2023 Big12 Attendance

[Ace000087]

It's impressive our fan engagement in the conference.. even nationally! Top 30! For the record we'd be right in the middle of the B1G attendance. Imagine if we had more 9 or 10+ win seasons! Pollard would have to make a 3rd deck at Jack Trice.

Big12 Average Attendance - 2023

26. BYU - 61,944
28. Iowa State - 60,384
33. Texas Tech - 54,491
35. Oklahoma State - 53,891
36. Colorado - 53,180
37. Utah - 52,499
38. Kansas State - 51,957
40. West Virginia - 51,156
45. Arizona State - 49,220
49. TCU - 47,331
50. Arizona - 47,320
51. Kansas - 45,888
53. UCF - 44,015
54. Baylor - 43,388
59. Cincinnati – 38,193
65. Houston – 36,021

 

[1100011CS]

That is surprising

 

[cyspy]

However attendance at games means the square root of diddly squat. It's the lazy boy at home in his La-Z-Boy that's way more important to those in charge of college football.

 

[Prone2Clone]

That can't be right.

- Utah fans

 

[Ace000087]

However attendance at games means the square root of diddly squat. It's the lazy boy at home in his La-Z-Boy that's way more important to those in charge of college football.

It sure as hell looks great on TV seeing a full and rocking Jack Trice!

 

[beentherebefore]

However attendance at games means the square root of diddly squat. It's the lazy boy at home in his La-Z-Boy that's way more important to those in charge of college football.

So true! 60,000 are in the stands, but on average 1.15 million watched each Cyclone FB game.

 

[Ace000087]

So true! 60,000 are in the stands, but on average 1.15 million watched each Cyclone FB game.

Good for 38th. Ahead of oSu, WVU, TT, KSU, UCF, ASU, UH, UC, BU and UA.

 

[BMWallace]

Average attendance should always be listed by percentage of stadium capacity.

School Attendance Listed Capacity % Capacity COL 53180 50183 105.97% KSU 51957 50000 103.91% TCU 47331 47000 100.70% ISU 60384 61500 98.19% UU 52499 53644 97.87% BYU 61944 63470 97.60% KU 45888 47233 97.15% OSU 53891 55509 97.09% UC 38193 40124 95.19% AU 47320 50782 93.18% ASU 49220 53599 91.83% UCF 44015 48000 91.70% TTU 54491 60229 90.47% UH 36021 40000 90.05% BU 43388 50223 86.39% WVU 51156 60000 85.26%

 

[CascadeClone]

Ik people say butts in seats dont matter to the tv money, and its true on the face of it. But those numbers DO show strong fan interest and that does matter some. Will be interesting to see if it matters more if/when streaming takes over

 

[bluestarcyclone]

Average attendance should always be listed by percentage of stadium capacity.

School Attendance Listed Capacity % Capacity COL 53180 50183 105.97% KSU 51957 50000 103.91% TCU 47331 47000 100.70% ISU 60384 61500 98.19% UU 52499 53644 97.87% BYU 61944 63470 97.60% KU 45888 47233 97.15% OSU 53891 55509 97.09% UC 38193 40124 95.19% AU 47320 50782 93.18% ASU 49220 53599 91.83% UCF 44015 48000 91.70% TTU 54491 60229 90.47% UH 36021 40000 90.05% BU 43388 50223 86.39% WVU 51156 60000 85.26%

Due to the way different stadiums count their attendance capacity, it doesn't mean nearly as much. Plenty of stadiums actually have a true capacity higher than listed

 

[BCClone]

Ik people say butts in seats dont matter to the tv money, and its true on the face of it. But those numbers DO show strong fan interest and that does matter some. Will be interesting to see if it matters more if/when streaming takes over

If butts in the seats don't matter to TV, why do they usually move us to the side that is shown on TV in bowl games when they know we will fill our side and the other team may not.

 

[ClubCy]

If butts in the seats don't matter to TV, why do they usually move us to the side that is shown on TV in bowl games when they know we will fill our side and the other team may not.

??? What does that have to do with tv money and media contracts?

 

[BMWallace]

Due to the way different stadiums count their attendance capacity, it doesn't mean nearly as much. Plenty of stadiums actually have a true capacity higher than listed

True. I should have said that both raw totals and percentage should be looked at when comparing attendance numbers.

If you just go on the average attendance, KSU and WVU look to be on even footing, but the percentage shows that KSU was at capacity and couldn't realistically draw any better for home crowds. In contrast WVU likely had low attendance numbers due to low expectations for the 2023 season but has the space for 9000 more fans per game and should have better attendance after a bounce back year.

 

[KnappShack]

It's impressive our fan engagement in the conference.. even nationally! Top 30! For the record we'd be right in the middle of the B1G attendance. Imagine if we had more 9 or 10+ win seasons! Pollard would have to make a 3rd deck at Jack Trice.

Big12 Average Attendance - 2023

26. BYU - 61,944
28. Iowa State - 60,384
33. Texas Tech - 54,491
35. Oklahoma State - 53,891
36. Colorado - 53,180
37. Utah - 52,499
38. Kansas State - 51,957
40. West Virginia - 51,156
45. Arizona State - 49,220
49. TCU - 47,331
50. Arizona - 47,320
51. Kansas - 45,888
53. UCF - 44,015
54. Baylor - 43,388
59. Cincinnati – 38,193
65. Houston – 36,021

Peeesh. We'd need to expand the press box

 

[2speedy1]

However attendance at games means the square root of diddly squat. It's the lazy boy at home in his La-Z-Boy that's way more important to those in charge of college football.

I mean, I would not want to give away the $17M-/+ Iowa State generates from ticket sales to football, not including anything else they make on game days.

That is a pretty important chunk of change. Yes, media is more, but butts in the seats are still pretty important.

 

[2speedy1]

Due to the way different stadiums count their attendance capacity, it doesn't mean nearly as much. Plenty of stadiums actually have a true capacity higher than listed

Iowa State doesnt oversell or at least doesnt count attendance for standing room above capacity. If we did our sell out games and games like the CyHawk would skew our numbers much higher. We undoubtedly would be above 100% if the AD would show/allow standing room numbers beyond capacity.

Average attendance should always be listed by percentage of stadium capacity.

School Attendance Listed Capacity % Capacity COL 53180 50183 105.97% KSU 51957 50000 103.91% TCU 47331 47000 100.70% ISU 60384 61500 98.19% UU 52499 53644 97.87% BYU 61944 63470 97.60% KU 45888 47233 97.15% OSU 53891 55509 97.09% UC 38193 40124 95.19% AU 47320 50782 93.18% ASU 49220 53599 91.83% UCF 44015 48000 91.70% TTU 54491 60229 90.47% UH 36021 40000 90.05% BU 43388 50223 86.39% WVU 51156 60000 85.26%