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SBD/Issue 165/The Back of the Book
Turnstile Tracker: Ohio St. Tops NCAA Spring Football Attendance
Published May 14, 2009
Ohio State Univ. topped all BCS conference schools for spring game attendance this year, as the 95,722 fans at Ohio Stadium set an NCAA spring game record. That figure was up 25.4% from Ohio State's total from last season. In Knoxville, the Univ. of Tennessee, in their first season under new head coach Lane Kiffin, saw attendance jump 78.2% from a year ago. In the SEC, four schools set spring game records -- Auburn, Florida, Ole Miss and Mississippi State -- and the conference drew an average of 37,936 fans for its 12 schools, up 22% from a year ago. The chart below lists spring game attendance for all NCAA schools in BCS conferences (THE DAILY).
|
NCAA FOOTBALL: SPRING GAME ATTENDANCE
FOR BCS CONFERENCE SCHOOLS |
|||||||||
|
RK
|
SCHOOL
|
'09
|
'08
|
% +/-
|
RK
|
SCHOOL
|
'09
|
'08
|
% +/-
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
Ohio State
|
95,722
|
76,346
|
25.4%
|
34
|
Oregon
|
12,400
|
14,107
|
-12.1%
|
|
2
|
Alabama
|
84,050
|
78,200
|
7.5%
|
35t
|
Oklahoma State
|
12,000
|
20,000
|
-40.0%
|
|
3
|
Nebraska
|
77,670
|
80,149
|
-3.1%
|
35t
|
UCLA
|
12,000
|
15,052
|
-20.3%
|
|
4
|
Penn State
|
76,500
|
73,000
|
4.8%
|
37
|
Colorado
|
11,700
|
17,800
|
-34.3%
|
|
5
|
Florida
|
65,000
|
61,000
|
6.6%
|
38
|
Maryland
|
10,323
|
10,221
|
1.0%
|
|
6
|
Tennessee
|
51,488
|
28,898
|
78.2%
|
39t
|
Illinois
|
10,000
|
12,531
|
-20.2%
|
|
7
|
Michigan*
|
50,000
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
39t
|
Washington
|
10,000
|
9,000
|
11.1%
|
|
8
|
Auburn
|
45,381
|
35,000
|
29.7%
|
41
|
Georgia Tech
|
8,500
|
8,500
|
0.0%
|
|
9
|
Texas
|
44,000
|
43,000
|
2.3%
|
42t
|
Texas A&M
|
8,000
|
32,000
|
-75.0%
|
|
10
|
Georgia
|
42,458
|
19,874
|
113.6%
|
42t
|
Virginia
|
8,000
|
4,000
|
100.0%
|
|
11
|
Virginia Tech
|
41,000
|
30,000
|
36.7%
|
44
|
Minnesota
|
7,700
|
7,200
|
6.9%
|
|
12
|
Florida State
|
36,000
|
30,000
|
20.0%
|
45t
|
Connecticut
|
7,000
|
9,700
|
-27.8%
|
|
13
|
Mississippi State
|
31,606
|
10,000
|
216.1%
|
45t
|
Iowa State
|
7,000
|
8,000
|
-12.5%
|
|
14
|
Notre Dame
|
31,104
|
30,286
|
2.7%
|
47
|
Arizona
|
6,850
|
4,000
|
71.3%
|
|
15
|
LSU
|
30,532
|
33,624
|
-9.2%
|
48
|
Pittsburgh
|
6,160
|
7,549
|
-18.4%
|
|
16
|
Arkansas
|
30,000
|
40,200
|
-25.4%
|
49
|
South Florida
|
6,000
|
4,607
|
30.2%
|
|
17
|
Oklahoma
|
28,592
|
23,306
|
22.7%
|
50
|
Arizona State
|
5,700
|
5,000
|
14.0%
|
|
18
|
Ole Miss
|
28,357
|
28,311
|
0.2%
|
51
|
Syracuse
|
5,184
|
3,428
|
51.2%
|
|
19
|
Michigan State
|
26,000
|
27,000
|
-3.7%
|
52t
|
Oregon State
|
5,000
|
6,852
|
-27.0%
|
|
20
|
South Carolina
|
25,157
|
31,125
|
-19.2%
|
52t
|
Purdue
|
5,000
|
9,500
|
-47.4%
|
|
21
|
Clemson
|
24,000
|
25,000
|
-4.0%
|
54
|
Duke
|
4,162
|
3,250
|
28.1%
|
|
22
|
Wisconsin
|
23,500
|
22,000
|
6.8%
|
55
|
Wake Forest
|
3,800
|
4,100
|
-7.3%
|
|
23
|
USC
|
22,565
|
22,000
|
2.6%
|
56
|
Indiana
|
3,500
|
1,500
|
133.3%
|
|
24
|
NC State
|
21,075
|
15,273
|
38.0%
|
57
|
Northwestern
|
3,250
|
4,225
|
-23.1%
|
|
25
|
Kentucky
|
20,200
|
8,500
|
137.6%
|
58
|
North Carolina**
|
3,000
|
n/a
|
n/a
|
|
26
|
Kansas
|
17,000
|
10,000
|
70.0%
|
59t
|
California
|
2,000
|
2,000
|
0.0%
|
|
27
|
Rutgers
|
15,899
|
14,501
|
9.6%
|
59t
|
Boston College
|
2,000
|
3,500
|
-42.9%
|
|
28
|
Lousiville
|
15,300
|
17,200
|
-11.0%
|
61
|
Stanford
|
1,500
|
2,000
|
-25.0%
|
|
29
|
Missouri
|
13,122
|
26,332
|
-50.2%
|
62t
|
Vanderbilt
|
1,000
|
1,000
|
0.0%
|
|
30
|
West Virginia
|
13,000
|
18,000
|
-27.8%
|
62t
|
Baylor
|
1,000
|
3,500
|
-71.4%
|
|
31
|
Kansas State
|
12,804
|
15,523
|
-17.5%
|
64
|
Washington State
|
400
|
900
|
-55.6%
|
|
32
|
Texas Tech
|
12,500
|
11,200
|
11.6%
|
n/a
|
Iowa***
|
n/a
|
15,352
|
n/a
|
|
33
|
Cincinnati
|
12,491
|
10,142
|
23.2%
|
n/a
|
Miami^
|
n/a
|
11,000
|
n/a
|
NOTES: * = game was closed in '08. ** = No game in '08. *** = no game in '09. ^ = data not available.
