(05-12-2015 12:50 PM)dbackjon Wrote: 1. Southeastern **77,694
2. Big Ten# 66,869
3. Big 12 58,102
4. Pac-12 52,702
5. Atlantic Coast# 50,291
6. American# 29,193
7. Mountain West 25,254
8. Conference USA# 20,455
9. Sun Belt# 18,294
10. Mid-American 15,431
Independents# 52,882
To me the most interesting story is right here.
Let's go back to the numbers in 2003 to compare (2014 numbers)
1. Southeastern 74,059 (up 3,635)
2. Big Ten 70,198 (down 3,329)
3. Big XII 56,352 (up 1,750)
4. Atlantic Coast 51,938 (down 1,647)
5. Pacific-10 51,608 (up 1,094)
6. Big East 46,870 (N/A)
7. Mountain West 32,809 (down 7,555)
8. Conference USA 32,246 (down 11,791)
9. Western Athletic 24,675 (N/A)
10. Mid American 17,820 (down 2,389)
11. Sun Belt 14,325 (up 3,969)
-Out of all conferences the Sun Belt is up the most in attendance from 2003.
-CUSA fans like to talk up their conference but they are the ones who have taken the biggest hit in attendance of all conferences. 11,791 is a 33% cut.
-In 2003 gap between the lowest attended BCS conference (Big East 46,870) and highest attended non-BCS (MWC 32,809) was 14,061
In 2014 the gap between the lowest attended P5 (ACC 50,291) and highest attended G5 (American 29,193) was 21,098 an increase of about 50% in attendance gap between the haves and have nots from 2003.