Alabama topped all BCS schools for the third straight season with 92,310 fans at its annual spring football game, topping the school record set last year. Oregon drew 43,468 fans for its game this year, marking a school and Pac-10 record. Among other schools setting spring game attendance records were Rutgers, West Virginia, Mississippi State, Georgia and Florida State. Adverse weather affected attendance for a number of schools this year, including Louisville, Penn State, Iowa, N.C. State and Ohio State. Listed below is spring game attendance for BCS conference schools, with comparisons to recent years (THE DAILY).
NCAA FOOTBALL: SPRING GAME ATTENDANCE
FOR BCS CONFERENCE SCHOOLS |
| SCHOOL |
'11 |
'10 |
'09 |
SCHOOL |
'11 |
'10 |
'09 |
| Alabama |
92,310 |
91,312 |
84,050 |
Virginia^ |
10,545 |
5,000 |
8,000 |
| Nebraska |
66,786 |
77,936 |
77,670 |
Wisconsin |
10,000 |
23,567 |
23,500 |
| Florida State |
53,818 |
51,000 |
36,000 |
Missouri |
10,000 |
15,000 |
13,122 |
| Auburn |
53,209 |
63,217 |
45,381 |
Washington |
10,000 |
15,000 |
10,000 |
| Florida |
51,000 |
51,500 |
65,000 |
Kansas State |
8,594 |
13,696 |
12,804 |
| Ohio State |
44,276 |
65,223 |
95,722 |
Iowa* |
8,000 |
25,000 |
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| Oregon |
43,468 |
25,211 |
12,400 |
Miami |
8,000 |
10,000 |
n/a |
| Georgia |
43,177 |
38,472 |
42,458 |
Vanderbilt |
7,500 |
n/a |
1,000 |
| Arkansas |
42,000 |
30,000 |
30,000 |
Penn State |
7,000 |
55,000 |
76,500 |
| Virginia Tech |
40,000 |
41,000 |
41,000 |
Georgia Tech |
7,000 |
n/a |
8,500 |
| Mississippi State |
36,357 |
34,127 |
31,606 |
Stanford |
6,800 |
4,000 |
1,500 |
| Tennessee |
35,891 |
35,000 |
51,488 |
UCLA |
6,400 |
12,494 |
12,000 |
| Michigan State |
35,000 |
30,000 |
26,000 |
Arizona State |
6,400 |
6,000 |
5,700 |
| Texas |
29,541 |
44,000 |
44,000 |
Kansas |
6,000 |
12,500 |
17,000 |
| South Carolina |
29,541 |
22,000 |
25,157 |
Illinois |
6,000 |
5,832 |
10,000 |
| Ole Miss |
28,000 |
30,229 |
28,357 |
Oregon State |
5,519 |
7,141 |
5,000 |
| Notre Dame |
27,863 |
27,241 |
31,104 |
Purdue |
5,500 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
| Clemson |
27,000 |
27,000 |
24,000 |
Maryland |
5,000 |
n/a |
10,323 |
| Oklahoma |
25,598 |
16,000 |
28,592 |
Arizona |
4,500 |
6,000 |
6,850 |
| LSU |
25,032 |
23,000 |
30,532 |
Syracuse |
4,206 |
4,752 |
5,184 |
| Michigan |
25,000 |
35,000 |
50,000 |
Washington State |
4,076 |
1,000 |
400 |
| West Virginia |
22,000 |
21,029 |
13,000 |
Iowa State |
4,000 |
10,000 |
7,000 |
| Rutgers |
21,120 |
20,114 |
15,899 |
Kentucky |
4,000 |
9,000 |
20,200 |
| USC |
16,850 |
15,000 |
22,565 |
Baylor |
3,500 |
n/a |
1,000 |
| Texas A&M |
16,500 |
15,000 |
8,000 |
Indiana |
2,564 |
5,325 |
3,500 |
| Oklahoma State |
16,000 |
7,000 |
12,000 |
Minnesota |
2,500 |
4,400 |
7,700 |
| Colorado |
15,655 |
9,100 |
11,700 |
Connecticut |
2,500 |
2,500 |
7,000 |
| North Carolina |
15,500 |
29,000 |
3,000 |
South Florida |
2,493 |
6,537 |
6,000 |
| N.C. State |
13,139 |
25,372 |
21,075 |
Louisville |
2,483 |
5,600 |
15,300 |
| Texas Tech |
12,400 |
n/a |
12,500 |
Pittsburgh |
1,507 |
6,532 |
6,160 |
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NOTES: Attendance unavailable for Cincinnati, Wake Forest, Cal-Berkeley, Duke, Northwestern and Boston College. ^ = Spring game was part of a doubleheader with a Maryland-Virginia lacrosse game. * = No game in '09.
