The FBS division of college football will have 130 teams in 2017. What is the primary school color for most of these institutions?

Of the 130 schools that will send teams to the field in the Fall in the quest to win the college football National Championship, 47 will sport various shades of red as their primary color.

Blue is second at 37.

In the United States, school colors are used to represent it on the uniforms of its athletic teams. These colors are often worn with a sense of pride by fans, students and alumni of the school throughout the season. Colors are usually selected in pairs _ some choose trios _ with a dominant and secondary shades to form a scheme. Most primary colors are red, blue, green, orange and purple and matched with the color of a metal: gold, silver, black, brown or white. Some of the popular pairings are red/white, blue/white, blue/gold, green/gold, black/gold, green/gold, etc.

The use of various shades of a color _ for example, Columbia blue of North Carolina, Midnight blue of Penn State, Scarlet and Gray of Ohio State _ to help give a school an identity to standout from the rest. Nebraska lists its red and white as Crimson and Cream; Michigan's is Maize and Blue.

The fun comes when schools with like colors meet on the field. A great example of this was the 1990 Freedom Bowl featuring Oregon vs. Colorado State. Both teams wore green and banana yellow (gold). Oregon wore green jerseys and banana pants. CSU wore green pants and banana jerseys. It was a color television nightmare. Schools rarely change their base colors, but teams do adapt their uniforms for style.