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The Most Loyal Fan Bases in the SEC, ranked 1 through 16
Posted on 5/6/26 at 3:59 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 3:59 am
The Most Loyal Fan Bases in the SEC
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Texas
4. Georgia
5. Texas A&M
6. Tennessee
7. Florida
8. South Carolina
9. Auburn
10. Ole Miss
11. Arkansas
12. Oklahoma
13. Missouri
14. Kentucky
15. Mississippi State
16. Vanderbilt
Agree or disagree?
The Most Loyal Fan Bases in the SEC
MY DISCLAIMERS (I am heading your complaints off at the pass...)
A. Yes, this is another stupid list. But what else is there to do on this Board 5 months from football season??
B. No, I did not make this list up. Someone else did (see link above.). So don't shoot the messenger.
C. Yes, this list is a link from Facebook. I'm "Old School Tex," so this tracks. I don't care if you laugh.
D. "Pimphand", I don't care if you tell me that this list is embarrassing, and to GTFO...
E. I often joke about aggy, but they have been remarkably loyal and hopeful since their last football National Championship (about the time that Hitler invaded Poland.) I thus think that aggy deserves to be above Texas in loyalty ranking. Texas football fans are more "fair weather" than aggy, as we are going to complain (and our younger members throw plastic bottles) much more quickly when our team's performance sucks.
1. Alabama
2. LSU
3. Texas
4. Georgia
5. Texas A&M
6. Tennessee
7. Florida
8. South Carolina
9. Auburn
10. Ole Miss
11. Arkansas
12. Oklahoma
13. Missouri
14. Kentucky
15. Mississippi State
16. Vanderbilt
Agree or disagree?
The Most Loyal Fan Bases in the SEC
MY DISCLAIMERS (I am heading your complaints off at the pass...)
A. Yes, this is another stupid list. But what else is there to do on this Board 5 months from football season??
B. No, I did not make this list up. Someone else did (see link above.). So don't shoot the messenger.
C. Yes, this list is a link from Facebook. I'm "Old School Tex," so this tracks. I don't care if you laugh.
D. "Pimphand", I don't care if you tell me that this list is embarrassing, and to GTFO...
E. I often joke about aggy, but they have been remarkably loyal and hopeful since their last football National Championship (about the time that Hitler invaded Poland.) I thus think that aggy deserves to be above Texas in loyalty ranking. Texas football fans are more "fair weather" than aggy, as we are going to complain (and our younger members throw plastic bottles) much more quickly when our team's performance sucks.
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Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:23 am to Old School Tex
I mean if you want to talk "loyalty" id imagine Missouri, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, South Carolina have more loyal fans than Texas, Alabama, LSU, or Georgia. In fact it seems a lot of the Alabama fans became Georgia fans and are now Indiana fans.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:32 am to The Winner
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I mean if you want to talk "loyalty" id imagine Missouri, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, South Carolina have more loyal fans than Texas, Alabama, LSU, or Georgia. In fact it seems a lot of the Alabama fans became Georgia fans and are now Indiana fans.
I hear you. I have lived in NC for many years now after growing up in Texas. I understand that our South Carolina fan neighbors are exceptionally loyal, and always fill their stadium on home game days…
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:45 am to Old School Tex
Texas fans aren’t remotely loyal.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 4:48 am to Old School Tex
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8. South Carolina
Should be #1.
Alabama fans are loyal to winning.
So are most of the rest.
South Carolina fans are loyal to South Carolina.
I’d put Texas A&M #2.
MSU and Ole Miss tied for #3.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 4:51 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:04 am to ColoradoAg
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Texas fans aren’t remotely loyal.
Yes and no. With respect to football, we are very loyal when we are winning, or we think that our current program and / or recruits have a bright future. But we quickly get surly when our team sucks on national TV.
With respect to our school in general and academics, Texas fans are exceedingly loyal, generation after generation. We don’t think that UT takes a back seat to anyone in the state. Except Rice. Texas students and alumni will agree that Rice students are super smart. But we fortunately do not normally feel challenged by Rice in football.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 5:08 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:06 am to makersmark1
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Should be #1. Alabama fans are loyal to winning. So are most of the rest. South Carolina fans are loyal to South Carolina. I’d put Texas A&M #2. MSU and Ole Miss tied for #3.
I’m not going to argue with your logic here…
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:29 am to Old School Tex
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8. South Carolina
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14. Kentucky
Historically, fan for fan, these schools have always had support far in excess of their success rate. It is easy when you are winning, but being in the Top 25 for attendance is stout when you have a losing team.
Been awhile since I was in Southern Columbia and Money Mitch was so focused on the media dollars that he may have killed the Big Blue faithful. Not sure where this all ends, but live attendance (the backbone of future donor dollars and on site revenue) is roughly 2/3's of revenue, media is only about 1/3 but not like AD's have paid attention to this relationship.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:51 am to Old School Tex
Im old enough to remember when alabama had the three blind mikes, the FBI couldn’t find an alabama fan.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 5:54 am to MikeAV8s
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Im old enough to remember when alabama had the three blind mikes, the FBI couldn’t find an alabama fan.
Thanks… such memories and insights help me to learn a bit more SEC history and culture…
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:13 am to Cheese Grits
Yeah, exactly. I'd argue when it comes to football, when you factor in success v attendance, South Carolina and Kentucky have consistently been the most loyal fan bases BY FAR in this conference.
It's easy to show up and sell out when you're winning 10+ every single year and get to whine like a child when you only win 8 or 9. That list is garbage. Spend a decade or two in our shoes and then get back to me about fricking loyalty.
It's easy to show up and sell out when you're winning 10+ every single year and get to whine like a child when you only win 8 or 9. That list is garbage. Spend a decade or two in our shoes and then get back to me about fricking loyalty.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 6:14 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:13 am to Old School Tex
A lot the rankings on any sport from any school is how much they are winning in a respective sport. 
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:26 am to Old School Tex
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Texas fan
So this is from some guy named Gabe Gilzow on Facebook
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:32 am to Old School Tex
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A. Yes, this is another stupid list. But what else is there to do on this Board 5 months from football season??
There are many other sports going on right now, and Texas is pretty good at most all of them.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:39 am to MikeAV8s
quote:That's funny, because I'm old enough to remember that they had to expand the capacity of Bryant-Denny in 2006.
Im old enough to remember when alabama had the three blind mikes, the FBI couldn’t find an alabama fan.
Typical Auburn cope to deal with cheering for a school mostly known as "Alabama's rival."
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 6:43 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:41 am to Old School Tex
Aggie way more loyal than that.
Could you imagine not winning any championships in football since 1939? Could you imagine not competing for a division in Big12
or SEC since whenever?
........and STILL posting the famous, "Daddy Aggie" or "Don't Cry" posts? That, there is loyalty, baw.
Could you imagine not winning any championships in football since 1939? Could you imagine not competing for a division in Big12
or SEC since whenever? ........and STILL posting the famous, "Daddy Aggie" or "Don't Cry" posts? That, there is loyalty, baw.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 6:42 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 6:51 am to Chuck Barris
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That's funny, because I'm old enough to remember that they had to expand the capacity of Bryant-Denny in 2006.
Typical Auburn cope to deal with cheering for a school mostly known as "Alabama's rival."
he isn't lying.
I grew up in Florida. We would go to B'ham for Thanksgiving every year. During the bear years, 8 of 9 trucks had the bama see-through mesh on the back window. bama shite everywhere. During the mike years, you wouldn't see anything bama for miles and miles. saban showed up and bama fans came out from under every rock and crevice.
This post was edited on 5/6/26 at 6:53 am
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:00 am to dstone12
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Aggie way more loyal than that. Could you imagine not winning any championships in football since 1939? Could you imagine not competing for a division in Big12 or SEC since whenever? ........and STILL posting the famous, "Daddy Aggie" or "Don't Cry" posts? That, there is loyalty, baw.
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:05 am to bigDgator
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There are many other sports going on right now, and Texas is pretty good at most all of them.
Agreed - I will be watching to see how far we can get in baseball this season...
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:06 am to UKWildcats
quote:your friendly reminder that there’s a fine line between loyalty and masochism
Yeah, exactly. I'd argue when it comes to football, when you factor in success v attendance, South Carolina and Kentucky have consistently been the most loyal fan bases BY FAR in this conference. It's easy to show up and sell out when you're winning 10+ every single year and get to whine like a child when you only win 8 or 9.
That list is garbage. Spend a decade or two in our shoes and then get back to me about fricking loyalty.
ask me how i know
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