LSU led all of college baseball in attendance for the '16 regular season, marking the 21st straight year the school has held the No. 1 spot. LSU was the only school to average more than 10,000 fans per game. The SEC led all conferences with 10 schools in the top 25, followed by three ACC schools. Baseball returned to a newly renovated Sewell-Thomas Stadium at Alabama for '16, which led to a big increase in attendance for the school after playing home games at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium during the '15 season. Louisiana-Lafayette led all schools outside the Power Five onferences with 4,258 fans per game.
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TOP 25 SCHOOLS IN ATTENDANCE FOR D-I BASEBALL IN '16
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RANK
|
SCHOOL |
GMS
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TOTAL
|
AVG.
|
PREV.
|
% +/-
|
GMS ('15)
|
|
1
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LSU |
35
|
370,494
|
10,586
|
10,726
|
-1.3%
|
34
|
|
2
|
Ole Miss |
32
|
272,081
|
8,503
|
8,028
|
5.9%
|
30
|
|
3
|
Arkansas |
34
|
265,718
|
7,815
|
7,434
|
5.1%
|
32
|
|
4
|
South Carolina |
34
|
248,454
|
7,307
|
6,946
|
5.2%
|
36
|
|
5
|
Mississippi State |
33
|
247,067
|
7,487
|
6,598
|
13.5%
|
35
|
|
6
|
Texas |
34
|
178,365
|
5,246
|
4,915
|
6.7%
|
26
|
|
7
|
Texas A&M |
34
|
177,064
|
5,208
|
4,743
|
9.8%
|
36
|
|
8
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Florida State |
36
|
144,463
|
4,013
|
4,349
|
-7.7%
|
34
|
|
9
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Clemson |
31
|
143,375
|
4,625
|
3,967
|
16.6%
|
30
|
|
10
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Nebraska |
27
|
141,007
|
5,222
|
3,904
|
33.8%
|
27
|
|
11
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Alabama |
31
|
133,720
|
4,314
|
2,808
|
53.6%
|
32
|
|
12
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Florida |
33
|
130,889
|
3,966
|
3,464
|
14.5%
|
36
|
|
13
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Virginia |
33
|
120,082
|
3,639
|
3,515
|
3.5%
|
38
|
|
14
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TCU |
28
|
119,996
|
4,286
|
3,680
|
16.5%
|
34
|
|
15
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Louisiana-Lafayette |
27
|
114,953
|
4,258
|
3,630
|
17.3%
|
38
|
|
16
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Miami |
38
|
112,826
|
2,969
|
2,535
|
17.1%
|
35
|
|
17
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Vanderbilt |
36
|
110,239
|
3,062
|
2,848
|
7.5%
|
30
|
|
18
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Hawaii |
34
|
102,249
|
3,007
|
3,266
|
-7.9%
|
35
|
|
19
|
Texas Tech |
27
|
97,540
|
3,613
|
3,299
|
9.5%
|
35
|
|
20
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Auburn |
35
|
92,274
|
2,636
|
2,707
|
-2.6%
|
34
|
|
21
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Arizona |
30
|
91,302
|
3,043
|
2,701
|
12.7%
|
38
|
|
22
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Southern Miss |
28
|
85,106
|
3,040
|
2,670
|
13.9%
|
28
|
|
23
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Rice |
30
|
83,073
|
2,769
|
2,903
|
-4.6%
|
29
|
|
24
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East Carolina |
31
|
81,895
|
2,642
|
2,254
|
17.2%
|
31
|
|
25
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Louisville |
34
|
81,258
|
2,390
|
1,878
|
27.3%
|
31
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