In 2011, the average player on the Air Force roster was 26 lbs lighter than the average Spartan. I was tempted to make jokes about Maryland dropping 6.8 lbs between 2009 and 2011, falling to 33rd in 2011 from being #1 just a couple years earlier. (Kansas likewise dropped 6.2 lbs since 2008.) Louisiana-Monroe has dropped 18 lbs in the last five years, falling from 5th nationally to 118th. Miami has been the heaviest team over the last five years on average. Temple is the only team in the top 20 that is not in a BCS conference., and Texas Tech is the only team in the bottom 20 that is in a BCS conference.
| Average Weight by Team | ||||||||||||
| Team | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | Average | ||||||
| Michigan St. | 240.6 | 1 | 234.3 | 11 | 231.7 | 24 | 230.3 | 44 | 230.4 | 43 | 233.5 | 9 |
| Penn St. | 237.0 | 2 | 234.8 | 7 | 230.4 | 37 | 232.7 | 22 | 234.8 | 12 | 233.9 | 4 |
| UCLA | 236.6 | 3 | 236.1 | 4 | 231.9 | 23 | 227.8 | 73 | 232.9 | 24 | 233.1 | 12 |
| Arkansas | 236.6 | 4 | 234.8 | 8 | 235.6 | 5 | 230.8 | 38 | 230.3 | 46 | 233.6 | 5 |
| Florida St. | 236.6 | 5 | 230.4 | 42 | 224.3 | 91 | 227.3 | 75 | 229.3 | 58 | 229.6 | 46 |
| Temple | 236.5 | 6 | 239.2 | 1 | 234.8 | 11 | 226.7 | 82 | 226.2 | 87 | 232.7 | 16 |
| Notre Dame | 235.7 | 7 | 234.3 | 10 | 231.4 | 27 | 235.8 | 5 | 230.3 | 45 | 233.5 | 8 |
| LSU | 235.0 | 8 | 228.3 | 60 | 228.0 | 61 | 234.4 | 13 | 233.6 | 17 | 231.9 | 25 |
| Boston College | 234.7 | 9 | 232.2 | 20 | 230.5 | 35 | 228.9 | 60 | 231.8 | 31 | 231.6 | 28 |
| Wisconsin | 234.6 | 10 | 237.5 | 2 | 234.9 | 10 | 229.2 | 54 | 227.9 | 77 | 232.8 | 15 |
| Nebraska | 234.5 | 11 | 230.8 | 37 | 231.4 | 25 | 229.2 | 55 | 234.8 | 11 | 232.1 | 21 |
| Alabama | 234.5 | 12 | 232.9 | 17 | 235.5 | 6 | 232.6 | 23 | 229.3 | 59 | 233.0 | 14 |
| Auburn | 234.4 | 13 | 232.7 | 18 | 225.3 | 82 | 225.4 | 90 | 229.6 | 55 | 229.5 | 47 |
| Kentucky | 234.2 | 14 | 231.8 | 27 | 230.0 | 41 | 228.9 | 59 | 225.1 | 97 | 230.0 | 41 |
| Clemson | 234.2 | 15 | 234.3 | 13 | 237.0 | 3 | 231.4 | 30 | 233.0 | 22 | 234.0 | 3 |
| Ohio St. | 234.2 | 16 | 232.0 | 24 | 229.0 | 47 | 231.5 | 28 | 229.6 | 52 | 231.3 | 32 |
| Miami (Fla.) | 234.0 | 17 | 237.2 | 3 | 237.6 | 2 | 237.1 | 2 | 233.5 | 19 | 235.9 | 1 |
| Mississippi | 233.8 | 18 | 232.0 | 23 | 228.9 | 49 | 228.9 | 58 | 230.1 | 50 | 230.8 | 38 |
| Mississippi St. | 233.4 | 19 | 235.1 | 6 | 233.4 | 16 | 232.9 | 19 | 233.0 | 23 | 233.6 | 6 |
| South Fla. | 232.9 | 20 | 227.3 | 73 | 223.4 | 99 | 229.7 | 48 | 227.7 | 82 | 228.2 | 68 |
| Buffalo | 232.8 | 21 | 218.6 | 115 | 232.8 | 19 | 231.2 | 34 | 229.3 | 57 | 228.9 | 56 |
| BYU | 232.5 | 22 | 229.8 | 45 | 231.4 | 26 | 235.7 | 6 | 228.4 | 68 | 231.6 | 29 |
| Missouri | 232.4 | 23 | 230.3 | 43 | 234.5 | 13 | 229.2 | 53 | 230.5 | 42 | 231.4 | 31 |
| UCF | 232.3 | 24 | 231.3 | 34 | 230.4 | 36 | 230.1 | 46 | 228.2 | 71 | 230.5 | 39 |
| North Carolina | 232.2 | 25 | 231.8 | 26 | 232.0 | 23 | ||||||
| Northern Ill. | 232.2 | 26 | 227.9 | 65 | 224.0 | 94 | 224.7 | 99 | 225.6 | 90 | 226.9 | 82 |
| California | 231.8 | 27 | 231.3 | 33 | 236.2 | 4 | 236.9 | 3 | 230.2 | 49 | 233.3 | 11 |
| Rutgers | 231.8 | 28 | 231.6 | 31 | 231.2 | 30 | 226.9 | 80 | 229.1 | 60 | 230.1 | 40 |
| Tennessee | 231.7 | 29 | 225.2 | 89 | 226.6 | 74 | 233.0 | 18 | 231.7 | 32 | 229.6 | 45 |
| Rice | 231.7 | 30 | 221.4 | 110 | 219.6 | 111 | 223.8 | 106 | 225.6 | 91 | 224.4 | 104 |
| Virginia Tech | 231.5 | 31 | 228.2 | 61 | 230.8 | 33 | 235.4 | 7 | 241.7 | 1 | 233.5 | 7 |
| Oregon St. | 231.4 | 32 | 233.6 | 14 | 228.8 | 52 | 234.5 | 12 | 237.1 | 3 | 233.1 | 13 |
| Maryland | 231.1 | 33 | 234.3 | 12 | 237.9 | 1 | 239.5 | 1 | 236.4 | 4 | 235.8 | 2 |
| Wake Forest | 230.9 | 34 | 229.6 | 47 | 226.6 | 73 | 229.1 | 56 | 228.3 | 69 | 228.9 | 57 |
| Texas | 230.9 | 35 | 228.0 | 64 | 230.0 | 39 | 227.9 | 72 | 228.7 | 65 | 229.1 | 53 |
| Nevada | 230.7 | 36 | 228.0 | 62 | 226.8 | 72 | 229.2 | 52 | 228.0 | 73 | 228.5 | 62 |
| Virginia | 230.5 | 37 | 226.8 | 79 | 227.3 | 68 | 231.5 | 29 | 229.7 | 51 | 229.2 | 51 |
| Syracuse | 230.5 | 38 | 227.5 | 69 | 228.5 | 55 | 227.9 | 71 | 230.7 | 41 | 229.0 | 55 |
| Illinois | 230.3 | 39 | 231.8 | 28 | 233.4 | 17 | 236.5 | 4 | 234.5 | 14 | 233.3 | 10 |
| Georgia | 230.1 | 40 | 233.4 | 15 | 231.0 | 32 | 230.4 | 43 | 235.9 | 6 | 232.2 | 20 |
| Oklahoma | 230.1 | 41 | 230.1 | 44 | 228.9 | 50 | 228.4 | 65 | 227.9 | 78 | 229.1 | 54 |
| TCU | 230.0 | 42 | 230.7 | 38 | 228.3 | 57 | 222.5 | 109 | 224.2 | 103 | 227.2 | 77 |
| Kansas St. | 229.8 | 43 | 229.0 | 54 | 223.7 | 97 | 224.7 | 100 | 224.3 | 102 | 226.3 | 87 |
| Minnesota | 229.8 | 44 | 235.8 | 5 | 231.3 | 29 | 227.0 | 79 | 231.6 | 33 | 231.1 | 34 |
| Texas A&M | 229.8 | 45 | 232.2 | 21 | 231.1 | 31 | 231.7 | 26 | 235.2 | 8 | 232.0 | 22 |
| Utah | 229.7 | 46 | 226.5 | 81 | 228.6 | 54 | 228.4 | 66 | 228.5 | 66 | 228.3 | 65 |
| Oregon | 229.7 | 47 | 227.7 | 66 | 224.3 | 92 | 230.1 | 45 | 232.1 | 29 | 228.8 | 58 |
| Idaho | 229.6 | 48 | 231.7 | 30 | 221.9 | 103 | 225.0 | 95 | 228.0 | 72 | 227.2 | 76 |
| Central Mich. | 229.5 | 49 | 229.5 | 48 | 222.8 | 101 | 217.3 | 118 | 222.1 | 111 | 224.2 | 105 |
| Purdue | 229.5 | 49 | 231.1 | 36 | 230.7 | 34 | 233.6 | 16 | 229.0 | 61 | 230.8 | 37 |
| Washington | 229.4 | 51 | 229.3 | 50 | 229.7 | 44 | 234.3 | 14 | 234.8 | 10 | 231.5 | 30 |
| Connecticut | 229.2 | 52 | 230.6 | 39 | 232.8 | 20 | 231.3 | 32 | 230.4 | 44 | 230.9 | 35 |
| East Caro. | 229.2 | 53 | 224.4 | 94 | 230.0 | 40 | 230.6 | 40 | 232.4 | 28 | 229.3 | 50 |
| San Jose St. | 229.2 | 54 | 226.8 | 80 | 229.9 | 43 | 226.8 | 81 | 234.4 | 15 | 229.4 | 48 |
| North Carolina St. | 229.0 | 55 | 232.6 | 19 | 228.4 | 56 | 231.3 | 33 | 233.0 | 21 | 230.9 | 36 |
| South Carolina | 228.9 | 56 | 228.0 | 63 | 226.9 | 70 | 232.5 | 24 | 232.9 | 25 | 229.8 | 43 |
| Iowa | 228.8 | 57 | 232.1 | 22 | 232.7 | 21 | 232.1 | 25 | 234.1 | 16 | 232.0 | 24 |
| Duke | 228.7 | 58 | 231.4 | 32 | 225.4 | 81 | 225.4 | 89 | 230.8 | 39 | 228.3 | 66 |
| Baylor | 228.7 | 59 | 228.6 | 56 | 227.2 | 69 | 225.3 | 91 | 225.3 | 94 | 227.0 | 79 |
| Indiana | 228.6 | 60 | 233.0 | 16 | 234.6 | 12 | 234.0 | 15 | 230.8 | 40 | 232.2 | 19 |
| Oklahoma St. | 228.5 | 61 | 226.9 | 78 | 234.5 | 14 | 230.4 | 42 | 228.9 | 63 | 229.8 | 42 |
| UTEP | 228.5 | 62 | 224.2 | 96 | 225.1 | 84 | 225.1 | 94 | 231.6 | 34 | 226.9 | 81 |
| Cincinnati | 228.5 | 63 | 225.1 | 91 | 228.0 | 60 | 228.5 | 64 | 225.4 | 93 | 227.1 | 78 |
| Arizona | 228.3 | 64 | 230.6 | 41 | 231.3 | 28 | 230.5 | 41 | 227.7 | 81 | 229.7 | 44 |
| USC | 228.0 | 65 | 226.2 | 83 | 229.0 | 48 | 230.8 | 37 | 227.7 | 80 | 228.3 | 64 |
| Southern Miss. | 227.9 | 66 | 224.8 | 92 | 224.3 | 104 | 224.5 | 101 | 225.4 | 100 | ||
| Tulane | 227.6 | 67 | 227.4 | 71 | 226.8 | 71 | 230.9 | 36 | 230.9 | 37 | 228.7 | 59 |
| Akron | 227.6 | 68 | 223.0 | 102 | 225.8 | 79 | 226.4 | 84 | 225.2 | 95 | 225.6 | 97 |
| Pittsburgh | 227.6 | 69 | 229.6 | 46 | 233.6 | 15 | 234.5 | 11 | 235.8 | 7 | 232.2 | 18 |
| Michigan | 227.5 | 70 | 224.4 | 95 | 231.0 | 35 | 234.7 | 13 | 229.4 | 49 | ||
| Boise St. | 227.5 | 71 | 222.7 | 105 | 224.1 | 93 | 225.3 | 92 | 227.8 | 79 | 225.5 | 98 |
| Kansas | 227.4 | 72 | 228.4 | 59 | 228.3 | 58 | 231.6 | 27 | 228.0 | 75 | 228.7 | 60 |
| Northwestern | 227.3 | 73 | 226.1 | 84 | 228.7 | 53 | 228.8 | 61 | 226.8 | 85 | 227.6 | 74 |
| Marshall | 227.3 | 74 | 225.5 | 88 | 224.5 | 87 | 227.3 | 74 | 224.1 | 104 | 225.7 | 95 |
| Florida | 227.3 | 75 | 234.5 | 9 | 235.2 | 7 | 233.4 | 17 | 228.0 | 74 | 231.7 | 27 |
| North Texas | 227.2 | 76 | 229.3 | 51 | 227.5 | 67 | 224.9 | 96 | 223.3 | 108 | 226.4 | 86 |
| Miami (Ohio) | 227.2 | 77 | 230.6 | 40 | 229.3 | 45 | 226.2 | 85 | 228.3 | 70 | 228.3 | 67 |
| Arizona St. | 227.0 | 78 | 227.5 | 68 | 235.0 | 9 | 235.2 | 8 | 238.0 | 2 | 232.5 | 17 |
| Iowa St. | 226.8 | 79 | 225.8 | 86 | 226.1 | 76 | 228.6 | 62 | 235.0 | 9 | 228.4 | 63 |
| Stanford | 226.7 | 80 | 229.3 | 49 | 233.3 | 18 | 232.9 | 20 | 233.2 | 20 | 231.1 | 33 |
| Wyoming | 226.7 | 81 | 221.4 | 109 | 223.8 | 95 | 229.5 | 50 | 229.0 | 62 | 226.1 | 91 |
| Louisiana Tech | 226.6 | 82 | 228.7 | 55 | 229.3 | 46 | 228.3 | 69 | 232.9 | 26 | 229.2 | 52 |
| SMU | 226.5 | 83 | 221.8 | 108 | 216.0 | 116 | 220.3 | 113 | 221.9 | 112 | 221.3 | 114 |
| Colorado St. | 226.1 | 84 | 227.1 | 74 | 224.4 | 89 | 226.1 | 86 | 226.1 | 88 | 226.0 | 92 |
| Washington St. | 226.0 | 85 | 221.9 | 107 | 229.9 | 42 | 223.3 | 107 | 225.9 | 89 | 225.4 | 99 |
| Colorado | 225.9 | 86 | 229.2 | 52 | 228.3 | 68 | 228.0 | 75 | 227.8 | 70 | ||
| Ohio | 225.7 | 87 | 227.1 | 75 | 228.3 | 59 | 227.2 | 76 | 230.9 | 38 | 227.8 | 71 |
| Toledo | 225.7 | 88 | 226.2 | 82 | 224.7 | 85 | 225.9 | 87 | 225.6 | 96 | ||
| Western Ky. | 225.6 | 89 | 227.0 | 77 | 227.7 | 65 | 224.6 | 101 | 226.2 | 89 | ||
| Kent St. | 225.4 | 90 | 223.2 | 101 | 220.1 | 110 | 218.8 | 115 | 223.7 | 107 | 222.3 | 113 |
| Vanderbilt | 225.3 | 91 | 227.4 | 72 | 226.0 | 77 | 225.2 | 93 | 230.2 | 48 | 226.8 | 83 |
| Hawaii | 225.2 | 92 | 228.6 | 57 | 232.5 | 22 | 227.2 | 77 | 224.6 | 100 | 227.6 | 73 |
| Fla. Atlantic | 225.1 | 93 | 222.2 | 106 | 221.7 | 105 | 224.8 | 98 | 221.4 | 113 | 223.0 | 110 |
| Memphis | 224.5 | 94 | 231.2 | 35 | 235.0 | 8 | 234.5 | 10 | 233.6 | 18 | 231.8 | 26 |
| Bowling Green | 224.5 | 95 | 224.5 | 93 | 224.6 | 86 | 223.1 | 108 | 228.9 | 64 | 225.1 | 101 |
| Louisville | 224.3 | 96 | 229.2 | 53 | 227.5 | 66 | 229.9 | 47 | 226.7 | 86 | 227.5 | 75 |
| Fresno St. | 224.1 | 97 | 227.6 | 67 | 228.0 | 62 | 228.9 | 57 | 229.6 | 54 | 227.7 | 72 |
| West Virginia | 224.0 | 98 | 227.4 | 70 | 223.5 | 98 | 230.7 | 39 | 224.8 | 99 | 226.1 | 90 |
| Western Mich. | 223.7 | 99 | 231.8 | 25 | 228.8 | 51 | 227.1 | 78 | 231.4 | 35 | 228.6 | 61 |
| Georgia Tech | 223.4 | 100 | 223.7 | 97 | 225.8 | 78 | 228.6 | 63 | 229.6 | 53 | 226.2 | 88 |
| UNLV | 223.4 | 101 | 225.8 | 85 | 224.4 | 90 | 228.3 | 67 | 227.6 | 83 | 225.9 | 93 |
| New Mexico St. | 223.1 | 102 | 223.4 | 99 | 225.3 | 83 | 222.3 | 110 | 231.2 | 36 | 225.1 | 102 |
| Tulsa | 222.9 | 103 | 221.0 | 113 | 223.3 | 100 | 223.9 | 105 | 221.3 | 114 | 222.5 | 112 |
| La.-Lafayette | 222.6 | 104 | 231.7 | 29 | 230.3 | 38 | 224.8 | 97 | 225.1 | 96 | 226.9 | 80 |
| Arkansas St. | 222.6 | 105 | 228.6 | 58 | 227.7 | 64 | 231.4 | 31 | 229.3 | 56 | 227.9 | 69 |
| Middle Tenn. St. | 222.6 | 106 | 221.0 | 112 | 222.6 | 102 | 224.5 | 102 | 230.2 | 47 | 224.2 | 107 |
| Florida Int'l | 222.1 | 107 | 225.6 | 87 | 225.5 | 80 | 221.2 | 111 | 223.9 | 106 | 223.7 | 108 |
| Houston | 221.6 | 108 | 221.8 | 104 | 224.5 | 103 | 222.6 | 110 | 222.6 | 111 | ||
| Troy | 220.9 | 109 | 221.2 | 111 | 223.7 | 96 | 225.5 | 88 | 223.9 | 105 | 223.0 | 109 |
| Navy | 220.2 | 110 | 217.1 | 117 | 218.5 | 113 | 218.0 | 117 | 217.1 | 116 | 218.2 | 120 |
| Utah St. | 219.5 | 111 | 223.3 | 100 | 220.5 | 108 | 229.3 | 51 | 228.4 | 67 | 224.2 | 106 |
| Eastern Mich. | 218.7 | 112 | 222.8 | 104 | 221.2 | 106 | 220.9 | 116 | ||||
| Ball St. | 218.7 | 113 | 217.9 | 116 | 216.3 | 115 | 219.3 | 114 | 223.2 | 109 | 219.1 | 118 |
| San Diego St. | 218.5 | 114 | 225.2 | 90 | 220.2 | 109 | 232.8 | 21 | 232.5 | 27 | 225.8 | 94 |
| New Mexico | 218.4 | 115 | 227.1 | 76 | 227.9 | 63 | 227.9 | 70 | 232.1 | 30 | 226.7 | 85 |
| UAB | 218.3 | 116 | 220.7 | 114 | 224.5 | 88 | 221.0 | 112 | 221.2 | 115 | 221.1 | 115 |
| Texas Tech | 218.3 | 117 | 222.9 | 103 | 226.1 | 75 | 229.6 | 49 | 227.5 | 84 | 224.9 | 103 |
| La.-Monroe | 217.8 | 118 | 223.6 | 98 | 221.1 | 107 | 234.9 | 9 | 236.2 | 5 | 226.7 | 84 |
| Air Force | 217.4 | 119 | 212.4 | 119 | 218.3 | 114 | 218.3 | 116 | 225.5 | 92 | 218.4 | 119 |
| Army | 214.1 | 120 | 215.6 | 118 | 218.5 | 112 | 226.4 | 83 | 225.0 | 98 | 219.9 | 117 |
