"New data from the marketing research firm SBRnet measured the number of fans for every Power Five team, plus Notre Dame.
The calculation was based on fans that watched or attended a game in 2021.
The data shows 103 million people were fans of the 65 teams in 2021.
Ohio State had the largest count at almost 6.3 million.
Alabama was second at over 4.1 million.
Thirty-one more Power Five programs (including Notre Dame) exceeded one million fans.
The list below is each program, by conference, with more than one million fans:
ACC – FSU, 2.7M; Duke, 2.6M; UNC, 1.9M; Boston College, 1.5M; Georgia Tech, 1.4M; Clemson, 1.5M; Georgia Tech, 1.4M; Miami 1.1M
Big 12 – Texas, 3.1M; Oklahoma, 1.7M; Kansas, 1M
Big Ten – Ohio State, 6.3M; Penn State, 4M; Michigan State, 2.9M; Michigan, 2.9M; Illinois, 1.7M; Wisconsin, 1.6M; Minnesota, 1.4M; Iowa, 1.3M; Nebraska, 1.2M
Pac 12 – UCLA, 2.7M; Arizona State, 1.5M; USC, 1.5M
SEC – Alabama, 4.1M; Georgia, 2.8M; LSU, 2.3M; Florida, 2.1M; Auburn, 2M; Texas A&M, 2M; Kentucky, 1.5M; Tennessee 1.3M; Missouri, 1.1M; Arkansas, 1.1M
Notre Dame – 3.5M"
https://bamahammer.com/2022/07/30/data-u...alignment/