How does your school rank in popularity in your state

[MACHIAVELLI]

How does your university rank, popularity wise in your state (name recognition)

Louisiana

LSU
ICON/Grambling
Louisiana Tech
Tulane
McNeese
ULM
Southern
NSU
ULL
Nicholls
SLU
Louisiana College

[mainejeff]

Maine:

Boston Red Sox
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine

It's almost a monopoly. :)

[JMG1MON]

Well, for football only..

Giants
Jets
Rutgers
Princeton
Monmouth or Rowan
Monmouth or Rowan

[bison95]

In North Dakota NDSU is all that matters: #1



I have to throw in Iowa since I live there....

1. Iowa
2. UNI
3. Drake
4. Buena Vista
5. Kirkwood
6. DMACC
7. Iowa Western
8. Central
9. Morningside
10. Iowa State:eek: :eek: :bow:

[Col Hogan]

What is the source of your ratings? Open question to any of those who have responded to the question...

[bandl]

Virginia:

I have no way to quantify this, and I can't remember all the schools in VA, but...
UVA/Virginia Tech (tied for first IMO, depends on what part of the state you're in)
JMU
GMU (final four last year gave them some mad exposure)
Mary & Bill
UR
VCU
Hampton
Radford
ODU
Christopher Newport
Mary Washington
Liberty
Washington & Lee
Virginia Union
Mary Baldwin
Bridgewater
Emory & Henry

[Pard4Life]

Lafayette is not even the favorite team in Easton... :rolleyes:

[jimgrizfan]

In Montana the most popular school is:

THE University of Montana

[FlyYtown]

Ohio
1-The Ohio St. University
2-Mount Union
3. Cincy.
4-Tie: Youngstown St. and MAC
--->The MAC has their fair share of fans, but many of the OSU fans LOVE YSU because of Tressel.<---

[bandl]

Ohio
1-The Ohio St. University
2-Mount Union
3. Cincy.
4-Tie: Youngstown St. and MAC
--->The MAC has their fair share of fans, but many of the OSU fans LOVE YSU because of Tressel.<---
Where do Dayton, Ohio University & Miami of Ohio rank?

[89rabbit]

South Dakota:

South Dakota State is #1.

[BearsCountry]

In Missouri, just for the state teams.
1. Missouri
2. Missouri State
3. Southeast Missouri State

Add other non-state schools in:
1. Missouri
2. Kansas
3. Illinois
4. Nebraska
5. Kansas State
6. Oklahoma
7. Iowa
8. Iowa State
9. Arkansas
10. Missouri State

Reason is our 3 major cities are big alumni bases for all of those schools.

[Cobblestone]

last. : smh :

[Mr. Tiger]

How does your university rank, popularity wise in your state (name recognition)

Louisiana

LSU
ICON/Grambling
Louisiana Tech
Tulane
McNeese
ULM
Southern
NSU
ULL
Nicholls
SLU
Louisiana College

xlolx at Southern being behind Louisiana-Monroe.

Mississippi

1. Ole Miss
2. Mississippi State
3. Jackson State
tie. Southern Mississippi
4. Delta State
5. Alcorn State
6. Mississippi Valley State
7. Millsaps
8. Mississippi College
9. Belhaven
10. Willam Carey University

[OL FU]

I don't think you can make any statements in South Carolina how about who is third after the big two.

Clemson and USC ( Probably USC first unless you are in the upstate, then Clemson)

Third might be SC State on a statewide basis but its strenght is more likely in the Columbia Orangeburg area. It really depends on where you are located.

Upstate (Except for Spartanburg County) Furman probably would be third but my Wofford friends would probably disagree.

Charleston and the low country south, Citadel. Grand Strand- CCU.

[SunCoastBlueHen]

1. University of Delaware
2. Wesley College
3. Wilmington College
4. Del Tech
5. Goldey-Beacom College
6. Delaware State University

J/K Hornets followers.

[andy7171]

1 - University of Maryland
2 - Naval Academy
3 - Johns Hopkins (lacrosse)

All the rest are lumped together with small fans followings due to lack of press coverage. Which is sad. In Baltimore alone there are five D.I basketball schools. Towson, Loyola, Morgan State, Coppin State and UMBC, but all that gets mentioned in the Baltimore Sun is the school from College Park.

[Cleets]

This is going to come across as horribly pompous...

But Harvard is one of the most popular schools in the world... Never mind in our state...



:nod:


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[Eyes of Old Main]

I don't think you can make any statements in South Carolina how about who is third after the big two.

Clemson and USC ( Probably USC first unless you are in the upstate, then Clemson)

Third might be SC State on a statewide basis but its strenght is more likely in the Columbia Orangeburg area. It really depends on where you are located.

Upstate (Except for Spartanburg County) Furman probably would be third but my Wofford friends would probably disagree.

Charleston and the low country south, Citadel. Grand Strand- CCU.

I would agree that South Carolina is very regionalized. In terms of total fans over all, my guess would be this:

1) South Carolina
2) Clemson
3) SC State
4) The Citadel
5) Furman
6) Wofford
7) Coastal Carolina
8) Presbyterian
9) Charleston Southern

[bison95]

This is going to come across as horribly pompous...

But Harvard is one of the most popular schools in the world... Never mind in our state...



:nod:


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Only to people who are horribly pompus:eek: :D :)

[JoshUCA]

In Arkansas (Football)

1. University of Arkansas
2. UCA/Arkansas State
3. UAPB
4. Arkansas Tech
5-9. Any of the 5 other DII schools in the state.

[Cocky]

Alabama:
1. UAT way ahead of everyone
2. Auburn
3. Tie: JSU, UAB, Troy, Al. A&M, Al State, Tuskegee, and UNA
4. Tie: UWA, Samford, Miles, Stillman, Huntington, and Faulkner

After UAT and Auburn the others are meaningless in Alabama.

[carney2]

Pretty subjective, don't you think?

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

How does your university rank, popularity wise in your state (name recognition)

Louisiana

LSU
ICON/Grambling
Louisiana Tech
Tulane
McNeese
ULM
Southern
NSU
ULL
Nicholls
SLU
Louisiana CollegeYou have lost your mind. Behind LSU, SU is next. SU has way more fans than any team in this state besides LSU. SU is always , except for last season, #2 in attendence.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

xlolx at Southern being behind Louisiana-Monroe.

Mississippi

1. Ole Miss
2. Mississippi State
3. Jackson State
tie. Southern Mississippi
4. Delta State
5. Alcorn State
6. Mississippi Valley State
7. Millsaps
8. Mississippi College
9. Belhaven
10. Willam Carey University
Mach is a known SU hater. : smh : I think deep inside he knows the truth.

[Frosty The Snowbuff]

xlolx at Southern being behind Louisiana-Monroe.

Mississippi

1. Ole Miss
2. Mississippi State
3. Jackson State
tie. Southern Mississippi
4. Delta State
5. Alcorn State
6. Mississippi Valley State
7. Millsaps
8. Mississippi College
9. Belhaven
10. Willam Carey University

I'm still laughing at ULM being that high on his list xlolx xlolx xlolx xlolx

As well as Southern being that low xlolx xlolx

But hey...this is someone's opinion so I can respect that.

[bandl]

Pretty subjective, don't you think?
Yep...no way to quantify any of it. It's strictly opinion. See the Louisiana schools for your first example. xlolx

[89Hen]

1 - University of Maryland
2 - Naval Academy
3 - Johns Hopkins (lacrosse)

All the rest are lumped together with small fans followings due to lack of press coverage.
If you're going to lump the rest, you should have included Hopkins in the lump. They are non-existant in this part of MD. If I were to rank the state in order of awareness IMO...

Maryland
Navy
Towson
UMBC
Hopkins
Morgan State
Frostburg
Bowie State
Mount St. Mary's
Salisbury
Coppin State
Baltimore
UMES
Loyola

[dbackjon]

Arizona:

1) tie: Arizona State/University of Arizona
3) Northern Arizona University
4) Grand Canyon University

[bandl]

4) Grand Canyon University
I've never even heard of it!

And what about University of Phoenix?? :rotateh:

[tsutiger]

3 Places I've lived

Dayton, Ohio
1. Ohio State
2. Ohio State
3. Ohio State
4. U of Cincinnati
5. U of Dayton
6. Mount Union
7. Miami
8. Youngstown St.
9 Rest of the MAC Schools (Ohio, Bowling Green, Kent St., Akron, Toledo)
10 Central State
11 Wright State

Nashville, TN
1. U of Tennessee
2. U of Tennessee
3. U of Tennessee
4. Vandy
5. Memphis
6. Tennessee State
7. Middle Tennesse State
8. UT Chatt
9. Austin Peay
10. Tenn Tech

Georgia

1. UGA
2. UGA
3. Georgia Tech
4. Georgia Southern
5. Morehouse/Spelman

[AZGrizFan]

In Montana the most popular school is:

THE University of Montana

I didn't realize there were others. :eyebrow:

[lizrdgizrd]

North Carolina:

I think there's more of a grouping of schools that are better/less known.

A. UNC-Chapel Hill
A. NC State
A. Duke
A. Wake Forrest
A. ECU

B. ASU
B. UNC-Charlotte
B. UNC-Greensboro
B. NC A&T
B. WCU

C. UNC-Wilmington
C. Campbell
C. WSSU
C. NCCU

[OL FU]

I would agree that South Carolina is very regionalized. In terms of total fans over all, my guess would be this:

1) South Carolina
2) Clemson
3) SC State
4) The Citadel
5) Furman
6) Wofford
7) Coastal Carolina
8) Presbyterian
9) Charleston Southern

The more I think about it the more I would agree that SC State gets number three. I would have to think real hard about number four. From support ( attendance), yes. But honestly in Gville County I know few people that even think of the Citadel unless they or a family member attended. It is a tough choice past three. My guess is the same would be true for Furman down it the lower part of the state.

[andy7171]

If you're going to lump the rest, you should have included Hopkins in the lump. They are non-existant in this part of MD. If I were to rank the state in order of awareness IMO...

Maryland
Navy
Towson
UMBC
Hopkins
Morgan State
Frostburg
Bowie State
Mount St. Mary's
Salisbury
Coppin State
Baltimore
UMES
Loyola
HHmmmmm.
I based my list off Sun coverage. But you're right the Post doesn't give to craps about lacrosse. It's front page stuff up the road.
Based on that, I would move Loyola College up just below Hopkins on your list. :twocents: Putting anyone below UMES is a comical slap in the face.

Coppin State has had strong NCAA tourney play. They play an abusive OOC basketball schedule to fund the entire athletic department. I wouldn't go there after dark though.

Also McDaniel College dropped off the map after then changed the name from Western Maryland College. You omitted them from your listing.

[poly51]

Football:
Southern Cal
UCLA
Stanford
Cal
Fresno State
San Diego State
San Jose State
Cal Poly/UC Davis (Tie)
Sac State
University of San Diego
Humbolt State
Azusa Pacific

Difficulty of admission to school:
Stanford
Cal Poly
Cal
UCLA
Southern Cal

[89Hen]

I would move Loyola College up just below Hopkins on your list. :twocents: Putting anyone below UMES is a comical slap in the face.

Also McDaniel College dropped off the map after then changed the name from Western Maryland College. You omitted them from your listing.
I think my problem with Loyola is that if you said Loyola around here most would probably think of Loyola Marymount in Arlington. I do know they are the Greyhounds (aren't they?).

I've never heard of McDaniel or Western Maryland. There are other colleges that didn't make the list: Hood, St. John's, Montgomery College, etc..

[dbackjon]

I'm not sure why we are bothering with this. I am sure MplsBison can tell us all what the true rankings really are.

[patssle]

Can't rank Texas schools because to most Texans, only UT, A&M, and Texas Tech exhist...

[Appstate29]

I'm not sure why we are bothering with this. I am sure MplsBison can tell us all what the true rankings really are.

haha reputation point for that one.

In NC, the ACC schools are king, although in football only I would give ECU the nod over WF/Duke but in overall name recognition it would go:(public schools)

1. Chapel Hell
2. NCSU
3. ECU
4. App (3 and 4 can switch off depending on what you're looking at, ie student reputation or who has put politicians in office to basically bribe the UNCBOG for more money, so it depends on what you are looking at)
5. UNCC
6. UNCW
7. UNCG
8. WCU
9. UNCA
10. UNCP
11. Whatever else

Private schools I would go with
1. Duke
2. WFU
3. Davidson (only here because they haven't produced Nat'l Basketball champions, academically I think they are better than Duke and WFU)
4. Elon
5. Lenoir-Rhyne is an unsung school that has some great programs.

[GOKATS]

I didn't realize there were others. :eyebrow:

They really don't teach much when you're a philosophy major do they?:D

If you're a Bobcat fan it's MSU.

If you're a griz fan its UM.

[JALMOND]

Strictly my opinion, and I'm keeping the theme towards football only...

OREGON---

1. University of Oregon
2. Oregon State University
3. Linfield College
4. Portland State University
5. Western Oregon University
6. Southern Oregon University
7. Eastern Oregon University
8. Oregon Tech

Duck fans seem to be the most passionate about their team, probably due to the overall success of the team. Beaver fans are coming up but still, my opinion, fall short of the Ducks. Linfield can boast about not having a losing season in 47 years, so a loss by them is truly a big deal. We are working on our ranking, but I would say we still fall short of Linfield. The others I ranked in proximity to Portland, except for Oregon Tech which I am not sure if they still play football, and, being that I do not know, they must not be too popular if they do.

[Ronbo]

They really don't teach much when you're a philosophy major do they?

If you're a Bobcat fan it's MSU.

If you're a griz fan its UM.

You can have your opinion but the reality is that 23,500 fans pack the stadium in Missoula and Montana ranks in the top 50 for fan merchandise nationwide among all Universities. :nod: That speaks volumes about who the most popular University in Montana is. And yeah, why don't you just consider the source.:rolleyes:

[bandl]

How did I know that this would turn into a "My cock is bigger than yours" fight in Montana? :D

[txstatebobcat]

Texas IMO:

1. University of Texas and no one is even close
2. Texas A&M - could go to 1st place if UT starts losing and the aggies start winning.
3. Texas Tech -Big 12 has been good to them.
4. Baylor and TCU(tie)- One because they're in the big 12 and the other one because they keep winning.
5. UTEP - Could be fourth except they have almost no following except for way out in West Texas.
6. Tie: UNT,SMU,Rice, University of Houston

Note: if ever one of the FCS teams in Texas ever starts winning at an elite level(9 or more wins per season) that school could easily take the 4th or 5th place in the rankings.

7. Texas State- Personally I think that we are very close to popularity to number six. Again if we ever put three or more 9+ win seasons in a row with a national championship appearance we could easily be in the top 4 or 5.

8. Tie: Sam Houston State and SFA- Both schools could easily be in the top 5 or 6 most popular schools in Texas with three or more 9+ win seasons with a national championship appearance.

9. Texas A&M-Kingsville - They get more coverage than either PVUA&M or Texas Southern.

10. Prairie View A&M- massive losing streak made them a household name a few years ago. They have a great coach finally though and within a couple of years will be a SWAC contender.

11. Texas Southern

I think that there are at least half a dozen other D-II schools and a dozen more D-III and NAIA schools.

[Appstate29]

Is there a state flagship university that is not the most popular school in the state? I guess maybe North Dakota and Cal. but any others?

[Ronbo]

Is there a state flagship university that is not the most popular school in the state? I guess maybe North Dakota and Cal. but any others?

Folks in North Dakota are Hockey crazy. I would bet North Dakota is the most popular as they pack a 15,000 seat Hockey Arena and have won many Division I Hockey Championships.

[bandl]

Is there a state flagship university that is not the most popular school in the state? I guess maybe North Dakota and Cal. but any others?

Just throwing them out there...certainly debatable...

California? (vs. UCLA/USC)
NYU? (vs. Syracuse)
UMass? (vs. BC)
Utah? (vs. BYU)
Indiana (vs. Notre Dame)

[ndsubison]

Folks in North Dakota are Hockey crazy. I would bet North Dakota is the most popular as they pack a 15,000 seat Hockey Arena and have won many Division I Hockey Championships.

Wrong. Englestad Arena has a capacity of no more than 12,000. During home wknds, it regularly "sells out" at around 11,500. Lots of people in ND are sioux hockey fans, some Bison fans who love hockey included. When it comes to hockey, Grand Forks and UND are king. Everything else is NDSU.

[FargoBison]

Folks in North Dakota are Hockey crazy. I would bet North Dakota is the most popular as they pack a 15,000 seat Hockey Arena and have won many Division I Hockey Championships.

People are hockey crazy in North Dakota? That would be news to me, this is not a hockey state. You would think a hockey state would actually have more then a handful of high school teams and multiple hockey towns instead of just one(Grand Forks).

As for who is #1 in ND....
1.NDSU
1.UND

School enrollemnts are similar and I would say fan support is pretty even as well in the state. Of course UND fans love hockey(attendance is about 12-13k) and NDSU fans love football(attendance is about 16-17k which is almost double UND's attendance).

[AZGrizFan]

They really don't teach much when you're a philosophy major do they?:D

If you're a Bobcat fan it's MSU.

If you're a griz fan its UM.

And thank God there's 900,000 UM fans and 13,500 bobkitty fans. :thumbsup: :read: :D

[ngineer]

Lafayette is not even the favorite team in Easton... :rolleyes:

xlolx xlolx xlolx Good one. Unfortunately, I'm not sure why?

[DFW HOYA]

District of Columbia:

1. Redskins
2. Redskins
3. Redskins
4. Maryland
5. Navy
6. Virginia Tech
7. Virginia
8. Howard
9. Georgetown
10. Catholic

[UNHWildCats]

Basing this across more then just football its simple... New Hampshire is #1. However if this was asked about 4 years ago, there could be equal argument among 4 schools. UNH with hockey would probably always come out #1 but Franklin Pierce with Basketball and Soccer and SNHU and St Anselms with Basketball would have been in close battle with them..

As for Dartmouth? Most probably wouldnt admit they even knew they played sports. lol

[JALMOND]

Is there a state flagship university that is not the most popular school in the state? I guess maybe North Dakota and Cal. but any others?

Idaho (vs Boise State)
Nevada (vs UNLV)
Indiana (vs Notre Dame)
maybe North Carolina (vs Duke)

[jessesd]

This is going to come across as horribly pompous...

But Harvard is one of the most popular schools in the world... Never mind in our state...



:nod:


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Yep, it came accross that way!!!

[Mountaineer]

maybe North Carolina (vs Duke)

Definitely not. Oy. xidiotx :thumbsup:

[jessesd]

In Syracuse NY,
1st. 'CUSE
2nd. BILLS/GIANTS/JETS (about the same following for each)
3 to 8th. Any of the local high schools depending on your n'hood,
9. Lemoyne College (for those who could't get into S'cuse)
10. Colgate/Cornell

For the state its hard to say because of the Upstate/downstate issues.
Upstate NY:
1. Cuse
2. UAlbany
3. Buffalo
4. Bingo-town (SUNY Binghamton)
6. SUNY Oswego
7. Cornell
7. Colgate (tie)
9. Canisius and Niagara tied
10. Everyone else not on the list

In Long Island/Queens/Brooklyn:
1. St Johns
2. Hofstra
3. Fordham
4. Stony Brook
5. Columbia
6. 'Cuse
7. Rutgers
8. LIU Brooklyn,
9. CW Post
10. Adelphia/any CUNY school, NYFIT

NYC:
can be anyone guess:
*NYU is highly popular but does not sponsor varsity sports.
The big ones here are:
*MLB Yanks and Mets
*Knicks and Devils
*Rucker's park in uptown for pick up bball games has a big following
*Columbia
*Syracuse
*Hofstra
*Fordham
*Rutgers
*Manhattan College
CUNY campuses (no sports)

[bulldog10jw]

1. UConn








2. CCSU, SCSU, etc
































3. Yale

[letsgopards04]

Lafayette is not even the favorite team in Easton... :rolleyes:

Easton High School is bigger in Easton than Lafayette. They get more for their high school games.

[da_bears]

In Missouri, just for the state teams.
1. Missouri
2. Missouri State
3. Southeast Missouri State

Add other non-state schools in:
1. Missouri
2. Kansas
3. Illinois
4. Nebraska
5. Kansas State
6. Oklahoma
7. Iowa
8. Iowa State
9. Arkansas
10. Missouri State

Reason is our 3 major cities are big alumni bases for all of those schools.
For football then these should also be ahead of Missouri State: Notre Dame, Michigan, USC, Florida, Miami, Texas, Chiefs, Rams, Colts, Broncos.....
But if you include baskeball then Mo State is top 3 EASY.

[ChadWC]

1) The University of Georgia (there is millions of them)
2) Georgia Tech
3) Georgia Southern
4) Valdosta High School(where Valdosta State plays their games. They usually have 8 to 10K a game for the Valdosta High games and when they play Lowndes County, even more than that. They have more popularity than the last two on the list.
5/6) Depending on where you are in the state: Valdosta State/Ft. Valley State

[MACHIAVELLI]

You have lost your mind. Behind LSU, SU is next. SU has way more fans than any team in this state besides LSU. SU is always , except for last season, #2 in attendence.

Mach is known as the voice of reason. The title of my thread mentioned nothing about attendence. It mentioned nothing about football. It said popularity. I see you are more concerned about my list than posting your own.

[BestOfBreed]

I would agree that South Carolina is very regionalized. In terms of total fans over all, my guess would be this:

1) South Carolina
2) Clemson
3) SC State
4) The Citadel
5) Furman
6) Wofford
7) Coastal Carolina
8) Presbyterian
9) Charleston Southern

I think I would put several of the high school teams ahead of the FCS schools in South Carolina.

[DrG]

Massachusetts is dominated by pro sports, especially the Red Sox and Patriots. That said, among the DI schools:

1) BC is absolutely the most popular college program in terms of athletics, being the state's only FBS school and a longtime darling of the Boston media. (Although an interesting anomaly which their new ACC friends are discovering is that a lot of people in the Boston area don't like them for a variety of reasons.)

After that, it's hard to quantify rankings among UMass, Northeastern, Harvard and BU for a lot of different reasons, but here's my subjective view in terms of overall popularity:

2) UMass: The flagship state university, and a distant second to BC in overall sports attendance. Many alumni live here, but it suffers from being located 100 miles west of Boston in a state where the population is concentrated to the east. Grossly undersupported by the Legislature, but a sleeping giant.

3) Harvard: As previously noted, in a class by itself for obvious reasons, but doesn't have a whole lot of relevance to the average Massachusetts resident outside Cambridge. Football attendance is inflated every other year by the Yale game.

4) Northeastern: Large private urban school with many alumni. Popular for its co-op program which places a lot of grads in the workplace. Hockey is its biggest sport; little support for FB or any other sports.

5) BU: Academically, would rank third behind Harvard and BC among the Division 1 schools, but athletically it's hockey, hockey and hockey. There were a few tears shed when they dropped football, but not many. By the way, did I mention hockey?

6) Holy Cross: Small Jesuit college which prides itself in its academic excellence. Would have ranked near the top in terms of athletic popularity years ago, and was invited to be a charter member of the Big East. But their administration chose to de-emphasize intercollegiate sports some 25 years ago.

[ButlerGSU]

Georgia:

1. UGA
2. Georgia Tech
3. Georgia Southern
4. Georgia State
5. Tie between Kennesaw/West GA & VSU
6. GC&SU
7. NGCSU
8. no one cares...

[blk]

1. North Dakota State
2. Minot State
3. Dickinson State
4. Mayville State
5. North Dakota State College of Science
6. Valley City State
7. Williston State
8. Bismark State
9. Lake Region State
10. Minot State-Bottineau
11. University of North Dakota

[Franks Tanks]

Easton High School is bigger in Easton than Lafayette. They get more for their high school games.


Do you have attendance figures for Easton High School. They do draw a nice crowd, but I played their in high school as well as its not like their were 10k at every game.

[letsgopards04]

Do you have attendance figures for Easton High School. They do draw a nice crowd, but I played their in high school as well as its not like their were 10k at every game.


Yeah but Lafayette except for special games gets 2-3k roughly. PA is all about the Eagles, Steelers, Penn St, and Pitt.

[AZBison]

1. North Dakota State
2. Minot State
3. Dickinson State
4. Mayville State
5. North Dakota State College of Science
6. Valley City State
7. Williston State
8. Bismark State
9. Lake Region State
10. Minot State-Bottineau
11. University of North Dakota

c'mon the University of Mary should at the least be in the top 5.

---Arizona---
1. ASU/UA - tie because it's hard to tell who has an advantage statewide
3. NAU
4. Mesa Community College
5. Scottsdale Community College/Glendale Communtiy College
7. Rio Salado
8. Phoenix College

At least that's the way it seems living in Tempe

I hesitate to place University of Phoenix anywhere on the list

[citdog]

The more I think about it the more I would agree that SC State gets number three. I would have to think real hard about number four. From support ( attendance), yes. But honestly in Gville County I know few people that even think of the Citadel unless they or a family member attended. It is a tough choice past three. My guess is the same would be true for Furman down it the lower part of the state.

You must not have been in G-Vegas very long FU! The Daniel Brothers of Fluor are Citadel Men. The Daniel building, the tallest building in the ville named for these Citadel Men. They also found it in their hearts to donate some money to FU! I went to a Gville area Citadel Club meeting last month that had more people in attendance than FU has students at bball games. When we play y'all in bball you can't hear much of the crowd but can always hear CI-TA-DEL in the background! We have fewer living Alumni than FU, or SCSU and fewer students but you are fooling your self if you think SCSU or FU have more power or influence in this State or Country than The Citadel!

[OL FU]

You must not have been in G-Vegas very long FU! The Daniel Brothers of Fluor are Citadel Men. The Daniel building, the tallest building in the ville named for these Citadel Men. They also found it in their hearts to donate some money to FU! I went to a Gville area Citadel Club meeting last month that had more people in attendance than FU has students at bball games. When we play y'all in bball you can't hear much of the crowd but can always hear CI-TA-DEL in the background! We have fewer living Alumni than FU, or SCSU and fewer students but you are fooling your self if you think SCSU or FU have more power or influence in this State or Country than The Citadel!

I guess I just hang out with the wrong crowd:rolleyes:

I think I may have said some wrong things. I will be the first to grant you that Citadel alums are much more likely to support their school than FU alums. I don't think there is any doubt about that. and yes there are some great Citadel alums here. I know quite a few. I should have clarified that the general population probably doesn't know that the Citadel are the bulldogs:smiley_wi

and yes I know you will not agree.


FU have more power or influence in this State or Country than The Citadel We will have to disagree on that one:nod:

[ucdtim17]

Football:
Southern Cal
UCLA
Stanford
Cal
Fresno State
San Diego State
San Jose State
Cal Poly/UC Davis (Tie)
Sac State
University of San Diego
Humbolt State
Azusa Pacific


Cal is certainly well ahead of Stanford. I think right now, even with the poor year last year, Fresno State football is more popular than Stanford football. USC is clearly #1, but I think there's a tie at #2 between UCLA and Cal

[OL FU]

I guess I just hang out with the wrong crowd:rolleyes:

I think I may have said some wrong things. I will be the first to grant you that Citadel alums are much more likely to support their school than FU alums. I don't think there is any doubt about that. and yes there are some great Citadel alums here. I know quite a few. I should have clarified that the general population probably doesn't know that the Citadel are the bulldogs:smiley_wi

and yes I know you will not agree.

We will have to disagree on that one:nod:

After re-reading my first post, I said it correctly. Generally people in the upstate that don't have a Citadel connection know very little about Citadel athletics. The same can be said for Furman outside of the upstate.

[Peems]

Montana:
1.Montana
1a. MSU
2. Carroll College(Back to back to back to back NAIA national champs)
3. Montana Tech

[citdog]

I didn't know we were speaking about athletics. You have been more sucessful at Football and neither of us have ever done much in bball but you are better at that too. Baseball is where we are known and always get most of the players that Clemson and USC could have but choose to recruit out of state. As far as name recognition? I think we got you there FU. You have Mark Sanford, and Townes....... We have had plenty of Generals, Senators, U.S. Congressmen, Ambassadors, Director of the Olympic Com. etc etc

[OL FU]

I didn't know we were speaking about athletics. You have been more sucessful at Football and neither of us have ever done much in bball but you are better at that too. Baseball is where we are known and always get most of the players that Clemson and USC could have but choose to recruit out of state. As far as name recognition? I think we got you there FU. You have Mark Sanford, and Townes....... We have had plenty of Generals, Senators, U.S. Congressmen, Ambassadors, Director of the Olympic Com. etc etc

I think the thread subject was popularity in the state. I interpreted popularity to mean athletics and that usually means football and basketball. Popularity can be debated all day. I would not put Furman third except in the upstate. Which is why I said the state is very regionalized.

We also have a few business leaders, medicine, more lawyers than I even want to consider and the sciences. Father of behaviorism former Secretary of Education. blah blah blah. :smiley_wi

I think I would still pick State for third.

As an aside I don't think we have drawn squat for basketball since we moved on campus. We used to get a good Greenville crowd that disappeared when the team moved and of course went down more than a little

[Pauly LB]

Originally Posted by poly51
Football:
Southern Cal
UCLA
Stanford
Cal
Fresno State
San Diego State
San Jose State
Cal Poly/UC Davis (Tie)
Sac State
University of San Diego
Humbolt State
Azusa Pacific

My take:

1. USC
2. UCLA
3. Cal
4. Stanford
5. Fresno State
6. San Diego State (they are pretty upset down there from last year --
especially after they lost to Cal Poly)
7. San Jose State
8. Cal Poly / UC Davis
9. University of San Diego (but they are excited about USD !!!)
10. Sacramento State
11. Humbolt State
12. Concord de la Salle / Mission Viejo / Oaks Christian -- maybe a few
other high schools
13. Azusa Pacific

There could even be a few JUCO programs that could draw more interest than #10 on down...

[poly51]

Cal is certainly well ahead of Stanford. I think right now, even with the poor year last year, Fresno State football is more popular than Stanford football. USC is clearly #1, but I think there's a tie at #2 between UCLA and Cal

2006 average attendance:

UCLA 64955
Cal 64318
Stanford 41742
Fresno State 38551

Fresno State fans are probably the most rabid in the state.

[ucdtim17]

2006 average attendance:

UCLA 64955
Cal 64318
Stanford 41742
Fresno State 38551

Fresno State fans are probably the most rabid in the state.

That Stanford number is misleading as anyone will tell you - only for the USC game did they have anything close to that number of butts in the seats. Fresno sucked and still filled up 90+% of capacity. UCLA and Cal are nearly identical, but Cal's attendance number is 87% of capacity and UCLA's is 68% with a larger population to draw upon.

[ucdtim17]

I'll say when Stanford is not awful, they will always draw more than Fresno. But Fresno has a big, passionate following in the valley - Stanford football has never really inspired the same amount of enthusiasm and passion with their fans

[Tealblood]

In SC after the top 2(USC &Clemson) yes SC state 3rd I would argue that depending on region you would more Tarheels than some FCS teams and in other parts of the state more bulldogs than any of the FCS could muster.

I used the very scientific method of observing jerseys worn and bumper stickers

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Pennsylvania is pretty tough because after Penn State and Pitt there's a significant dropoff.

1. Penn State
2. Notre Dame-yeah it's out of state but Notre Dame is very popular here in PA
3. Pitt
4. Villanova
5. Penn
6. Temple
7. Lehigh
8. St. Joe's
9. Lafayette
10. Bucknell
11. Duquense
12. La Salle

[CCUBeachChicken]

In southeastern NC it's:

Football:
-North Carolina
-NC State
-East Carolina
-Wake Forest
-Appalachian
-Elon
-Duke
-Western

Basketball:
-North Carolina
-Duke
-Wake Forest
-UNCW
-NC State
-East Carolina
-UNC-Charlotte
-UNCG
-Appalachian
-Western

[GeauxColonels]

Louisiana:

1] LSU
2] Southern
3] UL-Lafayette
4] Tulane
5] Louisiana Tech
6] McNeese State
7] Grambling State
8] Southeastern Louisiana
9] Northwestern State
10] UL-Monroe
11] Nicholls State
12] Louisiana college

*Ranking of schools in Louisiana that sponsor NCAA Varsity football. Ranked by a combination of enrollment, team success, attendance and my perception of a team's popularity throughout the state.

[Jackluv]

1. Arizona State (now the largest public university in the nation! about 70,000!!!!)
2. U of A
3. NAU

[Hammerhead]

I've lived in Oregon for 10 years and would say this is a fair assessment. I know more people that have attended Linfield College games than PSU games.



Strictly my opinion, and I'm keeping the theme towards football only...

OREGON---

1. University of Oregon
2. Oregon State University
3. Linfield College
4. Portland State University
5. Western Oregon University
6. Southern Oregon University
7. Eastern Oregon University
8. Oregon Tech

Duck fans seem to be the most passionate about their team, probably due to the overall success of the team. Beaver fans are coming up but still, my opinion, fall short of the Ducks. Linfield can boast about not having a losing season in 47 years, so a loss by them is truly a big deal. We are working on our ranking, but I would say we still fall short of Linfield. The others I ranked in proximity to Portland, except for Oregon Tech which I am not sure if they still play football, and, being that I do not know, they must not be too popular if they do.

[EKU05]

Among the six D1 schools in KY...

1. Kentucky
2. Louisville
3. Western Kentucky
4. Eastern Kentucky
5. Murray State
6. Morehead State


Murray State's fan base is heavily inclined toward basketball. They actually average more fans per game than for football. If we were talking purely about basketball you would have to move them up to #4.

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

Louisiana:

1] LSU
2] Southern
3] UL-Lafayette
4] Tulane
5] Louisiana Tech
6] McNeese State
7] Grambling State
8] Southeastern Louisiana
9] Northwestern State
10] UL-Monroe
11] Nicholls State
12] Louisiana college

*Ranking of schools in Louisiana that sponsor NCAA Varsity football. Ranked by a combination of enrollment, team success, attendance and my perception of a team's popularity throughout the state.
:thumbsup:

[The Sheriff]

Wrong. Englestad Arena has a capacity of no more than 12,000. During home wknds, it regularly "sells out" at around 11,500. Lots of people in ND are sioux hockey fans, some Bison fans who love hockey included. When it comes to hockey, Grand Forks and UND are king. Everything else is NDSU.
You started out with some great facts, but you just had to end with that one very subjective statement...

[The Sheriff]

People are hockey crazy in North Dakota? That would be news to me, this is not a hockey state. You would think a hockey state would actually have more then a handful of high school teams and multiple hockey towns instead of just one(Grand Forks).

As for who is #1 in ND....
1.NDSU
1.UND

School enrollemnts are similar and I would say fan support is pretty even as well in the state. Of course UND fans love hockey(attendance is about 12-13k) and NDSU fans love football(attendance is about 16-17k which is almost double UND's attendance).
At least we both outdraw Duke basketball (10,000 at Cameron Indoor) Note the sarcasm.

[ncbears]

In terms of football in Colorado:

1. University of Colorado
2. Colorado State University
3. Air Force
4. Northern Colorado.

[I Bleed Purple]

Utah:

1. The Y
2. The U
3. Utah State
4. Weber State
5. SUU
6. Dixie State?


I was contemplating puting both BYU and Utah as number 1, as the sports talk shows get nothing but complaints about how the other gets more coverage. It's like kids complaining that the other's sandwich is bigger. So in this case, whichever university I type first would have complaints from the other that they should be written first.

[Lionsrking]

Louisiana:

1] LSU
2] Southern
3] UL-Lafayette
4] Tulane
5] Louisiana Tech
6] McNeese State
7] Grambling State
8] Southeastern Louisiana
9] Northwestern State
10] UL-Monroe
11] Nicholls State
12] Louisiana college

*Ranking of schools in Louisiana that sponsor NCAA Varsity football. Ranked by a combination of enrollment, team success, attendance and my perception of a team's popularity throughout the state.

If forced to rank them 1-12, I would say that's a pretty good lineup, though I would have to put Grambling ahead of both Tech and ULL. You have to remember both Southern and Grambling have a national following and you can find people in just about every state in the country who have heard of the Bayou Classic, Eddie Robinson, etc.

As far as the state schools, other than Southern and Grambling, La Tech is probably first due to women's basketball, Karl Malone, Terry Bradshaw and some modest success in football over the years. There's little separation among the rest. ULL and ULM hurt themselves with the name change a few years back and folks around the country can't tell them apart anymore. Not having football for 18 years hurt our recognition but now being the third largest school in the state and bringing back football has helped get us back on the map a little bit.

[ASU Kep]

In football:
1. NCSU
2. WFU
3. THE Appalachian State University
4. UNC-CH
5. ECU

In b-ball:

1. UNC-CH
1. Duke (tie)
3. NCSU
4. WFU
...App somewhere waaaaay down the list, even though we've been doing great lately.

[catdaddy2402]

We have fewer living Alumni than FU, or SCSU and fewer students but you are fooling your self if you think SCSU or FU have more power or influence in this State or Country than The Citadel!

SCSU has more power than The Citadel, without a doubt. The vast majority of their support has likely never seen the campus and probably can't find Orangeburg on a map, but you are fooling yourself if you think that if The Citadel and SCSU were to be competing for something that State wouldn't come out ahead. That's not meant to be a slap at SC State, but in being SC's largest HBCU means they have a much larger fanbase to pull from.


My rankings using my unscientific "How many stickers I see on a regular basis in my travels about the state". This is just the in-state Div I schools:

1. South Carolina (The flagship university and carries the state name gets them the majority of the fans because Lord knows they haven't done much athletic-wise to earn it.)
2. Clemson ( Land grant status and football success draw in way more fans than number of alumni)

Significant gap btween #2 and #3 with it mainly being a regional deal. The rankings are based on what I've seen elsewhere in the state as all of them have appeal in their region.
3. SC State (See above)
4. The Citadel (The State Military school. Historic connections.)
5. Furman (Football success overcomes the private school limitation)
6. Wofford (See above)
7. College of Charleston (Basketball and baseball success)
8. Coastal Carolina ( New to the football game, but rapid success has a growing fanbase)
9. Winthrop (Basketball success)

The last two are about the same
10. tie Presbyterian and Charleston Southern.

[DuckDuckGriz]

OREGON
Football

1. UO
2. OSU
3. Portland State
4. Linfield
5. Willamette
6. WOU
7. EOU

Basketball
1. UO
2. OSU
3. U of Portland
4. Portland State
5. Lewis & Clark
6. Pacific
7. George Fox

[AndrewFU21]

Regarding South Carolina... to be honest, I don't know if I've ever seen a SCSU fan, not around here at least. They must have a big following in the Orangeburg and Columbia areas, because they are non-existant in the upstate.

For my home state:

1. UNC-CH
2. NC State
------------
3. Duke
4. Wake Forest
5. ECU
6. ASU

After that, there is a cluster of schools like WCU, Davidson, the other UNC's, etc., that are pretty much indistinguishable.

[Bobcat in NC]

Montana:
1.Montana
1a. MSU
2. Carroll College(Back to back to back to back NAIA national champs)
3. Montana Tech

That's probably right on, although I can admit that (in terms of sheer popularity) the list would be Griz #1 and Cats #2. It makes me throw up in my mouth a little, but I can admit it.

That being said, Tech still has my favorite mascot/nickname ever. Can't beat an Oredigger.

[AppGuy04]

In football:
1. NCSU
2. WFU
3. THE Appalachian State University
4. UNC-CH
5. ECU

In b-ball:

1. UNC-CH
1. Duke (tie)
3. NCSU
4. WFU
...App somewhere waaaaay down the list, even though we've been doing great lately.

I think one ACC championship for Wake may be clouding your judgement Kep

[OL FU]

Regarding South Carolina... to be honest, I don't know if I've ever seen a SCSU fan, not around here at least. They must have a big following in the Orangeburg and Columbia areas, because they are non-existant in the upstate.

For my home state:

1. UNC-CH
2. NC State
------------
3. Duke
4. Wake Forest
5. ECU
6. ASU

After that, there is a cluster of schools like WCU, Davidson, the other UNC's, etc., that are pretty much indistinguishable.

And therefore the argument on why SC is difficult except from a regional stanpoint. I would still put SC STate third:smiley_wi

[Cocky]

Just throwing them out there...certainly debatable...

California? (vs. UCLA/USC)
NYU? (vs. Syracuse)
UMass? (vs. BC)
Utah? (vs. BYU)
Indiana (vs. Notre Dame)

Others:
Boise State v Idaho
Ohio v Ohio State
Penn State v Penn
LSU v all of the U of Ls
NDSU v North Dakota

[Kill'em]

1) The University of Georgia (there is millions of them)
2) Georgia Tech
3) Georgia Southern
4) Valdosta High School(where Valdosta State plays their games. They usually have 8 to 10K a game for the Valdosta High games and when they play Lowndes County, even more than that. They have more popularity than the last two on the list.
5/6) Depending on where you are in the state: Valdosta State/Ft. Valley State
Hell, we're not even #1 on our own campus! :nonono2:

[Cocky]

Hell, we're not even #1 on our own campus! :nonono2:
Don't feel lonely.

[jessesd]

Just throwing them out there...certainly debatable...

California? (vs. UCLA/USC)
NYU? (vs. Syracuse)
UMass? (vs. BC)
Utah? (vs. BYU)
Indiana (vs. Notre Dame)


The State University of New York flagship school is SUNY Bingo-town (Binghamton) and does not sponsor football and their bball is borderline.
NYU (no varsity sports) and Syracuse (sucks at football and overrated bball) are both private $$$$$$ "mucho dinero" type of schools with large nationawide followings because of their academics and only syracuse for sports.
So there is no debate on the SU and NYU comparison other than academics and everyone in NYC will give different sides.

[Cocky]

(Undergrad at SDSU and USD, MBA Hofstra, MSIB Rotterdam NL, PhD UF)


You have too much education.

[ASU Kep]

I think one ACC championship for Wake may be clouding your judgement Kep

Yah, but I'm talking about how things are currently. Theres lots of WF bandwagon-jumpers out there, even more probably then ASU bandwagoNEERS.

NCSU is still perceived as the football capital of NC thanks in no small part to their victory over us last year.

You'll definitely see more UNC-CH hats then ASU hats outside of the high country, but in terms of football, nobody really cares about the Tarholes. I don't think anybody cares too much about ECU, and WCU, etc. aren't even worth mentioning.

[jessesd]

(Undergrad at SDSU and USD, MBA Hofstra, MSIB Rotterdam NL, PhD UF)


You have too much education.


and a large student loan to match that:bang: :read: xlolx too!!!!

[OL FU]

and a large student loan to match that:bang: :read: xlolx too!!!!

How you doing in the trivia game:confused: :smiley_wi

[AppGuy04]

NCSU is still perceived as the football capital of NC thanks in no small part to their victory over us last year.

As far as fan loyalty goes, them and ECU are tops in the country IMO

[lizrdgizrd]

Yah, but I'm talking about how things are currently. Theres lots of WF bandwagon-jumpers out there, even more probably then ASU bandwagoNEERS.

NCSU is still perceived as the football capital of NC thanks in no small part to their victory over us last year.

You'll definitely see more UNC-CH hats then ASU hats outside of the high country, but in terms of football, nobody really cares about the Tarholes. I don't think anybody cares too much about ECU, and WCU, etc. aren't even worth mentioning.
I think that, like upstate/downstate SC, there is alot of difference between eastern and western NC folks. Down east there is more support for ECU than ASU. But to the west it's the opposite.

[swole]

1) The University of Georgia (there is millions of them)
2) Georgia Tech
3) Georgia Southern
4) Valdosta High School(where Valdosta State plays their games. They usually have 8 to 10K a game for the Valdosta High games and when they play Lowndes County, even more than that. They have more popularity than the last two on the list.
5/6) Depending on where you are in the state: Valdosta State/Ft. Valley State
Sadly, I think that VHS could be put higher than GSU.

[Golden Eagle]

TN:

Tennessee Vols






Vanderbilt
Memphis


Tennessee State

Middle Tennessee State




UT Chattanooga


Tennessee Tech



Austin Peay

[TheBisonator]

If you're talking FOOTBALL in North Dakota:

1) NDSU - No question
2) UND
3) Mary
4) Minot State
5) Dickinson State
6) Jamestown College
7) Valley City State
8) Mayville State
9) Trinity Bible

If you're talking OTHER SPORTS (Not counting hockey):

T1) NDSU - This one is debateable
T1) UND - This one is debateable
3 through 9 are the same.

[rmutv]

Western Pennsylvania (Harrisburg west to the Ohio line), since the whole state would be hard to properly categorize:

1. Penn State University
2. University of Pittsburgh
3. West Virginia University - not in the state, I know, but incredibly popular. They get more coverage in W-PA than the schools below them.
4. Duquesne University
5. Robert Morris University
6. St. Francis of PA

[89Hen]

3. West Virginia University - not in the state, I know, but incredibly popular. They get more coverage in W-PA than the schools below them.
Interesting take. I hadn't thought about including out of state schools in the list because I thought they only wanted schools in your state. But where I am in Maryland, UVA, VT and G'town get more coverage then everyone except Maryland. Navy would be close to those three.

[JALMOND]

If I were to include out of state schools in my list, all the Pac-10 would have to be included except for the two Arizona schools. Probably would have to make room for Boise State, too.

I'll take a stab at it...

1. University of Oregon
2. Oregon State University
3. University of Washington
4. Washington State University
5. Stanford University
6. University of Southern California
7. UCLA
8. Boise State University
9. University of California (Berkeley)
10. Linfield College
11. Portland State University

and so on. The whole state is pretty big on the Pac-10 in all sports.

[star2city]

If you're talking OTHER SPORTS (Not counting hockey):

T1) NDSU - This one is debateable
T1) UND - This one is debateable
3 through 9 are the same.
Half the population of the state of ND has attended a UND sporting event so far this year - or more than three times the metro area population of Grand Forks. One fifth of the state population has attended an NDSU event - or not even 2/3rds the metro population of Fargo-Moorhead. Which is more popular? :thumbsup:

After this weekend, add at least 25,000 to UND's total. :)

2006-7 Attendance to Date

NDSU Football 81886
NDSU Men's BB 25510
NDSU WBB 14581
NDSU VB 4412
NDSU Wrestling
126389

UND Football 52963
UND MBB 23754
UND WBB 26501
UND VB 3968
UND Hockey 191594
UND WH 4943
303723

[SU Jag]

Alabama:
1. UAT way ahead of everyone
2. Auburn
3. Tie: JSU, UAB, Troy, Al. A&M, Al State, Tuskegee, and UNA
4. Tie: UWA, Samford, Miles, Stillman, Huntington, and Faulkner

After UAT and Auburn the others are meaningless in Alabama.

Oh hell no!

AAMU and ASU are on another level as the others you grouped with them. So is Miles and Tuskegee!

[Pitbull]

I would agree that South Carolina is very regionalized. In terms of total fans over all, my guess would be this:

1) South Carolina
2) Clemson
3) SC State
4) The Citadel
5) Furman
6) Wofford
7) Coastal Carolina
8) Presbyterian
9) Charleston Southern

As much as I dislike USC :mad: ...I have to agree w/ your rankings... :bang:

[AZBison]

Half the population of the state of ND has attended a UND sporting event so far this year - or more than three times the metro area population of Grand Forks. One fifth of the state population has attended an NDSU event - or not even 2/3rds the metro population of Fargo-Moorhead. Which is more popular? :thumbsup:

After this weekend, add at least 25,000 to UND's total. :)

2006-7 Attendance to Date

NDSU Football 81886
NDSU Men's BB 25510
NDSU WBB 14581
NDSU VB 4412
NDSU Wrestling
126389

UND Football 52963
UND MBB 23754
UND WBB 26501
UND VB 3968
UND Hockey 191594
UND WH 4943
303723

More people attend your (UND) WBB than MBB? that's weird, with WBB being the exception, for every sport NDSU and UND have in common, NDSU is better attended. To me, that shows more support.

[GSUhooligan]

Georgia, for real:

UGA
Auburn
Florida
Georgia Tech
Alabama
Tennessee
Florida State
Clemson
Georgia Southern
Various High Schools
D-II's
Georgia Military College
Savannah State

[SCPALADIN]

We have fewer living Alumni than FU, or SCSU and fewer students but you are fooling your self if you think SCSU or FU have more power or influence in this State or Country than The Citadel!

I think I just vomited a little in my mouth...this explains why SC is so damn backward about so many things. Definitely explains our crappy public education system.
;)

[crunifan]

If you include other schools out of state...

Iowa

1) Iowa
2) Iowa State
3) UNI
4) Drake
5) Nebraska? Maybe?
6) Division III schools
7) Upper Iowa

Iowa isn't real big on supporting other state teams. Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri are all hated. And so is Nebraska, but on the western side there are fans.

[SU Jag]

How does your university rank, popularity wise in your state (name recognition)

Louisiana

LSU
ICON/Grambling
Louisiana Tech
Tulane
McNeese
ULM
Southern
NSU
ULL
Nicholls
SLU
Louisiana College


WTF?!?!?!:confused: xcoffeex

[GeauxColonels]

Hell, we're not even #1 on our own campus! :nonono2:
I definitely know the feeling.

[GeauxColonels]

Others:
Boise State v Idaho
Ohio v Ohio State
Penn State v Penn
LSU v all of the U of Ls
NDSU v North Dakota
Do you mean LSU vs UL-L & UL-M?

Or LSU vs all other Louisiana schools?

Either way, I think LSU is still tops....but UL-L fans absolutely HATE LSU.

[BEAR]

In Arkansas (Football)

1. University of Arkansas
2. UCA/Arkansas State
3. UAPB
4. Arkansas Tech
5-9. Any of the 5 other DII schools in the state.

JoshUCA, you were close on your rankings..but here are the real ones...


#1.UA-ADandcoachforlifefullofdramawhosplayerstransfertoU CA. :pumpuke:
2. Arkansas Statepoliticallyincorrectmascotschool:rolleyes:
3. UCA Bears
4. UAPB--Golden Lions
5. Harding- Bisons
6. Henderson-Reddies
7. SAU-Muleriders
8. Ouachita (or is that Quachita?) Tigers
9. UAMonticello- Boll Weevils
10 UALR-Profolactics
11. UA BEBEE-dirtdiggers
12. (and last but least) Arkansas Tech for cows in the classroom and fishing in the rain runoff ditch near the highway..:hurray: xlolx

[aggie6thman]

Basically this state is way too big with too many teams to put in one column, so I will break down the Sacramento area. I know the title of this thread is regarding where it ranks among other schools, but here is a little taste of what it is like here.

1.) Sacramento Kings
2.) Sacramento Kings
3.) Sacramento Kings
4.) Sacramento Kings
5.) Sacramento Kings
6.) Sacramento Kings
7.) Sacramento Kings
8.) Sacramento Kings
9.) Sacramento Kings
10.) Sacramento Kings
11.) Cal
12.) stanfurd
13.) USC
14.) UCLA
15.) Out of state FCS schools
16.) UC Davis :nonono2:
142,546.) Slac State :nod:

[Cocky]

Do you mean LSU vs UL-L & UL-M?

Or LSU vs all other Louisiana schools?

Either way, I think LSU is still tops....but UL-L fans absolutely HATE LSU.

All the old directional U of Ls (ie Monroe, Lafayette).

[Cocky]

Oh hell no!

AAMU and ASU are on another level as the others you grouped with them. So is Miles and Tuskegee!


They are not on another level. Each is placed about right.

[andy7171]

Interesting take. I hadn't thought about including out of state schools in the list because I thought they only wanted schools in your state. But where I am in Maryland, UVA, VT and G'town get more coverage then everyone except Maryland. Navy would be close to those three.
I agree.
The two Maryland Counties that are DC suburbs completely identify themselves as Washingtonians first, Marylanders second. The Post caters to DC, VA and MD. So it only is natural that VA schools get much more press than Baltimore schools. And when Georgetown is good in basketball, they are in a virtual tie with the Terps.

[89Hen]

The Post caters to DC, VA and MD. So it only is natural that VA schools get much more press than Baltimore schools. And when Georgetown is good in basketball, they are in a virtual tie with the Terps.
:nod: The Post caters to whomever is winning at that time. They jumped on the UVA bandwagon years ago when they were the first to beat FSU and had some good teams, then VT came along, then the Fridge, GW under Jarvis, Mason last year... :cool:

[DetroitFlyer]

For my Dayton Flyers, I would say we are lucky to have any following statewide.... We get OK coverage in the Dayton Daily News, but with so may FBS schools in the state, tOSU, MAC, Cincinnati, it is very hard to garner much interest in an FCS program. YSU does a bit better with the "Tressel" connection, but even YSU is not widely followed outside of NE Ohio and a bit in Western PA. In some parts of the state, Mount Union just might be better known than either YSU or UD.

[PaladinFan]

In the southeast, unlike other areas, the Pro teams in sports and placed waaaaaay behind the college teams. No one really gives a rip about the professional sports...except:

The Braves. I would rank them #1 on just about any state's teams-meter.

[eagle1]

Football

1. University of Washington
2. Washington State
3. EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY:hurray:
4. Central Washington University (D2)
5. Western Washington University (D2)
6. Whitworth College (D3)
7. Pacific Luthern (D3)
8. University of Puget Sound (D3)

All Sports

1. University of Washington
2. Washington State
3. Gonzaga University:bang:
4. EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY:hurray:

[ucdtim17]

Basically this state is way too big with too many teams to put in one column, so I will break down the Sacramento area. I know the title of this thread is regarding where it ranks among other schools, but here is a little taste of what it is like here.

1.) Sacramento Kings
2.) Sacramento Kings
3.) Sacramento Kings
4.) Sacramento Kings
5.) Sacramento Kings
6.) Sacramento Kings
7.) Sacramento Kings
8.) Sacramento Kings
9.) Sacramento Kings
10.) Sacramento Kings
11.) Cal
12.) stanfurd
13.) USC
14.) UCLA
15.) Out of state FCS schools
16.) UC Davis :nonono2:
142,546.) Slac State :nod:

I assume you mean out of state FBS schools. I would just say that the local high schools get much more coverage than UCD and Sac combined. I really wouldn't miss the Kings if they moved to Vegas - it'd be great for us and Sac

[aggie6thman]

I assume you mean out of state FBS schools. I would just say that the local high schools get much more coverage than UCD and Sac combined. I really wouldn't miss the Kings if they moved to Vegas - it'd be great for us and Sac

My bad, but yes, that is what I mean and I agree that local high schools get more coverage than we do. Such a sad, sad state of affairs.

[SU Jag]

They are not on another level. Each is placed about right.


Take a look at. Each time that ASU or AAMU plays a game in Birmingham, it always outdraws UAB. The next time you're on the road look how many AAMU/ASU car tags you see compared to everyone else. Behind Alabama and Auburn their stuff is the highest selling in the state. ASU/and AAMU bring more attention, fans, excitement, to Birmingham than UAB ever will. Miles and Tuskegee are up there too. Samford and those other schools have no where near the following that Miles and Tuskegee has. Hell Samford had to play Miles just to boost their attendence last year. Miles and Tuskegee have played before crowds that JSU/and Samford have never seen before.

[Cocky]

A&M 49361 / 5 games
State 44879 / 4 games
JSU 41775 / 4 games
Tuskegee 55979 / 5 games
UNA 60548 / 6 games
UAB 138835 / 6 games
Troy 104048 / 5 games
UWA 34701 / 6 games
Samford 31921 / 6 games
Miles 39855 / 5 games

This is from the NCAA. Not sure how everyone counts attendance, but JSU and UAB count butts in seats. Troy counts tickets sold. The Magic City Classic is butts in seats. The MCC will out draw any game in AL other than a UAT or Auburn game, but that doesn't mean that A&M and State have more fans. Their fans just attend this game in a higher percentage. I still stand by the grouping I stated at first. The second and third group are closer than the second group is to the first (UAT and Auburn).

[DaveK]

UND and NDSU both have strong followings, but I have found UND to be more popular statewide based on my observations while in other cities besides GF and Fargo. I would assume that is based on the hockey program, but that's nothing more than speculation on my part. Whatever the reason, I tend to see a lot more people wearing UND gear than NDSU throughout the state. In Fargo it seems to be about 70/30 in favor of NDSU. In GF it's 99/1 in favor of UND. Throughout the rest of the state I would estimate it to be about 60/40 in favor of UND. Go to Scheels in Fargo and you're likely to find just as much UND gear as NDSU. Good luck finding any NDSU gear in GF. Go to Devils Lake or Minot and you'll find a little of both but there tends be more variety of UND stuff available.

The Fighting Sioux are just a more prominent name on the national map than the Bison. Case in point... last year while listening to ESPN radio I heard a conversation about Wisconsin's basketball team being on the bubble for making the NCAA tournament. One of the hosts mentioned them getting beat by North Dakota State. The other host asked if North Dakota State was the Fighting Sioux. The first host said no that's the University of North Dakota. Neither one of them had a clue who North Dakota State was. That really puts things in proper perspective. NDSU isn't even close to being as big-time as they (or their overzealous fans) think they are.

[NDSUFREAK]

Yeah. More und stuff at Scheels. I am sure that is the case.

[FargoBison]

The Fighting Sioux are just a more prominent name on the national map than the Bison. Case in point... last year while listening to ESPN radio I heard a conversation about Wisconsin's basketball team being on the bubble for making the NCAA tournament. One of the hosts mentioned them getting beat by North Dakota State. The other host asked if North Dakota State was the Fighting Sioux. The first host said no that's the University of North Dakota. Neither one of them had a clue who North Dakota State was. That really puts things in proper perspective. NDSU isn't even close to being as big-time as they (or their overzealous fans) think they are.

Yep, you just have to love that North Dakota State hockey team.....

http://siouxsports.com/galleries/101/ndsu.jpg

Seriously aren't you guys in the WCHA? Are you not even big time enough that your conference doesn't even know if your UND or NDSU. So much for those 7 DI hockey titles making UND a househould name.

[DaveK]

Yeah. More und stuff at Scheels. I am sure that is the case.

More? Who said more? If you go back and re-read my post I said just as much. FYI, just as much does not mean the same as more.

[spelunker64]

1. North Dakota State University
2. University of North Dakota
3. University of Mary
4. Dickinson State
5. North Dakota State College of Science
6. Jamestown College
7. Valley City State
8. Mayville State
9. Williston State
10. Bismarck State
11. Minot State

[UAalum72]

The State University of New York flagship school is SUNY Bingo-town (Binghamton) and does not sponsor football and their bball is borderline.
NYU (no varsity sports) and Syracuse (sucks at football and overrated bball) are both private $$$$$$ "mucho dinero" type of schools with large nationawide followings because of their academics and only syracuse for sports.
Binghamton only THINKS they're the SUNY flagship. I've seen Buffalo and Stony Brook also both claim to be the flagship. The four University Centers are administratively equals. Buffalo is easily the largest, Albany is the oldest and in the state capital, Stony Brook has a medical center.

NYU has Division III sports - The Violets

[SU Jag]

A&M 49361 / 5 games
State 44879 / 4 games
JSU 41775 / 4 games
Tuskegee 55979 / 5 games
UNA 60548 / 6 games
UAB 138835 / 6 games
Troy 104048 / 5 games
UWA 34701 / 6 games
Samford 31921 / 6 games
Miles 39855 / 5 games

This is from the NCAA. Not sure how everyone counts attendance, but JSU and UAB count butts in seats. Troy counts tickets sold. The Magic City Classic is butts in seats. The MCC will out draw any game in AL other than a UAT or Auburn game, but that doesn't mean that A&M and State have more fans. Their fans just attend this game in a higher percentage. I still stand by the grouping I stated at first. The second and third group are closer than the second group is to the first (UAT and Auburn).

Whatever!xcoffeex

[SU Jag]

Is anyone fromm Michigan? I've always wondered how Grand Valley State fairs in-state?

[Bulldog87]

Regarding South Carolina... to be honest, I don't know if I've ever seen a SCSU fan, not around here at least. They must have a big following in the Orangeburg and Columbia areas, because they are non-existant in the upstate.

For my home state:

1. UNC-CH
2. NC State
------------
3. Duke
4. Wake Forest
5. ECU
6. ASU

After that, there is a cluster of schools like WCU, Davidson, the other UNC's, etc., that are pretty much indistinguishable.Sc State has a lot of fans and alums in the upstate. Especially the populated areas just below the base of the beautiful "Blue Ridge Escarpement". I doubt that the Mountain area has a lot of SCSU fans and you'll probably only see a bumper sticker or two when folks are sughtseeing or going to work at Oconee station. One reason that you might not notice SCSU fans in Gville-Spartanburg etc.. is that sadly official SCSU apparel can onyl be sold at the campus bookstore. You can visit a champs sports store and SC and find a Grambling,Southern,sweatshirt easier than an SCSU item. Hopefully this is something that the powers that be will correct. Here in the lowcountry I've seen Furman gear but Wofford,Presbyterian,Newberry,Clafin,Benedict and Francis Marion is hard to find.

[TheBisonator]

As far as football and basketball are concerned (The only two sports I care about), NDSU wins in popularity hands down in the state. Hockey??... I'm waiting for the Winnipeg Jets to come back.

[Maroons]

TN:

Tennessee Vols






Vanderbilt
Memphis


Tennessee State

Middle Tennessee State




UT Chattanooga


Tennessee Tech



Austin Peay

Where are Martin and ETSU?

[Maroons]

Among the six D1 schools in KY...

1. Kentucky
2. Louisville
3. Western Kentucky
4. Eastern Kentucky
5. Murray State
6. Morehead State


Murray State's fan base is heavily inclined toward basketball. They actually average more fans per game than for football. If we were talking purely about basketball you would have to move them up to #4.

I would agree if we're talking merchandise sales. If that were the rankings, I would expect it to go:
1 Kentucky
2 Louisville
3 Western Kentucky
4 Eastern Kentucky
5 Murray State
6 Morehead State
7 Northern Kentucky
8 Kentucky State

If we're talking typical football attendance...
1 Kentucky
2 Louisville
3 Eastern Kentucky/Western Kentucky
4 Murray
5 Morehead
6 Kentucky State

[DaveK]

As far as football and basketball are concerned (The only two sports I care about), NDSU wins in popularity hands down in the state. Hockey??... I'm waiting for the Winnipeg Jets to come back.

NDSU can have basketball as I don't give a rat's behind about that boring game. They both have a very strong following in football. I think UND fans are going to claim UND to be more popular and NDSU fans are going to claim NDSU to be more popular. I highly doubt that any unbiased obsever would claim either one to be "hands down" more popular than the other. For NDSU zealots to scream so loudly about how much more popular they think NDSU is than UND shows the inferiority complex that so many of them possess.

[Peems]

well NDSU does have more people attend their home games, they can use that to gauge.

[DaveK]

well NDSU does have more people attend their home games, they can use that to gauge.

Yes, but they also have nearly triple the population to draw from and nearly double the seating capacity in their venue. All other factors being equal, they should draw more fans to their home games. I don't think anybody would say the Detroit Lions are more popular than the Green Bay Packers because they draw more fans to their home games.

Not to mention the fact that NDSU fans don't have a hockey team to support. So, if UND fans and NDSU fans both have X amount of dollars to spend on tickets to sporting events... UND fans are going to have to divide that between hockey and football while NDSU fans can put it all into football. So, football attendance alone is hardly an accurate way to measure popularity between those two schools.

[GrizMFr]

Grizzlies have (cocks)
Bobscat have (pussies)
No cock fight in Montana!
#1 Griz
#2 Saints
#3 Lights
#4 Tommy Lee's Western team (Ex Griz coach)
#5 Rest of the Frontier conf
#6 ****tie Kitties

[citdog]

Wow getting a strike on one of your first 10 posts! MFr is "certainly on a distingushed road"!:smiley_wi

[CrazyCat]

We are all dumber for having to read that.xidiotx

[Marcus Garvey]

NAU fans may have already responded, but here goes...
In Arizona:
Phoenix Suns
UofA Basketball
Arizona St. Football
UofA Football
D-Backs (They've slipped a bit, 5 years ago, they were #1)
Phoenix Coyotes (NHL, in case y'all forgot about hockey)
Cactus League (aka, MLB Spring Training)
Anything PGA
Arizona St. Baseball
UofA Women's softball
Arizona Cardinals
Arizona St. Basketball (0-14 in Pac-10, and a real threat to go 0-18 this year!)
Mexican Soccer
NAU anything (Face it, NAU athletics are so not on anybody's radar outside of Coconino County)

[JBB]

NDSU dominates the college sports market in North Dakota.

We have tha AD from und calling us on a regular basis begging for a game. He even says he would like to play us but he isnt "in the drivers seat on this one". That sounds nice and humble.

NDSU isnt going to give them the break they so desire, a game against the NDSU BISON at the Fabulous Fargo Dome, unless we really, really need a game. With the other concessions for the other major sports already in hand from friends like DaveK it becomes obvious.

When you talk college sports in North Dakota your talk NDSU BISON!!!

[star2city]

NDSU dominates the college sports market in North Dakota.

UND YTD attendance: 331,827
NDSU YTD attendance: 126,389


When you talk college sports in North Dakota your talk NDSU BISON!!!
Unless its radio:

UND Radio: Blankets the state, network on Clear Channel
NDSU Radio: Fargo + patchwork network with many holes

Unless its cable:

UND Cable: Blankets the state, plus South Dakota and NW Minnesota
NDSU Cable: None, working on Fargo

Unless its satellite:

UND: Has its own network
NDSU: None

Chatter on Message boards:

NDSU: 2 (malcontents formed their own board) xlolx
UND: 1

[DaveK]

UND YTD attendance: 331,827
NDSU YTD attendance: 126,389


Unless its radio:

UND Radio: Blankets the state, network on Clear Channel
NDSU Radio: Fargo + patchwork network with many holes

Unless its cable:

UND Cable: Blankets the state, plus South Dakota and NW Minnesota
NDSU Cable: None, working on Fargo

Unless its satellite:

UND: Has its own network
NDSU: None

Chatter on Message boards:

NDSU: 2 (malcontents formed their own board) xlolx
UND: 1

That pretty much sums it up. If there was enough interest in NDSU sports then surely they would get the kind of radio and TV coverage that UND gets. Bison fans have forever been trying to compare themselves to the Sioux and convince themselves that they're just as relevant when it is painfully obvious they are not.

Like the guys on ESPN radio said while mentioning that the Wisconsin basketball team had been defeated by North Dakota State...

paraphrasing : North Dakota State, are they the Fighting Sioux? No, that's the University of North Dakota. So who is North Dakota State? I don't know. They're... uh, somebody else I guess.

UND = relevant
NDSU = irrelevant

[FargoBison]

UND hockey sure is a household name...

http://siouxsports.com/galleries/101/ndsu.jpg

[DaveK]

UND hockey sure is a household name...

http://siouxsports.com/galleries/101/ndsu.jpg

And that's what you're going to hang your argument on? Sure... a misprinted poster surely trumps being on statewide radio, statewide cable TV, and having telecasts that can be picked up by c-band satellite nationwide. If you say so. xidiotx

[FargoBison]

And that's what you're going to hang your argument on? Sure... a misprinted poster surely trumps being on statewide radio, statewide cable TV, and having telecasts that can be picked up by c-band satellite nationwide. If you say so. xidiotx

Actually that was in response to your ESPN radio remark and had nothing to do with Star2city's post. As for the whole Statewide thing there are a lot of factors involved. NDSU signing with WDAY limits what can be done as far as radio coverage, the school is trading off less radio coverage for better content and quality. In my opinion WDAY blows away what clear channel does for UND. However the cable thing is cool, it would be nice for NDSU to do something like. As for popularity none of this matters, NDSU=UND.

[citdog]

Don't you Dakotas guys have enough threads?

[BrevardMountaineer03]

haha reputation point for that one.

In NC, the ACC schools are king, although in football only I would give ECU the nod over WF/Duke but in overall name recognition it would go:(public schools)

1. Chapel Hell
2. NCSU
3. ECU
4. App (3 and 4 can switch off depending on what you're looking at, ie student reputation or who has put politicians in office to basically bribe the UNCBOG for more money, so it depends on what you are looking at)
5. UNCC
6. UNCW
7. UNCG
8. WCU
9. UNCA
10. UNCP
11. Whatever else

Private schools I would go with
1. Duke
2. WFU
3. Davidson (only here because they haven't produced Nat'l Basketball champions, academically I think they are better than Duke and WFU)
4. Elon
5. Lenoir-Rhyne is an unsung school that has some great programs.
Wow, You mentioned LR....Thank you!!
I would say that NC is regionalized like SC....the farther east you go ECU would dominate over ASU. Living close to Cullowhee people follow the great WCU, but there are still a lot of ASU fans. I know when I was at LR people talked alot about ASU, so I think ASU would be up there in football notarity!

[UNHcats]

UNH Hockey
UNH Football
Dartmouth
Plymouth State

[HIU 93]

Virginia:

I have no way to quantify this, and I can't remember all the schools in VA, but...
UVA/Virginia Tech (tied for first IMO, depends on what part of the state you're in)
JMU
GMU (final four last year gave them some mad exposure)
Mary & Bill
UR
VCU
Hampton
Radford
ODU
Christopher Newport
Mary Washington
Liberty
Washington & Lee
Virginia Union
Mary Baldwin
Bridgewater
Emory & Henry

If you are talking about popularity in VA only, NSU should be VERY high on that list. This is about university, not athletics. Hampton should be lower. Our popularity is more broad (national and international) thna VA. More of our interest is from outside of VA than VA.

[Kill'em]

UND hockey sure is a household name...

http://siouxsports.com/galleries/101/ndsu.jpg
What is "Hockey?" I've never heard of it down here. ;)

[Kill'em]

Is anyone fromm Michigan? I've always wondered how Grand Valley State fairs in-state?
I would imagine they are third behind Michigan and Michigan St. Let's face it, no one gives a crap about Eastern, Central, and Western Michigan. xlolx

[bandl]

Grizzlies have (cocks)
Bobscat have (pussies)
No cock fight in Montana!
#1 Griz
#2 Saints
#3 Lights
#4 Tommy Lee's Western team (Ex Griz coach)
#5 Rest of the Frontier conf
#6 ****tie Kitties

What the ***** is this???? :confused: :confused:

[Appaholic]

North Carolina:

I think there's more of a grouping of schools that are better/less known.

A. UNC-Chapel Hill
A. NC State
A. Duke
A. Wake Forrest
A. ECU

B. ASU
B. UNC-Charlotte
B. UNC-Greensboro
B. NC A&T
B. WCU

C. UNC-Wilmington
C. Campbell
C. WSSU
C. NCCU

Lizard- you're about to draw the ire of the Fighting Phoenix by leaving Elon off the list.....and let's not forget those powerhouses Lenoir-Rhyne, Gardner-Webb and Catawba......xcoffeex

[lizrdgizrd]

Lizard- you're about to draw the ire of the Fighting Phoenix by leaving Elon off the list.....and let's not forget those powerhouses Lenoir-Rhyne, Gardner-Webb and Catawba......xcoffeex
I didn't really feel like putting all 70000 NC colleges on the list! xlolx