Eastern Michigan (4) - 17,921110. My Blog smu football average attendance 42. Georgia (4) - 92,871 I think it'll continue to build from here. 79. 81. Liberty (5) - 18,191113. 94. 14. 30. 81. 118. 27. 89. 114. Utah State (2) - 21,132 Montana (6) - 23,5443. Air Force (5) - 28,21682. Kansas fell below 30,000 only once in seven home dates -- 22,531 came to see Baylor club the Jayhawks 61-6 on Nov. 30 -- but nearly 36,000 came to see a 29-24 loss to West Virginia, and 34,402 witnessed a 45-20 loss to Oklahoma on Oct. 5. 27. Tulsa (2) - 22,429 Arizona (2) - 39,024 Western Michigan (6) - 17,937109. 111. Jeremy, I agree that truly neutral games such as the RRR would be difficult to include in the attendance averages, however, there has to be a way to account for neutral games that are hosted in the same town as the home team rather than ONLY the attendance reports from the team's registered stadium. 112. 22. Kent State (1) - 18,679 15. 14. 44,964 - Pac 12 83. 107. 96. * Since inception of the American (2013), Mountain West (1999), Conference USA (1996). 2. 0000008380 00000 n 48,891 - ACC 78. West Virginia (1) - 61,891 48. Georgia Southern (2) - 18,211 BYU (5) - 59,98068. Memphis (5) - 40,44661. However, whenever they play a P5 team (esp a regional P5 team) the venue generally gets moved to the larger NRG stadium (also in Houston). 96. Nebraska (1) - 89,502 North Dakota State (2) - 18,674 Nebraska (1) - 89,502 His latest venture is Simplebet, a platform that allows fans to place "micro bets" -- real time wagers on whether the next pitch is a ball or strike, whether Patrick Mahomes will hand it off or pass. Connecticut (5) - 19,443100. Oregon State (2) - 32,633 100. Even as SMU attendance grew, however, the . 77. Kansas State (3) - 49,237 . 2. Louisiana Tech (5) - 21,57095. Kansas State (2) - 48,632 0000004379 00000 n DL. 12. Kent State (5) - 12,822128. Arizona State (6) - 48,34844. 107. Minnesota (6) - 44,92954. Wisconsin (7) - 76,47219. Menu Missouri (5) - 54,498 New hire replaces Marc Vottler following Vottler's hiring at Ohio State. San Jose State (1) - 13,480, SUN BELT 58,458 - West Virginia (6) Minnesota fans bought in early, filling 40,000-plus seats for close wins over South Dakota State and Georgia Southern. Montana (6) - 23,5443. Duke (3) - 27,555 UAB (6) - 24,72687. After years of knocking on the door, Mike Norvell's Tigers finally broke through and won the American title in 2019. 0000044659 00000 n 97. Texas A&M (1) - 98,016 76. Pittsburgh (2) - 44,656 5. 29,490 - AAC Coastal hit 15,000 or came damn close for all but one home game, the one immediatelyafterthe Chanticleers brought home a 12-7 win over Kansas. Middle Tennessee (5) - 15,142124. Houston (1) - 29,360 The SEC drew the largest average crowd at 72,723, but also saw the largest drop of 1,271. James Madison (6) - 22,1444. Boise State (5) - 33,88770. Visit ESPN to view the latest SMU Mustangs news, scores, stats, standings, rumors, and more . 45,402 - Pac 12 Michigan State (6) - 70,56120. 118. 86,735 - Oklahoma (7) LSU (3) - 99,340 James Madison (5) - 22,1844. Tulane (3) - 18,713, CUSA Army (1) - 23,238 66,384 - Big Ten Oregon State (5) - 32,71375. 51. 11. Vanderbilt (1) - 40,350, AAC Cincinnati (1) - 38,032 LSU (1) - 97,420 Ohio State (1) - 103,228 78. 7. Colorado State (1) - 24,453 23. Michigan State (3) - 72,883 60. 104. Cincinnati 2018 average: 30,519 | 2019 average: 35,985 | Increase: 5,466 (17.9%). Western Kentucky (6) - 15,191122. All rights reserved. 22. Tennessee (3) - 88,062 SMU (5) - 24,20797. The UConn football team announced an average attendance of 21,000 people for its home games during the 2018 season. Southern Miss (4) - 25,86484. Louisiana Tech (2) - 20,978 I think it just speaks to the potential of this program. 54. 67. 6. Next year's season ticket push will be a big one and that's a product of "everyone getting on board," Dykes said. Auburn (5) - 86,44412. San Diego State (6) - 29,89675. Western Michigan (3) - 19,275 It's the most since the Tigers averaged 43,802 fans in 2015 and ended a three-year decline in average . Western Michigan (1) - 15,021 In the 1978 offseason, the university launched a media campaign which caused its average home attendance to double from 26,000 in 1977 to 52,000 in 1978. Average KO: AVG: 20.11: 25.97: Kickoff: Total KO: TOT: 18-362: 33-857: Punt: Average P: AVG: 9.47: 5.75: Punt: Total P: TOT: Rice (2) - 29,992 ABC put it in prime time, and 50,248 filled the Carrier Dome to watch a 41-6 Orange loss. Georgia Southern (5) - 13,722INDEPENDENTS17. 34. Utah (7) - 46,46248. 0000174454 00000 n 12. Stanford (5) - 34,56667. 30,489 - AAC 0000044592 00000 n Texas A&M (2) - 97,606 53. Montana (5) - 23,7163. 75. 30,118 - AAC Purdue (2) - 55,272 98. Boston College (1) - 35,213 In conference championship seasons, Michigan, Cincinnati and Baylor all lost attendance. Tuition and fees. 12. A new SEC deal with ESPN/ABC begins in 2024. Ohio (6) - 16,566120. Wyoming (1) - 26,037 Southern (4) - 16,9, THROUGH WEEK 12AVERAGE73,427 - SEC65,018 - Big Ten58,008 - Big 1248,131 - ACC45,704 - Pac 1229,923 - AAC23,733 - MWC19,767 - CUSA18,888 - Sun Belt15,902 - MACMEDIAN80,633 - SEC60,282 - Big Ten54,472 - Big 1249,759 - ACC45,696 - Pac 1230,820 - AAC23,218 - MWC19,811 - CUSA18,085 - Sun Belt16,539 - MACBIG 127. Nevada (4) - 16,192 Louisiana-Lafayette (1) - 22,440 47. Kent State (3) - 15,611121. North Dakota State (2) - 18,674 Texas Tech (2) - 55,570 Bowling Green (3) - 18,280 Wisconsin (2) - 77,341 Pittsburgh (4) - 43,877 Colorado State (4) - 25,69787. 22. 101. "It is just like any other week though. 99. California (5) - 41,64057. 72. Appalachian State (5) - 25,17985. Louisiana-Monroe (1) - 28,327 Coastal Carolina (2) - 13,948, INDEPENDENTS Air Force (3) - 26,810 99. 87. Auburn (4) - 86,19212. San Jose State (6) - 15,396SUN BELT82. Vanderbilt (3) - 32,306, AAC 59. Boise State (3) - 33,172 "I've even caught myself sometimes during a season [where] I don't want to go to a game because I like to watch three or four games that are on television," said Todd Berry, executive director of the American Football Coaches Association. 9952 0 obj <> endobj Notre Dame (7) - 76,28822. 53. Florida (1) - 80,007 Arizona (5) - 40,24162. Central Michigan (6) - 13,564126. 8. UH doesn't count it. Cincinnati (5) - 37,16164. 75. Washington State (4) - 29,070SEC4. Southern Miss (1) - 31,076 94. South Alabama (2) - 13,442, INDEPENDENTS Liberty (3) - 18,400 3:57 pm ET, Charges dropped against Georgia WR Rara Thomas, UCLA, Kelly agree to extension through 2027, Four Pac-12 programs renew contact with Big 12, NCAA committee approves new college football rules, Saban sounds off on proposed permanent opponents. 18. 110. New Mexico State (2) - 9,498 17. Navy (6) - 31,97068. 27. Colorado (1) - 52,829 58. 57. Florida A&M (6) - 16,53710. SMU Mustangs School History. Old Dominion (2) - 20,294 37. Coastal Carolina (2) - 13,948 Colorado (5) - 50,56341. 70. 2023 SMU Athletics. 3. Florida State (7) - 54,01935. Mississippi State (2) - 54,833 127. Syracuse (5) - 43,85349. Northwestern (2) - 38,914 105. 121. Mississippi State (6) - 55,95829. Eastern Michigan (1) - 17,286 50. Duke (4) - 30,66779. 49,738 - Kansas State (7) Louisiana-Lafayette (6) - 18,865110. 121. Charlotte (5) - 12,678MAC94. Wake Forest (7) - 26,99979. 60. Florida Atlantic (2) - 22,511 Credit to our fans for coming out this year in record numbers.". 70. 57,826 showed up on Sept. 14 to see the Cavaliers stab a wounded Florida State team with their own spear, UVa's largest crowd since 2015. 29. 18. Alabama State (4) - 18,4365. Jadarius Thursby Duncanville (Duncanville, TX) 5-10 / 186. Northwestern (2) - 38,914 "And those students who don't learn it, usually get bad grades." South Florida (2) - 39,036 Bowling Green (6) - 15,295122. Notre Dame (2) - 77,622 79. UAB (1) - 39,165 0000004077 00000 n 33. Florida State (1) - 50,917 In general, colleges can't easily build a new stadium to replace an antiquated one given their constrained campus footprints. xref Georgia (7) - 92,81710. Tulane (2) - 17,554, CUSA Fresno State (2) - 32,912 We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. 125. Colorado (2) - 51,056 Western Michigan (4) - 19,882 Big 12 looking west, Pac-12 looking for a TV deal: What we're hearing on realignment. 9. 0000044793 00000 n South Florida (1) - 46,704 Temple (1) - 26,378 Old Dominion (5) - 18,607103. 106. "We had people that have people that travel across our state for an 11 o'clock game," Yurachek said. Nebraska (6) - 89,40016. 0000045279 00000 n 4. Rutgers (3) - 34,306, PAC 12 UTSA (4) - 22,72391. Virginia Tech (3) - 56,378 Illinois (6) - 36,70372. 30,494 - AAC 6. Boston College (6) - 34,18572. Connecticut (2) - 21,378 1. 50. 113. North Texas (5) - 22,34993. 55. Arkansas (6) - 53,75942. 57. Southern Miss (4) - 25,86486. 37. Louisiana-Lafayette (3) - 18,951 Houston (4) - 26,19284. Just another site smu football average attendance . San Diego State (2) - 33,795 45. Colorado State (2) - 24,459 105. Troy (2) - 25,140 Memphis (2) - 39,297 That's also the fourth-lowest . Virginia Tech (6) - 58,68626. 41. 7. Western Michigan (2) - 18,675 65,227 - Big Ten Oklahoma (2) - 83,358 For the seventh consecutive year, a majority of FBS conferences (seven of 10) declined in attendance. 14. Texas Southern (1) - 16,407 49. South Alabama (3) - 15,632 Wyoming (3) - 25,960 19. 89. Washington (2) - 66,018 Colorado (2) - 51,056 80. 40. Buffalo (2) - 18,017 109. UCLA (5) - 44,99853. 104. 75. 67. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. 29,528 on Saturday for the 59-51 win over East Carolina and the 9-1 Top 25 team has a crowd that benefits them on and off the field. 129. 0000002559 00000 n Mississippi (7) - 48,23378. BYU (1) - 61,626 Akron (2) - 17,963 3. 99. 88. Michigan State (2) - 72,559 Georgia Tech (6) - 42,86663. 58,085 - Big 12 BYU (6) - 59,54770. 318. Fast forward to the. Georgia Southern (2) - 18,211 112. Rank Attendance Date Game Result 1: 36,742: December 30, 2010: SMU 14, Army 16: 2: 35,569: September 24, 2022: SMU 34 . 38. 85. 74. 128. 20,025 - Sun Belt 10. 72,826 - SEC Indiana (6) - 41,24457. 16. South Carolina (6) - 77,52627. 129. Attendance; August 31: 6:30 p.m. at No. It's part of the reason why schools are. Wake Forest (6) - 27,478BIG TEN1. Miami, OH (4) - 16,512117. Miami (1) - 52,036 Baylor (1) - 43,013 Baylor (6) - 44,91952. 15. Rutgers (1) - 40,515 Rutgers (7) - 30,082PAC 1218. Tulane (3) - 18,713, CUSA 19. Alabama State (3) - 20,341 Alabama State (4) - 18,436 Washington State (6) - 28,541SEC4. Toledo (6) - 20,399107. 64. Stanford (2) - 38,214 Undergraduate costs for 2022-2023. 84. San Diego State (1) - 40,222 NC State (3) - 57,005 Mississippi (6) - 47,30677. 31. 67. 41. 55. 44. Utah (6) - 46,39346. . 42. 62. 67. Auburn (2) - 84,930 41. East Carolina (2) - 36,106 Washington (6) - 67,79024. Georgia Tech (3) - 44,838 Pittsburgh (7) - 43,37253. UTSA (1) - 26,787 45. 44. 15; it was the College Football Playoff semifinal between Clemson and Ohio State. 18. 2. Minnesota 2018 average: 37,915 | 2019 average: 46,190 | Increase: 8,275 (23%). 40. LSU (7) - 100,8428. Pittsburgh (4) - 43,877 Temple (6) - 30,02279. Central Michigan (2) - 15,424 $61,980. It is special to be able to ball out in front of greats like those, I dont have a word for it," tight end. 119. Deal with it.). Texas (5) - 96,81713.