SEC led all conferences in attendance in 2017, had 7 teams average at least 80,000 fans

It’s no surprise that fans flock to see their favorite SEC teams play, but when you look at all the numbers, it is still impressive.

For the 20th year in a row, the SEC led all conferences in attendance for football games, bringing in an incredible 75,074 fans per game, on average. That’s nearly 10,000 more per game than the second-place Big Ten.

According to the National Football Foundation’s report, the SEC also had seven teams average more than 80,000 fans per home game:

The SEC led all FBS conferences in attendance for the 20th straight year, averaging 75,074 fans per game or a total of 7,357,228 in 2017, followed by the Big Ten (66,227), Big 12 (56,852), Pac-12 (49,601) and the ACC (48,442).

Michigan led all FBS schools again with an average attendance of 111,589 fans per home game in 2017. Three other schools also averaged more than 100,000 fans per game: Ohio State (107,495), Penn State (106,707) and Alabama (101,722). Rounding out the 2017 Top Ten leaders for average home team attendance were: Texas A&M (98,802); LSU (98,506); Tennessee (95,779); Texas (92,778); Georgia (92,746); and Nebraska (89,798).

Other universities with more than 80,000 fans per home game included Florida (86,715); Oklahoma (86,520); Auburn (86,446); and Clemson (80,773).

These trends are likely to continue in 2018, and it won’t be a surprise to see the SEC extend its attendance record to 21 years.

Here are the attendance figures for every SEC team that finished among the top 25 in average attendance in 2017:

Adam Spencer

Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 16 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.