Last year could not have been easier to name the inaugural FootballScoop Gridiron-Hardwood Champions. With a Big East championship, a Sugar Bowl win and a No. 1 seed already in their pocket, we dubbed Louisville as FBS's major sports champion, an honor that so inspired Rick Pitino's Cardinals it spurred them to a national championship.
With the NCAA Tournament tipping off today, it's time we take another global look across college sports to discover which schools have succeeded across the board. Only two FBS schools managed to win at least a share of their respective conferences in football and basketball - Michigan State in the Big Ten and Louisiana-Lafayette in the Sun Belt - while three FCS schools accomplished the feat - Harvard in the Ivy League, Coastal Carolina in the Big South and North Dakota State in the Missouri Valley (football) and Summit League (basketball).
All told, 29 schools managed to appear in a bowl game and the NCAA Tournament.
ACC (4)
Duke
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Syracuse
American (2)
Cincinnati
Louisville
Big Ten (5)
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Nebraska
Ohio State
Big 12 (5)
Baylor
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Texas
Independents (1)
BYU
Mountain West (1)
San Diego State
Pac-12 (5)
Arizona
Arizona State
Oregon
Stanford
UCLA
SEC (0)
Sun Belt (1)
Louisiana-Lafayette
As for a Girdiron-Hardwood Champion? It's too close to call at the moment, but we'll dub Michigan State as the early favorite. The Spartans are chased by Louisville (again), Ohio State, Wisconsin, Baylor, Oklahoma and Duke.
The bar is much, much higher for FCS programs to reach the postseason in both sports, where a conference title is almost always required to reach the Big Dance, and football playoff berths aren't as easy to obtain as a bowl invite. Of the 122 FCS programs, three made the postseason(*) in football and basketball.
FCS (3)
Coastal Carolina
Harvard* - Didn't partake in FCS football playoff, but the Crimson did win the Ivy League in both sports.
North Dakota State
Considering their utter dominance on the gridiron and their status as a hot upset pick in March Madness, we'll go ahead and declare North Dakota State as the FCS's football-basketball champion.
A total of 58 postseason spots are available to the 166 Division II schools that sponsor football - 24 in football and 32 in basketball. Seven schools claimed a ticket to both parties.
Division II (7)
Carson-Newman (Tenn.)
Indianapolis (Ind.)
Minnesota State-Mankato
North Alabama
Northwest Missouri State
Tuskegee (Ala.)
West Chester (Pa.)
Two wins in the basketball tournament, coupled with an undefeated march to a football national championship, gives Northwest Missouri State the title.
Division III offers a sum of 93 postseason berths, 32 in football and 61 in basketball, to the 242 schools that offer both sports. Only six schools claimed a spot in both tournaments.
Division III (6)
Hobart (N.Y.)
Illinois Wesleyan
Johns Hopkins (Md.)
Wesley (Del.)
Wisconsin-Whitewater
Wittenberg (Ohio)
They've already advanced to their own Final Four in Salem, Va., with the semifinals on Friday and the championship on Saturday. One name is a very familiar one - that of undefeated football national champion Wisconsin-Whitewater. The Warhawks are our clear winners here.