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College football programs that did the best/worst job of filling their stadiums
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:10 pm
From FBSchedules…..
By Amy Daughters
"While we know that Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, Texas A&M, and Tennessee have the stadiums with the largest seating capacities in the FBS, which programs do the best job of filling their seats?
Think about it – isn’t consistently selling every available ticket more impressive than having the most seats to start with?
Following are the Top 25 FBS programs in fill rate for the 2018 season. These are the schools who did the absolute best with what they had to work with."
The following programs rate the BEST. SEC programs have been italicized and underlined.
25. TCU (7-6) – 95.3% (Amon G. Carter Stadium holds 50,000)
23T. WISCONSIN (8-5) – 96.1% (Camp Randall Stadium holds 80,321)
23T. NOTRE DAME (12-1) – 96.1% (Notre Dame Stadium holds 80,795)
22. IOWA (9-4) – 96.4% (Kinnick Stadium holds 70,585)
21. AUBURN (8-5) – 96.6% (Jordan-Hare Stadium holds 87,451)
20. MICHIGAN STATE (7-6) – 96.8% (Spartan Stadium holds 75,005)
19. OHIO STATE (13-1) – 97.1% (Ohio Stadium holds 104,944)
18. TEXAS A&M (9-4) – 97.2% (Kyle Field holds 102,733)
16T. OLD DOMINION (4-8) – 97.6% (S.B. Ballard Stadium holds 20,118)
16T. TEXAS (10-4) – 97.6% (DKR – Texas Memorial Stadium holds 100,119)
15. OREGON (9-4) – 98.2% (Autzen Stadium 54,000)
14. LSU (10-3) – 98.5% (Tiger Stadium holds 102,321)
13. WASHINGTON (10-4) – 98.6% (Husky Stadium holds 70,083)
11T. CLEMSON (15-0) – 98.7% (Memorial Stadium holds 81,500)
11T. NC STATE (9-4) – 98.7% (Memorial Stadium holds 57,583)
9T. PENN STATE (9-4) – 99% (Beaver Stadium holds 106,572)
9T. WEST VIRGINIA (8-4) – 99% (Mountaineer Field holds 60,000)
8. KANSAS STATE (5-7) – 99.5% (Bill Snyder Family Stadium holds 50,000)
7. UCF (12-1) – 99.6% (Bright House Networks Stadium holds 45,301)
6. ALABAMA (14-1) – 99.7% (Bryant-Denny Stadium holds 101,821)
5. GEORGIA (11-3) – 100% (Sanford Stadium holds 92,746)
4. UTAH (9-5) – 101.1% (Rice-Eccles Stadium holds 45,807)
3. MICHIGAN (10-3) – 102.9% (Michigan Stadium holds 107,601)
2. OKLAHOMA (12-2) – 103.9% (Oklahoma Memorial Stadium holds 86,112)
1. NEBRASKA (4-8) – 104.2% (Memorial Stadium holds 85,458)
The following bottom 25 FBS programs that rate as the WORST at filling their stadiums.
106. UCLA (3-9) – 55.3% (Rose Bowl holds 92,542)
107. USF (7-6) – 53.2% (Raymond James Stadium holds 65,890)
108. MEMPHIS (8-6) – 53.1% (Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium holds 61,008)
109. EASTERN MICHIGAN (7-6) – 52.8% (Rynearson Stadium holds 30,200)
110. KENT STATE (2-10) – 51.8% (Dix Stadium holds 25,319)
111. UCONN (1-11) – 51.5% (Rentschler Field holds 40,642)
112. HAWAII (8-6) – 51.4% (Aloha Stadium holds 50,000)
113. MIDDLE TENNESEE (8-6) – 50.6% (Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium holds 30,788)
114. UNLV (4-8) – 47.4% (Sam Boyd Stadium holds 36,800)
115. SAN JOSE STATE (1-11) – 46.8% (CEFCU Stadium holds 30,456)
116. ULM (6-6) – 46.7% (Malone Stadium holds 27,617)
117. BALL STATE (4-8) – 45.7% (Scheumann Stadium holds 22,500)
118. NEW MEXICO STATE (3-9) – 45.2% (Aggie Memorial Stadium holds 30,343)
119. LOUISIANA (7-7) – 44.8% (Cajun Field holds 41,264)
120. TEXAS STATE (3-9) – 43.7% (Bobcat Stadium holds 30,008)
121. NORTHERN ILLINOIS (8-6) – 43.3% (Huskie Stadium holds 24,000)
122. RICE (2-11) – 42.9% (Rice Stadium holds 47,000)
123. CENTRAL MICHIGAN (1-11) – 42.4% (Kelly/Shorts Stadium holds 30,255)
124. NEW MEXICO (3-9) – 42.3% (Dreamstyle Stadium holds 39,224)
125. TEMPLE (8-5) – 40.9% (Lincoln Financial Field holds 69,176)
126. SOUTH ALABAMA (3-9) – 40.2% (Ladd-Peebles Stadium holds 40,000)
127. KANSAS (3-9) – 38.8% (Memorial Stadium holds 50,071)
128. UTSA (3-9) – 38% (Alamodome holds 64,000)
129. UAB (11-3) – 33.9% (Legion Field holds 71,594)
130. UTEP (1-11) – 27.5% (Sun Bowl holds 51,500)
By Amy Daughters
"While we know that Michigan, Penn State, Ohio State, Texas A&M, and Tennessee have the stadiums with the largest seating capacities in the FBS, which programs do the best job of filling their seats?
Think about it – isn’t consistently selling every available ticket more impressive than having the most seats to start with?
Following are the Top 25 FBS programs in fill rate for the 2018 season. These are the schools who did the absolute best with what they had to work with."
The following programs rate the BEST. SEC programs have been italicized and underlined.
25. TCU (7-6) – 95.3% (Amon G. Carter Stadium holds 50,000)
23T. WISCONSIN (8-5) – 96.1% (Camp Randall Stadium holds 80,321)
23T. NOTRE DAME (12-1) – 96.1% (Notre Dame Stadium holds 80,795)
22. IOWA (9-4) – 96.4% (Kinnick Stadium holds 70,585)
21. AUBURN (8-5) – 96.6% (Jordan-Hare Stadium holds 87,451)
20. MICHIGAN STATE (7-6) – 96.8% (Spartan Stadium holds 75,005)
19. OHIO STATE (13-1) – 97.1% (Ohio Stadium holds 104,944)
18. TEXAS A&M (9-4) – 97.2% (Kyle Field holds 102,733)
16T. OLD DOMINION (4-8) – 97.6% (S.B. Ballard Stadium holds 20,118)
16T. TEXAS (10-4) – 97.6% (DKR – Texas Memorial Stadium holds 100,119)
15. OREGON (9-4) – 98.2% (Autzen Stadium 54,000)
14. LSU (10-3) – 98.5% (Tiger Stadium holds 102,321)
13. WASHINGTON (10-4) – 98.6% (Husky Stadium holds 70,083)
11T. CLEMSON (15-0) – 98.7% (Memorial Stadium holds 81,500)
11T. NC STATE (9-4) – 98.7% (Memorial Stadium holds 57,583)
9T. PENN STATE (9-4) – 99% (Beaver Stadium holds 106,572)
9T. WEST VIRGINIA (8-4) – 99% (Mountaineer Field holds 60,000)
8. KANSAS STATE (5-7) – 99.5% (Bill Snyder Family Stadium holds 50,000)
7. UCF (12-1) – 99.6% (Bright House Networks Stadium holds 45,301)
6. ALABAMA (14-1) – 99.7% (Bryant-Denny Stadium holds 101,821)
5. GEORGIA (11-3) – 100% (Sanford Stadium holds 92,746)
4. UTAH (9-5) – 101.1% (Rice-Eccles Stadium holds 45,807)
3. MICHIGAN (10-3) – 102.9% (Michigan Stadium holds 107,601)
2. OKLAHOMA (12-2) – 103.9% (Oklahoma Memorial Stadium holds 86,112)
1. NEBRASKA (4-8) – 104.2% (Memorial Stadium holds 85,458)
The following bottom 25 FBS programs that rate as the WORST at filling their stadiums.
106. UCLA (3-9) – 55.3% (Rose Bowl holds 92,542)
107. USF (7-6) – 53.2% (Raymond James Stadium holds 65,890)
108. MEMPHIS (8-6) – 53.1% (Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium holds 61,008)
109. EASTERN MICHIGAN (7-6) – 52.8% (Rynearson Stadium holds 30,200)
110. KENT STATE (2-10) – 51.8% (Dix Stadium holds 25,319)
111. UCONN (1-11) – 51.5% (Rentschler Field holds 40,642)
112. HAWAII (8-6) – 51.4% (Aloha Stadium holds 50,000)
113. MIDDLE TENNESEE (8-6) – 50.6% (Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium holds 30,788)
114. UNLV (4-8) – 47.4% (Sam Boyd Stadium holds 36,800)
115. SAN JOSE STATE (1-11) – 46.8% (CEFCU Stadium holds 30,456)
116. ULM (6-6) – 46.7% (Malone Stadium holds 27,617)
117. BALL STATE (4-8) – 45.7% (Scheumann Stadium holds 22,500)
118. NEW MEXICO STATE (3-9) – 45.2% (Aggie Memorial Stadium holds 30,343)
119. LOUISIANA (7-7) – 44.8% (Cajun Field holds 41,264)
120. TEXAS STATE (3-9) – 43.7% (Bobcat Stadium holds 30,008)
121. NORTHERN ILLINOIS (8-6) – 43.3% (Huskie Stadium holds 24,000)
122. RICE (2-11) – 42.9% (Rice Stadium holds 47,000)
123. CENTRAL MICHIGAN (1-11) – 42.4% (Kelly/Shorts Stadium holds 30,255)
124. NEW MEXICO (3-9) – 42.3% (Dreamstyle Stadium holds 39,224)
125. TEMPLE (8-5) – 40.9% (Lincoln Financial Field holds 69,176)
126. SOUTH ALABAMA (3-9) – 40.2% (Ladd-Peebles Stadium holds 40,000)
127. KANSAS (3-9) – 38.8% (Memorial Stadium holds 50,071)
128. UTSA (3-9) – 38% (Alamodome holds 64,000)
129. UAB (11-3) – 33.9% (Legion Field holds 71,594)
130. UTEP (1-11) – 27.5% (Sun Bowl holds 51,500)
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Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:13 pm to RatRodDawg
quote:But nah. The football program should be kept open and they deserve their own stadium being built.
129. UAB (11-3) – 33.9% (Legion Field holds 71,594)
People were so upset that the program was shut down and threw a hissy fit but they won't go and support an 11 win program.
This post was edited on 7/30/19 at 10:14 pm
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:14 pm to RatRodDawg
So Old Dominion does better attendance wise than Ohio State and Auburn according to this list?
I can't see anything wrong with it
I can't see anything wrong with it
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:15 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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People were so upset that the program was shut down and threw a hissy fit but they won't go and support an 11 win program.
Lol no one supported that program before they planned to take it away.
Went to a UAB State game in 2011 at Legion and there weren't even 100 UAB fans there.
That was a complete money pit to bring them back and it will cost UAB when they could've just focused on basketball
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:16 pm to RatRodDawg
I can't imagine Rice when just a few years ago their stadium seated 80k.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:17 pm to TouchdownTony
Did the math, would be 25%
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:19 pm to RatRodDawg
I wonder how many tickets were actually scanned.
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/more-sports/wsj-article-on-cfbs-empty-seat-problem/78420024/
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/more-sports/wsj-article-on-cfbs-empty-seat-problem/78420024/
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:23 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Shutting down uab probably helped them. Got some folks off their butt and gave some money so they could at least have uniforms. Still, when u average 26k (they claim it was 26k) a game like last year, I can't see how u support an fbs program. Jax state averages in the 20s.
If uab just focused on basketball they could become a force in basketball. Football has made both sports mediocre.
If uab just focused on basketball they could become a force in basketball. Football has made both sports mediocre.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:35 pm to RatRodDawg
130 D1-A/FBS programs is absurd. There's at least 40-50 schools that have absolutely no business at that level.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:45 pm to Henry Jones Jr
You don't notice UAB is playing in a stadium that seats 71.6k? UAB would be selling out the stadiums of several of the teams above them on this list that aren't even filling half of their stadiums but I don't see you crying about any of them. A brand new smaller stadium is opening downtown in time for 2021 that's much closer and much easier to get to from campus, and then UAB will be on the top half of this list and you'll be able to stop crying.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:45 pm to RatRodDawg
I live about twenty five minutes from Middle Tennessee’s campus/stadium. It’s a middle school stadium on steroids. Concrete and metal bleachers throughout. It’s horrendous. It’s also a suitcase school. No one stays on the weekends.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:49 pm to RatRodDawg
I find it more impressive when schools in smaller towns (e.g., KState/Manhattan, KS) draw good crowds, vs when schools in larger cities (e.g., U of Washington/Seattle) do.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:53 pm to RatRodDawg
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127. KANSAS (3-9) – 38.8% (Memorial Stadium holds 50,071)
Les is going to feel like he’s in a library, compared to coaching in Tiger Stadium.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 10:59 pm to RatRodDawg
This is a bit misleading. Some of these schools with 100k plus seating will be 75% full. They claim a sellout because the seat is sold
Posted on 7/30/19 at 11:02 pm to AUCE05
Yeah, there was thread on the MSB awhile back about that. I linked it earlier.
Arky 57.9%
OMiss 59.3
UF 71.9
TA&M 72.6
UA 76.7
USCe 77.8
Aub 78.5
Mizz 82.8
UT 88.0
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/more-sports/wsj-article-on-cfbs-empty-seat-problem/78420024/
Arky 57.9%
OMiss 59.3
UF 71.9
TA&M 72.6
UA 76.7
USCe 77.8
Aub 78.5
Mizz 82.8
UT 88.0
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/more-sports/wsj-article-on-cfbs-empty-seat-problem/78420024/
Posted on 7/30/19 at 11:06 pm to AUCE05
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This is a bit misleading. Some of these schools with 100k plus seating will be 75% full. They claim a sellout because the seat is sold
This is true of some schools but Nebraska and OU are always full of asses in seats.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 11:07 pm to Boomer00
“Nebraska boasts a sellout streak that dates to the 1962 season. But during last year’s 4-8 record, there was an average gap of more than 18,000 per game between scanned and announced attendance—mostly no-shows, a spokesman said.”
Posted on 7/30/19 at 11:08 pm to Boomer00
quote:
This is true of some schools but Nebraska and OU are always full of asses in seats.
Boy, you can say that again
Posted on 7/30/19 at 11:10 pm to Boomer00
I know of two in the SEC that when you scan the upper deck, shite is thin.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 11:13 pm to RatRodDawg
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1. NEBRASKA (4-8) – 104.2% (Memorial Stadium holds 85,458)
How is this even possible?
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