US small colleges revive football to tackle falling enrolment

Ten US four-year colleges started or restarted football programmes this season, the most in a single year since 2013, according to the National Football Foundation, as they try to lift shrinking enrolment. Azusa Pacific and Whittier College, which dropped the sport in 2020 and 2022, are back on the field. Seven more schools plan programmes from 2027.