Big South Conference websites: security rankings

Security scores, grades, and the most common failures for 8 Big South Conference member websites, from ScanGov homepage scans.

  • Sites: 8
  • Last scan: 11/8/2026

Showing Big South Conference member sites. All education sites

Members of the Big South Conference (NCAA Division I), from the NCAA membership directory. Conferences change membership every year; this list follows the directory's current academic year.

B 82

Average security score of 8 fully scanned Big South Conference member sites

12th

of 96 conferences, ranked by average security score

8 of 8

Big south conference member sites fully scanned

B 85

Average security score of all 2,687 fully scanned education sites

How Big South Conference security scores are distributed

Smoothed distribution of the 8 fully scanned Big South Conference member sites, score 0 to 100. Height shows how many sites score near each value.

  • Big South Conference average
  • All education average
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Score rangeSites
0 to 90
10 to 190
20 to 290
30 to 390
40 to 490
50 to 590
60 to 691
70 to 793
80 to 893
90 to 1001

Big South Conference by security grade, compared with all education sites

Share of fully scanned sites in each grade band. Big South Conference: 8 sites. All education: 2687 sites.

  1. Big South Conference
  2. All education sites
  • A (90 to 100)
  • B to C (70 to 89)
  • D to F (below 70)
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GroupA (90 to 100)B to C (70 to 89)D to F (below 70)
Big South Conference13% (1)75% (6)13% (1)
All education sites19% (505)79% (2,113)3% (69)

Top 3 Big South Conference member sites by security score

#1 in Big South Conference · U.S. education rank 1

Radford University

A 100 security

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security A
  • Usability B
  • Readability A

#2 in Big South Conference · U.S. education rank 3

Gardner-Webb University

B 87 security

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability A
  • Security B
  • Usability D
  • Readability F

#2 in Big South Conference · U.S. education rank 3

Longwood University

B 87 security

  • Accessibility A
  • Botability C
  • Security B
  • Usability D
  • Readability A

Most common security failures among Big South Conference member sites

Share of the 8 fully scanned Big South Conference member sites failing each check. A site can fail more than one check. Each check links to its standard and how to fix it.

  1. X-Content-Type-Options75%
  2. Errors in the console63%
  3. Security.txt13%
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CheckShare failingSites failing
X-Content-Type-Options75%6
Errors in the console63%5
Security.txt13%1

What each check means

  • X-Content-Type-Options. The site tells browsers not to guess the type of files it serves. Browsers might run dangerous files by mistake.
  • Errors in the console. The page loads without JavaScript or network errors. Site may have hidden bugs that break features.
  • Security.txt. The site has a security.txt file so researchers know how to report issues. Security researchers cannot report problems to you.

Big South Conference members by security score

Rank Site Checks passed Grade
1 radford.edu
Radford University U.S. rank 1 		8 of 8 checks pass A
2 gardner-webb.edu
Gardner-Webb University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 longwood.edu
Longwood University U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
2 new.unca.edu
University of North Carolina Asheville U.S. rank 3 		7 of 8 checks pass B
3 highpoint.edu
High Point University U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
3 presby.edu
Presbyterian College U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
3 uscupstate.edu
University of South Carolina-Upstate U.S. rank 6 		6 of 8 checks pass C
4 winthrop.edu
Winthrop University U.S. rank 7 		6 of 9 checks pass D

About this data

ScanGov scans the homepage of each college and university site on our higher education list. Scores come from the checks in the ScanGov standards. Sites were scanned between 10/27/2026 and 11/8/2026. Each site's report shows its own scan date. A site counts as fully scanned when its homepage loaded and sent us its page content. Averages, grade shares, failure rates, and ranks use fully scanned sites only. Grades follow the ScanGov grade scale. Rank follows the ScanGov ranking method. The full dataset, with every county's raw results, is in the ScanGov data repository.

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