Olympic medal count by NCAA conference

The first week of the 2020 Olympics is over and college athletes are representing well. Breaking down the NCAA Olympic medal count by conference is a great way to see which colleges have the most athletes reaching the podium in Tokyo.

NCAA Olympic medal counts through one week

USC and Stanford lead the nation in total athletes sent to Tokyo, with 63 from USC and a school-record 53 from Stanford. These incredible numbers are greatly beneficial to the PAC-12’s total medals, but USC has yet to have an athlete medal through the first week. Here are the NCAA Olympic medal counts so far.

PAC-12: 25 total(2 gold, 16 silver, 7 bronze)

The highest total medal count of all conferences, the PAC-12 has their athletes on full display. Stanford and Washington have produced the two gold medals the conference has won, with five and six total medals respectively. The University of California has five winners of their own, and UCLA contributes five silver medals. A large portion of their medal count is owed to the USA women’s softball team, winning the silver.

SEC: 21 total(6 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze)

The conference with the most gold medals, the SEC is as dominant as ever in competition. Florida is tied for most medals of any school with seven total, including two gold. Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, and South Carolina have each contributed gold medals across multiple sports and events.

Big Ten: 14 total(4 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze)

Indiana has shown up in a huge way, tied with Florida for the most medals of any school with seven. They join their two gold medals with Minnesota and Michigan to reach four total golds. Michigan also contributes three silvers of their own to Indiana’s four. accounting for the majority of the conference.

ACC: 12 total(3 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze)

Notre Dame currently has only two medals, but they’re both gold. Virginia adds another gold, as well as four silver and one bronze. Between the two schools are eight of the total medals, with NC State adding another silver themselves.

Big 12: 3 total(2 silver, 1 bronze)

With plenty of track and field events yet to go, it’s been a slow start for Big 12 athletes. The University of Texas has two silvers so far, and Oklahoma State has a bronze to their name. With the second week underway, they hope to improve their total Olympic medal count.

Colleges with individual medals

Several conferences have contributed to the total list of NCAA athletes winning, even if it’s a single medal. The Big East conference has just one medal, but it’s a gold courtesy of the University of Connecticut.

The Atlantic 10 and Conference USA each have a bronze medal from Fordham and Western Kentucky. Brown of the Ivy League, Oakland of the Horizon conference, Ball State from the MAC, and San Jose State of the Mountain West each have a bronze medal, rounding out the list of Division I schools.

Division II and Division III have managed to win medals as well. Athlete Joey Lye of the NESCAC is the sole Division III athlete to medal so far, playing for the Canadian women’s softball team. New Haven of the Northeast-10 conference joins the California University of Pennsylvania from the PSAC as the final schools to win a medal so far.

The NCAA features many of the greatest athletes in the world, and these numbers are likely to improve even further in the final week.

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