College Football Attendance Rankings: 2023 CFN Five-Year Program Analysis

College football attendance rankings. CFN’s five-year analysis of the attendance ranking all 133 current college programs.

College Football Attendance Rankings: 2022 Attendance Average

1 SEC

2022 Attendance Average: 76,589.5

1 LSU 100,596
2 Tennessee 100,562
3 Alabama 98,981
4 Texas A&M 97,213
5 Georgia 92,746
6 Florida 87,180
7 Auburn 85,203
8 South Carolina 75,785
9 Arkansas 73,155
10 Ole Miss 62,575
11 Kentucky 60,289
12 MIssouri 54,525
13 Mississippi State 54,250
14 Vanderbilt 29,193

2 Big Ten

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 66,062.14

1 Michigan 110,246
2 Penn State 107,379
3 Ohio State 104,663
4 Nebraska 86,637
5 Wisconsin 74,159
6 Iowa 69,250
7 Michigan State 69,047
8 Purdue 57,129
9 Rutgers 50,756
10 Indiana 46,906
11 Minnesota 45,019
12 Illinois 43,048
13 Maryland 31,934
14 Northwestern 28,697

3 Big 12

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 53,699.21

1 Texas 100,242
2 Oklahoma 83,835
3 BYU 59,674
4 Iowa State 57,344
5 Texas Tech 57,149
6 Oklahoma State 54,735
7 Kansas State 51,165
8 West Virginia 47,658
9 TCU 46,562
10 Baylor 45,563
11 Kansas 43,076
12 UCF 41,542
13 Cincinnati 38,451
14 Houston 24,793

4 ACC

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 47,662.5

1 Clemson 80,694
2 Florida State 67,254
3 Virginia Tech 64,357
4 NC State 56,526
5 Pitt 54,710
6 North Carolina 47,933
7 Miami 45,711
8 Louisville 41,692
9 Syracuse 40,828
10 Virginia 40,681
11 Georgia Tech 36,625
12 Boston College 35,706
13 Wake Forest 30,053
14 Duke 24,505

5 Pac-12

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 44,108.58

1 USC 64,487
2 Washington 62,933
3 Oregon 54,950
4 Utah 52,057
5 Arizona 44,209
6 Arizona State 43,081
7 Colorado 42,847
8 UCLA 41,593
9 Cal 38,596
10 Stanford 29,965
11 Oregon State 28,400
12 Washington State 26,185

6 Independents

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 34,436.25

1 Notre Dame 76,193
2 Army 28,657
3 UConn 22,095
4 UMass 10,800

7 American Athletic Conference

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 23,740.14

1 East Carolina 41,372
2 Navy 30,973
3 USF 29,650
4 UTSA 28,917
5 Memphis 26,196
6 SMU 24,971
7 UAB 23,058
8 Tulane 21,581
9 Florida Atlantic 20,679
10 North Texas 19,025
11 Rice 19,011
12 Tulsa 18,745
13 Temple 17,277
14 Charlotte 10,907

8 Mountain West

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 22,496.08

1 Fresno State 39,067
2 Boise State 33,538
3 San Diego State 29,255
4 Air Force 26,926
5 Colorado State 26,891
6 UNLV 22,112
7 Wyoming 19,707
8 Utah State 16,954
9 San Jose State 16,422
10 New Mexico 14,966
11 Nevada 14,905
12 Hawaii 9,210

9 Sun Belt

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 19836.21

1 Appalachian State 33,566
2 Troy 25,661
3 Southern Miss 25,131
4 James Madison 22,966
5 Marshall 21,842
6 Old Dominion 20,232
7 Texas State 17,451
8 Georgia Southern 17,379
9 Coastal Carolina 17,168
10 South Alabama 16,646
11 Georgia State 16,023
12 Arkansas State 15,265
13 Louisiana 14,997
14 ULM 13,380

10 Conference USA

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 15,625.22

1 Liberty 20,954
2 UTEP 19,134
3 Jacksonville State 18,161
4 WKU 15,440
5 Louisiana Tech 15,082
6 New Mexico State 14,993
7 FIU 14,888
8 Middle Tennessee 14,364
9 Sam Houston 7,611

11 MAC

2018-2022 Attendance Average: 14,207.67

1 Toledo 19,557
2 Ohio 17,692
3 Central Michigan 15,823
4 Western Michigan 15,260
5 Eastern Michigan 15,186
6 Miami University 15,065
7 Buffalo 14,857
8 Kent State 13,354
9 Bowling Green 11,664
10 Ball State 11,637
11 Akron 11,199
12 Northern Illinois 9,198

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