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The 2 most common college sports are basketball and cross country

No sport has more schools participating in it than basketball, but the second-most common sport in college athletics might surprise some people.

No sport has more schools participating in it than basketball, but the second-most common sport in college athletics might surprise some people — cross country.

Between men's and women's basketball teams at all levels, there are 2,197 basketball teams, the most of any sport at NCAA colleges and universities. C thanks to being a sport that doesn't require a stadium or arena, has small teams, uses minimal equipment, and can be played by both men and women, is a close second with 2,065 NCAA teams.

At the other end of the spectrum, of the official NCAA sports for which data was provided, the three least-common sports are gymnastics (99 combined men's and women's teams), bowling (68 women's teams), and sand volleyball (56 women's teams).

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