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SEC’s best and worst cities for SEC football fans in 2015

Published: Jan 29, 2015 · 8:00 PM EST

What are the country’s best cities for football fans?

Naturally, the NFL dominates the ranking calculated by WalletHub.com, and the study is based on 11 metrics, including the number of NFL and college football teams and average ticket prices of the largest cities in the U.S. You can read more about the study here.

Tuscaloosa is the SEC’s highest ranked city at No. 5, and no other SEC city ranked in the top 25. Auburn and Oxford were tied at No. 27.

You can see the rest of the rankings below:

Overall Rank	City	Overall Rank	City
1	Green Bay, WI	72	Orlando, FL
2	East Lansing, MI	73	DeKalb, IL
3	Pittsburgh, PA	74	Mount Pleasant, MI
4	Denver, CO	75	Madison, WI
5	Tuscaloosa, AL	76	Lafayette, LA
6	San Francisco, CA	77	Chestnut Hill, MA
7	Dallas, TX	78	West Lafayette, IN
8	Cincinnati, OH	79	University Park, TX
9	Boston, MA	80	Piscataway, NJ
10	Minneapolis, MN	81	Columbia, MO
11	Clemson, SC	82	Boise, ID
12	Atlanta, GA	83	Syracuse, NY
13	Seattle, WA	84	Bowling Green, KY
14	Indianapolis, IN	85	Corvallis, OR
15	Oakland, CA	86	Monroe, LA
16	Tallahassee, FL	87	Iowa City, IA
17	Baltimore, MD	88	Logan, UT
18	San Diego, CA	89	Tempe, AZ
19	Kansas City, MO	90	Oxford, OH
20	Saint Louis, MO	91	Stillwater, OK
21	Norman, OK	92	Ypsilanti, MI
22	Glendale, AZ	93	San Marcos, TX
23	Stanford, CA	94	Ames, IA
24	Cleveland, OH	95	Jonesboro, AR
25	Lincoln, NE	96	Muncie, IN
26	Coral Gables, FL	T-97	Los Angeles, CA
T-27	Auburn, AL	T-97	Salt Lake City, UT
T-27	Oxford, MS	99	Toledo, OH
29	Ann Arbor, MI	100	Greenville, NC
30	Washington, DC	101	Storrs, CT
31	Buffalo, NY	102	Reno, NV
32	Boone, NC	103	Lawrence, KS
33	New Orleans, LA	104	Louisville, KY
34	Bowling Green, OH	105	Lubbock, TX
35	Miami, FL	106	Murfreesboro, TN
36	Chicago, IL	107	Boca Raton, FL
37	Charlotte, NC	108	Kent, OH
38	Columbus, OH	109	Hattiesburg, MS
39	New York, NY	110	Berkeley, CA
40	Gainesville, FL	111	Kalamazoo, MI
41	State College, PA	112	Austin, TX
42	Starkville, MS	113	Laramie, WY
43	Troy, AL	114	Pullman, WA
44	Chapel Hill, NC	115	Amherst, MA
45	Annapolis, MD	116	Moscow, ID
46	Tampa, FL	117	Honolulu, HI
47	Athens-Clarke, GA	118	Memphis, TN
48	South Bend, IN	119	Denton, TX
49	College Station, TX	120	Fort Worth, TX
50	Houston, TX	121	Boulder, CO
51	Statesboro, GA	122	Fresno, CA
52	Nashville, TN	123	Tucson, AZ
53	Detroit, MI	124	Fort Collins, CO
54	West point, NY	125	San Antonio, TX
55	Eugene, OR	126	Charlottesville, VA
56	Urbana, IL	127	Durham, NC
57	Baton Rouge, LA	128	Evanston, IL
58	Manhattan, KS	129	Bloomington, IN
59	Columbia, SC	130	Las Cruces, NM
60	Philadelphia, PA	131	Raleigh, NC
61	Fayetteville, AR	132	San Jose, CA
62	Morgantown, WV	133	El Paso, TX
63	Athens, OH	134	Norfolk, VA
64	Blacksburg, VA	135	Lexington, KY
65	Ruston, LA	136	Winston-Salem, NC
66	Provo, UT	137	Albuquerque, NM
67	College Park, MD	138	Colorado Springs, CO
68	Waco, TX	139	Akron, OH
69	Knoxville, TN	140	Mobile, AL
70	Huntington, WV	141	Tulsa, OK
71	Jacksonville, FL	142	Las Vegas, NV

Here’s where the SEC’s 14 teams stacked up:

No. 5 Tuscaloosa, Alabama
T-27 Auburn, Alabama
T-27 Oxford, Mississippi
No. 40 Gainesville, Florida
No. 42 Starkville, Mississippi
No. 47 Athens, Georgia
No. 49 College Station, Texas
No. 52 Nashville, Tennessee
No. 57 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
No. 59 Columbia, South Carolina
No. 61 Fayetteville, Arkansas
No. 69 Knoxville, Tennessee
No. 81 Columbia, Missouri
No. 135 Lexington, Kentucky

Kevin Duffey

A graduate of the University of Florida and founder of Saturday Down South, Kevin is a college football enthusiast.