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Sitting Bull
November 21st, 2023, 10:04 AM
CAA totals by avg and top crowds

Avg all games/trend vs 2022
Delaware 15,564. (8%)
W&M. 10,268. +3%
UNH. 8,716. (19%)
Elon. 8,008. +9%
Hampton 7,442. +152%
Stony Brook. 6,447. +25%
Richmond. 6,165. (15%)
NC A&T. 5,920. (Missing 3 games)
UAlbany. 5,558. +6%
Maine. 5,138. (7%)
Villanova. 4,676. (34%)
Campbell. 4,164. (7%)
URI. 4,045. (12%)
Towson. 3,783. (32%)
Monmouth. 2,842. +13%


Top Crowds (11,000+)
NC A&T. (vs Towson). 21,500
Delaware. (vs Duquesne). 18,952
Delaware (vs Villanova). 17,718
Delaware (vs Elon). 16,722
Delaware (vs St Francis). 16,332
Hampton (vs NC A&T). 13,811
W&M (vs Towson). 13,713
UNH (vs Towson). 13,544
Delaware (vs NC A&T). 13,041
Elon (vs W&M). 12,705
W&M (vs Monmouth). 11,340
Elon (vs NC A&T) 11,257
Stony Brook (vs Delaware). 11,132

bonarae
November 21st, 2023, 07:53 PM
Not sure where the source is, but only the Bozeman Cats and the Griz sold out their stadiums consistently for their home games this season.

Jackson State still leads the FCS in total attendance despite only filling 82%+ of their stadium, even with Prime gone to the FBS. Tarleton carries into the FCS their top-10 attendance ranking, checking in at #4 or #5.

Grizzlies82
November 21st, 2023, 07:55 PM
BIG SKY CONFERENCE

2023 Season Total: Average Attendances & # of Home Games Played

Univ. of Montana...... 26,269 ave. 6 home games
Montana State...... 21,260 ave. 6 home games
Sacramento State...... 13,348 ave. 5 home games
Univ. of Idaho..... 11,694 ave. 4 home games
Cal Davis..... 10,561 ave. 5 home games
Weber State..... 8,155 ave. 5 home games
Idaho State..... 7,502 ave. 5 home games
Cal Poly..... 7,375 ave. 6 home games
Northern Arizona..... 7,235 ave. 5 home games
Eastern Washington..... 5,677 ave. 5 home games
Northern Colorado..... 3,648 ave. 5 home games
Portland St Univ...... 2,604 ave. 5 home games

bonarae
November 21st, 2023, 08:00 PM
Source: https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2023-attendance-leaders-bzbz/

Ivy League (First column: FCS ranking, third column: attendance average, last column: percentage of stadium filled)



18 Yale
11,581
18


19 Harvard
11,555
38.1





63 Princeton
5,882
19.6





73 Cornell

5,509
25.6


74 Penn

5,474
10.3




89 Columbia
4,366
25.6




100 Brown
3,765
18.8




106 Dartmouth
3,153
28.6




Figured that Dartmouth is dead last in attendance, even below perennial playoff conference cellar-dwellers.... xsmhx

FUBeAR
November 22nd, 2023, 12:38 AM
Source: https://herosports.com/fcs-football-2023-attendance-leaders-bzbz/

Ivy League

Figured that Dartmouth is dead last in attendance, even below perennial playoff conference cellar-dwellers.... xsmhx



FCS
Rank
Team
Avg
Attendance
% Capacity


18
Yale
11,581
18.0


19
Harvard
11,555
38.1


63
Princeton
5,882
19.6


73
Cornell
5,509
25.6


74
Penn
5,474
10.3


89
Columbia
4,366
25.6


100
Brown
3,765
18.8


106
Dartmouth
3,153
28.6

DFW HOYA
November 22nd, 2023, 01:43 AM
Patriot League:

1. Holy Cross 10,429 (down 12.4%, much of it from the Polar Park game)
2. Lehigh 5,851 (up 50.5%, rivalry game at home vs. Lafayette)
3. Lafayette 3,795 (down 31.9%, rivalry game at Lehigh)
4. Fordham 2,902 (up 8.6%)
5. Georgetown 2,732 (up 63.8%, a good number after post-COVID slump)
6. Colgate 2,517 (down 21.5%)
7. Bucknell 1,281 (down 3.2%, trending down for years)

FUBeAR
November 22nd, 2023, 02:30 AM
We had a little discussion about this on the FU Board when one of our good SoCon friends came over to disparage the 'support' that Furman Fans had provided for their Team at the Wofford game in terms of attendance.

So, FUBeAR started thinking....

Sure, there are 9 million variables that go into attendance, but one thing that would be interesting and, perhaps, enlightening is to assess the level of 'home attendance support' students and alumni, theoretically, provide. In other words...let's look at Attendance as a function of Enrollment...again...9 million other variables drive attendance (we all KNOW that), but one would have to acknowledge that it's at least intuitive that the more students, more alumni, more living alumni that a school has (all 9 million other things being equal-ish), that they at least have a higher 'opportunity' for higher attendance.

So...anyway ... in a very LONG chart below, FUBeAR is showing Attendance/Enrollment ratios - he called that number a "Support Ratio" and has ranked them by school AND by Conference (shown below the list of schools - average rank and average 'support ratio' for each conference).

Oh yeah - FUBeAR used College Navigator's "Student Population" for the enrollment numbers. Unless FUBeAR botched up copying/pasting...if you don't like the enrollment number for your school, take it up with the good people at that site.


Interested in y'all's thoughts or feel free to ignore....it's a lotta numbers!




Attendance
Rank
Overall
FCS
'Support
Ratio'
Rank
Within
Conference
'Support
Ratio'
Rank
Team
Conference
Avg
Attendance
% Capacity
Enrollment
Support
Ratio


8
1
1
Alabama St.
SWAC
17,385
65.60%
3,828
4.5415


1
2
2
Jackson St.
SWAC
30,060
75.10%
6,906
4.3527


23
3
1
Furman
SoCon
10,467
65.40%
2,443
4.2845


14
4
3
Alcorn
SWAC
12,018
53.40%
2,933
4.0975


21
5
1
SC St.
MEAC
10,661
48.40%
2,649
4.0245


45
6
4
UAPB
SWAC
7,761
53.50%
2,387
3.2514


84
7
2
VMI
SoCon
4,854
48.50%
1,512
3.2103


66
8
5
MVSU
SWAC
5,692
54.20%
1,879
3.0293


20
9
3
The Citadel
SoCon
11,005
95.70%
3,721
2.9575


9
10
2
Norfolk St.
MEAC
15,656
52.10%
5,783
2.7072


36
11
1
Holy Cross
Patriot
8,344
35.50%
3,083
2.7065


2
12
1
Montana
Big Sky
26,269
104.10%
9,995
2.6282


58
13
6
Bethune-Cookman
SWAC
6,398
66.60%
2,727
2.3462


47
14
1
Hampton
CAA
7,431
61.90%
3,286
2.2614


93
15
4
Wofford
SoCon
4,019
30.90%
1,823
2.2046


91
16
1
Davidson
Pioneer
4,166
92.50%
1,927
2.1619


13
17
7
Alabama A&M
SWAC
12,934
61.59%
6,007
2.1532


7
18
8
Southern
SWAC
17,465
61.20%
8,226
2.1231


6
19
9
FAMU
SWAC
17,616
89.70%
9,215
1.9117


5
20
1
SDSU
MVFC
18,208
94.10%
11,327
1.6075


61
21
2
Richmond
CAA
6,165
70.80%
3,876
1.5906


86
22
1
Gardner-Webb
Big South/OVC
4,827
56.70%
3,144
1.5353


34
23
1
McNeese
Southland
8,840
49.60%
6,230
1.4189


53
24
1
Abilene Christian
UAC
7,090
78.70%
5,079
1.3959


98
25
2
Lafayette
Patriot
3,795
28.90%
2,729
1.3906


4
26
2
Tarleton St.
UAC
18,697
77.90%
14,092
1.3268


3
27
2
Montana St.
Big Sky
21,610
121.50%
16,681
1.2955


11
28
2
NDSU
MVFC
15,121
80.80%
12,242
1.2352


60
29
10
Grambling
SWAC
6,170
31.40%
5,058
1.2198


33
30
3
NC Central
MEAC
9,055
90.50%
7,553
1.1989


42
31
3
Elon
CAA
8,008
71.10%
7,123
1.1242


27
32
5
Mercer
SoCon
9,741
95.50%
8,889
1.0958


101
33
2
CSU
Big South/OVC
3,684
92.10%
3,418
1.0778


25
34
4
W&M
CAA
10,268
88.10%
9,654
1.0636


31
35
3
UNI
MVFC
9,379
57.40%
8,945
1.0485


127
36
2
Presbyterian
Pioneer
1,254
19.30%
1,199
1.0459


15
37
6
WCU
SoCon
11,935
86.50%
11,635
1.0258


16
38
3
Idaho
Big Sky
11,737
73.30%
11,507
1.0200


28
39
4
Murray St.
MVFC
9,645
60.20%
9,479
1.0175


70
40
7
Samford
SoCon
5,618
83.80%
5,682
0.9887


30
41
3
North Ala.
UAC
9,494
66.70%
9,830
0.9658


71
42
2
Nicholls
Southland
5,614
53.40%
5,883
0.9543


108
43
3
Colgate
Patriot
2,878
28.10%
3,141
0.9163


26
44
5
YSU
MVFC
10,065
48.70%
11,071
0.9091


37
45
4
Austin Peay
UAC
8,309
83.10%
9,326
0.8910


48
46
11
Texas Southern
SWAC
7,422
33.70%
8,632
0.8598


82
47
4
Delaware St.
MEAC
5,009
71.50%
5,826
0.8598


88
48
1
Merrimack
NEC
4,505
128.70%
5,505
0.8183


17
49
5
EKU
UAC
11,655
58.20%
14,324
0.8137


41
50
3
Tennessee Tech
Big South/OVC
8,021
48.60%
9,902
0.8100


90
51
5
Campbell
CAA
4,214
76.60%
5272
0.7993


55
52
3
Morehead St.
Pioneer
6,980
69.80%
8,807
0.7926


64
53
4
Lehigh
Patriot
5,851
36.50%
7,394
0.7913


18
54
1
Yale
Ivy
11,581
18.00%
14,776
0.7838


24
55
6
UND
MVFC
10,288
83.70%
13,876
0.7414


38
56
8
Chattanooga
SoCon
8,177
39.50%
11,283
0.7247


40
57
6
SFA
UAC
8,100
55.50%
11,327
0.7151


54
58
7
Central Ark.
UAC
7,048
70.40%
9,913
0.7110


29
59
6
NC A&T
CAA
9,582
44.50%
13,487
0.7105


118
60
2
Stonehill
NEC
1,806
75.20%
2,543
0.7102


85
61
4
UT Martin
Big South/OVC
4,831
64.40%
6,868
0.7034


56
62
7
South Dakota
MVFC
6,890
75.70%
9,856
0.6991


46
63
8
SIU
MVFC
7,544
50.20%
11,107
0.6792


62
64
12
Prairie View
SWAC
6,062
40.40%
9,056
0.6694


63
65
2
Princeton
Ivy
5,882
19.60%
8,842
0.6652


115
66
5
Robert Morris
Big South/OVC
2,242
74.70%
3,431
0.6535


103
67
4
Butler
Pioneer
3,595
63.60%
5,525
0.6507


10
68
7
Delaware
CAA
15,564
86.10%
24,039
0.6474


68
69
6
EIU
Big South/OVC
5,672
56.70%
8,857
0.6404


35
70
8
UNH
CAA
8,716
79.10%
13,953
0.6247


120
71
5
Valparaiso
Pioneer
1,778
35.50%
2,958
0.6011


43
72
9
ETSU
SoCon
7,990
103.80%
13,483
0.5926


59
73
3
Sacred Heart
NEC
6,346
158.60%
10,721
0.5919


51
74
4
Idaho St.
Big Sky
7,226
60.20%
12,301
0.5874


77
75
7
Tennessee St.
Big South/OVC
5,400
8.00%
9,218
0.5858


65
76
8
SEMO
Big South/OVC
5,732
57.30%
9,927
0.5774


122
77
4
Saint Francis
NEC
1,646
47.00%
2,857
0.5761


109
78
9
Monmouth
CAA
2,842
67.60%
5,027
0.5653


81
79
5
Morgan St.
MEAC
5,075
50.70%
9,101
0.5576


113
80
6
Drake
Pioneer
2,481
17.04%
4,685
0.5296


83
81
3
Northwestern St.
Southland
4,915
30.70%
9,389
0.5235


67
82
5
EWU
Big Sky
5,678
66.10%
10,910
0.5204


121
83
9
Bryant
Big South/OVC
1,725
39.20%
3,536
0.4878


76
84
4
Tex. A&M-Commerce
Southland
5,420
54.20%
11,306
0.4794


92
85
9
Indiana St.
MVFC
4,088
32.10%
8,658
0.4722


105
86
10
Lindenwood
Big South/OVC
3,280
54.60%
7,000
0.4686


106
87
3
Dartmouth
Ivy
3,153
28.60%
6,744
0.4675


87
88
10
Villanova
CAA
4,676
38.90%
10,383
0.4504


128
89
5
Wagner
NEC
872
26.40%
1,949
0.4474


97
90
7
St. Thomas
Pioneer
3,868
76.90%
9,025
0.4286


119
91
5
HCU
Southland
1,797
35.90%
4,257
0.4221


75
92
6
Howard
MEAC
5,433
76.60%
12,886
0.4216


78
93
11
Maine
CAA
5,138
51.30%
12,231
0.4201


12
94
6
Sac St.
Big Sky
13,348
62.90%
31,818
0.4195


80
95
8
Utah Tech
UAC
5,132
51.30%
12,556
0.4087


32
96
10
Missouri St.
MVFC
9,143
52.20%
22,535
0.4057


102
97
7
N. Col.
Big Sky
3,648
42.90%
9,380
0.3889


107
98
11
WIU
MVFC
2,915
17.80%
7,643
0.3814


104
99
6
CCSU
NEC
3,574
64.90%
9,468
0.3775


19
100
4
Harvard
Ivy
11,555
38.10%
30,631
0.3772


124
101
8
Stetson
Pioneer
1,442
24.00%
3,928
0.3671


52
102
12
Illinois St.
MVFC
7,194
53.70%
20,683
0.3478


95
103
9
Dayton
Pioneer
3,964
36.10%
11,674
0.3396


125
104
5
Bucknell
Patriot
1,281
9.70%
3,787
0.3383


100
105
5
Brown
Ivy
3,765
18.80%
11,189
0.3365


49
106
8
Cal Poly
Big Sky
7,392
66.70%
22,000
0.3360


69
107
6
Lamar
Southland
5,643
35.20%
16,803
0.3358


72
108
12
UAlbany
CAA
5,558
65.30%
16,658
0.3337


114
109
7
UIW
Southland
2,386
39.70%
7,305
0.3266


116
110
10
Marist
Pioneer
2,096
41.90%
6,464
0.3243


79
111
13
Rhode Island
CAA
5,135
99.30%
17,473
0.2939


96
112
8
SLU
Southland
3,944
53.30%
13,465
0.2929


94
113
9
SUU
UAC
4,011
47.10%
14,330
0.2799


39
114
9
Weber St.
Big Sky
8,155
49.80%
29,914
0.2726


22
115
10
UC Davis
Big Sky
10,562
97.30%
39,679
0.2662


50
116
11
Northern Ariz.
Big Sky
7,235
72.30%
28,086
0.2576


57
117
14
Stony Brook
CAA
6,477
52.60%
25,710
0.2519


117
118
7
Duquesne
NEC
1,822
82.80%
8,107
0.2247


73
119
6
Cornell
Ivy
5,509
25.60%
25,898
0.2127


74
120
7
Penn
Ivy
5,474
10.30%
28,201
0.1941


99
121
15
Towson
CAA
3,783
33.70%
19,793
0.1911


44
122
1
Kennesaw
IND
7,857
94.60%
43,190
0.1819


112
123
6
Fordham
Patriot
2,548
36.40%
16,556
0.1539


126
124
11
San Diego
Pioneer
1,278
22.10%
8,815
0.1450


110
125
7
Georgetown
Patriot
2,734
109.30%
20,984
0.1303


89
126
8
Columbia
Ivy
4,366
25.60%
34,782
0.1255


111
127
12
Portland St.
Big Sky
2,636
36.60%
21,609
0.1220


123
128
8
LIU
NEC
1,565
22.30%
15,737
0.0994













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7,159
58.08%
10,888
0.9889


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FCS
'Support
Ratio'
Avg
Rank
Rank

Conference


Rank
Support
Ratio
Avg



19
1

SWAC


1
2.5463



30
2

SoCon


2
1.8983



44
3

MEAC


3
1.6283



56
4

UAC


5
0.8342



60
5

MVFC


6
0.7954



61
6

Big South/OVC


7
0.7540



69
7

Patriot


4
0.9182



71
8

CAA


8
0.7552



77
9

Pioneer


10
0.6715



80
10

Southland


11
0.5942



83
11

Big Sky


9
0.6762



86
12

NEC


12
0.4807



96
13

Ivy


13
0.3953



121
14

Independent


14
0.1819

DFW HOYA
November 22nd, 2023, 10:37 AM
Two thoughts, and yes, the enrollment numbers are inflated:

1. The top 10 are mostly rural schools, nine of the bottom 10 are in cities.

2. The larger bias is in proximity: 57 percent of Alabama State students come from Alabama and likely most its alumni. Three percent of Georgetown students come from DC and while roughly 20 percent of alumni are within an hour of the campus, it's not easily accessible and not a Saturday destination. How many Cornell alumni are driving 4-6 hours from NYC to watch a game?

The Cats
November 22nd, 2023, 03:57 PM
What a load of malarkey. Leave it to fubear to figure out a way to show FU in the top three in the entire FCS, it took a lot of twisting and turns to make it work out, but leave it to fubear, he'll get it done....

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We had a little discussion about this on the FU Board when one of our good SoCon friends came over to disparage the 'support' that Furman Fans had provided for their Team at the Wofford game in terms of attendance.

So, FUBeAR started thinking....

Sure, there are 9 million variables that go into attendance, but one thing that would be interesting and, perhaps, enlightening is to assess the level of 'home attendance support' students and alumni, theoretically, provide. In other words...let's look at Attendance as a function of Enrollment...again...9 million other variables drive attendance (we all KNOW that), but one would have to acknowledge that it's at least intuitive that the more students, more alumni, more living alumni that a school has (all 9 million other things being equal-ish), that they at least have a higher 'opportunity' for higher attendance.

So...anyway ... in a very LONG chart below, FUBeAR is showing Attendance/Enrollment ratios - he called that number a "Support Ratio" and has ranked them by school AND by Conference (shown below the list of schools - average rank and average 'support ratio' for each conference).

Oh yeah - FUBeAR used College Navigator's "Student Population" for the enrollment numbers. Unless FUBeAR botched up copying/pasting...if you don't like the enrollment number for your school, take it up with the good people at that site.


Interested in y'all's thoughts or feel free to ignore....it's a lotta numbers!




Attendance
Rank
Overall
FCS
'Support
Ratio'
Rank
Within
Conference
'Support
Ratio'
Rank
Team
Conference
Avg
Attendance
% Capacity
Enrollment
Support
Ratio


8
1
1
Alabama St.
SWAC
17,385
65.60%
3,828
4.5415


1
2
2
Jackson St.
SWAC
30,060
75.10%
6,906
4.3527


23
3
1
Furman
SoCon
10,467
65.40%
2,443
4.2845


14
4
3
Alcorn
SWAC
12,018
53.40%
2,933
4.0975


21
5
1
SC St.
MEAC
10,661
48.40%
2,649
4.0245


45
6
4
UAPB
SWAC
7,761
53.50%
2,387
3.2514


84
7
2
VMI
SoCon
4,854
48.50%
1,512
3.2103


66
8
5
MVSU
SWAC
5,692
54.20%
1,879
3.0293


20
9
3
The Citadel
SoCon
11,005
95.70%
3,721
2.9575


9
10
2
Norfolk St.
MEAC
15,656
52.10%
5,783
2.7072


36
11
1
Holy Cross
Patriot
8,344
35.50%
3,083
2.7065


2
12
1
Montana
Big Sky
26,269
104.10%
9,995
2.6282


58
13
6
Bethune-Cookman
SWAC
6,398
66.60%
2,727
2.3462


47
14
1
Hampton
CAA
7,431
61.90%
3,286
2.2614


93
15
4
Wofford
SoCon
4,019
30.90%
1,823
2.2046


91
16
1
Davidson
Pioneer
4,166
92.50%
1,927
2.1619


13
17
7
Alabama A&M
SWAC
12,934
61.59%
6,007
2.1532


7
18
8
Southern
SWAC
17,465
61.20%
8,226
2.1231


6
19
9
FAMU
SWAC
17,616
89.70%
9,215
1.9117


5
20
1
SDSU
MVFC
18,208
94.10%
11,327
1.6075


61
21
2
Richmond
CAA
6,165
70.80%
3,876
1.5906


86
22
1
Gardner-Webb
Big South/OVC
4,827
56.70%
3,144
1.5353


34
23
1
McNeese
Southland
8,840
49.60%
6,230
1.4189


53
24
1
Abilene Christian
UAC
7,090
78.70%
5,079
1.3959


98
25
2
Lafayette
Patriot
3,795
28.90%
2,729
1.3906


4
26
2
Tarleton St.
UAC
18,697
77.90%
14,092
1.3268


3
27
2
Montana St.
Big Sky
21,610
121.50%
16,681
1.2955


11
28
2
NDSU
MVFC
15,121
80.80%
12,242
1.2352


60
29
10
Grambling
SWAC
6,170
31.40%
5,058
1.2198


33
30
3
NC Central
MEAC
9,055
90.50%
7,553
1.1989


42
31
3
Elon
CAA
8,008
71.10%
7,123
1.1242


27
32
5
Mercer
SoCon
9,741
95.50%
8,889
1.0958


101
33
2
CSU
Big South/OVC
3,684
92.10%
3,418
1.0778


25
34
4
W&M
CAA
10,268
88.10%
9,654
1.0636


31
35
3
UNI
MVFC
9,379
57.40%
8,945
1.0485


127
36
2
Presbyterian
Pioneer
1,254
19.30%
1,199
1.0459


15
37
6
WCU
SoCon
11,935
86.50%
11,635
1.0258


16
38
3
Idaho
Big Sky
11,737
73.30%
11,507
1.0200


28
39
4
Murray St.
MVFC
9,645
60.20%
9,479
1.0175


70
40
7
Samford
SoCon
5,618
83.80%
5,682
0.9887


30
41
3
North Ala.
UAC
9,494
66.70%
9,830
0.9658


71
42
2
Nicholls
Southland
5,614
53.40%
5,883
0.9543


108
43
3
Colgate
Patriot
2,878
28.10%
3,141
0.9163


26
44
5
YSU
MVFC
10,065
48.70%
11,071
0.9091


37
45
4
Austin Peay
UAC
8,309
83.10%
9,326
0.8910


48
46
11
Texas Southern
SWAC
7,422
33.70%
8,632
0.8598


82
47
4
Delaware St.
MEAC
5,009
71.50%
5,826
0.8598


88
48
1
Merrimack
NEC
4,505
128.70%
5,505
0.8183


17
49
5
EKU
UAC
11,655
58.20%
14,324
0.8137


41
50
3
Tennessee Tech
Big South/OVC
8,021
48.60%
9,902
0.8100


90
51
5
Campbell
CAA
4,214
76.60%
5272
0.7993


55
52
3
Morehead St.
Pioneer
6,980
69.80%
8,807
0.7926


64
53
4
Lehigh
Patriot
5,851
36.50%
7,394
0.7913


18
54
1
Yale
Ivy
11,581
18.00%
14,776
0.7838


24
55
6
UND
MVFC
10,288
83.70%
13,876
0.7414


38
56
8
Chattanooga
SoCon
8,177
39.50%
11,283
0.7247


40
57
6
SFA
UAC
8,100
55.50%
11,327
0.7151


54
58
7
Central Ark.
UAC
7,048
70.40%
9,913
0.7110


29
59
6
NC A&T
CAA
9,582
44.50%
13,487
0.7105


118
60
2
Stonehill
NEC
1,806
75.20%
2,543
0.7102


85
61
4
UT Martin
Big South/OVC
4,831
64.40%
6,868
0.7034


56
62
7
South Dakota
MVFC
6,890
75.70%
9,856
0.6991


46
63
8
SIU
MVFC
7,544
50.20%
11,107
0.6792


62
64
12
Prairie View
SWAC
6,062
40.40%
9,056
0.6694


63
65
2
Princeton
Ivy
5,882
19.60%
8,842
0.6652


115
66
5
Robert Morris
Big South/OVC
2,242
74.70%
3,431
0.6535


103
67
4
Butler
Pioneer
3,595
63.60%
5,525
0.6507


10
68
7
Delaware
CAA
15,564
86.10%
24,039
0.6474


68
69
6
EIU
Big South/OVC
5,672
56.70%
8,857
0.6404


35
70
8
UNH
CAA
8,716
79.10%
13,953
0.6247


120
71
5
Valparaiso
Pioneer
1,778
35.50%
2,958
0.6011


43
72
9
ETSU
SoCon
7,990
103.80%
13,483
0.5926


59
73
3
Sacred Heart
NEC
6,346
158.60%
10,721
0.5919


51
74
4
Idaho St.
Big Sky
7,226
60.20%
12,301
0.5874


77
75
7
Tennessee St.
Big South/OVC
5,400
8.00%
9,218
0.5858


65
76
8
SEMO
Big South/OVC
5,732
57.30%
9,927
0.5774


122
77
4
Saint Francis
NEC
1,646
47.00%
2,857
0.5761


109
78
9
Monmouth
CAA
2,842
67.60%
5,027
0.5653


81
79
5
Morgan St.
MEAC
5,075
50.70%
9,101
0.5576


113
80
6
Drake
Pioneer
2,481
17.04%
4,685
0.5296


83
81
3
Northwestern St.
Southland
4,915
30.70%
9,389
0.5235


67
82
5
EWU
Big Sky
5,678
66.10%
10,910
0.5204


121
83
9
Bryant
Big South/OVC
1,725
39.20%
3,536
0.4878


76
84
4
Tex. A&M-Commerce
Southland
5,420
54.20%
11,306
0.4794


92
85
9
Indiana St.
MVFC
4,088
32.10%
8,658
0.4722


105
86
10
Lindenwood
Big South/OVC
3,280
54.60%
7,000
0.4686


106
87
3
Dartmouth
Ivy
3,153
28.60%
6,744
0.4675


87
88
10
Villanova
CAA
4,676
38.90%
10,383
0.4504


128
89
5
Wagner
NEC
872
26.40%
1,949
0.4474


97
90
7
St. Thomas
Pioneer
3,868
76.90%
9,025
0.4286


119
91
5
HCU
Southland
1,797
35.90%
4,257
0.4221


75
92
6
Howard
MEAC
5,433
76.60%
12,886
0.4216


78
93
11
Maine
CAA
5,138
51.30%
12,231
0.4201


12
94
6
Sac St.
Big Sky
13,348
62.90%
31,818
0.4195


80
95
8
Utah Tech
UAC
5,132
51.30%
12,556
0.4087


32
96
10
Missouri St.
MVFC
9,143
52.20%
22,535
0.4057


102
97
7
N. Col.
Big Sky
3,648
42.90%
9,380
0.3889


107
98
11
WIU
MVFC
2,915
17.80%
7,643
0.3814


104
99
6
CCSU
NEC
3,574
64.90%
9,468
0.3775


19
100
4
Harvard
Ivy
11,555
38.10%
30,631
0.3772


124
101
8
Stetson
Pioneer
1,442
24.00%
3,928
0.3671


52
102
12
Illinois St.
MVFC
7,194
53.70%
20,683
0.3478


95
103
9
Dayton
Pioneer
3,964
36.10%
11,674
0.3396


125
104
5
Bucknell
Patriot
1,281
9.70%
3,787
0.3383


100
105
5
Brown
Ivy
3,765
18.80%
11,189
0.3365


49
106
8
Cal Poly
Big Sky
7,392
66.70%
22,000
0.3360


69
107
6
Lamar
Southland
5,643
35.20%
16,803
0.3358


72
108
12
UAlbany
CAA
5,558
65.30%
16,658
0.3337


114
109
7
UIW
Southland
2,386
39.70%
7,305
0.3266


116
110
10
Marist
Pioneer
2,096
41.90%
6,464
0.3243


79
111
13
Rhode Island
CAA
5,135
99.30%
17,473
0.2939


96
112
8
SLU
Southland
3,944
53.30%
13,465
0.2929


94
113
9
SUU
UAC
4,011
47.10%
14,330
0.2799


39
114
9
Weber St.
Big Sky
8,155
49.80%
29,914
0.2726


22
115
10
UC Davis
Big Sky
10,562
97.30%
39,679
0.2662


50
116
11
Northern Ariz.
Big Sky
7,235
72.30%
28,086
0.2576


57
117
14
Stony Brook
CAA
6,477
52.60%
25,710
0.2519


117
118
7
Duquesne
NEC
1,822
82.80%
8,107
0.2247


73
119
6
Cornell
Ivy
5,509
25.60%
25,898
0.2127


74
120
7
Penn
Ivy
5,474
10.30%
28,201
0.1941


99
121
15
Towson
CAA
3,783
33.70%
19,793
0.1911


44
122
1
Kennesaw
IND
7,857
94.60%
43,190
0.1819


112
123
6
Fordham
Patriot
2,548
36.40%
16,556
0.1539


126
124
11
San Diego
Pioneer
1,278
22.10%
8,815
0.1450


110
125
7
Georgetown
Patriot
2,734
109.30%
20,984
0.1303


89
126
8
Columbia
Ivy
4,366
25.60%
34,782
0.1255


111
127
12
Portland St.
Big Sky
2,636
36.60%
21,609
0.1220


123
128
8
LIU
NEC
1,565
22.30%
15,737
0.0994













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65
128
128
128
7,159
58.08%
10,888
0.9889


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FCS
'Support
Ratio'
Avg
Rank
Rank

Conference


Rank
Support
Ratio
Avg



19
1

SWAC


1
2.5463



30
2

SoCon


2
1.8983



44
3

MEAC


3
1.6283



56
4

UAC


5
0.8342



60
5

MVFC


6
0.7954



61
6

Big South/OVC


7
0.7540



69
7

Patriot


4
0.9182



71
8

CAA


8
0.7552



77
9

Pioneer


10
0.6715



80
10

Southland


11
0.5942



83
11

Big Sky


9
0.6762



86
12

NEC


12
0.4807



96
13

Ivy


13
0.3953



121
14

Independent


14
0.1819

SeattleCat
November 22nd, 2023, 04:06 PM
What a load of malarkey. Leave it to fubear to figure out a way to show FU in the top three in the entire FCS, it took a lot of twisting and turns to make it work out, but leave it to fubear, he'll get it done....

33195


Right, Ratio of support??? I guess thats ok for teams that can't fill their stadiums but for the teams that overly sold out every game it means nothing. If Montana & Montana State had 35K capacity stadiums we'd still sell out.

UAalum72
November 22nd, 2023, 04:08 PM
Enrollment figures appear to include graduate students, which is a major portion at some schools and has no effect at others, and who may have been undergrad at other places with no athletic loyalty to the grad school. They probably aren't paying athletics fees and getting game tickets either.

MSUBobcat
November 22nd, 2023, 04:25 PM
BIG SKY CONFERENCE

2023 Season Total: Average Attendances & # of Home Games Played

Univ. of Montana...... 26,269 ave. 6 home games
Montana State...... 21,260 ave. 6 home games
Sacramento State...... 13,348 ave. 5 home games
Univ. of Idaho..... 11,694 ave. 4 home games
Cal Davis..... 10,561 ave. 5 home games
Weber State..... 8,155 ave. 5 home games
Idaho State..... 7,502 ave. 5 home games
Cal Poly..... 7,375 ave. 6 home games
Northern Arizona..... 7,235 ave. 5 home games
Eastern Washington..... 5,677 ave. 5 home games
Northern Colorado..... 3,648 ave. 5 home games
Portland St Univ...... 2,604 ave. 5 home games

Portland State really needs a stadium closer to campus.

MSUBobcat
November 22nd, 2023, 04:43 PM
What a load of malarkey. Leave it to fubear to figure out a way to show FU in the top three in the entire FCS, it took a lot of twisting and turns to make it work out, but leave it to fubear, he'll get it done....

33195

Population of Greenville and Spartanburg counties are nearly the population of the entire state of Montana... Has enrollment declined significantly? Why did they expand the stadium from 13,200 to 16k in 1985? The population of the surrounding area has blown up, yet in a year with a pretty good team, they would have only have only filled the PRE-expansion stadium 80%. Seems like Furman's "ratio of support" is tanking.......

Kabooom
November 23rd, 2023, 02:05 PM
Portland State really needs a stadium closer to campus.


Was awesome back in the day going to a game at PG&E Park. Attendance since then has literally been High schoolish since the boot from downtown.
They need to find a way to get back to that venue.

Too busy for that venues pro soccer schedule?

nodak651
November 23rd, 2023, 09:14 PM
Was awesome back in the day going to a game at PG&E Park. Attendance since then has literally been High schoolish since the boot from downtown.
They need to find a way to get back to that venue.

Too busy for that venues pro soccer schedule?
Maybe they don't want them tearing up the field?

grizband
November 24th, 2023, 02:22 AM
Was awesome back in the day going to a game at PG&E Park. Attendance since then has literally been High schoolish since the boot from downtown.
They need to find a way to get back to that venue.

Too busy for that venues pro soccer schedule?


Maybe they don't want them tearing up the field?
Downtown is obviously more conducive for travel, and attracting any potential casual Vikings fans to the game. However, I believe Portland State originally lost use of Providence (formerly PG&E) Park, because of the soccer schedule. Between September and November, Providence Park held soccer matches on the following Saturdays:

9/09 (Timbers)
9/16 (Thorns)
9/23 (Timbers)
9/30 (Thorns)
10/07 (Thorns)
10/21 (Timbers)
11/05 (Thorns)

That leaves only 5 open Saturdays on the calendar between September and November 2023 (prior to the FCS playoffs), for Portland State to schedule games. Aside from scheduling issues, I assume nodak651 is correct, that Providence doesn't want the chance of their field being torn up by football teams.

MUMD
November 24th, 2023, 10:35 PM
We had a little discussion about this on the FU Board when one of our good SoCon friends came over to disparage the 'support' that Furman Fans had provided for their Team at the Wofford game in terms of attendance.

So, FUBeAR started thinking....

Sure, there are 9 million variables that go into attendance, but one thing that would be interesting and, perhaps, enlightening is to assess the level of 'home attendance support' students and alumni, theoretically, provide. In other words...let's look at Attendance as a function of Enrollment...again...9 million other variables drive attendance (we all KNOW that), but one would have to acknowledge that it's at least intuitive that the more students, more alumni, more living alumni that a school has (all 9 million other things being equal-ish), that they at least have a higher 'opportunity' for higher attendance.

So...anyway ... in a very LONG chart below, FUBeAR is showing Attendance/Enrollment ratios - he called that number a "Support Ratio" and has ranked them by school AND by Conference (shown below the list of schools - average rank and average 'support ratio' for each conference).

Oh yeah - FUBeAR used College Navigator's "Student Population" for the enrollment numbers. Unless FUBeAR botched up copying/pasting...if you don't like the enrollment number for your school, take it up with the good people at that site.


Interested in y'all's thoughts or feel free to ignore....it's a lotta numbers!




Attendance
Rank
Overall
FCS
'Support
Ratio'
Rank
Within
Conference
'Support
Ratio'
Rank
Team
Conference
Avg
Attendance
% Capacity
Enrollment
Support
Ratio


8
1
1
Alabama St.
SWAC
17,385
65.60%
3,828
4.5415


1
2
2
Jackson St.
SWAC
30,060
75.10%
6,906
4.3527


23
3
1
Furman
SoCon
10,467
65.40%
2,443
4.2845


14
4
3
Alcorn
SWAC
12,018
53.40%
2,933
4.0975


21
5
1
SC St.
MEAC
10,661
48.40%
2,649
4.0245


45
6
4
UAPB
SWAC
7,761
53.50%
2,387
3.2514


84
7
2
VMI
SoCon
4,854
48.50%
1,512
3.2103


66
8
5
MVSU
SWAC
5,692
54.20%
1,879
3.0293


20
9
3
The Citadel
SoCon
11,005
95.70%
3,721
2.9575


9
10
2
Norfolk St.
MEAC
15,656
52.10%
5,783
2.7072


36
11
1
Holy Cross
Patriot
8,344
35.50%
3,083
2.7065


2
12
1
Montana
Big Sky
26,269
104.10%
9,995
2.6282


58
13
6
Bethune-Cookman
SWAC
6,398
66.60%
2,727
2.3462


47
14
1
Hampton
CAA
7,431
61.90%
3,286
2.2614


93
15
4
Wofford
SoCon
4,019
30.90%
1,823
2.2046


91
16
1
Davidson
Pioneer
4,166
92.50%
1,927
2.1619


13
17
7
Alabama A&M
SWAC
12,934
61.59%
6,007
2.1532


7
18
8
Southern
SWAC
17,465
61.20%
8,226
2.1231


6
19
9
FAMU
SWAC
17,616
89.70%
9,215
1.9117


5
20
1
SDSU
MVFC
18,208
94.10%
11,327
1.6075


61
21
2
Richmond
CAA
6,165
70.80%
3,876
1.5906


86
22
1
Gardner-Webb
Big South/OVC
4,827
56.70%
3,144
1.5353


34
23
1
McNeese
Southland
8,840
49.60%
6,230
1.4189


53
24
1
Abilene Christian
UAC
7,090
78.70%
5,079
1.3959


98
25
2
Lafayette
Patriot
3,795
28.90%
2,729
1.3906


4
26
2
Tarleton St.
UAC
18,697
77.90%
14,092
1.3268


3
27
2
Montana St.
Big Sky
21,610
121.50%
16,681
1.2955


11
28
2
NDSU
MVFC
15,121
80.80%
12,242
1.2352


60
29
10
Grambling
SWAC
6,170
31.40%
5,058
1.2198


33
30
3
NC Central
MEAC
9,055
90.50%
7,553
1.1989


42
31
3
Elon
CAA
8,008
71.10%
7,123
1.1242


27
32
5
Mercer
SoCon
9,741
95.50%
8,889
1.0958


101
33
2
CSU
Big South/OVC
3,684
92.10%
3,418
1.0778


25
34
4
W&M
CAA
10,268
88.10%
9,654
1.0636


31
35
3
UNI
MVFC
9,379
57.40%
8,945
1.0485


127
36
2
Presbyterian
Pioneer
1,254
19.30%
1,199
1.0459


15
37
6
WCU
SoCon
11,935
86.50%
11,635
1.0258


16
38
3
Idaho
Big Sky
11,737
73.30%
11,507
1.0200


28
39
4
Murray St.
MVFC
9,645
60.20%
9,479
1.0175


70
40
7
Samford
SoCon
5,618
83.80%
5,682
0.9887


30
41
3
North Ala.
UAC
9,494
66.70%
9,830
0.9658


71
42
2
Nicholls
Southland
5,614
53.40%
5,883
0.9543


108
43
3
Colgate
Patriot
2,878
28.10%
3,141
0.9163


26
44
5
YSU
MVFC
10,065
48.70%
11,071
0.9091


37
45
4
Austin Peay
UAC
8,309
83.10%
9,326
0.8910


48
46
11
Texas Southern
SWAC
7,422
33.70%
8,632
0.8598


82
47
4
Delaware St.
MEAC
5,009
71.50%
5,826
0.8598


88
48
1
Merrimack
NEC
4,505
128.70%
5,505
0.8183


17
49
5
EKU
UAC
11,655
58.20%
14,324
0.8137


41
50
3
Tennessee Tech
Big South/OVC
8,021
48.60%
9,902
0.8100


90
51
5
Campbell
CAA
4,214
76.60%
5272
0.7993


55
52
3
Morehead St.
Pioneer
6,980
69.80%
8,807
0.7926


64
53
4
Lehigh
Patriot
5,851
36.50%
7,394
0.7913


18
54
1
Yale
Ivy
11,581
18.00%
14,776
0.7838


24
55
6
UND
MVFC
10,288
83.70%
13,876
0.7414


38
56
8
Chattanooga
SoCon
8,177
39.50%
11,283
0.7247


40
57
6
SFA
UAC
8,100
55.50%
11,327
0.7151


54
58
7
Central Ark.
UAC
7,048
70.40%
9,913
0.7110


29
59
6
NC A&T
CAA
9,582
44.50%
13,487
0.7105


118
60
2
Stonehill
NEC
1,806
75.20%
2,543
0.7102


85
61
4
UT Martin
Big South/OVC
4,831
64.40%
6,868
0.7034


56
62
7
South Dakota
MVFC
6,890
75.70%
9,856
0.6991


46
63
8
SIU
MVFC
7,544
50.20%
11,107
0.6792


62
64
12
Prairie View
SWAC
6,062
40.40%
9,056
0.6694


63
65
2
Princeton
Ivy
5,882
19.60%
8,842
0.6652


115
66
5
Robert Morris
Big South/OVC
2,242
74.70%
3,431
0.6535


103
67
4
Butler
Pioneer
3,595
63.60%
5,525
0.6507


10
68
7
Delaware
CAA
15,564
86.10%
24,039
0.6474


68
69
6
EIU
Big South/OVC
5,672
56.70%
8,857
0.6404


35
70
8
UNH
CAA
8,716
79.10%
13,953
0.6247


120
71
5
Valparaiso
Pioneer
1,778
35.50%
2,958
0.6011


43
72
9
ETSU
SoCon
7,990
103.80%
13,483
0.5926


59
73
3
Sacred Heart
NEC
6,346
158.60%
10,721
0.5919


51
74
4
Idaho St.
Big Sky
7,226
60.20%
12,301
0.5874


77
75
7
Tennessee St.
Big South/OVC
5,400
8.00%
9,218
0.5858


65
76
8
SEMO
Big South/OVC
5,732
57.30%
9,927
0.5774


122
77
4
Saint Francis
NEC
1,646
47.00%
2,857
0.5761


109
78
9
Monmouth
CAA
2,842
67.60%
5,027
0.5653


81
79
5
Morgan St.
MEAC
5,075
50.70%
9,101
0.5576


113
80
6
Drake
Pioneer
2,481
17.04%
4,685
0.5296


83
81
3
Northwestern St.
Southland
4,915
30.70%
9,389
0.5235


67
82
5
EWU
Big Sky
5,678
66.10%
10,910
0.5204


121
83
9
Bryant
Big South/OVC
1,725
39.20%
3,536
0.4878


76
84
4
Tex. A&M-Commerce
Southland
5,420
54.20%
11,306
0.4794


92
85
9
Indiana St.
MVFC
4,088
32.10%
8,658
0.4722


105
86
10
Lindenwood
Big South/OVC
3,280
54.60%
7,000
0.4686


106
87
3
Dartmouth
Ivy
3,153
28.60%
6,744
0.4675


87
88
10
Villanova
CAA
4,676
38.90%
10,383
0.4504


128
89
5
Wagner
NEC
872
26.40%
1,949
0.4474


97
90
7
St. Thomas
Pioneer
3,868
76.90%
9,025
0.4286


119
91
5
HCU
Southland
1,797
35.90%
4,257
0.4221


75
92
6
Howard
MEAC
5,433
76.60%
12,886
0.4216


78
93
11
Maine
CAA
5,138
51.30%
12,231
0.4201


12
94
6
Sac St.
Big Sky
13,348
62.90%
31,818
0.4195


80
95
8
Utah Tech
UAC
5,132
51.30%
12,556
0.4087


32
96
10
Missouri St.
MVFC
9,143
52.20%
22,535
0.4057


102
97
7
N. Col.
Big Sky
3,648
42.90%
9,380
0.3889


107
98
11
WIU
MVFC
2,915
17.80%
7,643
0.3814


104
99
6
CCSU
NEC
3,574
64.90%
9,468
0.3775


19
100
4
Harvard
Ivy
11,555
38.10%
30,631
0.3772


124
101
8
Stetson
Pioneer
1,442
24.00%
3,928
0.3671


52
102
12
Illinois St.
MVFC
7,194
53.70%
20,683
0.3478


95
103
9
Dayton
Pioneer
3,964
36.10%
11,674
0.3396


125
104
5
Bucknell
Patriot
1,281
9.70%
3,787
0.3383


100
105
5
Brown
Ivy
3,765
18.80%
11,189
0.3365


49
106
8
Cal Poly
Big Sky
7,392
66.70%
22,000
0.3360


69
107
6
Lamar
Southland
5,643
35.20%
16,803
0.3358


72
108
12
UAlbany
CAA
5,558
65.30%
16,658
0.3337


114
109
7
UIW
Southland
2,386
39.70%
7,305
0.3266


116
110
10
Marist
Pioneer
2,096
41.90%
6,464
0.3243


79
111
13
Rhode Island
CAA
5,135
99.30%
17,473
0.2939


96
112
8
SLU
Southland
3,944
53.30%
13,465
0.2929


94
113
9
SUU
UAC
4,011
47.10%
14,330
0.2799


39
114
9
Weber St.
Big Sky
8,155
49.80%
29,914
0.2726


22
115
10
UC Davis
Big Sky
10,562
97.30%
39,679
0.2662


50
116
11
Northern Ariz.
Big Sky
7,235
72.30%
28,086
0.2576


57
117
14
Stony Brook
CAA
6,477
52.60%
25,710
0.2519


117
118
7
Duquesne
NEC
1,822
82.80%
8,107
0.2247


73
119
6
Cornell
Ivy
5,509
25.60%
25,898
0.2127


74
120
7
Penn
Ivy
5,474
10.30%
28,201
0.1941


99
121
15
Towson
CAA
3,783
33.70%
19,793
0.1911


44
122
1
Kennesaw
IND
7,857
94.60%
43,190
0.1819


112
123
6
Fordham
Patriot
2,548
36.40%
16,556
0.1539


126
124
11
San Diego
Pioneer
1,278
22.10%
8,815
0.1450


110
125
7
Georgetown
Patriot
2,734
109.30%
20,984
0.1303


89
126
8
Columbia
Ivy
4,366
25.60%
34,782
0.1255


111
127
12
Portland St.
Big Sky
2,636
36.60%
21,609
0.1220


123
128
8
LIU
NEC
1,565
22.30%
15,737
0.0994













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58.08%
10,888
0.9889


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FCS
'Support
Ratio'
Avg
Rank
Rank

Conference


Rank
Support
Ratio
Avg



19
1

SWAC


1
2.5463



30
2

SoCon


2
1.8983



44
3

MEAC


3
1.6283



56
4

UAC


5
0.8342



60
5

MVFC


6
0.7954



61
6

Big South/OVC


7
0.7540



69
7

Patriot


4
0.9182



71
8

CAA


8
0.7552



77
9

Pioneer


10
0.6715



80
10

Southland


11
0.5942



83
11

Big Sky


9
0.6762



86
12

NEC


12
0.4807



96
13

Ivy


13
0.3953



121
14

Independent


14
0.1819



Wow FUBeAR this is awesome! I have to wonder, is FCS analysis your full time job? I also notice the times of your posts (this one at 0230). I think you are spot on. Like I tell the asshole SEC fans, the numbers in the SoCon are about 10%: 10% of the school size and stadium capacity. Anyway, your analysis proves once again that football just matters more in the South.

MUMD
November 24th, 2023, 10:39 PM
Enrollment figures appear to include graduate students, which is a major portion at some schools and has no effect at others, and who may have been undergrad at other places with no athletic loyalty to the grad school. They probably aren't paying athletics fees and getting game tickets either.
Astute observation. My school (Mercer) has almost 50% grad students yet still came in over 1.00. FUBeAR's Furman has few grad students.

MUMD
November 24th, 2023, 10:44 PM
Population of Greenville and Spartanburg counties are nearly the population of the entire state of Montana... Has enrollment declined significantly? Why did they expand the stadium from 13,200 to 16k in 1985? The population of the surrounding area has blown up, yet in a year with a pretty good team, they would have only have only filled the PRE-expansion stadium 80%. Seems like Furman's "ratio of support" is tanking.......
You are really missing FUBeAR's point. Who are Cats/Griz competing for fans with? Clemson is within an hour of Greenville/Spartanburg, and Columbia within 2. Yet Furman is a very small school with a good FCS history who is holding their own. Maybe they should play in a 12K stadium so it looks full? You really can't compare the sparse and spread out Big Sky with eastern conferences.