1999 NCAA College Football Attendance
Division I-A and I-AA Conferences and Independents Total 1998 Change+ Change+ Teams G Attend. Avg. PG in Avg. in Total 1. Southeastern (I-A) 12 78 *5,500,664 *70,521 Up 1,212 Up 441,130 2. Big Ten (I-A) 11 70 4,701,095 67,159 Up 168 Up 346,712 3. Big 12 (I-A) 12 72 *3,904,491 *54,229 Up 2,655 Up 242,751 4. Pacific-10 (I-A) 10 59 2,857,994 48,441 Dn 1,963 Dn 166,268 5. Atlantic Coast (I-A) 9 51 2,298,711 45,073 Dn 631 Dn 32,168 6. Big East (I-A) 8 46 1,837,478 39,945 Up 50 Dn 77,479 7. Mountain West (I-A)@ 8 43 *1,489,527 *34,640 Up 1,082 Dn 21,923 8. Div. I-A Indep.# 7 36 1,159,551 32,210 Up 1,898 Up 68,309 9. Conference USA (I-A)# 9 52 *1,476,223 *28,389 Up 1,428 Up 128,180 10. Western Ath. (I-A)# 8 45 1,207,602 26,836 Up 3,298 Up 124,858 11. Big West (I-A) 7 35 669,254 *19,122 Up 2,047 Up 37,463 12. Mid-American (I-A)# 13 67 *1,195,463 17,843 Up 891 Up 93,555 13. SW Athletic (I-AA)# 10 51 781,226 15,318 Up 2,295 Up 208,232 14. Ivy (I-AA) 8 44 516,589 11,741 Up 596 Up 70,788 15. Mid-East. Ath. (I-AA) 9 41 479,754 11,701 Up 312 Up 12,825 16. Southern (I-AA) 9 49 514,800 10,506 Up 846 Up 31,797 17. Gateway FB (I-AA) 7 39 392,203 *10,056 Up 671 Up 26,174 18. Big Sky (I-AA) 9 50 492,618 9,852 Up 1,715 Up 93,928 19. Atlantic 10 FB (I-AA) 11 61 563,885 9,244 Up 194 Up 29,940 20. Southland FB (I-AA) 8 44 406,336 9,235 Dn 1,227 Dn 53,999 21. Ohio Valley (I-AA)# 8 42 346,085 8,240 Up 847 Up 13,394 22. Div. I-AA Indep.# 14 74 456,856 6,174 Dn 61 Dn 10,780 23. Patriot (I-AA) 7 39 194,058 4,976 Dn 1.006 Dn 45,217 24. Pioneer FB (I-AA) 5 28 116,840 *4,173 Up 326 Up 12,958 25. Metro Atlantic (I-AA)# 9 46 *96,105 *2,089 Up 377 Up 24,221 26. Northeast (I-AA)# 8 37 *70,411 *1,903 Up 395 Up 6,813 I-A Neutral Sites 12 734,920 61,243 -- -- -- -- I-AA Neutral Sites 16 521,579 32,599 -- -- -- -- Division I-A# 114 666 *29,032,973 43,593 Up 1,083 Up 1,358,756 Division I-AA# 122 661 5,949,345 9,001 Up 196 Up 393,381 I-A & I-AA Combined 236 1,327 34,982,318 26,362 Up 442 Up 1,752,137 II Neutral Sites 8 18,498 2,312 -- -- -- -- III Neutral Sites 12 64,481 5,373 -- -- -- -- Division II# 147 749 2,504,118 3,343 Up 72 Up 60,458 Division III# 218 1,061 1,996,221 1,881 Up 91 Up 178,882 ALL NCAA TEAMS *601 *3,137 *39,482,657 12,586 Up 270 Up 1,991,477 #Did not have same lineup in 1999 as in 1998. @New conference. *Record high for this conference. +The 1999 figures used for comparison reflect changes in conference and division lineups to provide parallel, valid comparisons. By Percentage of Capacity: Div. I-A: 80.4 percent-Southeastern 100.4; Big 12 93.8; Big Ten 90.9; Atlantic Coast 85.7; Mountain West 79.7; Pacific-10 73.4; Big East 71.6; I-A Independents 66.4; Conference USA 61.0; Mid-American 58.9; Western Athletic 57.2; Big West 57.1. Div. I-AA: 54.5 percent-Mid-Eastern 68.8; Southern 68.8; Atlantic 10 68.7; Metro Atlantic 63.0; Big Sky 62.6; Southwestern Ath. 61.4; Gateway 58.4; Southland 58.2; I-AA Independents 45.8; Patriot 41.2; Ohio Valley 39.4; Pioneer FB 38.4; Ivy 36.2; Northeast 34.2. CONFERENCES AND INDEPENDENTS BELOW DIVISION I-AA: Total 1998 Change+ Change+ Teams G Attend. Avg. PG in Avg. in Total 1. Southern Intercoll. (II)# 10 44 305,640 6,946 Dn 323 Dn 50,535 2. North Central (II) 10 54 286,107 5,298 Up 63 Dn 7,070 3. Central Intercoll. (II) 9 43 216,928 5,045 Up 1,584 Up 74,968 4. Mid-America Intercoll. (II) 10 55 231,291 4,205 Up 658 Up 36,189 5. Lone Star (II) 15 76 291,080 3,830 Dn 150 Dn 23,357 6. Gulf South (II) 10 51 194,725 3,818 Up 147 Up 3,824 7. Pennsylvania (II) 14 75 244,579 3,261 Up 204 Up 18,398 8. Old Dominion (III)# 7 35 103,435 2,955 Dn 690 Dn 27,800 9. Great Lakes Intercoll. (II)# 11 62 178,819 2,884 Dn 469 Up 1,116 10. American Southwest (III) 6 28 79,988 2,857 Up 72 Dn 3,556 11. Ohio Athletic (III) 10 48 124,202 2,588 Up 241 Up 4,485 12. Columbia Football (II) 3 13 33,512 2,578 Up 96 Up 1,241 13. Minnesota Intercoll. (III) 10 48 120,704 2,515 Dn 295 Dn 132 14. New Eng. Small Coll. (III) 10 40 104,943 2,624 Up 23 Up 914 15. South Atlantic (II)# 9 48 113,417 2,363 Dn 125 Up 1,451 16. Presidents' Athletic (III)# 5 26 60,861 2,341 Up 928 Up 31,182 17. Division II Indep.# 10 44 101,906 2,316 Up 662 Up 17,569 18. Wisconsin Intercoll. (III) 8 34 77,460 2,278 Dn 118 Dn 15,966 19. Middle Atlantic (III) 11 53 116,852 2,205 Up 171 Up 7,035 20. Illinois & Wisconsin (III) 8 37 79,958 2,161 Up 566 Up 24,133 21. Rocky Mountain (II) 9 46 97,537 2,120 Up 484 Up 27,188 22. Michigan Intercoll. (III) 6 29 60,410 2,083 Dn 225 Up 414 23. Southern Colleg. (III)# 7 34 66,995 1,970 Up 139 Up 1,090 24. New Jersey Ath. (III) 6 27 51,921 1,923 Up 269 Up 650 25. Northwest (III)# 6 30 57,350 1,912 Up 396 Up 17,937 26. Centennial FB (III) 8 40 74,261 1,857 Up 141 Up 5,612 27. Heartland Coll. (III)# 8 40 71,675 1,792 Dn 48 Dn 3,777 28. Iowa Intercoll. (III)# 11 56 100,249 1,790 Up 20 Up 1,097 29. Northern Sun (II) 7 34 58,636 1,725 Up 3 Up 6,988 30. Upstate Colleg. (III)# 4 21 35,355 1,684 Up 247 Up 12,363 31. University Ath. (III) 5 25 41,063 1,643 Up 34 Up 2,456 32. North Coast (III)# 8 42 68,719 1,636 Dn 108 Dn 1,036 33. Freedom FB (III) 7 38 61,395 1,616 Up 166 Up 13,546 34. Atlantic Central FB (III) 6 30 47,719 1,591 Dn 7 Up 1,378 35. West Virginia (II) 8 40 60,399 1,510 Dn 286 Dn 4,266 36. Division III Indep.# 21 92 122,166 1,328 Up 119 Up 3,677 37. Southern Calif. (III) 6 27 35,526 1,316 Dn 157 Dn 4,235 38. Eastern Football (II) 11 56 71,044 1,269 Up 76 Up 4,260 39. Midwest (III) 10 51 56,091 1,100 Up 93 Up 6,727 40. Illini-Badger (III) 5 24 23,715 988 Up 123 Up 1,230 41. New England FB (III) 14 67 57,729 862 Up 13 Up 1,707 42. St. Louis (III)# 4 22 17,548 798 Up 77 Up 3,845 #Did not have the same lineup in 1999 as in 1998. +The figures used for comparison reflect changes in conference and division lineups to provide parallel, valid comparisons.
