College Football Attendance Rankings: 2023 Five-Year Conference Rankings
While a slew of the schools thrown into the formula were in difference conferences – and levels – over the last five years, it’s all about bragging rights going forward.
To Cincinnati, Houston, BYU, and UCF are counted in the Big 12, and the newly configured American Athletic Conference and Conference USA have their new teams included.
However, this is where it gets interesting. Take out Texas and Oklahoma from the Big 12 and add them to the SEC, and the Big 12 average fans per game takes a massive hit. That same goes for the Pac-12 losing USC and UCLA.
But for now, here are the average attendance counts for the last five years for the schools in their respective 2023 conferences.
1 SEC
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 62,346.74
1 Texas A&M 84,455.00
2 LSU 83,774.60
3 Alabama 83,376.00
4 Georgia 78,315.80
5 Tennessee 78,065.60
6 Auburn 71,813.20
7 Florida 70,847.40
8 South Carolina 62,504.80
9 Arkansas 53,432.20
10 Ole Miss 47,520.80
11 Kentucky 47,367.00
12 Mississippi State 46,169.80
13 MIssouri 43,570.40
14 Vanderbilt 21,641.80
2 Big Ten
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 52,171.51
1 Michigan 88,322.40
2 Penn State 85,248.20
3 Ohio State 81,566.80
4 Nebraska 70,238.40
5 Wisconsin 60,250.00
6 Michigan State 55,952.80
7 Iowa 54,214.80
8 Purdue 43,886.80
9 Indiana 36,007.40
10 Minnesota 35,183.00
11 Rutgers 32,653.40
12 Illinois 30,398.40
13 Maryland 28,281.80
14 Northwestern 28,197.00
3 Big 12
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 43,708.14
1 Texas 80,667.60
2 Oklahoma 70,864.20
3 BYU 49,758.40
4 Iowa State 48,604.40
5 Texas Tech 46,418.20
6 Oklahoma State 46,154.40
7 West Virginia 44,031.80
8 Kansas State 41,402.00
9 Baylor 37,762.40
10 TCU 36,358.40
11 UCF 35,828.20
12 Cincinnati 28,625.20
13 Kansas 24,636.80
14 Houston 22,802.00
4 ACC
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 38,729.69
1 Clemson 68,035.80
2 Florida State 52,871.40
3 Virginia Tech 48,340.60
4 NC State 45,557.60
5 Miami 42,821.00
6 Louisville 39,458.20
7 North Carolina 38,589.60
8 Pitt 37,364.00
9 Georgia Tech 34,608.80
10 Virginia 34,287.60
11 Syracuse 30,499.20
12 Boston College 28,459.20
13 Wake Forest 22,845.40
14 Duke 18,477.20
5 Pac-12
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 36,022.67
1 Washington 52,511.20
2 USC 47,101.80
3 Oregon 42,205.00
4 Utah 39,333.60
5 Arizona State 37,602.00
6 Colorado 36,942.60
7 UCLA 36,484.80
8 Arizona 32,815.40
9 Cal 32,255.60
10 Stanford 28,101.80
11 Oregon State 25,311.40
12 Washington State 21,606.80
6 Independents
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 27,629.15
1 Notre Dame 62,537.80
2 Army 24,859.20
3 UConn 15,184.20
4 UMass 7,935.40
7 American Athletic Conference
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 20,073.16
1 East Carolina 29,237.20
2 USF 27,729.00
3 Memphis 27,126.00
4 Navy 25,420.40
5 UAB 21,939.40
6 UTSA 21,334.00
7 SMU 19,811.20
8 Temple 19,558.20
9 North Texas 17,464.40
10 Rice 16,201.60
11 Florida Atlantic 15,909.00
12 Tulane 15,080.20
13 Tulsa 14,392.20
14 Charlotte 9,821.40
8 Mountain West
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 18,205.20
1 Fresno State 28,569.80
2 Boise State 26,818.00
3 Colorado State 21,365.80
4 Air Force 21,281.80
5 San Diego State 18,118.00
6 Wyoming 17,564.80
7 UNLV 16,497.80
8 Utah State 15,748.60
9 Nevada 13,998.20
10 Hawaii 13,469.20
11 New Mexico 12,726.40
12 San Jose State 12,304.00
9 Sun Belt
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 17,172.49
1 Appalachian State 22,240.20
2 Marshall 20,417.40
3 Troy 19,428.60
4 Southern Miss 18,954.20
5 James Madison 17,046.4
6 South Alabama 15,986.20
7 Louisiana 15,965.80
8 Old Dominion 14,813.00
9 Arkansas State 14,359.80
10 Texas State 14,335.60
11 Georgia Southern 13,943.60
12 Georgia State 13,741.00
13 Coastal Carolina 12,612.60
14 ULM 12,570.40
10 Conference USA
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 12,477.82
1 Jacksonville State 15,228.4
2 Louisiana Tech 15,001.60
3 Liberty 14,798.20
4 UTEP 14,619.80
5 WKU 13,079.20
6 Middle Tennessee 12,475.60
7 New Mexico State 11,689.80
8 FIU 9,207.20
9 Sam Houston 6,200.6
11 MAC
2018-2022 Attendance Average: 11,820.65
1 Toledo 15,948.80
2 Ohio 13,859.00
3 Western Michigan 13,092.00
4 Buffalo 12,956.60
5 Eastern Michigan 12,708.20
6 Miami University 11,761.60
7 Bowling Green 11,752.60
8 Akron 11,606.00
9 Central Michigan 11,388.40
10 Kent State 10,414.40
11 Ball State 8,866.80
12 Northern Illinois 7,493.40
College Football Attendance Rankings 2023
101-133 | 76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10
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