Golden West Leads the 2026 3C2A Top 10 JUCO Alumni Leaderboard
Golden West Leads the 2026 3C2A Top 10 JUCO Alumni Leaderboard
Across all 12 reporting 3C2A conferences, 87 colleges have combined for 1,666 alumni currently active on four-year rosters this season — spanning NCAA D1, D2, D3, NAIA, NCCAA, and USCAA programs.
Updated Aug 15, 2026: Golden West’s alumni total was corrected from 39 to 40 following CBI’s internal transfer-verification process, adjusting the 3C2A-wide total from 1,664 to 1,665. This post has been updated to reflect the correction.
Top 10 Programs Across All of 3C2A
Golden West (Orange Empire) leads all of 3C2A with a 180.0 Raw Alumni Placement Score. Col of the Desert (Inland Empire) has the highest total alumni count (41) of any college, but Golden West’s alumni skew more heavily toward higher-weighted divisions. Here’s how the top 10 stack up, regardless of conference. Want the conference-by-conference picture instead? See the 3C2A Conference Rankings post.
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3C2A · Top 10 Programs · 2026 Reporting Year
Ranked by Alumni Placement Score (APS), a weighted measure of alumni currently active on four-year rosters across NCAA D1, D2, D3, NAIA, NCCAA, and USCAA. Combines the top 10 highest-alumni programs across all 12 3C2A conferences.
Source: CBI JUCO Pipeline Dashboard, Reporting Year 2026 · 3C2A Top 10 Programs Insights reflect data available at time of publication and are subject to change.
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How These Rankings Are Calculated
Programs are ranked by Alumni Placement Score (APS) — a weighted measure of alumni currently active on four-year rosters, giving more weight to higher levels of four-year competition. Total alumni count is shown for reference. Raw APS reflects an alumnus’s current four-year level, not necessarily a level the program directly placed them into. See the full APS methodology for the exact formula, division weights, and what “placement” means in APS.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which college has the highest Alumni Placement Score in all of 3C2A?
Golden West, from the Orange Empire Conference, leads all of 3C2A with a 180.0 Raw APS. Col of the Desert (Inland Empire) has the highest total alumni count (41) of any college, but Golden West’s alumni are concentrated more heavily at higher-weighted divisions.
How many colleges are tracked in the 3C2A JUCO Alumni Leaderboard?
87 colleges across all 12 reporting 3C2A conferences: Bay Valley, Big 8, Central Valley, Coast (North), Coast (South), Golden Valley, Inland Empire, Orange Empire, Pacific Coast Athletic, South Coast, Western State (North), and Western State (South).
How does the Top 10 break down across 3C2A’s 12 conferences?
Orange Empire places 4 colleges in the Top 10, Big 8 places 3, and Inland Empire, Coast (South), and Coast (North) each place 1. See the 3C2A Conference Rankings post for how every conference compares by combined and average Raw APS.
What does “alumni on four-year rosters” mean?
It’s a count of former players from a college now active on a four-year college roster — NCAA D1, D2, D3, NAIA, NCCAA, or USCAA — at the time of reporting. It reflects the size and reach of a program’s four-year pipeline, not in-season transfer activity.
