Rice and Houston suck at social distancing.
Separated by just 4.6 driving miles, Rice and Houston have the shortest distance between two FBS programs, narrowly edging Eastern Michigan and Michigan's 6-mile drive. Conversely, which schools are the best at school distancing?
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This article's definition of socially distant college football programs: FBS programs that are the farthest away from another FBS program. Using the school's official address, which programs are the most socially distant?
10. Missouri
Nearest FBS Program: Kansas
Distance: 167 Miles
9. Nevada
Nearest FBS Program: Cal
Distance: 209 Miles
Nearly 500 miles away from the only other in-state FBS program, Nevada is much closer to Fresno State and the three Bay Area schools than UNLV.
8. Minnesota
Nearest FBS Program: Iowa State
Distance: 219
Unlike most schools on this list, Minnesota's closest neighbor, Iowa State, has been an irrelevant neighbor (for both the Gophers and Cyclones) for the last century.
Once frequent football foes, Minnesota and Iowa State haven't played in the regular season since 1997, one of only three meetings since 1924.
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7. New Mexico
Nearest FBS Program: New Mexico State
Distance: 225 Miles
New Mexico State is only 41 miles away UTEP but the state's other FBS program, New Mexico is more than three hours away.
6. Washington
Nearest FBS Program: Oregon State
Distance: 261 Miles
The closest Division-I school, Seattle University, is just down the road, but the closest FBS school is a four-hour drive down I-5, just 27 miles closer to Washington than Oregon.
5. UNLV
Nearest FBS Program: USC
Distance: 272 Miles
Eleven miles closer than UCLA, USC is UNLV's nearest neighbor, though the schools have never been in the same conference and have only two all-time football meetings.
4. Washington State
Nearest FBS Program: Washington
Distance: 287 Miles
3. Boise State
Nearest FBS Program: Utah State
Distance: 292 Miles
Boise State is five miles closer to Mountain West rival Utah State than Washington State, whom they've played just twice in the last 19 years.
2. Texas Tech
Nearest FBS Program: North Texas
Distance: 296 Miles
Lubbock isn't Siberia or Iraq but it is isolated.
One of 12 FBS teams in Texas, Texas Tech is the state's only program not within 100 miles of another program.
1. Hawai'i
Nearest FBS Program: San Jose State
Distance: 2,399 (Air) Miles
The only FBS program at least 300 miles from another FBS program, Hawai'i is more than 3,000 air miles away from more than 100 programs. It's fewer air miles to San Francisco or Oakland than San Jose but a shorter drive from the airport to San Jose State's campus than Cal or Stanford.
