Chris Low with some interesting stats on SEC Football Attendance

[topdawg.sixpack]

http://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/19271/secs-top-crowds

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</div><div>T<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; ">he latest NCAA attendance figures are out. Here is where each SEC school is ranked:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; ">
Accumulated attendance
<ul style="margin-top: 16px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial; display: block; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">[*]No. 4: Alabama (712,747)[*]No. 6: Tennessee (698,465)[*]No. 7: Auburn (688,692)[*]No. 8: LSU (649,023)[*]No. 9: Florida (633,579)[*]No. 14: Georgia (556,476)[*]No. 15: South Carolina (536,675)[*]No. 23: Kentucky (462,488)[*]No. 24: Arkansas (413,591)[*]No. 28: Ole Miss (391,289)[*]No. 30: Mississippi State (384,995)[*]No. 70: Vanderbilt (232,885)[/list]Average attendance per game
<ul style="margin-top: 16px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial; display: block; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">[*]No. 4: Alabama (101,821)[*]No. 6: Tennessee (99,781)[*]No. 7: Georgia (92,746)[*]No. 8: LSU (92,718)[*]No. 9: Florida (90,511)[*]No. 10: Auburn (86,087)[*]No. 17: South Carolina (76,668)[*]No. 22: Arkansas (68,932)[*]No. 25: Kentucky (66,070)[*]No. 35: Ole Miss (55,898)[*]No. 37: Mississippi State (54,999)[*]No. 72: Vanderbilt (33,269)[/list]Thoughts:The numbers pretty well speak for themselves. Six of the top 10 average attendances in college football this season belonged to SEC teams.

Sorted by percent of capacity
<ul style="margin-top: 16px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: disc !important; list-style-position: outside !important; list-style-image: initial; display: block; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">[*]No. 2: Alabama (110.5 percent)[*]No. 9: Florida (102.2)[*]No. 13: LSU (100.3)[*]No. 15: Georgia (100)[*]No. 19: Mississippi State (99.8)[*]No. 29: Auburn (98.4)[*]No. 31: Kentucky (97.7)[*]No. 32: Tennessee (97.3)[*]No. 39: Arkansas (95.7)[*]No. 42: South Carolina (95.5)[*]No. 45: Ole Miss (92.2)[*]No. 60: Vanderbilt (83.6)[/list]Thoughts:Who says SEC football isn’t a religion? Of the 12 teams in the league, 11 have their stadiums at 92 percent capacity or better on Saturdays. Four were at 100 percent capacity or better this season. They must have squeezed them in pretty good at Bryant-Denny Stadium.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">
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[NashvilleBulldawg]

I'm surprised Vandy's is that high. That place is barren whenever I see it on gameday. Where else can one buy season tix for $100?

 

[seshomoru]

I'm surprised Vandy's is that high. That place is barren whenever I see it on gameday. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Where else can one buy season tix for $100?</span>

Do you really want to know the answer?

 

[NashvilleBulldawg]

Don't think I do. But if you just want to research for other FBS, then by all means...

 

[Irondawg]

and even Vandy had 83% capacity which is pretty good

 

[Dental Dawg]

I know I'm a little biased, but I never saw Ole Miss have over 75% of their stadium filled on the games I watched.

 

[dawgstudent]

[No message]

 

[NashvilleBulldawg]

Sign me up for a full season under $100!

 

[MrHooch]

I'll ask anyway... how in the hell do they track attendance over 100%? If all the tickets are sold, that's 100%. Are they counting media or guests? I don't get it... somebody make me feel stupid, please.

 

[topdawg.sixpack]

That's how

 

[re1297id]

as i understand it we use actual attendance vs tickets sales. it seems that everyone else uses tickets sales. is there some reason that we use actual attendance? i was at state v bama at bds and it was far from 100% capacity.

 

[vegasdawg]

I'll ask anyway... how in the hell do they track attendance over 100%? If all the tickets are sold, that's 100%. Are they counting media or guests? I don't get it... somebody make me feel stupid, please.

They are over listed capacity, selling standing room only tickets and stuff is my guess.

 

[MeridianDog]

Don't they get ranked? - Not SEC but boy those 6 fans are faithful. Don't big time USA teams get any attaboys?

 

[thedog]

counted anyone within a 1/4 mile of the stadium as in attendance. Parking lot people, police traffic officers, concession workers, ticket takers, security, referees and staff, even the students in the old dorm which was built into the stadium.

 

[Johnson85]

But it may be attendance, as they have so many fans show up late and/or leave early that they could have a decent percentage of tickets scanned without ever coming close to filling capacity.

 

[opieT]

In a national championship season they only filled 98% of their stadium. I find this very odd?

 

[Dawg4Life]

and we surpass Bear College. Easily.