file to your desktop so that you can return at any time to add to or remove school list.

    3. Return later and reopen your saved filter from Data → Filter views→ Your Title and Click OK.

  • Start Your Search

    Begin by selecting your home state or the states around you. Your Dream School. This is often the easiest way to understand what programs are realistically in range.

  • Additional Filters

    Filter by NCAA, NAIA, or NJCAA, then sort further by division if needed.

  • Click and Research Teh Schools

    As you filter, the sheet will populate the football schools that match your search.

    The Far Right will provide you links directly to the schools.

  • Review and Explore

    Each Teams page is operated independently from OTU and we have No affiliation with any schools. This tool is simply a directory.

    Review the Staff (Positions & Support), Roster, recruiting questionnaire page, upcoming camps, the schools main page to see if you qualify academically.

Open the OTU School Finder

Search by What Matters Most

 

The finder is designed to help athletes sort schools in a practical way.

Search categories

State
Look for schools in your home state or any state you want to target.

Region
Broaden your search to an entire part of the country.

Association
Filter between NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA programs.

Division
View schools by Division I, II, or III where applicable.

Subdivision
For Division I programs, sort between FBS and FCS.

Conference
See which programs fall inside a particular conference.

Start Your Search

Search smart. Build your school list. Learn the landscape before you reach out.

Launch OTU School Finder

Best viewed on desktop or tablet for easiest filtering.

A Quick Note

The OTU School Finder is designed to help you identify football programs and get to the right starting place faster.

Every athlete’s path is different. Just because a school appears in your search does not automatically mean it is the right fit academically, athletically, financially, or personally.

Use this tool as a starting point:

  • Identify programs

  • Review the school’s site

  • Study the roster

  • Learn the program

  • Build your list with intention

What’s Coming Next

This is Version 1 of the OTU School Finder.

Future OTU tools may include:

  • Personalized target-school tracking

  • Recruiting organization tools

  • Specialist-specific planning tools

For now, this tool is built to help you find schools faster and start your research the right way.