re: Aggies - Texas residents: Question regarding fan bases in state

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In Houston, obviously, UH is pretty big. LSU has some presence here, but its probably about as much as Rice. Maybe less. Dallas is split up between TCU, TTU (their biggest alumni location I believe), OU, and to a lesser extent SMU as the minority. If I had to throw % on it, I would say... A&M, tu - 30% EA TTU - 5% OU, TCU, UH - 3-4 % EA LSU, Rice, SMU, BU - 2-3% EA Other: SHSU, TSU, TSU, PVA&M, UTSA, UTEP, etc <1%

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i would say that lsu is on the tier with ou, tech, baylor, and probably ahead of uh. east texas more lsu representation, north texas more oklahoma representation.

overall, the state is too large and divided to apply effective percentages to it as a whole.

texas probably 1.5 to 2x better represented than a&m, big gap, then the rest. tcu and baylor have done well recently, but being small private schools that were bad for so long means that they will probably never approach a&m or texas. without looking, i couldn't tell you/don't care if tech made a bowl game last year, but i've never really spent any time in west texas.

for reference, i currently live in (and grew up near) houston.