Top 100 Schools In Attendance (Final – Regular Season)

Thank you to everyone who worked so hard to grow the game of Women’s Basketball this season.  The creative ideas and passion that went into your events this year has been noticed.  I also saw people driven by their competitive spirit, which was great!

A few days before the end of the season, I posted the Women’s Basketball attendance numbers to date.  When I tweeted this post, several people responded by saying this was motivation to crush it at their final home game of the season.  Eric Nichols at South Carolina actually responding with the goal of finishing in the top 10, which meant jumping a whole spot with just one game left.  Drum roll, please …

Division IAttendance Report thru games 03/16/2014
Rank Institution Conference Accum Attendance Avg Attendance Stadium Capacity Pct Capacity Games
1 Tennessee Southeastern 185,603 11,600 21,678 53.51 16
2 Iowa St. Big 12 161,817 10,114 14,356 70.45 16
3 Louisville AAC 164,286 9,127 22,000 41.49 18
4 UConn AAC 140,362 8,773 16,294 53.84 16
5 Notre Dame Atlantic Coast 130,251 8,683 9,149 94.91 15
6 Purdue Big Ten 104,400 8,031 14,240 56.40 13
7 Michigan St. Big Ten 107,177 7,145 14,797 48.29 15
8 Baylor Big 12 139,529 6,976 10,284 67.84 20
9 Kentucky Southeastern 111,024 6,939 8,000 86.74 16
10 South Carolina Southeastern 101,935 6,371 18,000 35.39 16
11 Nebraska Big Ten 110,892 6,161 15,200 40.53 18
12 New Mexico Mountain West 94,631 5,914 15,411 38.38 16
13 Oklahoma Big 12 107,015 5,632 12,000 46.94 19
14 Penn St. Big Ten 90,086 5,630 15,261 36.89 16
15 Ohio St. Big Ten 103,163 5,430 19,200 28.28 19
16 Gonzaga West Coast 86,817 5,426 6,000 90.43 16
17 Texas A&M Southeastern 80,546 5,370 12,989 41.34 15
18 Duke Atlantic Coast 76,042 5,069 9,314 54.43 15
19 Maryland Atlantic Coast 82,964 4,880 17,950 27.19 17
20 Middle Tenn. Conference USA 62,735 4,826 11,520 41.89 13
21 Kansas St. Big 12 62,775 4,484 12,528 35.79 14
22 Iowa Big Ten 68,989 4,312 15,400 28.00 16
23 Wisconsin Big Ten 58,739 4,196 17,142 24.48 14
24 Stanford Pac-12 55,409 3,958 7,329 54.00 14
25 Toledo Mid-American 62,910 3,932 7,300 53.86 16
26 Vanderbilt Southeastern 66,338 3,902 14,326 27.24 17
27 Texas Tech Big 12 66,047 3,885 15,098 25.73 17
28 Virginia Atlantic Coast 52,558 3,754 14,593 25.73 14
29 Texas Big 12 54,119 3,382 16,540 20.45 16
30 Wyoming Mountain West 47,253 3,375 15,028 22.46 14
31 Georgia Southeastern 55,399 3,259 10,523 30.97 17
32 Minnesota Big Ten 54,026 3,178 14,625 21.73 17
33 LSU Southeastern 43,835 3,131 13,215 23.69 14
34 North Carolina Atlantic Coast 49,415 3,088 6,822 45.27 16
35 James Madison Colonial 39,934 3,072 7,156 42.93 13
36 Montana Big Sky 45,490 3,033 7,500 40.44 15
37 Missouri St. Missouri Valley 41,671 2,977 8,846 33.65 14
38 Old Dominion Conference USA 39,789 2,842 8,600 33.05 14
39 Oklahoma St. Big 12 48,261 2,839 13,611 20.86 17
40 Fresno St. Mountain West 44,513 2,782 15,596 17.84 16
41 West Virginia Big 12 41,706 2,780 14,000 19.86 15
42 California Pac-12 41,677 2,778 11,877 23.39 15
43 Indiana Big Ten 41,185 2,746 17,472 15.71 15
44 Colorado Pac-12 43,481 2,718 11,064 24.56 16
45 DePaul Big East 40,112 2,674 3,000 89.14 15
46 Dayton Atlantic 10 30,017 2,501 13,435 18.62 12
47 UT Martin OVC 29,682 2,474 5,000 49.47 12
48 Drake Missouri Valley 34,379 2,456 7,152 34.34 14
49 Wichita St. Missouri Valley 38,816 2,426 10,476 23.16 16
50 Auburn Southeastern 33,960 2,426 9,121 26.59 14
51 Mississippi St. Southeastern 41,217 2,425 10,500 23.09 17
52 UNI Missouri Valley 31,243 2,403 7,043 34.12 13
53 Hampton Mid-Eastern 30,750 2,365 7,200 32.85 13
54 Indiana St. Missouri Valley 30,458 2,343 10,200 22.97 13
55 North Carolina St. Atlantic Coast 36,036 2,252 8,560 26.31 16
56 TCU Big 12 37,233 2,190 7,201 30.41 17
57 Chattanooga Southern 28,288 2,176 10,928 19.91 13
58 Florida St. Atlantic Coast 32,215 2,148 12,100 17.75 15
59 Delaware Colonial 25,518 2,127 5,000 42.53 12
60 UCLA Pac-12 27,550 2,119 13,800 15.36 13
61 UTEP Conference USA 39,963 2,103 12,000 17.53 19
62 Kansas Big 12 35,751 2,103 16,300 12.90 17
63 Boise St. Mountain West 33,655 2,103 12,480 16.85 16
64 UALR Sun Belt 28,900 2,064 5,600 36.86 14
65 Oregon St. Pac-12 30,737 2,049 9,604 21.34 15
66 Michigan Big Ten 28,610 2,044 12,707 16.08 14
67 Arizona St. Pac-12 30,612 2,041 10,734 19.01 15
68 Green Bay Horizon 31,943 1,996 4,018 49.69 16
69 Alabama Southeastern 27,888 1,992 3,800 52.42 14
70 Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 29,295 1,953 12,508 15.61 15
71 Marist Metro Atlantic 25,145 1,934 3,200 60.44 13
72 Washington Pac-12 26,474 1,891 10,000 18.91 14
73 Illinois Big Ten 26,276 1,877 16,618 11.29 14
74 Louisiana Tech Conference USA 27,746 1,850 8,000 23.12 15
75 South Dakota St. Summit 25,388 1,813 6,500 27.90 14
76 Rutgers AAC 27,175 1,812 8,000 22.65 15
77 SMU AAC 25,319 1,809 8,988 20.12 14
78 South Fla. AAC 28,522 1,783 10,411 17.12 16
79 Ark.-Pine Bluff Southwestern 19,616 1,783 4,500 39.63 11
80 Bowling Green Mid-American 22,877 1,760 4,387 40.11 13
81 Florida Southeastern 27,542 1,721 11,373 15.14 16
82 FGCU Atlantic Sun 30,756 1,709 4,500 37.97 18
83 Charlotte Conference USA 23,780 1,699 9,105 18.66 14
84 Hartford America East 20,347 1,696 3,507 48.35 12
85 Hawaii Big West 23,456 1,675 10,300 16.27 14
86 Central Mich. Mid-American 18,092 1,645 5,300 31.03 11
87 Ole Miss Southeastern 25,734 1,608 9,061 17.75 16
88 Arkansas Southeastern 28,850 1,603 19,200 8.35 18
89 Western Ky. Sun Belt 22,210 1,586 7,326 21.65 14
90 North Dakota Big Sky 25,103 1,569 3,064 51.21 16
91 Maine America East 21,711 1,551 6,674 23.24 14
92 Marquette Big East 24,508 1,532 4,000 38.29 16
93 Binghamton America East 17,994 1,500 5,142 29.16 12
94 Missouri Southeastern 23,700 1,481 15,061 9.84 16
95 Colorado St. Mountain West 21,861 1,457 8,745 16.67 15
96 Memphis AAC 21,622 1,441 2,565 56.20 15
97 Stephen F. Austin Southland 21,463 1,431 7,203 19.86 15
98 Bradley Missouri Valley 19,912 1,422 4,200 33.86 14
99 UMES Mid-Eastern 17,041 1,420 5,500 25.82 12
100 Tennessee St. OVC 15,404 1,400 10,600 13.21 11
Division IIAttendance Report thru games 03/17/2014
Rank Institution Conference Accum Attendance Avg Attendance Stadium Capacity Pct Capacity Games
1 Northern St. Northern Sun 36,165 2,583 8,057 32.06 14
2 Augustana (SD) Northern Sun 30,402 1,900 4,000 47.50 16
3 Fort Hays St. MIAA 29,617 1,851 6,814 27.17 16
4 Emporia St. MIAA 27,699 1,847 5,000 36.93 15
5 Washburn MIAA 22,887 1,761 4,179 42.13 13
6 Tarleton St. Lone Star 24,452 1,630 3,212 50.75 15
7 Drury GLVC 23,223 1,451 3,100 46.82 16
8 Central Mo. MIAA 16,395 1,366 8,500 16.07 12
9 Midwestern St. Lone Star 17,625 1,356 3,620 37.45 13
10 St. Cloud St. Northern Sun 19,980 1,332 6,900 19.30 15
11 Glenville St. MEC 20,897 1,306 1,600 81.63 16
12 Mo. Western St. MIAA 16,750 1,288 3,750 34.36 13
13 Pittsburg St. MIAA 16,088 1,238 5,000 24.75 13
14 Fayetteville St. CIAA 13,548 1,232 5,000 24.63 11
15 Ala.-Huntsville Gulf South 16,763 1,197 2,000 59.87 14
16 West Tex. A&M Lone Star 17,743 1,183 4,800 24.64 15
17 Delta St. Gulf South 13,657 1,138 4,000 28.45 12
18 Colorado Mesa RMAC 16,840 1,053 2,500 42.10 16
19 Minot St. Northern Sun 16,809 1,051 10,000 10.51 16
20 Neb.-Kearney MIAA 11,052 1,005 5,800 17.32 11
21 Elizabeth City St. CIAA 14,276 952 5,000 19.03 15
22 Alas. Anchorage Great Northwest 13,304 950 1,000 95.03 14
23 Benedict SIAC 14,165 944 0 Infinity 15
24 Virginia Union CIAA 10,841 903 2,500 36.14 12
25 Harding GAC 12,548 896 3,000 29.88 14
26 Southwest Baptist MIAA 12,498 893 3,000 29.76 14
27 S.C. Aiken Peach Belt 14,178 886 4,000 22.15 16
28 Michigan Tech GLIAC 12,146 868 3,200 27.11 14
29 Albany St. (GA) SIAC 9,454 859 4,000 21.49 11
30 Southwest Minn. St. Northern Sun 10,003 834 4,000 20.84 12
31 Southeastern Okla. GAC 9,695 808 2,000 40.40 12
32 Francis Marion Peach Belt 8,865 806 2,547 31.64 11
33 Winona St. Northern Sun 11,927 795 3,200 24.85 15
34 Winston-Salem CIAA 8,642 786 2,750 28.57 11
35 Northwestern Okla. GAC 9,804 754 2,100 35.91 13
36 Rogers St. Heartland 9,044 754 12
37 Southwestern Okla. GAC 9,504 731 2,400 30.46 13
38 Paine SIAC 10,180 727 2,400 30.30 14
39 Mo. Southern St. MIAA 10,166 726 3,240 22.41 14
40 Lincoln Memorial South Atlantic 10,083 720 5,009 14.38 14
41 Northeastern St. MIAA 10,061 719 3,100 23.18 14
42 Valdosta St. Gulf South 9,917 708 5,350 13.24 14
43 Colorado St.-Pueblo RMAC 9,721 694 3,500 19.84 14
44 Minn. St. Moorhead Northern Sun 8,314 693 3,400 20.38 12
45 Mary Northern Sun 8,967 690 2,000 34.49 13
46 Indiana (PA) PSAC 9,650 689 2,200 31.33 14
47 Fort Valley St. SIAC 10,088 673 5,100 13.19 15
48 GRU Peach Belt 8,028 669 3,026 22.11 12
49 Wayne St. (NE) Northern Sun 9,327 666 2,500 26.65 14
50 Gannon PSAC 8,660 666 2,800 23.79 13
51 Cal Poly Pomona CCAA 11,010 648 5,000 12.95 17
52 Johnson C. Smith CIAA 7,123 648 2,316 27.96 11
53 North Georgia Peach Belt 9,046 646 2,500 25.85 14
54 Ashland GLIAC 8,921 637 2,000 31.86 14
55 North Ala. Gulf South 8,242 634 3,800 16.68 13
56 Arkansas Tech GAC 8,851 632 3,500 18.06 14
57 Humboldt St. CCAA 6,942 631 1,850 34.11 11
58 Angelo St. Lone Star 7,493 624 5,500 11.35 12
59 Truman GLVC 7,902 608 2,400 25.33 13
60 Bellarmine GLVC 8,286 592 3,000 19.73 14
61 Cal St. Chico CCAA 7,075 590 1,997 29.52 12
62 Tuskegee SIAC 5,853 585 5,000 11.71 10
63 Fort Lewis RMAC 8,122 580 2,750 21.10 14
64 Sioux Falls Northern Sun 7,540 580 1,800 32.22 13
65 Minn. St. Mankato Northern Sun 7,313 563 4,521 12.44 13
66 Ark.-Fort Smith Heartland 7,309 562 3,200 17.57 13
67 Mont. St. Billings Great Northwest 8,372 558 3,500 15.95 15
68 Quincy GLVC 8,356 557 2,000 27.85 15
69 Azusa Pacific Pacific West 7,531 538 3,500 15.37 14
70 Black Hills St. RMAC 7,465 533 14
71 Shaw CIAA 5,854 532 1,000 53.22 11
72 Southern Nazarene GAC 6,229 519 5,500 9.44 12
73 Bentley Northeast-10 9,319 518 2,600 19.91 18
74 Cameron Lone Star 6,211 518 1,800 28.75 12
75 Cal St. San B’dino CCAA 5,641 513 4,140 12.39 11
76 Lee Gulf South 6,651 512 13
77 Metro St. RMAC 6,602 508 2,300 22.08 13
78 Lincoln (PA) CIAA 6,953 497 3,000 16.55 14
79 Southern Ind. GLVC 7,444 496 2,500 19.85 15
80 Western Wash. Great Northwest 5,410 492 2,534 19.41 11
81 Okla. Christian Heartland 6,381 491 2,000 24.54 13
82 Bowie St. CIAA 5,380 489 2,200 22.23 11
83 Colo. Christian RMAC 5,367 488 1,800 27.11 11
84 Lincoln (MO) MIAA 5,733 478 2,500 19.11 12
85 Missouri S&T GLVC 6,150 473 4,000 11.83 13
86 Grand Valley St. GLIAC 5,195 472 4,010 11.78 11
87 Edinboro PSAC 7,940 467 4,000 11.68 17
88 South Dakota Mines Independent 3,731 466 8
89 UNC Pembroke Peach Belt 5,582 465 3,000 15.51 12
90 St. Joseph’s (IN) GLVC 5,559 463 2,000 23.16 12
91 Urbana MEC 5,922 456 1,500 30.37 13
92 East Central GAC 6,366 455 3,460 13.14 14
93 Tex. A&M-Commerce Lone Star 5,436 453 2,000 22.65 12
94 Minn. Duluth Northern Sun 5,433 453 2,759 16.41 12
95 Columbus St. Peach Belt 6,321 452 4,500 10.03 14
96 Lubbock Christian Heartland 4,977 452 11
97 Ky. Wesleyan G-MAC 6,263 447 5,002 8.94 14
98 Cedarville G-MAC 5,760 443 13
99 West Liberty MEC 4,791 436 1,200 36.30 11
100 Trevecca Nazarene G-MAC 6,480 432 1,500 28.80 15

Division III

Attendance Report thru games 03/09/2014
Rank Institution Conference Accum Attendance Avg Attendance Stadium Capacity Pct Capacity Games
1 Hope Michigan Intercol. 14,217 1,094 3,500 31.25 13
2 Franklin HCAC 12,570 967 1,500 64.46 13
3 Rhodes SAA 14,213 888 2,000 44.42 16
4 York (PA) CAC 11,974 704 1,712 41.14 17
5 Dubuque IIAC 7,915 660 2,500 26.38 12
6 George Fox Northwest 8,441 649 2,500 25.97 13
7 Thomas More Presidents’ AC 10,488 617 1,200 51.41 17
8 Maryville (TN) USA South 4,805 601 2,000 30.03 8
9 Messiah Commonwealth 6,963 580 1,450 40.02 12
10 Wartburg IIAC 6,375 580 2,000 28.98 11
11 Mary Hardin-Baylor American Southwest 6,900 575 2,500 23.00 12
12 Bowdoin NESCAC 7,868 562 2,000 28.10 14
13 Wis.-Stevens Point WIAC 7,288 561 1,200 46.72 13
14 Defiance HCAC 5,538 554 1,200 46.15 10
15 Coe IIAC 6,880 529 2,600 20.36 13
16 Louisiana Col. American Southwest 6,238 520 4,800 10.83 12
17 Carthage CCIW 7,765 518 2,385 21.71 15
18 Howard Payne American Southwest 5,555 505 4,000 12.63 11
19 Whitman Northwest 7,975 498 1,400 35.60 16
20 Albright Commonwealth 5,915 493 2,500 19.72 12
21 Clark (MA) NEWMAC 5,841 487 2,000 24.34 12
22 Washington-St. Louis UAA 5,346 486 3,000 16.20 11
23 Mississippi Col. American Southwest 6,447 461 3,500 13.16 14
24 Whitworth Northwest 4,376 438 1,600 27.35 10
25 Chris. Newport CAC 5,588 430 2,300 18.69 13
26 Moravian Landmark 5,558 428 1,200 35.63 13
27 Texas-Tyler American Southwest 7,197 423 2,500 16.93 17
28 Northwestern-St. Paul UMAC 5,074 423 1,500 28.19 12
29 East. Mennonite ODAC 4,633 421 1,800 23.40 11
30 Willamette Northwest 3,790 421 2,600 16.20 9
31 Hardin-Simmons American Southwest 5,035 420 2,400 17.48 12
32 Calvin Michigan Intercol. 3,336 417 4,800 8.69 8
33 Westminster (PA) Presidents’ AC 4,974 415 2,300 18.02 12
34 St. Norbert Midwest Conference 5,612 401 2,100 19.09 14
35 Ferrum USA South 6,366 398 1,200 33.16 16
36 Montclair St. NJAC 5,575 398 900 44.25 14
37 Lycoming Commonwealth 4,747 396 2,300 17.20 12
38 Grinnell Midwest Conference 4,677 390 1,250 31.18 12
39 Roanoke ODAC 4,261 387 2,000 19.37 11
40 Wis.-Oshkosh WIAC 6,566 386 5,800 6.66 17
41 Chicago UAA 5,409 386 1,558 24.80 14
42 Capital Ohio AC 4,560 380 2,100 18.10 12
43 Eastern Conn. St. Little East 5,200 371 3,000 12.38 14
44 Bluffton HCAC 4,425 369 1,500 24.58 12
45 East Tex. Baptist American Southwest 4,407 367 1,700 21.60 12
46 Hanover HCAC 3,674 367 2,000 18.37 10
47 Wis.-Eau Claire WIAC 4,355 363 2,450 14.81 12
48 Olivet Michigan Intercol. 4,710 362 1,000 36.23 13
49 Heidelberg Ohio AC 3,258 362 1,900 19.05 9
50 Cornell College Midwest Conference 4,315 360 2,500 14.38 12
51 DePauw North Coast 6,099 359 2,800 12.81 17
52 Alvernia Commonwealth 3,933 358 1,500 23.84 11
53 Loras IIAC 4,606 354 2,500 14.17 13
54 Pomona-Pitzer SCIAC 3,864 351 2,400 14.64 11
55 Marietta Ohio AC 4,522 348 1,457 23.87 13
56 Wis.-Whitewater WIAC 3,830 348 3,000 11.61 11
57 Bridgewater (VA) ODAC 3,812 347 1,200 28.88 11
58 Mary Washington CAC 3,800 345 2,000 17.27 11
59 New York U. UAA 4,802 343 1,900 18.05 14
60 Concordia (WI) Northern Athletics 5,127 342 2,000 17.09 15
61 Lebanon Valley Commonwealth 4,775 341 1,650 20.67 14
62 Transylvania HCAC 5,357 335 1,200 27.90 16
63 Kenyon North Coast 3,657 332 2,000 16.62 11
64 Simpson IIAC 4,292 330 3,000 11.01 13
65 Elmhurst CCIW 3,632 330 1,800 18.34 11
66 Ill. Wesleyan CCIW 3,284 328 2,680 12.25 10
67 Pacific Lutheran Northwest 3,273 327 3,200 10.23 10
68 Widener Commonwealth 3,240 324 1,500 21.60 10
69 Denison North Coast 3,865 322 1,500 21.47 12
70 Tufts NESCAC 5,687 316 1,000 31.59 18
71 Texas Lutheran SCAC 3,787 316 1,500 21.04 12
72 Elizabethtown Commonwealth 3,786 316 2,200 14.34 12
73 Brooklyn CUNYAC 4,101 315 750 42.06 13
74 Knox Midwest Conference 3,134 313 3,000 10.45 10
75 Ohio Wesleyan North Coast 4,369 312 2,300 13.57 14
76 Husson North Atlantic 3,433 312 11
77 Lancaster Bible NEAC 4,349 311 750 41.42 14
78 Baldwin Wallace Ohio AC 4,014 309 2,800 11.03 13
79 Ohio Northern Ohio AC 3,682 307 3,200 9.59 12
80 Staten Island CUNYAC 4,591 306 1,200 25.51 15
81 Scranton Landmark 3,664 305 2,800 10.90 12
82 Rose-Hulman HCAC 3,660 305 2,000 15.25 12
83 John Carroll Ohio AC 3,659 305 1,300 23.46 12
84 Saint Vincent Presidents’ AC 4,246 303 1,234 24.58 14
85 Marywood CSAC 3,937 303 1,500 20.19 13
86 Wis.-Stout WIAC 3,616 301 1,800 16.74 12
87 FDU-Florham Freedom 4,197 300 3,000 9.99 14
88 St. Thomas (MN) Minn. Intercol. 4,185 299 2,250 13.29 14
89 Lakeland Northern Athletics 3,277 298 1,500 19.86 11
90 Wheaton (IL) CCIW 3,863 297 2,650 11.21 13
91 Amherst NESCAC 3,504 292 2,450 11.92 12
92 Geneva Presidents’ AC 2,915 292 2,500 11.66 10
93 Saint Mary’s (MN) Minn. Intercol. 4,371 291 2,400 12.14 15
94 Va. Wesleyan ODAC 3,465 289 1,200 24.06 12
95 Lawrence Midwest Conference 3,443 287 1,100 26.08 12
96 Concordia-M’head Minn. Intercol. 3,705 285 3,500 8.14 13
97 Otterbein Ohio AC 3,422 285 3,100 9.20 12
98 Central (IA) IIAC 3,125 284 2,200 12.91 11
99 St. John Fisher Empire 8 3,115 283 1,200 23.60 11
100 Baruch CUNYAC 3,383 282 1,200 23.49 12

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