Built by a Fan.
Built for the Sport.
I Started Atlas Because
the Sport Deserved Better.
My name is Chandler Schelkopf. I started Atlas Sports because I grew up watching college football the way most fans do: completely, obsessively, school-to-school across every conference. And I kept noticing a gap.
National outlets talk about the sport in rankings and highlight packages. Team-specific pages only see their own sideline. Nobody was covering the entire landscape, the connections between communities, the stories that travel across conferences, the data that actually explains what's happening on the field.
Atlas Sports is my attempt to build that. Not a news ticker. Not a blog. A media brand built for the fan who cares about college football the way it actually deserves to be cared about. We're early in this journey, and it's just getting started.
A Real Audience.
Built Organically.
The Atlas Sports audience doesn't follow one team, they follow college football. They track every conference, argue every ranking, and watch four games simultaneously on a Saturday.
Athletic departments that credential Atlas Sports reach a sport-wide audience that national outlets and team-specific accounts cannot replicate.
On the Ground.
Across the Map.
Atlas Sports has operated under full media credentials at Power Four programs and the newest members of the FBS: sideline access, photo credentials, and press box coverage across the Big Ten, Big 12, and Mountain West.
- Game-day video for TikTok & Instagram
- Sideline photography with attribution
- Player & coach interview clips
- Post-game analysis reaching sport-wide audience
- Professional conduct per all SID guidelines
- Pre-game coordination with comms staff
- Authorized zones only
- Long-term partner approach
Shot on the Sideline.
Graded by Atlas.
Every credentialed trip becomes long-form coverage. The Atlas Stadium Score grades gameday atmosphere on loudness, fill, capacity, and edge, and the rankings are built from what we see and hear in person.
Bill Snyder Family Stadium, graded in person. Why Manhattan, Kansas now sits atop the Atlas Stadium Score.
Inside the Fargodome for NDSU's first season in the FBS. Nineteen thousand seats, and none of them quiet.
Brands That Back
the Vision.
Atlas Sports partners with brands that understand the college football fan and want to reach them with credibility, not just impressions.
Partner With Atlas Sports
Looking to reach a passionate, growing college football audience? Atlas Sports offers sponsorship, branded content, social integration, and game-day presence.
Building Something
Bigger Than a Media Page.
It is the next generation of college football infrastructure.
Most college football media was built for a different era, publishing cycles designed for news. Social feeds optimized for impressions. Coverage that reacts rather than illuminates.
Atlas Sports is being built for what comes next: an ecosystem where fans don't just consume coverage. They use tools. They engage with data. They follow rankings they actually trust.
The map is bigger than any single team, any single Saturday, any single season. We are building the infrastructure to cover all of it.
- Credentialed game-day coverage
- Short-form video & social content
- Player & coach interviews
- Editorial analysis & breakdowns
- Partner integrations
- Atlas Power Ratings
- Independent weekly rankings
- Predictive game models
- Fan polls & voting
- Recruiting tracker
- Fan community platform
- Game-day experience tools
- Premium subscriber content
- National live coverage
- Full media operation
From the Field.
From the Data.
Fargo Goes FBS: Inside the Fargodome for NDSU's First Game as a Mountain West Program
A 33–7 win over Jacksonville State, a sold-out dome, and the loudest small stadium in the country announcing itself to the FBS. We were on the sideline for all of it.