Daniel Wilco | NCAA.com | July 31, 2019 The 16 schools with the best combination of football and basketball programs Andy Katz predicts how these 12 head coaches could impact their new programs Share In the offseason of both college basketball and college football, we've decided to take a look at which schools perform the best on both the hardcourt and the gridiron. MORE CFB: College football's 9 winningest teams Before we jump in to the list, we’ll explain our methodology, which was very straightforward. This is not an opinion piece, nor is this aimed at being a definitive ranking of the best current schools in both sports. We didn’t take championships, or quality of opponents, or win margin into account. MORE CBB: College basketball's 9 winningest teams Instead, we looked at the leaderboards for historical overall win percentage in both sports, to see which teams have seen sustained success over the history of their programs. Only 16 teams appeared in both of those list including some we expected, and others that were complete surprises. Here they are: (We compiled this list from the official NCAA record books, which can be found here and here. Teams also had to have played a minimum of 25 years of Division I competition in both sports.) 16. BYU Basketball winning percentage: .626 (1810-1082) Basketball rank: 27 Football winning percentage: .575 (575-421-26) Football rank: 40 15. Washington Basketball winning percentage: .600 (1765-1175) Basketball rank: 45 Football winning percentage: .616 (735-449-50) Football rank: 20 14. Michigan State Basketball winning percentage: .610 (1689-1081) Basketball rank: 39 Football winning percentage: .600 (701-459-44) Football rank: 25 13. Arizona Basketball winning percentage: .659 (1796-931-1) Basketball rank: 9 Football winning percentage: .567 (613-465-33) Football rank: 50 12. West Virginia Basketball winning percentage: .619 (1756-1079) Basketball rank: 30 Football winning percentage: .598 (750-497-45) Football rank: 26 T9. Tennessee Basketball winning percentage: .609 (1625-1045-2) Basketball rank: 42 Football winning percentage: .675 (838-390-53) Football rank: 12 T9. Syracuse Basketball winning percentage: .678 (1884-894) Basketball rank: 7 Football winning percentage: .568 (719-540-49) Football rank: 47 T9. Arkansas Basketball winning percentage: .640 (1670-939) Basketball rank: 19 Football winning percentage: .584 (715-504-40) Football rank: 35 8. Oklahoma Basketball winning percentage: .608 (1654-1067) Basketball rank: 43 Football winning percentage: .724 (896-325-53) Football rank: 6 7. Utah Basketball winning percentage: .645 (1802-990) Basketball rank: 14 Football winning percentage: .591 (677-464-31) Football rank: 30 6. Ohio State Basketball winning percentage: .610 (1670-1068) Basketball rank: 40 Football winning percentage: .727 (911-325-53) Football rank: 2 T4. Western Kentucky Basketball winning percentage: .661 (1775-912) Basketball rank: 8 Football winning percentage: .587 (575-400-30) Football rank: 32 T4. Alabama Basketball winning percentage: .617 (1657-1030-1) Basketball rank: 35 Football winning percentage: .726 (905-329-43) Football rank: 5 3. UCLA Basketball winning percentage: .691 (1870-836) Basketball rank: 6 Football winning percentage: .587 (605-421-37) Football rank: 33 2. Texas Basketball winning percentage: .623 (1769-1069) Basketball rank: 28 Football winning percentage: .705 (908-370-33) Football rank: 7 1. Notre Dame Basketball winning percentage: .649 (1866-1009-1) Basketball rank: 12 Football winning percentage: .727 (897-324-42) Football rank: 3