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2019 Football Attendance 2019 FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE 2019 National College Football Attendance 2 FBS 3 FCS 4 Division II 4 Division III 5 Team-By-Team Home Attendance 6 2019 NATIONAL COLLEGE FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE ALL NCAA TEAMS Total Change In Change In Teams Games Attendance Average Total Avg. Home Attendance, Division I-FBS 130 831 34,177,838 41,129 348,051 -380 FBS Neutral-Site Attendance 19 1,061,206 55,853 -244,811 1,436 FBS Bowl Game Attendance # 40 1,637,417 40,935 34,799 -158 NCAA DIVISION I-FBS TOTALS 130 888 36,831,692 41,477 124,181 -379 Home Attendance, Division I-FCS 124 707 5,147,515 7,281 353,741 -49 FCS Neutral-Site Attendance ^$ 15 495,678 33,045 53,883 1,488 FCS Championship Game 1 17,866 17,866 64 64 NCAA DIVISION I-FCS TOTALS 124 723 5,661,059 7,830 407,688 -23 NCAA DIVISION I TOTALS 254 1,611 42,492,751 26,377 531,869 -765 Home Attendance, NCAA Division II & 166 890 2,668,317 2,998 44,542 6 Division II Neutral-Site Attendance ^$ 13 106,401 8,185 -17,484 898 Division II Championship Game 1 3,415 3,415 -891 -891 NCAA DIVISION II TOTALS 166 904 2,778,133 3,073 26,167 -2 Home Attendance, NCAA Division III & 245 1,239 2,141,426 1,728 16,718 26 Division III Neutral-Site Attendance ^ 2 45,561 22,781 42,020 21,601 Division III Championship Game 1 1,362 1,362 -5,454 -5,454 NCAA DIVISION III TOTALS 245 1,242 2,188,349 1,762 53,284 57 Home Attendance, Reclassifying Teams 4 20 78,469 3,923 -58,338 -4,627 NATIONAL TOTALS FOR 2019 & 669 3,777 47,537,702 12,586 552,982 -82 * Record. # Bowl attendance also includes one games that was also counted in “home” attendance (Hawaii Bowl at Hawaii and Boca Raton Bowl at Fla. Atlantic). ^ Championship Games counted separately. $ Three neutral-site games involving FCS team against Division II team are included in FCS Neutral-Site attendance and totals. & Does not include provisional teams. CHAMPIONSHIP ATTENDANCE: The total attendance for the Division I FCS Championship was 194,388 for a 8,452 average over 23 games, the Division II Championship was 70,890 for a 2,626 average over 27 games and the Division III Championship was 53,087 for a 1,712 average over 31 games. 2019 National College Football Attendance 2 FBS HOME ATTENDANCE TEAM No. School Games Attendance 22. Southern California 13 762,917 LEADERS 23. Virginia 14 745,500 24. Iowa St. 13 744,550 Total Home Attendance 25. Washington 13 734,002 26. Kentucky 13 720,579 No. School Games Attendance Average 27. Oklahoma St. 13 718,547 1. Michigan 7 780,215 111,459 28. Arkansas 12 714,339 2. Penn St. 7 739,747 105,678 29. Virginia Tech 13 714,087 3. Ohio St. 7 723,679 103,383 30. Florida St. 13 710,377 4. Texas A&M 7 711,258 101,608 5. Alabama 7 707,817 101,117 6. LSU 7 705,892 100,842 LARGEST AVERAGE 7. Texas 6 577,834 96,306 8. Georgia 7 649,722 92,817 ATTENDANCE INCREASE FROM 9. Nebraska 7 625,436 89,348 10. Tennessee 8 702,912 87,864 PREVIOUS YEAR 11. Auburn 7 600,355 85,765 Change 12. Florida 6 508,103 84,684 No. School Games 2019 Avg. 2018 Avg. in Avg. 13. Oklahoma 6 499,533 83,256 1. Kansas 7 33,875 19,424 14,451 14. Clemson 7 566,074 80,868 2. Memphis 7 38,816 30,178 8,638 15. South Carolina 7 545,737 77,962 3. Minnesota 7 46,190 37,915 8,275 16. Wisconsin 7 535,301 76,472 4. Virginia 7 47,863 39,705 8,158 17. Notre Dame 7 534,017 76,288 5. BYU 6 59,547 52,476 7,071 18. Washington 7 477,668 68,238 6. North Carolina 6 50,500 43,622 6,878 19. Michigan St. 7 474,731 67,819 7. Cincinnati 6 35,985 30,519 5,466 20. Iowa 7 458,897 65,557 8. Syracuse 6 42,164 37,043 5,121 21. Iowa St. 7 418,561 59,794 9. Coastal Carolina 6 15,019 10,463 4,556 22. BYU 6 357,281 59,547 10. South Carolina 7 77,962 73,628 4,334 23. Southern California 6 356,150 59,358 11. SMU 6 23,633 19,383 4,250 24. Virginia Tech 7 408,049 58,293 12. Maryland 6 37,812 33,594 4,218 25. NC State 7 395,264 56,466 13. New Mexico St. 5 17,905 13,706 4,199 26. Mississippi St. 7 393,277 56,182 14. Baylor 7 45,517 41,336 4,181 27. West Virginia 6 335,443 55,907 15. Wyoming 6 23,007 18,880 4,127 28. Oklahoma St. 6 328,902 54,817 16. Texas St. 6 17,140 13,115 4,025 29. Missouri 7 379,119 54,160 17. Southern California 6 59,358 55,449 3,909 30. Purdue 7 378,147 54,021 18. Iowa St. 7 59,794 56,010 3,784 19. Colorado 6 49,573 45,809 3,764 20. Miami (OH) 5 17,794 14,253 3,541 ALL GAMES ATTENDANCE 21. Southern Miss. 5 24,765 21,615 3,150 (Home, Road, Neutral) 22. UNLV 6 19,864 16,823 3,041 23. UTEP 6 17,093 14,155 2,938 No. School Games Attendance 24. Louisiana Tech 6 20,439 17,525 2,914 1. LSU 15 1,280,985 25. Purdue 7 54,021 51,120 2,901 2. Ohio St. 14 1,192,291 26. Missouri 7 54,160 51,466 2,694 3. Alabama 13 1,173,240 27. La.-Monroe 6 16,728 14,210 2,518 4. Texas A&M 13 1,157,835 28. Florida 6 84,684 82,328 2,356 5. Michigan 13 1,152,522 29. Tulane 6 20,271 18,015 2,256 6. Penn St. 13 1,143,373 30. Rice 7 22,212 20,172 2,040 7. Georgia 14 1,139,382 8. Clemson 15 1,071,328 9. Auburn 13 1,055,713 CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE 10. Tennessee 13 1,055,406 11. Florida 13 1,026,152 Conference attendance includes home games and neutral 12. Wisconsin 14 1,022,075 site contests between two teams in the same conference. 13. Texas 13 990,282 Independents total includes home game totals and neutral site 14. Oklahoma 14 977,343 games between two independent teams. 15. South Carolina 12 935,032 Total Change 16. Notre Dame 13 921,702 No. Conference Teams Games 2019 Attend. Avg. In Avg. 17. Iowa 13 891,200 1. Southeastern 14 102 7,417,759 72,723 -1,271 18. Michigan St. 13 873,144 2. Big Ten 14 97 6,311,298 65,065 -311 19. Nebraska 12 850,967 3. Big 12 10 66 3,792,831 57,467 481 20. Oregon 14 789,941 4. Atlantic Coast 14 93 4,486,578 48,243 -577 21. Mississippi St. 13 789,761 5. Pac-12 12 78 3,594,265 46,080 -362 FBS 3 Total Change Total Change No. Conference Teams Games 2019 Attend. Avg. In Avg. No. Conference Teams Games 2019 Attend. Avg. In Avg. 6. American 12 74 2,182,703 29,496 594 10. Mid-American 12 69 1,071,587 15,530 72 7. Mountain West 12 76 1,765,616 23,232 -630 FBS Independent# 6 36 1,333,374 37,038 -948 8. Conference USA 14 87 1,646,839 18,929 55 **All conferences record. *Conference record. # Different alignment than in 9. Sun Belt 10 62 1,137,224 18,342 961 previous year. FCS HOME ATTENDANCE LEADERS CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE No. School Games Attendance Average Conference attendance includes home games and neutral 1. Jackson St. 5 168,808 33,762 site contests between two teams in the same conference. Independents total includes home game totals and neutral site 2. Montana 7 157,812 22,545 games between two independent teams. 3. James Madison 9 162,974 18,108 4. Alabama St. 5 88,997 17,799 Total 2019 Change 5. North Dakota St. 9 156,962 17,440 No. Conference Teams Games Attend. Avg. In Avg. 6. Montana St. 8 138,246 17,281 1. Southwestern Athletic 10 52 793,835 15,266 26 7. Southern U. 4 67,826 16,957 2. Mid-Eastern# 9 47 459,743 9,782 -33 8. N.C. A&T 5 84,633 16,927 3. Big Sky 13 78 736,614 9,444 -156 9. Jacksonville St. 7 117,800 16,829 4. Colonial 12 74 660,808 8,930 -353 10. Florida A&M 6 99,223 16,537 5. Missouri Valley Football 10 66 589,249 8,928 -936 11. Delaware 7 99,926 14,275 6. Ivy 8 41 316,307 7,715 607 12. Alcorn 7 92,373 13,196 7. Ohio Valley 9 54 413,403 7,656 149 13. Yale 6 72,796 12,133 8. Southern 9 53 370,932 6,999 -612 14. Youngstown St. 7 84,150 12,021 9. Southland 11 64 436,917 6,827 -334 15. Norfolk St. 5 56,480 11,296 10.
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