Week 1
Sept 4
NC A&T 10 @ GSU 59 A - 16,703
Sept 5
Liberty 13 @ JMU 20 A - 25,035
CCU 24 @ WVU 31 A - 54,158
MU 0 @ Penn St 45 A - 108,489
Maine 3 @ App 55 A - 33,664
Acorn 3 @ USM 49 A - 26,246
SELA 14 @ USA 39 A - 15,087
Norfolk 10 @ ODU 31 A - 21,944
Sam Houston 21 @ Troy 24 A - 24,356
Charleston So 0 @ GS 31 A - 22,426
stAte 24 @ UM 42 A - 45,632
ULM 13 @ MSU 62 A - 48,771
NWST 6 @ LTU 80 A - 13,108
Lamar 7 @ UL 38 A - 20,851
Welcome to College Football '26

I was watching the JMU game. I don’t know how many your stadium holds but I was surprised to see so many open seats against Liberty.

(09-06-2026 12:53 PM)herdftblfan21 Wrote:  I was watching the JMU game. I don’t know how many your stadium holds but I was surprised to see so many open seats against Liberty.

It was sold out, but there were monsoon conditions before kickoff and even a lightening delay so that no one was allowed into the stadium until 15 minutes before kickoff. The lines were so long I think a lot of people (especially students) bailed.

That was a crazy 1.5 hrs of heavy thunderstorms.

(09-06-2026 12:53 PM)herdftblfan21 Wrote:  I was watching the JMU game. I don’t know how many your stadium holds but I was surprised to see so many open seats against Liberty.

I was there...by q2 it was full.
Early game, the gates were packed because the gates opened 30 minutes before kickoff due to lightening.

This is how go look at it...monsoon 2hrs before kickoff, chaos, still filled her up....

more dick measuring with BS data - rock on

Until every SBC school measures attendance using the exact same metric (tickets scanned) these rankings are absolutely pointless.

(09-06-2026 12:57 PM)2Buck Wrote:  

(09-06-2026 12:53 PM)herdftblfan21 Wrote:  I was watching the JMU game. I don’t know how many your stadium holds but I was surprised to see so many open seats against Liberty.

It was sold out, but there were monsoon conditions before kickoff and even a lightening delay so that no one was allowed into the stadium until 15 minutes before kickoff. The lines were so long I think a lot of people (especially students) bailed.

Ahh . . . my apologies. I was on a boat watching on my phone and didn’t catch that.

(09-06-2026 02:28 PM)TTT Wrote:  Until every SBC school measures attendance using the exact same metric (tickets scanned) these rankings are absolutely pointless.

I agree with this, but I would also accept a mid-2nd quarter full scan of the stands as a metric as well. It has more to do with how it looks over what the actual number is.

(09-06-2026 02:28 PM)TTT Wrote:  Until every SBC school measures attendance using the exact same metric (tickets scanned) these rankings are absolutely pointless.

Who uses tickets scanned? Tickets sold is what I’ve heard is always used, even outside of college. This same conversation happens in minor league hockey too.

(09-06-2026 01:20 PM)WinstonTheWolf Wrote:  more dick measuring with BS data - rock on

Why do you think it's dick measuring? None of us have massive crazy attendance numbers. It's at least interesting to see what was recorded vs what we saw in seat.

I know I'm being bias but I'm fairly confident we hit at least 24.5k yesterday. While I absolutely agree everyone's numbers are inflated, it's cool to at least have a topic about weekly attendance so we can call BS when it's present.

I think they were all low. Especially the SBC stadiums. I figured at least 50,000. Just wondering how much they lied. Penn St......pphhh. No more than 30 grand!

(09-06-2026 07:56 PM)OsageJ Wrote:  I think they were all low. Especially the SBC stadiums. I figured at least 50,000. Just wondering how much they lied. Penn St......pphhh. No more than 30 grand!

Lol... I'm fairly confident PSU had at least 3k people there. Anyone saying less is a Dave Portnoy bot.

I am sure the holiday weekend probably was a factor in some of these numbers.

(09-06-2026 07:16 PM)debragga Wrote:  

(09-06-2026 02:28 PM)TTT Wrote:  Until every SBC school measures attendance using the exact same metric (tickets scanned) these rankings are absolutely pointless.

Who uses tickets scanned? Tickets sold is what I’ve heard is always used, even outside of college. This same conversation happens in minor league hockey too.

Well, I can tell you for a fact USM’s scan count is inflated by at least 1 most weeks.

(09-06-2026 07:56 PM)OsageJ Wrote:  I think they were all low. Especially the SBC stadiums. I figured at least 50,000. Just wondering how much they lied. Penn St......pphhh. No more than 30 grand!

Our first home game is this Saturday and they’re saying it’ll be another hot one. If I weren’t taking pics (at my age), I’d be tempted to sit this one out and wait for milder temps.

The heat is gruesome. Heat index was around 105-110 degrees when I arrived in Troy. Thank goodness I watch the games from inside the air-conditioned tower. Was longing for cooler temps in the Florida Keys!

The good news with this heat is that we don’t have a home game until week 3. The bad news is that it’s at 3:30 in the afternoon

(09-07-2026 11:39 AM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(09-06-2026 07:56 PM)OsageJ Wrote:  I think they were all low. Especially the SBC stadiums. I figured at least 50,000. Just wondering how much they lied. Penn St......pphhh. No more than 30 grand!

Our first home game is this Saturday and they’re saying it’ll be another hot one. If I weren’t taking pics (at my age), I’d be tempted to sit this one out and wait for milder temps.

I agree but I I'll probably still be there. Can you take umbrellas in to block the sun?

(09-06-2026 02:28 PM)TTT Wrote:  Until every SBC school measures attendance using the exact same metric (tickets scanned) these rankings are absolutely pointless.

Can we count the football players, coaches, staff, band, cheerleaders and concession stand workers? That's probably 500-600 people.