Athlon ranked the Power 5 stadiums based on percent of capacity.
Attendance is a function of many things.
Renovations, scheduling, prices, realignment and weather can impact attendance numbers. Even how a school reports its given numbers can vary from program to program (unfortunately).
Most notably, however, is the quality of the team. The easiest solution to "fixing" dropping attendance numbers is to win more games.
In 2014, Texas A&M (+21 percent), Maryland (+14), LSU (+11), Mississippi State (+10), Rutgers (+9), UCLA (+9) and Florida State (+9) led the Power 5 teams in attendance growth for different reasons.
The SEC schools saw boosts from renovations while the two Big Ten teams each saw a spike from joining a new league. The Bruins' attendance grew simply because the team was expected to be and was really good.
Ranking the Stadiums: ACC | Big Ten | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC
So Athlon Sports looked back at all 65 Power 5 teams and ranked them by average capacity based on the reported numbers. How packed was your favorite team’s stadium?
Venue | Team | % Full | Att. | Rk | |
1 | Autzen Stadium | ![]() |
106.3 | 54,422 | 31st |
2 | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | ![]() |
106.2 | 53,081 | 38th |
3 | Memorial Stadium | ![]() |
104.9 | 91,249 | 10th |
4 | McLane Stadium | ![]() |
103.8 | 46,710 | 49th |
5 | Memorial Stadium | ![]() |
103.7 | 85,162 | 13th |
6 | Kyle Field | ![]() |
102.5 | 105,123 | 2nd |
7 | Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium | ![]() |
101.6 | 61,547 | 26th |
8 | Williams-Brice Stadium | ![]() |
101.4 | 81,381 | 16th |
9 | Rice-Eccles Stadiums | ![]() |
101.3 | 46,437 | 50th |
10 | Ohio Stadium | ![]() |
101.2 | 106,296 | 1st |
11 | Memorial Stadium | ![]() |
100.3 | 81,752 | 15th |
12 | Sanford Stadium | ![]() |
100.0 | 92,746 | 9th |
13 | Jordan-Hare Stadium | ![]() |
100.0 | 87,451 | 11th |
14 | Notre Dame Stadium | ![]() |
100.0 | 80,795 | 16th |
15 | Doak Campbell Stadium | ![]() |
99.9 | 82,211 | 14th |
16 | Bryant-Denny Stadium | ![]() |
99.7 | 101,534 | 6th |
17 | Davis Wade Stadium | ![]() |
99.6 | 61,127 | 28th |
18 | Spartan Stadium | ![]() |
99.5 | 74,681 | 20th |
19 | Tiger Stadium | ![]() |
99.4 | 101,723 | 4th |
20 | Amon Carter Stadium | ![]() |
99.3 | 44,719 | 52nd |
21 | Camp Randall Stadium | ![]() |
99.0 | 79,520 | 18th |
22 | Neyland Stadium | ![]() |
97.4 | 99,754 | 7th |
23 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | ![]() |
96.9 | 85,834 | 12th |
24 | Jones AT&T Stadium | ![]() |
96.8 | 58,934 | 29th |
25 | High Point Solutions Stadium | ![]() |
96.5 | 50,632 | 43rd |
26 | Papa John's Stadium | ![]() |
96.3 | 52,972 | 39th |
27 | Kinnick Stadium | ![]() |
95.6 | 67,512 | 22nd |
28 | Michigan Stadium | ![]() |
95.5 | 104,909 | 3rd |
29 | Beaver Stadium | ![]() |
95.4 | 101,623 | 5th |
30 | Jack Trice Stadium | ![]() |
95.3 | 52,197 | 41st |
31 | Stanford Stadium | ![]() |
94.9 | 47,862 | 46th |
32 | Milan Puskar Stadium | ![]() |
94.5 | 56,686 | 34th |
33 | Carter-Finley Stadium | ![]() |
94.4 | 54,398 | 36th |
34 | Darrell K. Royal Stadium | ![]() |
93.9 | 94,103 | 8th |
35 | Martin Stadium | ![]() |
93.5 | 30,794 | 72nd |
36 | Lane Stadium | ![]() |
93.2 | 61,157 | 27th |
37 | Razorback Stadium | ![]() |
92.4 | 66,521 | 23rd |
38 | Reser Stadium | ![]() |
92.3 | 42,176 | 53rd |
39 | Husky Stadium | ![]() |
91.9 | 64,508 | 25th |
40 | Faurot Field | ![]() |
91.7 | 65,285 | 24th |
41 | TFC Bank Stadium | ![]() |
91.1 | 47,865 | 45th |
42 | Byrd Stadium | ![]() |
90.7 | 46,981 | 48th |
43 | Arizona Stadium | ![]() |
90.5 | 50,710 | 42nd |
44 | Boone Pickens Stadium | ![]() |
90.3 | 54,387 | 37th |
45 | Bobby Dodd Stadium | ![]() |
88.2 | 48,519 | 44th |
46 | Sun Devil Stadium | ![]() |
86.8 | 57,179 | 32nd |
47 | Kenan Memorial Stadium | ![]() |
86.7 | 54,667 | 35th |
48 | BB&T Field | ![]() |
86.4 | 27,210 | 83rd |
49 | Commonwealth Stadium | ![]() |
85.2 | 57,572 | 30th |
50 | Vanderbilt Stadium | ![]() |
84.5 | 34,258 | 66th |
51 | Rose Bowl | ![]() |
82.8 | 76,650 | 19th |
52 | Carrier Dome | ![]() |
82.1 | 40,447 | 57th |
53 | Ryan Field | ![]() |
81.9 | 38,613 | 59th |
54 | Wallace Wade Stadium | ![]() |
80.4 | 27,291 | 82nd |
55 | Sun Life Stadium | ![]() |
80.3 | 52,518 | 40th |
56 | Memorial Stadium | ![]() |
78.7 | 41,657 | 54th |
57 | L.A. Coliseum | ![]() |
78.3 | 73,272 | 21st |
58 | Alumni Stadium | ![]() |
77.0 | 34,270 | 64th |
59 | Memorial Stadium | ![]() |
76.3 | 47,675 | 47th |
60 | Folsom Field | ![]() |
70.5 | 37,778 | 61st |
61 | Memorial Stadium | ![]() |
68.5 | 41,549 | 55th |
62 | Memorial Stadium | ![]() |
68.1 | 34,077 | 67th |
63 | Scott Stadium | ![]() |
63.9 | 39,320 | 58th |
64 | Heinz Field | ![]() |
63.1 | 41,315 | 56th |
65 | Ross-Ade Stadium | ![]() |
61.6 | 35,269 | 62nd |