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Keep in mind that most schools don't come close big crowds by cbiebel

The NCAA stats site has attendance figures.

Here are how many fans schools at different spots average:

#10 Purdue 6,515
#20 Middle Tennessee 4,353
#30 Toledo 3,728
#40 Stanford 3,063
#50 Hampton 2,629

The top 7 average over 8,000 a game. #8 Oregon averages 7,148, then you have 3 schools over 6,000. BTW, Oregon was at 4,255 the year before, so they were a big jump.

ND was 6th in home attendance, but was 2nd in overall attendance (behind UConn, who was 4th in home attendance, so both teams increased the draw for their road games).

The top 7 were the same for the last 3 years (South Carolina, Iowa St., Louisville, UConn, Miss. St. ND, and Tennessee). Four years ago, 6 of the 7 were the same, but MSU was out and MSU was in (Miss St. and Michigan St. respectively).

NCAA Attendance figures