If you’ve followed us for any duration of time at all, then you know what we always say; Ohio State football turns on television sets.
And it’s true. The Buckeyes are often slotted in networks’ game of the week slots because they want to get the most rating they can. Ratings often reflect that took with OSU’s games more often than not appearing at or near the top of the most-watched college football games annually.
So, it sure feels like Ohio State has a bigger fanbase than almost every other program, but there really wasn’t a study to look at to confirm. Until now.
Self-proclaimed strategy analyst Tony Altimore underwent a process to analyze the fanbases of all 130 FBS teams and the Buckeye Nation ended up representing very, very well.
In fact, 50% of the entire fanbase was surprisingly made up of the top sixteen teams. And that’s what we’re going to focus on here. Here are the top 50% that make up the top sixteen FBS fanbases in college football from No. 16 down to No. 1.
We have a good feeling you are going to like it.