There is always debate as to who the best school is in terms of sending talent to the NFL. The "NFL University" of college football is always changing, but a fun way to see which schools are sending top talent is to simply take a look at Super Bowl rosters. So where did the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers play their college football? And how many snaps on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball will be represented by each university?

First off, let's take a look at which schools sent the most players to the Super Bowl (among active roster players for both teams).

Number of Players by School

School	49ers	Chiefs	Total Players
Oklahoma	2	4	6
Georgia	3	2	5
Florida	0	4	4
Michigan	3	1	4
MTSU	1	2	3
Penn State	2	1	3
Rutgers	2	1	3
TCU	2	1	3
Western Michigan	1	2	3
Arkansas	2	0	2
Clemson	1	1	2
Georgia Tech	1	1	2
Kansas State	0	2	2
LSU	0	2	2
Miami (FL)	1	1	2
Mississippi State	0	2	2
Missouri	0	2	2
Notre Dame	1	1	2
Ohio State	2	0	2
Oregon	2	0	2
Purdue	1	1	2
South Carolina	2	0	2
Stanford	1	1	2
Tennessee	1	1	2

This may seem surprising to some, but the Oklahoma Sooners sit atop the list with six total players in Super Bowl LVIII. They're headlined by future Hall of Fame left tackle, Trent Williams. All six Sooners in the Big Game play somewhere along the offensive line or at tight end, which makes sense given how dominant their trenches have been over the past decade.

Georgia is up next with five, but they don't have any significant contributors. The most notable is Mecole Hardman, and he's become famous for negative on-field reasons as of late. Not one Georgia player logged more than 334 offensive or defensive snaps for either team this season.

Florida and Michigan both have four players in the Super Bowl, but Florida represents a much larger snap share with well over 1500 total snaps played on the season. All four Gators are on the Chiefs, most notably right tackle Jawaan Taylor. Michigan's leading contributor is cornerback Ambry Thomas for the 49ers.

But which schools sent the most offensive and defensive playmakers to the Super Bowl who actually contributed on the field this year? Let's take a look at the total offensive and defensive snap share from the season represented by school.

Percent of 2023-24 Offensive Snaps by School

School	% of 2023-24 Offensive Snaps
Oklahoma	10.51%
Tennessee	6.29%
Florida	5.52%
Texas Tech	4.59%
NC State	4.42%
West Virginia	4.27%
UCLA	4.21%
Iowa State	3.89%
Iowa	3.72%
Notre Dame	3.53%
Penn State	3.49%
Cincinnati	3.46%
Stanford	3.41%
Arizona State	3.37%
UTSA	3.12%
SMU	2.86%
South Carolina	2.80%
USF	2.70%
Rutgers	2.64%
Western Michigan	2.64%
Duke	2.58%
Penn	2.37%
Georgia	2.36%
Miami (FL)	2.18%
Harvard	2.05%

As mentioned above, Oklahoma's offensive contributions are stacked across the line. There's a great chance around 10% of Super Bowl LVIII offensive snaps will be played by a Sooner.

Tennessee has players from both teams representing the offensive side of the ball. Trey Smith at guard for the Chiefs and Jauan Jennings at wide receiver for the 49ers.

Florida has tackle Jawaan Taylor and wide receiver Kadarius Toney for the Chiefs. Of course, Toney has been so terrible he may not even play many snaps.

Percent of 2023-24 Defensive Snaps by School

School	% of 2023-24 Defensive Snaps
Oregon	6.44%
Mississippi State	5.78%
Michigan	5.39%
Ohio State	5.15%
Louisiana Tech	4.42%
Stanford	4.38%
Washington	4.35%
BYU	4.18%
Wyoming	4.16%
MTSU	3.98%
Arkansas	3.68%
Purdue	3.40%
Penn State	3.34%
USC	2.89%
Kentucky	2.74%
South Carolina State	2.71%
Notre Dame	2.58%
Missouri	2.36%
Cincinnati	2.21%

The defensive snaps are distributed a bit more evenly across schools than on offense, no school accounting for more than 6.44% of total defensive snaps on the year.

It makes sense that Oregon is the leader, with their high pedigree defenses over the last decade. They have both defensive lineman Arik Armstead and cornerback Deommodore Lenoir for the 49ers.

Mississippi State is represented by two excellent Chiefs stars. Defensive lineman Chris Jones and linebacker Willie Gay Jr. both play key roles for Kansas City.

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It's fun to see where all these NFL stars get their start. Both teams are stacked to the brim with top tier talent from around the country. But it will be interesting to see if in future Super Bowls we see a higher number of players from power conference teams only, given how the Transfer Portal has been consolidating talent over the past few years.