CFN Three-Year Program Rankings - Attendance

CFN's 2007 Three-Year Program Rankings and Analysis ... Attendance

2007 Three Year Program Analysis

Attendance

Program Rankings
Scoring System  
1 to 10 | 11 to 25
26 to 39 | 40 to 59
60 to 79 | 80 to 99
100 to 119
By Category
APR  
Bad Losses
Best Leagues
By Conference
Conf. Win %
Draft | Elite Wins
Quality Wins | D-I Wins

- Attendance. How much fan support is there? Obviously some stadiums are far bigger than others so this might not seem fair, but it's a good indication of interest in the program counting the average attendance for home dates from 2004 to 2006 and divided by 10,000 to get the score. For example, Georgia averaged 92,731 fans per game over the last three seasons, so the program gets a score of 9.27. 
Why this is important: Some stadiums are bigger than others and some teams get more support, but that's the point. It's a big deal to the bottom line of an athletic department, and the relevance of the football program to recruits and the national media, to get 100,000+ butts in the seats at places like Ohio State, Tennessee and Penn State. How can Eastern Michigan and its average of 11,000 fans per game compete when compared to Michigan and its average of 112,000 fans? Exactly.   

1	Michigan	11.07
2	Tennessee	10.67
3	Penn State	10.52
4	Ohio State	10.50
5	Georgia	9.27
6	LSU	9.17
7	Florida	8.97
8	USC	8.92
9	Alabama	8.50
	Texas	8.50
11	Oklahoma	8.45
12	Auburn	8.41
13	Wisconsin	8.21
14	Florida State	8.20
15	Notre Dame	8.08
16	Nebraska	8.01
17	Clemson	7.98
18	South Carolina	7.86
19	Texas A&M	7.67
20	Michigan State	7.32
21	Iowa	7.05
22	Arkansas	6.86
23	Virginia Tech	6.55
24	UCLA	6.32
25	California	6.29
26	Washington	6.22
27	Kentucky	6.07
	Purdue	6.07
29	Virginia	6.01
30	Arizona State	5.95
31	BYU	5.91
32	Oregon	5.83
33	West Virginia	5.72
34	Missouri	5.63
35	Mississippi	5.55
36	NC State	5.52
37	Maryland	5.42
38	Arizona	5.32
39	Texas Tech	5.16
40	North Carolina	5.10
41	Georgia Tech	4.97
42	Minnesota	4.96
43	Miami	4.88
44	Colorado	4.81
45	Kansas State	4.70
46	Illinois	4.66
47	Iowa State	4.48
48	Mississippi State	4.43
49	Oklahoma State	4.42
50	UTEP	4.39
51	Utah	4.30
	Kansas	4.30
53	Pittsburgh	4.17
54	Louisville	4.10
55	Boston College	4.05
56	Stanford	4.04
57	Oregon State	3.98
58	Connecticut	3.94
59	Fresno State	3.92
60	Syracuse	3.82
61	Memphis	3.79
62	Air Force	3.74
63	Baylor	3.55
64	Hawaii	3.54
65	Rutgers	3.51
66	New Mexico	3.48
67	San Diego State	3.38
68	Indiana	3.37
69	East Carolina	3.36
70	Washington St	3.32
71	Vanderbilt	3.31
72	Navy	3.25
73	South Florida	3.20
74	Army	3.12
75	TCU	3.09
76	Wake Forest	3.07
77	Boise State	3.04
78	Northwestern	2.96
79	Southern Miss	2.86
80	Colorado State	2.69
81	UCF	2.67
82	Marshall	2.62
83	Northern Illinois	2.33
84	Toledo	2.21
85	Cincinnati	2.14
86	UAB	2.13
87	Troy	2.05
88	Tulsa	2.04
89	UNLV	2.03
90	Duke	1.99
91	Houston	1.94
92	Wyoming	1.87
	Tulane	1.87
94	Western Mich	1.78
	UL Lafayette	1.78
96	Central Mich	1.75
97	SMU	1.73
98	Arkansas State	1.72
99	Ohio	1.69
100	Bowling Green	1.64
101	Nevada	1.64
102	Louisiana Tech	1.62
	New Mexico St	1.62
104	North Texas	1.58
	Middle Tenn	1.58
106	Idaho	1.54
	Miami Univ.	1.54