Wednesday, May 19, 2010

2009 Attendance relative to enrollment

Developing the Wimple's notion that college football attendance figures ought to be filtered through the lens of enrollment size, here're 2009's attendance ranks, as percentages of each school's enrollment.

A few notes:

(1) Those schools that averaged 100% of capacity are listed below, and fit into a blessed and separate category, perhaps called Those Who May Charge More For Football Tickets.

(2) Of the eight D-1A schools with enrollments smaller than 10k (Tulsa, Navy, Army, Air Force, Rice, Wake Forest, La.-Monroe, and TCU) only Rice and La-Monroe failed to make the top eight in these attendance rankings. Rice is 32nd, and La-Monroe is all the way down at 61st. So having a small enrollment doesn't guarantee a high ranking; outdrawing one's enrollment by three or four times does.

Here're the top 10. (11 through 120 are after the jump)
[school, percentage of enrollment at an average home game]
1. Air Force 792.36%
2. Navy 721.09%
3. Notre Dame 688.61%
4. Army 623.96%
5. Tulsa 540.26%
6. Wake Forest 465.46%
7. TCU 439.13%
8. Clemson 388.35%
9. LSU 368.12%
10. Tennessee 366.03%
11. Nebraska 364.35%
12. Auburn 350.56%
13. Arkansas 328.04%
14. Alabama 319.41%
15. Mississippi 317.83%
16. Miami (FL) 312.84%
17. Mississippi St. 289.19%
18. Oklahoma 283.24%
19. Vanderbilt 279.81%
20. Stanford 270.49%
21. Georgia 265.86%
22. South Carolina 264.63%
23. Oregon 261.52%
24. Michigan 261.39%
25. Oklahoma St. 257.88%
26. Kentucky 255.78%
27. Georgia Tech 254.22%
28. USC 253.97%
29. Baylor 245.83%
30. Virginia 242.55%
31. Penn St. 238.69%

32. Rice 235.69%
33. Iowa 230.89%
34. Tulane 225.53%
35. Kansas St. 216.80%
36. Virginia Tech 215.47%
37. Missouri 207.97%
38. North Carolina 201.19%
39. Ohio St. 200.24%
40. SMU 199.64%
41. Syracuse 198.81%
42. Texas 198.40%
43. Duke 195.54%
44. BYU 194.92%
45. Pittsburgh 193.91%
46. West Virginia 191.71%
47. Southern Miss. 191.25%
48. Wisconsin 190.29%
49. Florida St. 189.97%
50. Florida 182.44%
51. North Carolina St. 181.25%
52. Hawaii 178.02%
53. Louisiana Tech 177.16%
54. Boise St. 173.12%
55. Kansas 171.90%
59. UCLA 167.76%
57. Texas Tech 167.22%
58. California 165.92%
59. Colorado 165.88%
60. Iowa St. 165.49%
61. La.-Monroe 165.35%
62. Louisville 164.39%
63. Utah 160.06%
64. Michigan St. 158.69%
65. Texas A&M 157.69%
66. Fresno St. 156.18%
67. Wyoming 156.00%
68. South Fla. 153.39%
69. East Carolina 150.82%
70. Washington 149.99%
71. Northwestern 147.71%
72. Arizona 146.23%
73. Arkansas St. 145.52%
74. Illinois 143.50%
75. Oregon St. 141.24%
76. UTEP 138.07%
77. Connecticut 133.36%
78. Memphis 128.98%
79. Purdue 127.11%
80. Marshall 123.53%
81. Washington St. 123.45%
82. Maryland 120.14%
83. La.-Lafayette 114.09%
84. Idaho 107.82%
85. Nevada 103.78%
86. Minnesota 99.85%
87. Indiana 98.79%
88. New Mexico 98.68%
89. UAB 97.72%
90. Colorado St. 94.57%
91. Rutgers 93.60%
92. New Mexico St. 89.25%
93. Boston College 88.42%
94. Ohio 87.82%
95. Western Mich. 86.23%
96. Cincinnati 85.61%
97. San Diego St. 83.62%
98. Middle Tenn. 81.46%
99. UNLV 78.35%
100. Miami (OH) 74.28%
101. Central Mich. 72.03%
102. Arizona St. 71.34%
103. UCF 70.98%
104. Toledo 69.78%
105. Houston 68.22%
106. Western Ky. 68.09%
107. Utah St. 63.72%
108. Akron 63.48%
109. Kent St. 63.45%
110. Troy 62.25%
111. Bowling Green 61.38%
112. Northern Ill. 58.82%
113. Fla. Atlantic 56.98%
114. Buffalo 56.61%
115. Ball St. 53.31%
116. North Texas 50.35%
117. San Jose St. 49.84%
118. Temple 47.08%
119. FIU 25.22%
120. Eastern Mich. 21.83%
Those schools who max out their gameday capacity: South Florida, Oregon, Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Ohio State, Michigan, Boise State, Florida, Minnesota, Wake Forest, Kansas, Utah, BYU, LSU, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech and Georgia.

1 comment:

T. Wimple said...

Penn St. 238.69%
Rice 235.69%
Iowa 230.89%
Tulane 225.53%
Kansas St. 216.80%
Virginia Tech 215.47%
Missouri 207.97%
North Carolina 201.19%
Ohio St. 200.24%
SMU 199.64%
Syracuse 198.81%
Texas 198.40%
Duke 195.54%
BYU 194.92%
Pittsburgh 193.91%
West Virginia 191.71%
Southern Miss. 191.25%
Wisconsin 190.29%
Florida St. 189.97%
Florida 182.44%
North Carolina St. 181.25%
Hawaii 178.02%
Louisiana Tech 177.16%
Boise St. 173.12%
Kansas 171.90%
UCLA 167.76%
Texas Tech 167.22%
California 165.92%
Colorado 165.88%
Iowa St. 165.49%
La.-Monroe 165.35%
Louisville 164.39%
Utah 160.06%
Michigan St. 158.69%
Texas A&M 157.69%
Fresno St. 156.18%
Wyoming 156.00%
South Fla. 153.39%
East Carolina 150.82%
Washington 149.99%
Northwestern 147.71%
Arizona 146.23%
Arkansas St. 145.52%
Illinois 143.50%
Oregon St. 141.24%
UTEP 138.07%
Connecticut 133.36%
Memphis 128.98%
Purdue 127.11%
Marshall 123.53%
Washington St. 123.45%
Maryland 120.14%
La.-Lafayette 114.09%
Idaho 107.82%
Nevada 103.78%
Minnesota 99.85%
Indiana 98.79%
New Mexico 98.68%
UAB 97.72%
Colorado St. 94.57%
Rutgers 93.60%
New Mexico St. 89.25%
Boston College 88.42%
Ohio 87.82%
Western Mich. 86.23%
Cincinnati 85.61%
San Diego St. 83.62%
Middle Tenn. 81.46%
UNLV 78.35%
Miami (OH) 74.28%
Central Mich. 72.03%
Arizona St. 71.34%
UCF 70.98%
Toledo 69.78%
Houston 68.22%
Western Ky. 68.09%
Utah St. 63.72%
Akron 63.48%
Kent St. 63.45%
Troy 62.25%
Bowling Green 61.38%
Northern Ill. 58.82%
Fla. Atlantic 56.98%
Buffalo 56.61%
Ball St. 53.31%
North Texas 50.35%
San Jose St. 49.84%
Temple 47.08%
FIU 25.22%
Eastern Mich. 21.83%