| School | NCAA Subdivision | Location | Nickname | Conference | Colors | Average Home Game Attendance† |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCLA | FBS* | Los Angeles | Bruins | Pac-12‡ | Blue-Gold | 41,593 |
| USC | FBS* | Los Angeles | Trojans | Pac-12‡ | Cardinal-Gold | 64,487 |
* Division I Football Bowl Subdivision
† NCAA 2022 Football Attendence
‡ Announced move to Big 10 Conference in 2024
| School | Location | Nickname | Conference | Colors | Average Home Game Attendance** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont-Mudd-Scripps | Claremont | Stags | SCIAC†† | Maroon-Gold | 651 |
| La Verne | La Verne | Leopards | SCIAC†† | Green-Orange | 979 |
| Pomona-Pitzer | Claremont | Sagehens | SCIAC†† | Blue-White-Orange | 505 |
** 2022
†† Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
After its 2022 season, the Whittier College Poets became the latest college football program in Los Angeles County to be discontinued. The college cited cost as a key factor for retiring its football program and also concerns about player safety. Whittier College's football program had been active since 1907. It joined Occidental College which retired its football program, active since 1894, after its 2019 season and Cal Tech which retired its football program, active since 1893, after its 1993 season.
The CSU Northridge Matadors football team played in the former NCAA Division I-AA (now Football Championship Subdivision), from 1993 through the 2001 season. The team was disbanded in 2001 for budgetary reasons.
