If we’ve said it before, we’ll say it again. The Ohio State football family is massive. Television ratings, merchandising, revenue and message boards all say Buckeye Nation ranks among the leaders in the number of fans out there.
If you want further proof, look no further than a recent study that was done by SBRNet and analyzed by AL.com. The study uses polling data from the marketing research firm in partnership with the Center for Sports Analytics at Samford University.
And, yeah, looks like Ohio State fans are a loyal and rather large bunch. Of course, any study like this has all kinds of caveats based on the population polled, margin of error, time period taken, and many other facets, but it’s not the only study that comes back with huge returns for scarlet and gray.
But what other teams are up there? Is Michigan close to Ohio State with its recent winning ways? What about two-time defending champion Georgia, or Alabama, which is in the golden age of its time? Are there any other Big Ten programs that make the list?
These sorts of things tend to change based on team performance and other factors year-over-year it seems, and so, we’ll get right into it. Here are the top ten followed college football teams based on this year’s data from No. 10 down to the top dog.