Among organized sports, football is the clear leader in number of participants at both the high school and college level, despite being almost entirely male.
According to NCAA reporting on varsity team participation [17] after football (64 thousand), the most popular participatory college sports are baseball/softball (47 thousand), track and field (46 thousand),[18] soccer (43 thousand), basketball (32 thousand), cross-country running (25 thousand), and swimming/diving (20 thousand). The most popular sport among female athletes is soccer, followed closely by track and field.[3]
For both sexes, football has the most participants among organized high school sports, followed by basketball, track & field, baseball/softball, soccer, and cross-country. Wrestling is the sixth most popular sport for boys, while volleyball is the third most popular sport for girls.[19]
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