I think you’re missing the gist.
Most schools - based on merit alone - will not get you to $23K.
An $80K school is not getting to $23K - unless you hit the hail mary scholarships.
You are asking for a safety at $23K - and you need to find a 100% definite and affordable.
That’s WVU and Marshall in state. U of Alabama, UAH, Mississippi State for sure. Ole Miss and Florida State maybe. W Carolina for sure as full price is $20K. Southern Miss might be another.
You want a D1 football school and most of your list isn’t.
You can find hopeful schools - Ohio State, Miami, Iowa State and maybe more.
But you asked for a safety at $23K.
No matter what you write or describe is not going to give you an assured school at $23K - except the ones I mentioned and perhaps there might be others I’m missing - like a New Mexico.
If MIT fails and others come at $40 or $50K, you need a place to go.
That’s why Alabama is so popular, with 1500 kids from Illinois, 2K from the NJ/NY/CT area, and more than 1K from Texas and California.
They buy kids like you in.
In your case, you need a 100% definite - and they have auto merit - and that’s how I know they are…the schools listed.
FSU, you’d need the out of state tuition waiver. My guess is you’d get it but that’s not 100% assured, etc.