2001 NCAA Football Attendance Summary
Total 2001 Change+ Change+ Teams G Attend. Avg. PG in Avg. in Total1. Southeastern (I-A) 12 76 *5,554,028 *73,079 Up 631 Up 410,251 2. Big Ten (I-A) 11 66 4,622,376 *70,036 Up 1,511 Up 31,223 3. Big 12 (I-A) 12 76 *4,215,088 *55,462 Up 1,471 Up 219,750 4. Atlantic Coast (I-A) 9 56 *2,784,520 *49,724 Up 579 Up 130,704 5. Pacific-10 (I-A) 10 58 2,784,069 48,001 Dn 979 Dn 203,740 6. Big East (I-A) 8 49 1,927,280 39,332 Dn 2,101 Dn 102,950 7. Div. I-A Indep.# 5 28 1,030,875 36,817 Dn 1,068 Up 7,989 8. Mountain West (I-A) 8 45 1,432,365 31,830 Dn 427 Up 13,039 9. Conference USA (I-A)# 10 53 1,432,512 27,029 Dn 1,773 Dn 151,624 10. Western Ath. (I-A)# 10 49 1,212,887 24,753 Dn 2,671 Dn 322,860 11. Mid-American (I-A) 13 66 1,171,999 17,758 Up 1,626 Up 91,187 12. Sun Belt (I-A)% 7 34 454,829 13,377 Up 271 Up 9,238 13. SW Athletic (I-AA) 10 47 583,599 12,417 Up 915 Up 77,523 14. Ivy (I-AA) 8 38 410,268 10,797 Dn 611 Dn 46,049 15. Mid-East. Ath. (I-AA) 9 41 431,278 10,519 Dn 101 Up 6,482 16. Southern (I-AA) 9 51 496,364 9,733 Dn 762 Dn 49,368 17. Gateway (I-AA)# 8 44 436,217 9,914 Up 386 Dn 2,066 18. Southland FB (I-AA)# 7 36 330,689 9,186 Up 31 Up 1,121 19. Big Sky (I-AA)# 8 46 414,964 9,021 Up 264 Up 12,150 20. Div. I-AA Indep.# 12 61 488,001 8,000 Up 894 Up 40,351 21. Atlantic 10 (I-AA)# 11 57 433,699 7,609 Dn 940 Dn 104,905 22. Ohio Valley (I-AA)# 7 36 247,651 6,879 Dn 439 Dn 8,474 23. Patriot (I-AA)# 8 39 220,294 5,649 Up 388 Dn 5,948 24. Pioneer FB (I-AA)# 9 45 146,710 3,260 Dn 612 Dn 43,039 25. Metro Atlantic (I-AA) 8 38 76,874 2,023 Up 145 Up 3,647 26. Northeast (I-AA) 9 41 *71,428 1,742 Up 237 Up 678 Div. I-A Teams 115 656 28,622,828 43,632 -- -- -- -- Div. I-A Neutral Sites 7 360,938 51,563 -- -- -- -- Div. I-A Bowl Games 25 1,334,808 53,392 Up 1,730 Up 43,251 Div. I-A Totals# 115 688 *30,318,574 *44,068 Up 145 Up 187,733 Div. I-AA Teams 123 620 4,788,036 7,723 -- -- -- -- Div. I-AA Neutral Sites 14 421,108 30,079 -- -- -- -- Div. I-AA Championship 15 166,707 11,114 -- -- -- -- Div. I-AA Totals# 123 649 5,375,851 8,283 Dn 385 Dn 510,020 Div. II Teams 145 730 2,511,147 3,400 -- -- -- -- Div. II Neutral Sites 7 47,820 6,831 -- -- -- -- Div. II Championship 15 89,794 5,986 -- -- -- -- Div. II Totals# 145 752 2,648,761 3,522 Up 71 Up 46,677 Div. III Teams 225 1,067 2,050,607 1,922 -- -- -- -- Div. III Neutral Sites 10 28,384 2,838 -- -- -- -- Div. III Championship 27 78,646 2,913 -- -- -- -- Div. III Totals# 225 1,104 2,157,637 1,954 Up 52 Up 93,447 ALL NCAA TEAMS *608 3,193 *40,500,823 12,684 Up 173 Up 1,441,598 #Did not have same lineup as 2000. %New conference. *Record high for conference.
CONFERENCES AND INDEPENDENTS BELOW DIVISION I-AA:
Total 2001 Change+ Change+ Teams G Attend. Avg. PG in Avg. in Total1. Southern Intercoll. (II) 8 31 220,869 7,125 Dn 280 Dn 67,938 2. North Central (II)# 9 48 296,694 6,181 Up 397 Dn 9,881 3. Mid-America Intercoll. (II) 10 57 263,495 4,623 Up 306 Up 17,423 4. Lone Star (II) 13 65 295,342 4,544 Up 799 Up 51,928 5. Central Intercoll. (II) 9 43 195,004 4,535 Up 75 Up 43,379 6. Gulf South (II) 12 63 268,470 4,261 Up 228 Up 26,470 7. Great Lakes Intercoll. (II) 12 62 191,552 3,090 Up 252 Up 15,610 8. Old Dominion (III) 7 36 108,487 3,014 Dn 472 Dn 6,567 9. New Eng. Small Col. (III) 10 40 116,668 2,917 Up 267 Up 8,005 10. Minnesota Intercoll. (III) 10 49 140,312 2,864 Up 439 Up 31,181 11. Pennsylvania St. (II) 14 72 203,890 2,832 Dn 536 Dn 41,959 12. South Atlantic (II) 8 42 113,902 2,712 Up 52 Up 12,832 13. Ohio Athletic (III) 10 48 127,687 2,660 Up 102 Dn 228 14. Columbia FB (II) 4 20 50,952 2,548 Up 270 Up 3,129 15. American SW (III) 7 33 83,831 2,540 Dn 55 Dn 6,978 16. Wisconsin Intercoll. (III) 8 36 88,956 2,471 Up 40 Up 1,425 17. Middle Atlantic (III) 11 54 120,089 2,224 Dn 75 Dn 8,676 18. Michigan Intercoll. (III) 6 29 64,414 2,221 Dn 60 Dn 1,730 19. Division II Indep.# 10 45 98,683 2,193 Dn 132 Dn 3,603 20. Rocky Mountain (II) 9 49 107,321 2,190 Dn 58 Up 6,182 21. Presidents' Athletic (III)# 6 30 64,803 2,160 Dn 246 Dn 7,390 22. Dixie (III) 7 34 70,781 2,082 Up 45 Dn 516 23. Southern Colleg. (III) 7 38 78,240 2,059 Up 224 Up 15,860 24. Iowa Intercoll. (III)# 10 50 102,136 2,043 Up 96 Up 4,786 25. Centennial (III)# 7 33 67,170 2,035 Up 149 Dn 723 26. New Jersey Ath. (III) 7 27 54,470 2,017 Up 165 Up 6,315 27. Ill. & Wisc. (III) 8 41 74,340 1,813 Dn 166 Dn 2,849 28. University Ath. (III) 5 25 44,494 1,780 Dn 176 Dn 4,408 29. Heartland (III)# 7 36 62,799 1,744 Dn 66 Dn 2,359 30. Northern Sun (II) 8 38 64,718 1,703 Dn 312 Dn 13,858 31. Upstate Colleg. (III) 4 18 30,541 1,697 Up 15 Dn 1,411 32. North Coast (III) 10 50 81,523 1,630 Dn 209 Dn 12,274 33. West Virginia (II) 8 39 63,149 1,619 Up 86 Up 4,905 34. Northwest (III) 6 26 39,347 1,513 Dn 371 Dn 15,281 35. Freedom FB (III) 7 33 48,418 1,467 Dn 65 Dn 5,217 36. Division III Indep.# 25 110 158,657 1,442 Up 150 Up 8,748 37. Eastern FB (II) 11 56 77,106 1,377 Up 209 Up 14,050 38. Atlantic Central (III)# 3 15 20,154 1,344 Dn 133 Up 952 39. Southern Calif. (III) 6 26 33,599 1,292 Up 86 Up 1,030 40. Midwest (III) 10 48 59,992 1,250 Up 84 Up 1,698 41. New England FB (III)# 13 61 71,782 1,177 Up 32 Up 1,955 42. Illini-Badger (III)# 8 41 36,917 900 Up 23 Up 3,579 #Did not have the same lineup as 2000. +The figures used for comparison reflect changes in conference and division lineups to provide parallel, valid comparisons.
