Top College Football Fan Attendance Conference
Which is the best college football fan conference? Well, probably it's the top college football fan attendance conference. If you are reading this, I suspect you probably already know the answer to that question.
It's the same conference that has led in football fan attendance for the past thirteen straight years.
It's the same conference that is the
- Top College Football Bowl Conference
- Top All-Time NCAA College Football National Championship Conference and has the
- Top All Time College Football Conference Record
Of course, the conference I'm talking about is the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Given SEC Football's outstanding tradition and history, you would expect that it would naturally be the top college football fan attendance conference.
After all, a conference cannot sustain greatness on the gridiron without the support, passion, and, yes - money that the fans bring.
It's the old chicken vs. the egg argument -
Which came first? SEC football greatness on the field or SEC football greatness in the stands (i.e. SEC football fans)?
Obviously you need both to support each other to have either.
You can read more about the "virtuous circle" of SEC sports (which includes money) at Best College Sports Conference.
Well, enough philosophizing.
Here's what you came to see:
TOP COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN ATTENDANCE CONFERENCE IN 2010
| Teams | Games | Attendance | Average | Change | |
| SEC | 12 | 85 | 6,521,151 | 76,719 | 432 |
| Big Ten | 11 | 76 | 5,480,023 | 72,106 | 336 |
| Big 12 | 12 | 83 | 5,226,903 | 62,975 | 100 |
| Pacific-10 | 10 | 62 | 3,336,793 | 53,819 | -367 |
| Atlantic Coast | 12 | 79 | 4,067,984 | 51,493 | 244 |
| Big East | 8 | 53 | 2,386,461 | 45,028 | 224 |
| Mountain West | 9 | 54 | 1,861,071 | 34,464 | 1263 |
| Conference USA | 12 | 76 | 2,162,509 | 28,454 | 1854 |
| Western Athletic | 9 | 58 | 1,356,797 | 23,393 | 644 |
| Sun Belt | 9 | 48 | 862,502 | 17,969 | 1506 |
| Mid-American | 13 | 74 | 1,155,099 | 15,609 | 293 |
| Independents | 3 | 17 | 887,165 | 52,186 | 3559 |
You can compare to 2006 when the Southeastern Conference was also #1.
| Total Teams | Games | Attendance | Average | Change in Avg. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC | 12 | 87 | 6,586,408 | 75,706 | 1,127 |
| Big Ten | 11 | 75 | 5,223,202 | 69,643 | (2923) |
| Big 12 | 12 | 83 | 4,894,337 | 58,968 | 571 |
| Pac-10 | 10 | 64 | 3,604,124 | 56,314 | (1165) |
| ACC | 12 | 85 | 4,499,567 | 52,936 | 694 |
| Independents | 4 | 23 | 1,090,444 | 47,411 | 6542 |
| Big East | 8 | 52 | 2,030,211 | 39,043 | (357) |
How about individual schools?
Here's a list of the Top 10 Football Fan Attendance Schools for 2010
| Rank | School | G | Attendance | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | 7 | 782,776 | 111,825 |
| 2 | Ohio st, | 8 | 842,221 | 105,278 |
| 3 | Penn st, | 7 | 729,636 | 104,234 |
| 4 | Alabama | 7 | 712,747 | 101,821 |
| 5 | Texas | 7 | 704,580 | 100,654 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 7 | 698,465 | 99,781 |
| 7 | Georgia | 6 | 556,476 | 92,746 |
| 8 | LSU | 7 | 649,023 | 92,718 |
| 9 | Florida | 7 | 633,579 | 90,511 |
| 10 | Auburn | 8 | 688,692 | 86,087 |
| 11 | Nebraska | 7 | 599,648 | 85,644 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 6 | 508,426 | 84,738 |
| 13 | Texas A & M | 7 | 577,338 | 82,477 |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 7 | 565,565 | 80,795 |
| 15 | Southern California | 6 | 479,444 | 79,907 |
As you would expect, the SEC leads with 6 of the top 10 individual college football school rankings.
It's interesting to note the SEC showed the biggest increase in football fan attendance of the conferences in 2006; the Big Ten showed the biggest decrease. In fact the SEC set a new all-time record for football fan attendance in 2006 -- only to break its own record in subsequent years.
No doubt some of you are saying -- "well, 2007 is old news." Never fear. The SEC has continued to lead the way each year since then. In fact, in 2008 the SEC set an all-time average conference attendance record with 76,844 fans present per game. Last year (2010) the SEC was still tops, averaging 76,719 (see above).
To read more about the comparison of the football conferences, check out:
- Big Ten vs SEC Football
- SEC vs ACC Football
- SEC vs Big 12 Football
- SEC vs Pac-10 Football
- SEC vs. Big East Football
- SEC vs. Ivy League Football
| Games | Attendance | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 7 | 740,521 | 105,789 |
| Georgia | 7 | 649,222 | 92,746 |
| LSU | 8 | 737,696 | 92,212 |
| Alabama | 8 | 737,104 | 92,138 |
| Florida | 7 | 632,866 | 90,409 |
| Auburn | 8 | 680,506 | 85,063 |
| South Carolina | 7 | 529,412 | 75,630 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 443,368 | 73,895 |
| Kentucky | 7 | 401,307 | 57,330 |
| Mississippi | 7 | 376,604 | 53,801 |
| Mississippi State | 7 | 290,688 | 41,527 |
| Vanderbilt | 6 | 209,168 | 34,861 |
Read this about the Top SEC Basketball Fan Attendance School.
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According to your "SEC is Superior in fan attendance" table above... the Big Ten follows by 1.3 million and some change, has 1 less team, and 12 less total …
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