Want to someday play in the National Football League? Well then you had better first attend a Southeastern Conference school.

According to the NFL, LSU had the most active players on NFL rosters during the opening weekend with 38, while four of the top five colleges were from the SEC.

Alabama rose from tied for seventh place to third, Georgia remained fourth and Florida made a big jump from 12th to tied for fifth. When Nick Saban took over the Crimson Tide in 2007, it wasn’t listed among the top 25 programs.

Surprisingly, Michigan rose the most, from tied for 24th to tied for 15th, while seeing significant drops were Miami from third to eighth, and Texas from fifth to 12th.

Last year Southern California topped the list with 40 players.

A total of 247 colleges were represented on active rosters, which did not include players on any reserve lists or practice squads.

Rank, School, Players
1. Louisiana State 38
2. Southern California 37
3. Alabama 36
4. Georgia 34
5. Florida 33
(tie) Florida State 33
7. Miami 31
8. California 29
(tie) Ohio State 29
9. Notre Dame 28
(tie) Tennessee 28
11. Wisconsin 27
12. Auburn 26
(tie) Texas 26
13. Clemson 24
(tie) Oregon 24
15. Michigan 23
(tie) North Carolina 23
(tie) Oklahoma 23
18. Iowa 22
(tie) Penn State 22
(tie) South Carolina 22
(tie) Stanford 22
22. Virginia 21
23. Ole Miss 19
(tie) Nebraska 19
(tie) Texas A&M 19
(tie) UCLA 19

Other SEC teams:
Missouri 17
Arkansas 13
Mississippi State 12
Kentucky 11
Vanderbilt 9

A breakdown by position of colleges with the most players:

C California, Florida, Southern California 3
G Tennessee 5
T Virginia 6
TE Stanford 6
QB Southern California 4
RB California 5
WR Florida, Miami 7
DT LSU 6
DE Georgia 7
LB Southern California 9
DB Alabama, LSU 9
P LSU, Miami, Tennessee 2
K Florida State, Texas 2