Which teams had more average fans, and which ones saw attendance drop? They’re the 2018 Attendance Rankings based on average change.
2018 Attendance Rankings: Averages
With all the concern about declining attendance, which schools had more fans show up on average, and which ones saw a major dip?
Giving UAB a little bit of a break after not having football in 2016, it’s on top, but from 2014, its attendance did go up by almost 5,000 fans per game. However, overall, there were a whole lot of big drops.
Also thrown into the mix are Liberty – even though it was in the FCS world last year – and Idaho, who’s exiting the FBS life.
The yearly numbers are based on the average attendance per home game, and the Stadium is the current capacity.
|
2017 |
2016 |
Diff. |
Stadium |
||
|
1 |
UAB |
26375 |
0 |
26375 |
72000 |
|
2 |
Purdue |
47884 |
34451 |
13433 |
57236 |
|
3 |
Louisiana Tech |
30375 |
20412 |
9963 |
28019 |
|
4 |
Akron |
19569 |
10337 |
9232 |
30000 |
|
5 |
Florida Atlantic |
18938 |
10073 |
8865 |
29495 |
|
6 |
New Mexico State |
18239 |
9545 |
8694 |
30343 |
|
7 |
Coastal Carolina |
14959 |
8392 |
6567 |
15000 |
|
8 |
Penn State |
106707 |
100257 |
6450 |
106572 |
|
9 |
Iowa State |
57931 |
52557 |
5374 |
61500 |
|
10 |
Fresno State |
30632 |
25493 |
5139 |
41031 |
|
11 |
Colorado State |
32062 |
27600 |
4462 |
36500 |
|
12 |
Washington |
68822 |
64589 |
4233 |
70138 |
|
13 |
USC |
72683 |
68459 |
4224 |
92348 |
|
14 |
Oregon |
58631 |
54677 |
3954 |
54000 |
|
15 |
Boston College |
35924 |
32157 |
3767 |
44500 |
|
16 |
Arizona State |
51380 |
47736 |
3644 |
64248 |
|
17 |
Navy |
34950 |
31571 |
3379 |
34000 |
|
18 |
Stanford |
47398 |
44142 |
3256 |
50000 |
|
19 |
Oklahoma State |
56790 |
53814 |
2976 |
56790 |
|
20 |
Kentucky |
56468 |
53643 |
2825 |
61000 |
|
21 |
North Texas |
22362 |
19878 |
2484 |
30850 |
|
22 |
Kent State |
13185 |
10898 |
2287 |
25319 |
|
23 |
Ball State |
9899 |
7789 |
2110 |
22500 |
|
24 |
San Diego State |
39347 |
37289 |
2058 |
51000 |
|
25 |
Wake Forest |
28436 |
26456 |
1980 |
31500 |
|
26 |
Troy |
24456 |
22534 |
1922 |
30000 |
|
27 |
South Carolina |
78586 |
76920 |
1666 |
80250 |
|
28 |
Arkansas State |
23908 |
22700 |
1208 |
30708 |
|
29 |
Syracuse |
33929 |
32805 |
1124 |
49262 |
|
30 |
Michigan |
111589 |
110468 |
1121 |
107601 |
|
31 |
South Alabama |
17345 |
16250 |
1095 |
33471 |
|
32 |
Northwestern |
35853 |
34798 |
1055 |
47129 |
|
33 |
UCF |
36846 |
35802 |
1044 |
44206 |
|
34 |
Utah State |
20108 |
19136 |
972 |
25100 |
|
35 |
Indiana |
43953 |
43027 |
926 |
52692 |
|
36 |
New Mexico |
21194 |
20277 |
917 |
39224 |
|
37 |
Kansas |
26641 |
25828 |
813 |
50250 |
|
38 |
Bowling Green |
15881 |
15140 |
741 |
24000 |
|
39 |
Georgia State |
15833 |
15103 |
730 |
25000 |
|
40 |
Minnesota |
44358 |
43814 |
544 |
50805 |
|
41 |
Toledo |
20745 |
20268 |
477 |
26244 |
|
42 |
Colorado |
47056 |
46609 |
447 |
50183 |
|
43 |
Washington State |
31982 |
31675 |
307 |
32740 |
|
44 |
Northern Illinois |
11291 |
11019 |
272 |
23595 |
|
45 |
Ohio State |
107495 |
107278 |
217 |
102329 |
|
46 |
Liberty |
16571 |
16377 |
194 |
20000 |
|
47 |
Virginia Tech |
63214 |
63043 |
171 |
65632 |
|
48 |
Miami |
58682 |
58572 |
110 |
64767 |
|
49 |
Vanderbilt |
31341 |
31242 |
99 |
40350 |
|
50 |
Temple |
27318 |
27225 |
93 |
68532 |
|
51 |
Maryland |
39643 |
39615 |
28 |
51802 |
|
52 |
Georgia |
92746 |
92746 |
0 |
92746 |
|
53 |
Old Dominion |
20118 |
20118 |
0 |
20118 |
|
54 |
Hawaii |
24244 |
24328 |
-84 |
50000 |
|
55 |
Alabama |
101722 |
101821 |
-99 |
101821 |
|
56 |
North Carolina |
50071 |
50250 |
-179 |
63000 |
|
57 |
Clemson |
80773 |
80970 |
-197 |
81500 |
|
58 |
Miss State |
58100 |
58317 |
-217 |
61337 |
|
59 |
UTSA |
22821 |
23038 |
-217 |
36582 |
|
60 |
MIssouri |
51950 |
52236 |
-286 |
71168 |
|
61 |
Oklahoma |
86520 |
86857 |
-337 |
83849 |
|
62 |
Appalachian St |
25787 |
26153 |
-366 |
30000 |
|
63 |
Nebraska |
89798 |
90200 |
-402 |
87091 |
|
64 |
Air Force |
29154 |
29587 |
-433 |
49692 |
|
65 |
Auburn |
86446 |
86937 |
-491 |
87451 |
|
66 |
Virginia |
39398 |
39929 |
-531 |
61500 |
|
67 |
Wisconsin |
78824 |
79357 |
-533 |
80321 |
|
68 |
Utah |
45913 |
46506 |
-593 |
45807 |
|
69 |
Georgia Tech |
46885 |
47503 |
-618 |
55000 |
|
70 |
Kansas State |
51301 |
51919 |
-618 |
50000 |
|
71 |
NC State |
56850 |
57497 |
-647 |
57600 |
|
72 |
Wyoming |
20614 |
21266 |
-652 |
29181 |
|
73 |
Idaho |
10533 |
11190 |
-657 |
16000 |
|
74 |
Miami Univ. |
16444 |
17110 |
-666 |
24286 |
|
75 |
Texas State |
17447 |
18120 |
-673 |
30000 |
|
76 |
Tulsa |
18459 |
19234 |
-775 |
30000 |
|
77 |
UNLV |
17449 |
18389 |
-940 |
38800 |
|
78 |
Memphis |
36302 |
37346 |
-1044 |
58318 |
|
79 |
TCU |
44080 |
45168 |
-1088 |
45000 |
|
80 |
Florida |
86715 |
87846 |
-1131 |
88548 |
|
81 |
San Jose State |
14206 |
15419 |
-1213 |
30456 |
|
82 |
Middle Tennessee |
15620 |
17243 |
-1623 |
31000 |
|
83 |
West Virginia |
55946 |
57583 |
-1637 |
60000 |
|
84 |
Army |
30924 |
32653 |
-1729 |
38000 |
|
85 |
Nevada |
16722 |
18501 |
-1779 |
30000 |
|
86 |
Ohio |
19388 |
21190 |
-1802 |
24000 |
|
87 |
WKU |
15706 |
17705 |
-1999 |
22113 |
|
88 |
Baylor |
43830 |
45838 |
-2008 |
45140 |
|
89 |
Rice |
19354 |
21425 |
-2071 |
47000 |
|
90 |
Michigan State |
72485 |
74667 |
-2182 |
75005 |
|
91 |
Charlotte |
11903 |
14192 |
-2289 |
15314 |
|
92 |
BYU |
56267 |
58569 |
-2302 |
63470 |
|
93 |
FIU |
14286 |
16789 |
-2503 |
20000 |
|
94 |
LSU |
98506 |
101231 |
-2725 |
102321 |
|
95 |
Oregon State |
34754 |
37622 |
-2868 |
43154 |
|
96 |
Marshall |
21741 |
24670 |
-2929 |
38019 |
|
97 |
Eastern Michigan |
14730 |
17677 |
-2947 |
30200 |
|
98 |
Duke |
26797 |
29895 |
-3098 |
40004 |
|
99 |
Texas A&M |
98802 |
101917 |
-3115 |
102733 |
|
100 |
Boise State |
31126 |
34273 |
-3147 |
36387 |
|
101 |
Notre Dame |
77622 |
80795 |
-3173 |
80795 |
|
102 |
Texas Tech |
55065 |
58250 |
-3185 |
60454 |
|
103 |
Iowa |
66337 |
69656 |
-3319 |
70585 |
|
104 |
UTEP |
19548 |
23001 |
-3453 |
52000 |
|
105 |
ULM |
9928 |
13411 |
-3483 |
30427 |
|
106 |
SMU |
19944 |
23712 |
-3768 |
32000 |
|
107 |
Massachusetts |
10707 |
14510 |
-3803 |
17000 |
|
108 |
Central Michigan |
13504 |
17408 |
-3904 |
30255 |
|
109 |
Buffalo |
13350 |
17493 |
-4143 |
29013 |
|
110 |
Louisiana |
15751 |
20224 |
-4473 |
41426 |
|
111 |
Rutgers |
39749 |
44804 |
-5055 |
52454 |
|
112 |
Texas |
92778 |
97881 |
-5103 |
100119 |
|
113 |
Cincinnati |
28434 |
33585 |
-5151 |
40000 |
|
114 |
Tennessee |
95779 |
100968 |
-5189 |
102455 |
|
115 |
Georgia Southern |
15258 |
20819 |
-5561 |
25000 |
|
116 |
Arizona |
42632 |
48288 |
-5656 |
42632 |
|
117 |
Tulane |
16939 |
22718 |
-5779 |
69767 |
|
118 |
Florida State |
70943 |
76800 |
-5857 |
79500 |
|
119 |
USF |
31401 |
37539 |
-6138 |
65857 |
|
120 |
Illinois |
39429 |
45644 |
-6215 |
60670 |
|
121 |
Ole Miss |
58631 |
64910 |
-6279 |
64038 |
|
122 |
Arkansas |
63224 |
69581 |
-6357 |
72000 |
|
123 |
Houston |
32583 |
38953 |
-6370 |
40000 |
|
124 |
Connecticut |
20335 |
26796 |
-6461 |
40000 |
|
125 |
Southern Miss |
21711 |
28588 |
-6877 |
36000 |
|
126 |
East Carolina |
36727 |
44113 |
-7386 |
50000 |
|
127 |
Louisville |
46160 |
54065 |
-7905 |
55000 |
|
128 |
Western Michigan |
15886 |
23838 |
-7952 |
30200 |
|
129 |
Pitt |
36295 |
46076 |
-9781 |
65500 |
|
130 |
California |
36548 |
46638 |
-10090 |
62467 |
|
131 |
UCLA |
56044 |
67459 |
-11415 |
91136 |
