2010 Home/Away Average Attendance
Every year we list the average home attendance for all 120 teams in the magazine and where they rank in the NCAA. This year we have decided to also include the average away attendance giving an indication of which teams were playing in front of the biggest crowds and most hostile road environments.
Naturally, Michigan led the country again in home attendance while their Big 10 rivals Ohio St and Penn St came in #2 and #3 respectively. With recent additions to their home stadiums Alabama and Texas round out the top 5 knocking Tennessee out for the first time in several years.
In avergage away attendance the SEC dominated with 7 of the top 8 teams led by Ole Miss with an average of 80,158. Michigan thanks to road trips at Notre Dame, Penn St and Ohio St was the only non-SEC school.
| Home Rank |
Team | Home Avg Att |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michigan | 111,825 |
| 2 | Ohio St | 105,278 |
| 3 | Penn St | 104,234 |
| 4 | Alabama | 101,821 |
| 5 | Texas | 100,654 |
| 6 | Tennessee | 99,781 |
| 7 | Georgia | 92,746 |
| 8 | LSU | 92,718 |
| 9 | Florida | 90,511 |
| 10 | Auburn | 86,086 |
| 11 | Nebraska | 85,664 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 84,738 |
| 13 | Texas A&M | 82,477 |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 80,795 |
| 15 | USC | 79,907 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 79,862 |
| 17 | S Carolina | 76,668 |
| 18 | Clemson | 75,786 |
| 19 | Michigan St | 73,556 |
| 20 | Florida St | 71,270 |
| 21 | Iowa | 70,585 |
| 22 | Arkansas | 68,932 |
| 23 | Washington | 66,264 |
| 24 | Virginia Tech | 66,233 |
| 25 | Kentucky | 66,070 |
| 26 | Missouri | 61,540 |
| 27 | BYU | 61,381 |
| 28 | UCLA | 60,376 |
| 29 | Oregon | 59,398 |
| 30 | N Carolina | 58,250 |
| 31 | California | 57,873 |
| 32 | Texas Tech | 57,108 |
| 33 | NC State | 56,877 |
| 34 | West Virginia | 56,325 |
| 35 | Mississippi | 55,898 |
| 36 | Arizona | 55,408 |
| 37 | Miss St | 54,999 |
| 38 | Illinois | 54,188 |
| 39 | Miami Fla | 52,575 |
| 40 | Pittsburgh | 52,165 |
| 41 | Oklahoma St | 50,812 |
| 42 | Louisville | 50,648 |
| 43 | Kansas St | 49,816 |
| 44 | E Carolina | 49,665 |
| 45 | Minnesota | 49,513 |
| 46 | Purdue | 48,063 |
| 47 | Arizona St | 47,943 |
| 48 | Rutgers | 47,013 |
| 49 | Colorado | 46,864 |
| 50 | Georgia Tech | 46,449 |
| 51 | Oregon St | 45,509 |
| 52 | Utah | 45,459 |
| 53 | Virginia | 45,459 |
| 54 | Iowa St | 45,395 |
| 55 | Kansas | 44,851 |
| 56 | TCU | 42,466 |
| 57 | Indiana | 41,953 |
| 58 | USF | 40,849 |
| 59 | Air Force | 40,093 |
| 60 | Syracuse | 40,064 |
| 61 | Baylor | 40,043 |
| 62 | Stanford | 40,042 |
| 63 | UCF | 39,614 |
| 64 | Maryland | 39,168 |
| 65 | Boston College | 38,369 |
| 66 | UConn | 38,248 |
| 67 | Hawaii | 37,311 |
| 68 | Northwestern | 36,449 |
| 69 | Cincinnati | 35,067 |
| 70 | San Diego St | 34,133 |
| 71 | Fresno St | 34,120 |
| 72 | Boise St | 33,269 |
| 73 | Vanderbilt | 33,269 |
| 74 | Navy | 32,653 |
| 75 | Houston | 31,728 |
| 76 | Army | 31,667 |
| 77 | Wake Forest | 30,474 |
| 78 | S Miss | 29,400 |
| 79 | UTEP | 29,350 |
| 80 | Duke | 28,750 |
| 81 | Marshall | 27,046 |
| 82 | Rice | 25,571 |
| 83 | Wash St | 24,532 |
| 84 | Memphis | 23,918 |
| 85 | SMU | 23,515 |
| 86 | Tulane | 23,220 |
| 87 | Colorado St | 22,400 |
| 88 | ULM | 20,934 |
| 89 | New Mexico | 20,888 |
| 90 | Wyoming | 20,791 |
| 91 | UNLV | 20,612 |
| 92 | Temple | 20,515 |
| 93 | C Michigan | 20,448 |
| 94 | Tulsa | 20,379 |
| 95 | Nevada | 19,576 |
| 96 | LA Tech | 19,485 |
| 97 | Toledo | 19,333 |
| 98 | Ohio | 19,046 |
| 99 | Middle Tenn | 19,024 |
| 100 | Troy | 18,947 |
| 101 | FAU | 18,444 |
| 102 | UAB | 18,360 |
| 103 | Utah St | 17,878 |
| 104 | N Illinois | 17,760 |
| 105 | N Texas | 17,718 |
| 106 | Arkansas St | 17,394 |
| 107 | Louisiana | 17,383 |
| 108 | FIU | 16,545 |
| 109 | Kent St | 16,152 |
| 110 | New Mexico St | 15,906 |
| 111 | E Michigan | 15,885 |
| 112 | Miami Oh | 15,519 |
| 113 | WKU | 14,577 |
| 114 | San Jose St | 14,474 |
| 115 | W Michigan | 14,255 |
| 116 | Bowling Green | 13,306 |
| 117 | Buffalo | 12,981 |
| 118 | Idaho | 12,730 |
| 119 | Akron | 10,185 |
| 120 | Ball St | 8,947 |
| Away Rank |
Team | Away Avg Att |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mississippi | 80,158 |
| 2 | Michigan | 79,253 |
| 3 | Florida | 77,577 |
| 4 | Alabama | 75,964 |
| 5 | Miss St | 73,982 |
| 6 | Auburn | 73,880 |
| 7 | S Carolina | 72,717 |
| 8 | Arkansas | 72,421 |
| 9 | Texas | 71,857 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 71,070 |
| 11 | Michigan St | 70,843 |
| 12 | LSU | 70,558 |
| 13 | Illinois | 70,211 |
| 14 | Georgia | 69,222 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 68,486 |
| 16 | Purdue | 68,302 |
| 17 | Ohio St | 67,779 |
| 18 | Oklahoma | 67,486 |
| 19 | Iowa St | 67,188 |
| 20 | Oregon | 66,698 |
| 21 | Kentucky | 66,293 |
| 22 | Penn St | 66,005 |
| 23 | Nebraska | 65,398 |
| 24 | Notre Dame | 65,369 |
| 25 | Florida St | 65,337 |
| 26 | Indiana | 64,836 |
| 27 | Texas A&M | 64,583 |
| 28 | Stanford | 63,629 |
| 29 | UCLA | 63,406 |
| 30 | Vanderbilt | 63,047 |
| 31 | Colorado | 62,528 |
| 32 | Missouri | 62,015 |
| 33 | Arizona St | 61,504 |
| 34 | Iowa | 60,838 |
| 35 | Virginia Tech | 60,702 |
| 36 | Miami Fla | 59,656 |
| 37 | Georgia Tech | 58,716 |
| 38 | Washington | 56,502 |
| 39 | Minnesota | 56,046 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 55,875 |
| 41 | Oklahoma St | 55,779 |
| 42 | Baylor | 55,337 |
| 43 | N Carolina | 55,082 |
| 44 | Clemson | 54,953 |
| 45 | UConn | 54,188 |
| 46 | Maryland | 53,668 |
| 47 | Texas Tech | 53,498 |
| 48 | Northwestern | 52,013 |
| 49 | Navy | 51,820 |
| 50 | Virginia | 51,526 |
| 51 | NC State | 51,512 |
| 52 | Oregon St | 50,778 |
| 53 | USF | 50,732 |
| 54 | Kansas | 49,422 |
| 55 | Cincinnati | 48,974 |
| 56 | USC | 48,766 |
| 57 | Wake Forest | 47,417 |
| 58 | Pittsburgh | 44,947 |
| 59 | Boston College | 44,383 |
| 60 | Arizona | 44,059 |
| 61 | California | 43,238 |
| 62 | San Jose St | 42,954 |
| 63 | Wash St | 42,698 |
| 64 | Syracuse | 42,669 |
| 65 | Duke | 42,648 |
| 66 | Tulsa | 42,552 |
| 67 | Wyoming | 42,483 |
| 68 | Kansas St | 41,538 |
| 69 | ULM | 41,325 |
| 70 | UAB | 41,320 |
| 71 | Utah | 40,290 |
| 72 | TCU | 40,028 |
| 73 | Marshall | 39,765 |
| 74 | BYU | 39,179 |
| 75 | Air Force | 38,900 |
| 76 | UNLV | 38,668 |
| 77 | E Carolina | 38,110 |
| 78 | Rutgers | 37,683 |
| 79 | Memphis | 37,272 |
| 80 | Louisville | 36,222 |
| 81 | Army | 35,761 |
| 82 | WKU | 35,746 |
| 83 | San Diego St | 35,592 |
| 84 | Houston | 34,548 |
| 85 | Nevada | 34,349 |
| 86 | W Michigan | 34,346 |
| 87 | SMU | 34,050 |
| 88 | Utah St | 33,801 |
| 89 | Boise St | 33,777 |
| 90 | New Mexico | 33,692 |
| 91 | Colorado St | 33,436 |
| 92 | Bowling Green | 33,145 |
| 93 | Kent St | 32,748 |
| 94 | LA Tech | 32,464 |
| 95 | Miami Oh | 32,434 |
| 96 | Temple | 32,274 |
| 97 | Idaho | 32,203 |
| 98 | FIU | 31,938 |
| 99 | Louisiana | 31,672 |
| 100 | E Michigan | 31,606 |
| 101 | Ohio | 31,577 |
| 102 | Troy | 31,177 |
| 103 | Ball St | 31,116 |
| 104 | S Miss | 30,949 |
| 105 | FAU | 30,601 |
| 106 | Arkansas St | 30,289 |
| 107 | Hawaii | 29,898 |
| 108 | UTEP | 29,632 |
| 109 | Tulane | 29,515 |
| 110 | UCF | 29,399 |
| 111 | Akron | 29,180 |
| 112 | C Michigan | 27,901 |
| 113 | Fresno St | 26,933 |
| 114 | Toledo | 26,619 |
| 115 | New Mexico St | 26,252 |
| 116 | N Texas | 25,390 |
| 117 | Rice | 25,317 |
| 118 | N Illinois | 23,990 |
| 119 | Middle Tenn | 23,796 |
| 120 | Buffalo | 22,282 |
Another interesting factor is the difference between home and away attendance. Naturally the teams with the biggest stadiums should have the biggest differences and that was the case here with Penn St, Ohio St and Michigan leading the way. Some interesting notes is that BYU appears in the Top 10 in difference largely becuase their home stadium is so much larger than any other MWC team (exception is San Diego St but their avg attendance has traditionally been poor at Qualcomm). Also interesting is that only 42 teams avg more fans at home than on the road as the number should be closer to 60 but when analyzing it further the disparity between a 100,000 seat Big 10 stadium and a 25,000 seat MAC stadium is great enough that just one road game in that instance would sway the numbers significantly.
Home/Away Difference
|
Rank
|
Team | Home Avg Att | Home Rank | Away Avg Att | Away Rank | Diff H/A |
|
1
|
Penn St | 104,234 | 3 | 66,005 | 22 | 38,229 |
|
2
|
Ohio St | 105,278 | 2 | 67,779 | 17 | 37,499 |
|
3
|
Michigan | 111,825 | 1 | 79,253 | 2 | 32,572 |
|
4
|
Tennessee | 99,781 | 6 | 68,486 | 15 | 31,295 |
|
5
|
USC | 79,907 | 15 | 48,766 | 56 | 31,141 |
|
6
|
Texas | 100,654 | 5 | 71,857 | 9 | 28,797 |
|
7
|
Alabama | 101,821 | 4 | 75,964 | 4 | 25,857 |
|
8
|
Georgia | 92,746 | 7 | 69,222 | 14 | 23,524 |
|
9
|
BYU | 61,381 | 27 | 39,179 | 74 | 22,202 |
|
10
|
LSU | 92,718 | 8 | 70,558 | 12 | 22,160 |
|
11
|
Clemson | 75,786 | 18 | 54,953 | 44 | 20,833 |
|
12
|
Nebraska | 85,664 | 11 | 65,398 | 23 | 20,266 |
|
13
|
Texas A&M | 82,477 | 13 | 64,583 | 27 | 17,894 |
|
14
|
Oklahoma | 84,738 | 12 | 67,486 | 18 | 17,252 |
|
15
|
Notre Dame | 80,795 | 14 | 65,369 | 24 | 15,426 |
|
16
|
California | 57,873 | 31 | 43,238 | 61 | 14,635 |
|
17
|
Louisville | 50,648 | 42 | 36,222 | 80 | 14,426 |
|
18
|
Florida | 90,511 | 9 | 77,577 | 3 | 12,934 |
|
19
|
Auburn | 86,086 | 10 | 73,880 | 6 | 12,206 |
|
20
|
E Carolina | 49,665 | 44 | 38,110 | 77 | 11,555 |
|
21
|
Arizona | 55,408 | 36 | 44,059 | 60 | 11,349 |
|
22
|
UCF | 39,614 | 63 | 29,399 | 110 | 10,215 |
|
23
|
Washington | 66,264 | 23 | 56,502 | 38 | 9,762 |
|
24
|
Iowa | 70,585 | 21 | 60,838 | 34 | 9,747 |
|
25
|
Rutgers | 47,013 | 48 | 37,683 | 78 | 9,330 |
|
26
|
Wisconsin | 79,862 | 16 | 71,070 | 10 | 8,792 |
|
27
|
Kansas St | 49,816 | 43 | 41,538 | 68 | 8,278 |
|
28
|
Hawaii | 37,311 | 67 | 29,898 | 107 | 7,413 |
|
29
|
Pittsburgh | 52,165 | 40 | 44,947 | 58 | 7,218 |
|
30
|
Fresno St | 34,120 | 71 | 26,933 | 113 | 7,187 |
|
31
|
Florida St | 71,270 | 20 | 65,337 | 25 | 5,933 |
|
32
|
Virginia Tech | 66,233 | 24 | 60,702 | 35 | 5,531 |
|
33
|
NC State | 56,877 | 33 | 51,512 | 51 | 5,365 |
|
34
|
Utah | 45,459 | 52 | 40,290 | 71 | 5,169 |
|
35
|
S Carolina | 76,668 | 17 | 72,717 | 7 | 3,951 |
|
36
|
Texas Tech | 57,108 | 32 | 53,498 | 47 | 3,610 |
|
37
|
N Carolina | 58,250 | 30 | 55,082 | 43 | 3,168 |
|
38
|
Michigan St | 73,556 | 19 | 70,843 | 11 | 2,713 |
|
39
|
TCU | 42,466 | 56 | 40,028 | 72 | 2,438 |
|
40
|
Air Force | 40,093 | 59 | 38,900 | 75 | 1,193 |
|
41
|
West Virginia | 56,325 | 34 | 55,875 | 40 | 450 |
|
42
|
Rice | 25,571 | 82 | 25,317 | 117 | 254 |
|
43
|
Kentucky | 66,070 | 25 | 66,293 | 21 | -223 |
|
44
|
UTEP | 29,350 | 79 | 29,632 | 108 | -282 |
|
45
|
Missouri | 61,540 | 26 | 62,015 | 32 | -475 |
|
46
|
Boise St | 33,269 | 72 | 33,777 | 89 | -508 |
|
47
|
San Diego St | 34,133 | 70 | 35,592 | 83 | -1,459 |
|
48
|
S Miss | 29,400 | 78 | 30,949 | 104 | -1,549 |
|
49
|
Syracuse | 40,064 | 60 | 42,669 | 64 | -2,605 |
|
50
|
Houston | 31,728 | 75 | 34,548 | 84 | -2,820 |
|
51
|
UCLA | 60,376 | 28 | 63,406 | 29 | -3,030 |
|
52
|
Arkansas | 68,932 | 22 | 72,421 | 8 | -3,489 |
|
53
|
Army | 31,667 | 76 | 35,761 | 81 | -4,094 |
|
54
|
Kansas | 44,851 | 55 | 49,422 | 54 | -4,571 |
|
55
|
Middle Tenn | 19,024 | 99 | 23,796 | 119 | -4,772 |
|
56
|
Oklahoma St | 50,812 | 41 | 55,779 | 41 | -4,967 |
|
57
|
Oregon St | 45,509 | 51 | 50,778 | 52 | -5,269 |
|
58
|
Boston College | 38,369 | 65 | 44,383 | 59 | -6,014 |
|
59
|
Virginia | 45,459 | 53 | 51,526 | 50 | -6,067 |
|
60
|
N Illinois | 17,760 | 104 | 23,990 | 118 | -6,230 |
|
61
|
Tulane | 23,220 | 86 | 29,515 | 109 | -6,295 |
|
62
|
Minnesota | 49,513 | 45 | 56,046 | 39 | -6,533 |
|
63
|
Miami Fla | 52,575 | 39 | 59,656 | 36 | -7,081 |
|
64
|
Toledo | 19,333 | 97 | 26,619 | 114 | -7,286 |
|
65
|
Oregon | 59,398 | 29 | 66,698 | 20 | -7,300 |
|
66
|
C Michigan | 20,448 | 93 | 27,901 | 112 | -7,453 |
|
67
|
N Texas | 17,718 | 105 | 25,390 | 116 | -7,672 |
|
68
|
Buffalo | 12,981 | 117 | 22,282 | 120 | -9,301 |
|
69
|
USF | 40,849 | 58 | 50,732 | 53 | -9,883 |
|
70
|
New Mexico St | 15,906 | 110 | 26,252 | 115 | -10,346 |
|
71
|
SMU | 23,515 | 85 | 34,050 | 87 | -10,535 |
|
72
|
Colorado St | 22,400 | 87 | 33,436 | 91 | -11,036 |
|
73
|
Temple | 20,515 | 92 | 32,274 | 96 | -11,759 |
|
74
|
FAU | 18,444 | 101 | 30,601 | 105 | -12,157 |
|
75
|
Troy | 18,947 | 100 | 31,177 | 102 | -12,230 |
|
76
|
Georgia Tech | 46,449 | 50 | 58,716 | 37 | -12,267 |
|
77
|
Ohio | 19,046 | 98 | 31,577 | 101 | -12,531 |
|
78
|
Marshall | 27,046 | 81 | 39,765 | 73 | -12,719 |
|
79
|
New Mexico | 20,888 | 89 | 33,692 | 90 | -12,804 |
|
80
|
Arkansas St | 17,394 | 106 | 30,289 | 106 | -12,895 |
|
81
|
LA Tech | 19,485 | 96 | 32,464 | 94 | -12,979 |
|
82
|
Memphis | 23,918 | 84 | 37,272 | 79 | -13,354 |
|
83
|
Arizona St | 47,943 | 47 | 61,504 | 33 | -13,561 |
|
84
|
Duke | 28,750 | 80 | 42,648 | 65 | -13,898 |
|
85
|
Cincinnati | 35,067 | 69 | 48,974 | 55 | -13,907 |
|
86
|
Louisiana | 17,383 | 107 | 31,672 | 99 | -14,289 |
|
87
|
Maryland | 39,168 | 64 | 53,668 | 46 | -14,500 |
|
88
|
Nevada | 19,576 | 95 | 34,349 | 85 | -14,773 |
|
89
|
Baylor | 40,043 | 61 | 55,337 | 42 | -15,294 |
|
90
|
FIU | 16,545 | 108 | 31,938 | 98 | -15,393 |
|
91
|
Northwestern | 36,449 | 68 | 52,013 | 48 | -15,564 |
|
92
|
Colorado | 46,864 | 49 | 62,528 | 31 | -15,664 |
|
93
|
E Michigan | 15,885 | 111 | 31,606 | 100 | -15,721 |
|
94
|
Utah St | 17,878 | 103 | 33,801 | 88 | -15,923 |
|
95
|
Uconn | 38,248 | 66 | 54,188 | 45 | -15,940 |
|
96
|
Illinois | 54,188 | 38 | 70,211 | 13 | -16,023 |
|
97
|
Kent St | 16,152 | 109 | 32,748 | 93 | -16,596 |
|
98
|
Miami Oh | 15,519 | 112 | 32,434 | 95 | -16,915 |
|
99
|
Wake Forest | 30,474 | 77 | 47,417 | 57 | -16,943 |
|
100
|
UNLV | 20,612 | 91 | 38,668 | 76 | -18,056 |
|
101
|
Wash St | 24,532 | 83 | 42,698 | 63 | -18,166 |
|
102
|
Miss St | 54,999 | 37 | 73,982 | 5 | -18,983 |
|
103
|
Akron | 10,185 | 119 | 29,180 | 111 | -18,995 |
|
104
|
Navy | 32,653 | 74 | 51,820 | 49 | -19,167 |
|
105
|
Idaho | 12,730 | 118 | 32,203 | 97 | -19,473 |
|
106
|
Bowling Green | 13,306 | 116 | 33,145 | 92 | -19,839 |
|
107
|
W Michigan | 14,255 | 115 | 34,346 | 86 | -20,091 |
|
108
|
Purdue | 48,063 | 46 | 68,302 | 16 | -20,239 |
|
109
|
ULM | 20,934 | 88 | 41,325 | 69 | -20,391 |
|
110
|
WKU | 14,577 | 113 | 35,746 | 82 | -21,169 |
|
111
|
Wyoming | 20,791 | 90 | 42,483 | 67 | -21,692 |
|
112
|
Iowa St | 45,395 | 54 | 67,188 | 19 | -21,793 |
|
113
|
Ball St | 8,947 | 120 | 31,116 | 103 | -22,169 |
|
114
|
Tulsa | 20,379 | 94 | 42,552 | 66 | -22,173 |
|
115
|
Indiana | 41,953 | 57 | 64,836 | 26 | -22,883 |
|
116
|
UAB | 18,360 | 102 | 41,320 | 70 | -22,960 |
|
117
|
Stanford | 40,042 | 62 | 63,629 | 28 | -23,587 |
|
118
|
Mississippi | 55,898 | 35 | 80,158 | 1 | -24,260 |
|
119
|
San Jose St | 14,474 | 114 | 42,954 | 62 | -28,480 |
|
120
|
Vanderbilt | 33,269 | 73 | 63,047 | 30 | -29,778 |


