Iowa Central Leads the NJCAA D2 Top 20 With 47 Alumni on Four-Year Rosters

Iowa Central (Region 11) leads all of NJCAA D2 with 47 alumni currently active on four-year rosters, the most of any of the 165 D2 colleges nationally.

The 20 colleges below have a combined 752 alumni currently active on four-year rosters, drawn from the 165 NJCAA D2 colleges nationally, spanning NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, NCCAA, and USCAA programs in 2026.

Southeastern (IA) and Kirkwood Round Out the Top Three

Southeastern (IA) (Region 11) ranks second with 46 alumni currently active on four-year rosters (45-15-0, .750), followed by Kirkwood (Region 11) with 43 (45-10-0, .818).

NJCAA Top 20 D2 Programs (2026)

Pearl River (Region 23) posted the best win percentage among the D2 Top 20 at .820 (50-11-0) in 2026, despite ranking 16th in total alumni with 33.

Reading This Board Alongside the Regional Leaderboards

This board ranks colleges by their national standing within NJCAA D2 — it is not a geographic cross-section, and its regional footprint looks different from the 24 region-by-region leaderboards. 7 of NJCAA’s 24 regions field no D2 programs at all, so they cannot appear on this board regardless of how strong their alumni pipeline is at other levels: Region 5 (New Mexico & Western Texas), Region 6 (Kansas), Region 7 (Tennessee), Region 9 (Colorado, Nebraska & Wyoming), Region 14 (Eastern Texas & Southwestern Louisiana), and 2 more. Only 10 of NJCAA’s 24 regions are represented in this Top 20 alone. A region missing from this list may still lead the country at another division level — check that region’s own leaderboard for its full college-by-college picture across every division.

How These Rankings Are Calculated

Each college’s “Overall” number is a count of alumni currently active on four-year rosters — NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, NCCAA, and USCAA — as of the 2026 reporting period. This is a cumulative, point-in-time snapshot of where a program’s alumni are playing now, not a measure of how many players transferred out during the current season. When two or more colleges have the same Overall alumni count, win percentage is used as the tiebreaker, with the higher win percentage ranking higher. This board ranks colleges within NJCAA D2 specifically — a college’s NJCAA division reflects its own competitive classification, not the four-year level of its alumni.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many NJCAA D2 colleges are there nationally?

165 colleges compete at the NJCAA D2 level nationally in 2026, with a combined 3208 alumni currently active on four-year rosters.

Which NJCAA D2 college has the most alumni on four-year rosters?

Iowa Central (Region 11) leads NJCAA D2 with 47 alumni currently active on four-year rosters.

Which NJCAA D2 program in the Top 20 has the best win percentage?

Pearl River (Region 23) posted the best win percentage among the D2 Top 20 at .820 (50-11-0) in 2026.

Are all 24 NJCAA regions represented in the D2 Top 20?

No. 7 of NJCAA’s 24 regions field no D2 programs at all, so they can’t appear on this board regardless of their alumni totals at other division levels. Only 10 regions are represented in this Top 20.

Insights reflect data available at time of publication and are subject to change.