Which teams had the most fans attend their games, and which ones struggled? They’re the 2018 Attendance Rankings based the five year change.
2018 Attendance Rankings: Five-Year Average
Who put the most butts in the seats?
This is what matters most, because this is what athletic departments are built on. How did each program do over the last five years?
The yearly numbers are based on the average attendance per home game.
1 Michigan | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Avg. |
111589 |
110468 |
110168 |
104909 |
111592 |
109745 |
2 Ohio State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
107495 |
107278 |
107224 |
106296 |
104933 |
106645 |
3 Alabama | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
101722 |
101821 |
101112 |
101534 |
101505 |
101539 |
4 Penn State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
106707 |
100257 |
99799 |
101623 |
96587 |
100995 |
5 Texas A&M | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
98802 |
101917 |
103622 |
105123 |
87125 |
99318 |
6 LSU | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
98506 |
101231 |
102004 |
101723 |
91418 |
98976 |
7 Tennessee | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
95779 |
100968 |
100584 |
99754 |
95584 |
98534 |
8 Texas | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
92778 |
97881 |
90035 |
94103 |
98976 |
94755 |
9 Georgia | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
92746 |
92746 |
92746 |
92746 |
92746 |
92746 |
10 Nebraska | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
89798 |
90200 |
89998 |
91249 |
90933 |
90436 |
11 Florida | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
86715 |
87846 |
90065 |
85834 |
87440 |
87580 |
12 Auburn | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
86446 |
86937 |
87451 |
87451 |
85657 |
86788.4 |
13 Oklahoma | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
86520 |
86857 |
85357 |
85162 |
84722 |
85723.60 |
14 Notre Dame | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
77622 |
80795 |
80795 |
80795 |
90795 |
82160.40 |
15 Clemson | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
80773 |
80970 |
84038 |
81752 |
82048 |
81916.20 |
16 South Carolina | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
78586 |
76920 |
78822 |
81381 |
82401 |
79622.00 |
17 Wisconsin | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
78824 |
79357 |
78014 |
79520 |
78911 |
78925.20 |
18 Florida State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
70943 |
76800 |
73219 |
82211 |
75421 |
75718.80 |
19 Michigan State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
72485 |
74667 |
74661 |
74681 |
72328 |
73764.40 |
20 USC | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
72683 |
68459 |
75358 |
73272 |
73126 |
72579.60 |
21 UCLA | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
56044 |
67459 |
66858 |
76650 |
70285 |
67459.20 |
22 Iowa | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
66337 |
69656 |
63142 |
67512 |
67125 |
66754.40 |
23 Washington | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
68822 |
64589 |
61919 |
64508 |
68769 |
65721.40 |
24 Arkansas | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
63224 |
69581 |
67326 |
66521 |
61596 |
65649.60 |
25 Virginia Tech | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
63214 |
63043 |
60824 |
61157 |
63999 |
62447.40 |
26 Ole Miss | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
58631 |
64910 |
60479 |
61547 |
59393 |
60992.00 |
27 Missouri | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
51950 |
52236 |
65120 |
65285 |
63505 |
59619.20 |
28 Mississippi State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
58100 |
58317 |
61784 |
61127 |
55695 |
59004.60 |
29 BYU | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
56267 |
58569 |
58532 |
57141 |
61225 |
58346.80 |
30 Kentucky | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
56468 |
53643 |
61295 |
57572 |
59472 |
57690.00 |
31 Texas Tech | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
55065 |
58250 |
56340 |
58934 |
57933 |
57304.40 |
32 Oregon | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
58631 |
54677 |
57631 |
57422 |
57393 |
57150.80 |
33 Oklahoma State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
56790 |
53814 |
57668 |
54387 |
59126 |
56357.00 |
34 NC State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
56850 |
57497 |
56988 |
54398 |
53178 |
55782.20 |
35 West Virginia | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
55946 |
57583 |
54826 |
56686 |
52910 |
55590.20 |
36 Iowa State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
57931 |
52557 |
56519 |
52197 |
55361 |
54913.00 |
37 Arizona State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
51380 |
47736 |
52712 |
57179 |
62689 |
54339.20 |
38 Miami | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
58682 |
58572 |
47561 |
52518 |
53837 |
54234.00 |
39 Kansas State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
51301 |
51919 |
53100 |
53081 |
52887 |
52457.60 |
40 North Caroina | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
50071 |
50250 |
49643 |
54667 |
51500 |
51226.20 |
41 Louisville | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
46160 |
54065 |
49069 |
52972 |
52914 |
51036.00 |
42 Georgia Tech | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
46885 |
47503 |
50707 |
48519 |
49077 |
48538.20 |
43 Arizona | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
42632 |
48288 |
51393 |
50710 |
47619 |
48128.40 |
44 Stanford | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
47398 |
44142 |
49917 |
47862 |
50726 |
48009.00 |
45 Minnesota | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
44358 |
43814 |
52355 |
47865 |
47797 |
47237.80 |
46 Utah | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
45913 |
46506 |
46533 |
46437 |
45194 |
46116.60 |
47 Rutgers | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
39749 |
44804 |
47723 |
50632 |
46549 |
45891.40 |
48 California | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
36548 |
46638 |
48800 |
47675 |
49329 |
45798.00 |
49 Baylor | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
43830 |
45838 |
46160 |
46710 |
45948 |
45697.20 |
50 TCU | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
44080 |
45168 |
46767 |
44719 |
43598 |
44866.40 |
51 Pitt | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
36295 |
46076 |
48150 |
41315 |
49741 |
44315.40 |
52 Indiana | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
43953 |
43027 |
44314 |
41657 |
44353 |
43460.80 |
53 East Carolina | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
36727 |
44113 |
43274 |
44786 |
43985 |
42577.00 |
54 Maryland | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
39643 |
39615 |
44341 |
46981 |
41278 |
42371.60 |
55 Illinois | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
39429 |
45644 |
41342 |
41549 |
43787 |
42350.20 |
56 Colorado | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
47056 |
46609 |
39389 |
37778 |
38463 |
41859.00 |
57 Virginia | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
39398 |
39929 |
43285 |
39320 |
46279 |
41642.20 |
58 Purdue | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
47884 |
34451 |
37508 |
35269 |
48953 |
40813.00 |
59 Oregon State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
34754 |
37622 |
36079 |
42176 |
42964 |
38719.00 |
60 UCF | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
36846 |
35802 |
30065 |
37812 |
42084 |
36521.80 |
61 Northwestern | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
35853 |
34798 |
33366 |
38613 |
39307 |
36387.40 |
62 Memphis | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
36302 |
37346 |
43802 |
33851 |
28537 |
35967.60 |
63 Syracuse | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
33929 |
32805 |
32102 |
40447 |
38277 |
35512.00 |
64 Michigan State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
39347 |
37289 |
29066 |
32406 |
33224 |
34266.40 |
65 Navy | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
34950 |
31571 |
32338 |
32502 |
35588 |
33389.80 |
66 Boise State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
31126 |
34273 |
33612 |
32504 |
34366 |
33176.20 |
67 Boston College | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
35924 |
32157 |
30205 |
34270 |
33006 |
33112.40 |
68 Vanderbilt | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
31341 |
31242 |
32134 |
34258 |
35675 |
32930.00 |
69 Army | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
30924 |
32653 |
30991 |
34262 |
33956 |
32557.20 |
70 USF | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
31401 |
37539 |
26578 |
30694 |
34702 |
32182.80 |
71 Cincinnati | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
28434 |
33585 |
37096 |
28840 |
31771 |
31945.20 |
72 Houston | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
32583 |
38953 |
33980 |
28311 |
24256 |
31616.60 |
73 Fresno State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
30632 |
25493 |
29036 |
34876 |
36917 |
31390.80 |
74 Washington State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
31982 |
31675 |
29407 |
30794 |
29378 |
30647.20 |
75 Kansas | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
26641 |
25828 |
27282 |
34077 |
37884 |
30342.40 |
76 Air Force | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
29154 |
29587 |
26026 |
28161 |
32652 |
29116.00 |
77 Temple | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
27318 |
27225 |
44159 |
23370 |
22473 |
28909.00 |
78 Wake Forest | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
28436 |
26456 |
26674 |
27210 |
28414 |
27438.00 |
79 Duke | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
26797 |
29895 |
26427 |
27291 |
26062 |
27294.40 |
80 Connecticut | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
20335 |
26796 |
28224 |
27461 |
30932 |
26749.60 |
81 Hawaii | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
24244 |
24328 |
23433 |
27451 |
30989 |
26089.00 |
82 Colorado State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
32062 |
27600 |
24917 |
26575 |
18600 |
25950.80 |
83 Marshall | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
21741 |
24670 |
26322 |
27461 |
25023 |
25043.40 |
84 Southern Miss | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
21711 |
28588 |
28335 |
22739 |
22752 |
24825.00 |
85 UTEP | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
19548 |
23001 |
23212 |
28377 |
28375 |
24502.60 |
86 Appalachian State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
25787 |
26153 |
21459 |
23166 |
24894 |
24291.80 |
87 Arkansas State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
23908 |
22700 |
23007 |
24861 |
24913 |
23877.80 |
88 UTSA | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
22821 |
23038 |
23008 |
27576 |
20118 |
23312.20 |
89 Louisiana Tech | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
30375 |
20412 |
20977 |
20054 |
18666 |
22096.80 |
90 New Mexico | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
21194 |
20277 |
23528 |
21937 |
23537 |
22094.60 |
91 Louisiana | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
15751 |
20224 |
21596 |
25775 |
25976 |
21864.40 |
92 Tulane | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
16939 |
22718 |
22930 |
25012 |
19747 |
21469.20 |
93 Nevada | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
16722 |
18501 |
22170 |
23862 |
24939 |
21238.80 |
94 SMU | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
19944 |
23712 |
21043 |
21528 |
18725 |
20990.40 |
95 Utah State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
20108 |
19136 |
21362 |
20467 |
23263 |
20867.20 |
96 Ohio | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
19388 |
21190 |
21323 |
20515 |
20672 |
20617.60 |
97 Troy | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
24456 |
22534 |
19399 |
16767 |
18906 |
20412.40 |
98 Old Dominion | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
20118 |
20118 |
20118 |
20118 |
20118 |
20118.00 |
99 Toledo | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
20745 |
20268 |
20842 |
19548 |
18467 |
19974.00 |
100 Wyoming | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
20614 |
21266 |
18060 |
19599 |
19476 |
19803.00 |
101 Rice | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
19354 |
21425 |
19339 |
18562 |
18785 |
19493.00 |
102 Tulsa | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
18459 |
19234 |
19622 |
19647 |
19893 |
19371.00 |
103 North Texas | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
22362 |
19878 |
13631 |
19271 |
21030 |
19234.40 |
104 Buffalo | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
13350 |
17493 |
18457 |
20403 |
22736 |
18487.80 |
105 Texas State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
17447 |
18120 |
18166 |
20598 |
18062 |
18478.60 |
106 Western Michigan | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
15886 |
23838 |
19441 |
15625 |
17347 |
18427.40 |
107 UNLV | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
17449 |
18389 |
19371 |
15674 |
17212 |
17619.00 |
108 Georgia Southern | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
15258 |
20819 |
20780 |
15006 |
14828 |
17338.20 |
109 Middle Tennessee | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
15620 |
17243 |
17210 |
17408 |
18715 |
17239.20 |
110 WKU | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
15706 |
17705 |
17960 |
16306 |
18334 |
17202.20 |
111 Liberty | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
16571 |
16377 |
18990 |
17016 |
15031 |
16797.00 |
112 South Alabama | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
17345 |
16250 |
16039 |
17445 |
15926 |
16601.00 |
113 Bowling Green | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
15881 |
15140 |
19608 |
15228 |
15258 |
16223.00 |
114 Miami University | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
16444 |
17110 |
15707 |
15906 |
15935 |
16220.40 |
115 San Jose State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
14206 |
15419 |
15312 |
15068 |
16362 |
15273.40 |
116 Central Michigan | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
13504 |
17408 |
15672 |
16306 |
13224 |
15222.80 |
117 Florida Atlantic | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
18938 |
10073 |
17617 |
14122 |
14552 |
15060.40 |
118 Akron | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
19569 |
10337 |
18098 |
9170 |
17850 |
15004.80 |
119 FIU | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
14286 |
16789 |
15381 |
11966 |
15453 |
14775.00 |
120 New Mexico State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
18239 |
9545 |
17486 |
12269 |
16050 |
14717.80 |
121 Georgia State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
15833 |
15103 |
10347 |
15006 |
15577 |
14373.20 |
122 Northern Illinois | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
11291 |
11019 |
13942 |
13563 |
20669 |
14096.80 |
123 ULM | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
9928 |
13411 |
11732 |
18108 |
17035 |
14042.80 |
124 Charlotte | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
11903 |
14192 |
14618 |
13272 |
15541 |
13905.20 |
125 Massachusetts | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
10707 |
14510 |
11124 |
16088 |
15830 |
13651.80 |
126 Kent State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
13185 |
10898 |
12561 |
13544 |
17018 |
13441.20 |
127 Idaho | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
10533 |
11190 |
11653 |
12886 |
14744 |
12201.20 |
128 UAB | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
26375 |
0 |
0 |
21841 |
10548 |
11752.80 |
129 Eastern Michigan | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
14730 |
17677 |
4897 |
15025 |
4051 |
11276.00 |
130 Ball State | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
9899 |
7789 |
7974 |
9389 |
15131 |
10036.40 |
131 Coastal Carolina | |||||
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
2013 |
Average |
14959 |
8392 |
8818 |
8729 |
7468 |
9673.20 |