Michigan led the nation last year in both total attendance (871,464) and average home attendance (108,933), followed by Penn State (856,066 total; 107,008 average).
Ohio State and Texas also averaged more than 100,000 fans per home game.
Despite having the top three spots for average home attendance, that was not enough for the Big Ten to wrestle the title of most watched conference away from the SEC which had an average attendance of 76,288. The Big Ten’s average attendance was 71,769.
Overall, almost 48.3 million fans attended games at the 630 NCAA schools, including home, neutral-site and postseason games. That’s down about 1 percent from the 48.8 million in 2008.
Here are the national attendance rankings for the top 20 colleges:
Michigan 108,933
Penn State 107,008
Ohio State 105,261
Texas 101,175
Tennessee 99,220
Georgia 92,746
LSU 92,849
Alabama 92,012
Florida 90,635
Nebraska 85,888
USC 84,799
Oklahoma 84,778
Auburn 84,614
Notre Dame 80,795
Wisconsin 80,109
Texas A&M 76,800
South Carolina 75,369
Michigan State 74,741
Florida State 74,345
Clemson 74,214
Iowa 70,214
