Clery Act review ranks FBS schools by reported sex offenses in 2024

My Daughter's Team released a review of 2024 Clery Act sex offense reports at NCAA FBS universities as students return to campus. The analysis ranks conferences and schools by raw totals and per-student rates, while warning that reported incidents do not equal prevalence.

Why it matters: - The review puts campus sexual violence reporting back in focus as a new school year begins and millions of students return to college. - The data show wide differences across FBS schools and conferences, which can shape safety debates for parents, students, trustees and university leaders. - My Daughter's Team says the figures are reported incidents under federal law, not a measure of how common sexual violence is on any campus.

What happened: - My Daughter's Team released a new analysis of reported rape and sexual offenses at NCAA FBS universities using 2024 Clery Act data. - The review uses the U.S. Department of Education's Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool. - The Department's 2025 data release includes reported incidents for 2022, 2023 and 2024. - The most recent incident year in the release is 2024. - The organization framed the release as a back-to-campus safety review tied to the start of football season.

The details: - The Big Ten led all FBS conferences in raw reported sex offenses in 2024 with 944 incidents across 18 included schools. - Seven Big Ten schools landed in the national Top 15: Ohio State, UCLA, Iowa, Penn State, Michigan, Indiana and Michigan State. - The Big 12 ranked second with 735 reported incidents. - The SEC followed with 465 reported incidents. - The ACC recorded 376 reported incidents. - Utah had the most reported Clery sex offenses among FBS schools in 2024 with 229. - Ohio State ranked second with 134, followed by UCLA with 118 and Colorado with 116. - Virginia reported 83, Iowa 78, Penn State 77, Michigan 73 and Indiana 72. - Kentucky reported 61, California-Berkeley 59, Liberty 58, Texas State 58, Kansas 53 and Michigan State 53. - The analysis defines reported sex offenses as rape, fondling, incest and statutory rape. - The review separately tracks where incidents occurred. - Residence-hall incidents are counted separately because residence halls are a subset of on-campus reporting and should not be added twice. - The main totals combine on-campus, qualifying non-campus property and public property incidents required under Clery geography rules. - Three-year totals from 2022 through 2024 were led by Ohio State with 740. - Utah had 540 three-year reported incidents. - UCLA recorded 310 over three years. - Michigan posted 270, Penn State 260 and Colorado 220. - Texas A&M had 214, California-Berkeley 211, Iowa 207 and Indiana 202. - My Daughter's Team said the three-year view shows why a single year should not be viewed alone. - The organization said yearly reporting can fluctuate and reported totals do not necessarily show the underlying prevalence of sexual violence. - The per-1,000-student ranking led with Utah at 6.21. - Rice ranked second at 3.24, followed by Virginia at 3.14 and Colorado at 2.99. - Iowa posted 2.53 per 1,000 students and UCLA 2.49. - Stanford recorded 2.47, Ohio State 2.18, Tulane 2.04 and Tulsa 2.04. - Vanderbilt had 1.84, Kansas 1.78, New Mexico 1.77, Kentucky 1.76 and West Virginia 1.65.

Between the lines: - The raw-count list favors big enrollment schools, while the per-student ranking highlights campuses with fewer students but more reported incidents relative to size. - The dual ranking suggests the same data can tell different stories depending on whether the goal is volume or rate. - The release also underscores a core caution in campus safety reporting: more reports can reflect stronger reporting systems and higher awareness, not only more harm. - A low reported total does not prove sexual violence is rare.

What's next: - My Daughter's Team is likely to keep using Clery data to compare campuses and conferences as new federal disclosures become available. - Universities, parents and students will continue to rely on these annual reports during campus safety discussions. - The next round of reporting should help show whether 2024 was an outlier or part of a longer trend.

The bottom line: - The latest Clery review shows that reported sex offenses at FBS schools are concentrated at a handful of large programs, but the organization warns those figures should not be read as a simple safety ranking.