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2 hours ago, Huskers93-97 said:

Guessing if you took the top 6 schools in each conference  big 10 is way ahead. We have a couple schools over 100k

 

 

So does the SEC. I'm too lazy to look up actual attendance numbers (assume the link's numbers are right I guess although they don't seem to be) but here's capacity numbers:

 

Texas A&M Capacity 102,733 //// Michigan Capacity 107,601

Alabama Capacity 101,821 //// Penn State Capacity 106,572

LSU Capacity 102,321 //// OSU Capacity 102,082

Tennessee Capacity 102,455 //// Nebraska Capacity 89,959

Georgia Capacity 92,746 //// Wisconsin Capacity 80,321

Florida Capacity 88,548 //// Michigan State Capacity 75,005

 

That's top 6.

 

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Big Ten schools had 16 of the 17 highest football attendances in '18. Texas A&M was next at No. 18. Source: NCAA.

 

Per NCAA, only Oklahoma, Nebraska, Georgia, Utah and Michigan finished 100%-plus in capacity in 2018. In '17, those schools were Ohio St, Penn St, Mich, Nebraska, Oregon, K-State, Okla St, Utah, Navy, Old Dominion.

 
 
In the last 2 years not a single SEC team has gone over 100% capacity. The Big Ten has had 4 schools do it once and Michigan and Nebraska did it twice - and the Big Ten teams that have gone over 100% have the four largest stadiums in the conference. 
 
 
 
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The larger population in the south has to play a roll in this. They can build or add on to current stadiums and add capacity because they have the demographics to do so. If there was a large boom in the midwest and people were moving here like they are to the south, then a lot of schools in the BIG and Big XII would be in position to rise in numbers as well. I think per capita the BIG has the best turnout of all of the other conferences. But thats totally speculation 

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