TicketCity's first annual Overall Ranking of the most engaged fan bases in College Football was based on an algorithm designed to identify the fan bases that engage the most frequently with their team both online and offline.
Fan engagement is evaluated in terms of the following metrics. The data is based on the 2012 season, excluding bowl games. Each metric was given a corresponding weight, listed in bold, which was determined based on how indicative the metric is of fan activity. For example, home attendance and ticket price are both weighted higher because they are a better direct reflection of home team behavior. Similarly, online metrics are not weighted as high as offline metrics because they reflect only the university-sanctioned social channel and do not account for other fan communities
- Average total attendance, all games (5)
- Average home attendance (10)
- Average ticket price, all games (5)
- Average home game ticket price (10)
- Percentage of stadium capacity filled at home games (10)
- Facebook likes & Facebook "talking about" (6)
- Twitter following (3)
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Big 10 |
University of Michigan |
100.00 |
112,252 |
| 4 |
Big 10 |
Ohio State University |
92.94 |
105,330 |
| 3 |
SEC |
University of Alabama |
95.18 |
101,722 |
| 8 |
Big 12 |
University of Texas - Austin |
82.11 |
100,884 |
| 11 |
Big 10 |
Penn State University |
75.68 |
96,730 |
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| 4 |
Big 10 |
Ohio State University |
92.94 |
96,346 |
| 3 |
SEC |
University of Alabama |
95.18 |
92,833 |
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Big 10 |
University of Michigan |
100.00 |
91,555 |
| 2 |
SEC |
Louisiana State University |
95.43 |
88,086 |
| 9 |
SEC |
University of Georgia |
81.83 |
83,272 |
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| 3 |
SEC |
University of Alabama |
95.18 |
$163 |
| 2 |
SEC |
Louisiana State University |
95.43 |
$132 |
| 5 |
SEC |
Texas A&M University |
88.91 |
$129 |
| 4 |
Big 10 |
Ohio State University |
92.94 |
$127 |
| 1 |
Big 10 |
University of Michigan |
100.00 |
$121 |
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| 5 |
SEC |
Texas A&M University |
88.91 |
$156 |
| 4 |
Big 10 |
Ohio State University |
92.94 |
$142 |
| 3 |
SEC |
University of Alabama |
95.18 |
$133 |
| 2 |
SEC |
Louisiana State University |
95.43 |
$122 |
| 6 |
Big 10 |
University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
87.88 |
$117 |
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Pac 12 |
University of Oregon |
70.53 |
106.46% |
| 6 |
Big 10 |
University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
87.88 |
105.45% |
| 5 |
SEC |
Texas A&M University |
88.91 |
105.35% |
| 7 |
Big 12 |
University of Oklahoma |
82.77 |
103.81% |
| 4 |
Big 10 |
Ohio State University |
92.94 |
102.93% |
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| 10 |
SEC |
University of Florida |
79.86 |
1,090,429 |
| 1 |
Big 10 |
University of Michigan |
100.00 |
1,047,279 |
| 2 |
SEC |
Louisiana State University |
95.43 |
867,036 |
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ACC |
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill |
51.81 |
697,883 |
| 11 |
Big 10 |
Penn State University |
75.68 |
662,724 |
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| 7 |
Big 12 |
University of Oklahoma |
82.77 |
31,490 |
| 1 |
Big 10 |
University of Michigan |
100.00 |
28,590 |
| 2 |
SEC |
Louisiana State University |
95.43 |
26,609 |
| 9 |
SEC |
University of Georgia |
81.83 |
24,574 |
| 6 |
Big 10 |
University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
87.88 |
20,996 |
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| 1 |
Big 10 |
University of Michigan |
100.00 |
149,498 |
| 2 |
SEC |
Louisiana State University |
95.43 |
106,240 |
| 6 |
Big 10 |
University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
87.88 |
94,152 |
| 3 |
SEC |
University of Alabama |
95.18 |
84,411 |
| 17 |
SEC |
University of Tennessee |
68.57 |
69,094 |
- Attendance Numbers: Wikipedia.org, NCAA.org
- Ticket Prices: TicketCity, Other Secondary Ticket Brokers
- Capacity: Wikipedia.org
- Other Sources: Facebook.com, Twitter.com, Individual Team Webpages