2022 FCS Regular-Season Attendance Leaders

Jackson State has once again dominated the FCS in average attendance, drawing over 42,000 fans in the 2022 season (through 11/19 games). Last year, JSU set a subdivision record with an average home crowd of 42,293 fans.

Other familiar names are at the top as well.

Montana’s average attendance increased from 24,584 last year to 25,298 in 2022. Montana State’s increased from 19,176 to 21,275.

NDSU saw its attendance slipping for a few years, going from 18,106 in 2018 to 17,440 in 2019 to 15,101 in 2021. But the Bison bumped back up to 17,309 in 2022.

Here are the average home attendance figures for all FCS teams.

Figures are via the NCAA and through 11/19 games. They do not include FCS playoff games.

Rank	School	Avg
1	Jackson St.	42,049
2	Montana	25,298
3	Montana St.	21,275
4	Southern	19,844
5	Jacksonville St.	18,161
6	Alabama St.	18,069
7	North Dakota St.	17,309
8	Delaware	16,902
9	Alcorn	16,527
10	South Dakota St.	15,561
11	Sacramento St.	15,502
12	Harvard	14,689
13	Florida A&M	14,418
14	N.C. A&T	12,781
15	Eastern Ky.	12,609
16	Tarleton St.	12,020
17	Holy Cross	11,897
18	New Hampshire	10,758
19	Texas Southern	10,677
20	Youngstown St.	10,065
21	William & Mary	10,026
22	Western Caro.	9,876
23	The Citadel	9,865
24	Tennessee St.	9,811
25	Grambling	9,788
26	North Dakota	9,780
27	South Carolina St.	9,766
28	Furman	9,646
29	Norfolk St.	9,571
30	UC Davis	9,472
31	ETSU	9,471
32	Missouri St.	9,197
33	McNeese	8,870
34	Weber St.	8,819
35	Mercer	8,799
36	Murray St.	8,735
37	Idaho	8,682
38	UNI	8,359
39	SFA	8,292
40	Alabama A&M	8,112
41	Chattanooga	7,976
42	N.C. Central	7,783
43	North Ala.	7,707
44	Northern Ariz.	7,690
45	Sam Houston	7,611
46	Southern Ill.	7,513
47	Abilene Christian	7,418
48	Elon	7,371
49	Central Ark.	7,306
50	Richmond	7,273
51	Illinois St.	7,190
52	Villanova	7,078
53	Tennessee Tech	6,911
54	Cornell	6,878
55	Penn	6,854
56	Howard	6,793
57	Bethune-Cookman	6,714
58	Ark.-Pine Bluff	6,609
59	Austin Peay	6,569
60	South Dakota	6,354
61	Yale	6,299
62	Princeton	6,298
63	Nicholls	6,215
64	Prairie View	6,090
65	Merrimack	5,758
66	Cal Poly	5,738
67	VMI	5,719
68	Kennesaw St.	5,626
69	Lafayette	5,570
70	Towson	5,568
71	Samford	5,555
72	Southeastern La.	5,530
73	Maine	5,524
74	Morgan St.	5,251
75	UAlbany	5,240
76	St. Thomas (MN)	5,228
77	Stony Brook	5,174
78	Eastern Wash.	5,130
79	Sacred Heart	5,092
80	Columbia	5,088
81	Idaho St.	5,082
82	Lamar University	5,069
83	Morehead St.	4,941
84	Eastern Ill.	4,848
85	Southern Utah	4,805
86	Dartmouth	4,664
87	Rhode Island	4,618
88	Northern Colo.	4,555
89	Campbell	4,493
90	UT Martin	4,473
91	Brown	4,423
92	Indiana St.	4,209
93	Wofford	4,122
94	Utah Tech	3,954
95	Western Ill.	3,938
96	Northwestern St.	3,931
97	Tex. A&M-Commerce	3,900
98	Lehigh	3,886
99	Mississippi Val.	3,851
100	Lindenwood	3,729
101	Charleston So.	3,696
102	Bryant	3,686
103	Portland St.	3,249
104	Colgate	3,204
105	Gardner-Webb	3,093
106	Davidson	3,086
107	Dayton	2,997
108	Hampton	2,956
109	Butler	2,917
110	Fordham	2,670
111	UIW	2,596
112	Monmouth	2,519
113	LIU	2,453
114	Robert Morris	2,290
115	Central Conn. St.	2,276
116	Southeast Mo. St.	2,226
117	Delaware St.	2,160
118	Valparaiso	2,147
119	Marist	2,140
120	Drake	2,126
121	San Diego	1,948
122	Wagner	1,854
123	Houston Christian	1,681
124	Georgetown	1,667
125	Saint Francis (PA)	1,476
126	Stonehill	1,475
127	Duquesne	1,358
128	Bucknell	1,323
129	Stetson	1,319
130	Presbyterian	1,234

% Capacity

Team	% Capacity
Jackson St.	105.12
Montana	100.32
Montana St.	119.68
Southern	69.63
Jacksonville St.	75.67
Alabama St.	68.19
North Dakota St.	92.56
Delaware	90.35
Alcorn	73.45
South Dakota St.	80.46
Sacramento St.	73.14
Harvard	48.44
Florida A&M	56.54
N.C. A&T	59.45
Eastern Ky.	63.04
Tarleton St.	50.08
Holy Cross	50.63
New Hampshire	97.66
Texas Southern	48.53
Youngstown St.	48.79
William & Mary	80.85
Western Caro.	71.87
The Citadel	85.78
Tennessee St.	65.41
Grambling	49.94
North Dakota	79.62
South Carolina St.	44.39
Furman	60.29
Norfolk St.	31.9
UC Davis	87.31
ETSU	123.1
Missouri St.	52.55
McNeese	49.8
Weber St.	53.86
Mercer	86.27
Murray St.	54.59
Idaho	54.26
UNI	51.21
SFA	56.89
Alabama A&M	38.63
Chattanooga	38.59
N.C. Central	77.83
North Ala.	54.22
Northern Ariz.	76.9
Sam Houston	54.36
Southern Ill.	50.08
Abilene Christian	82.42
Elon	65.52
Central Ark.	85.96
Richmond	83.6
Illinois St.	53.74
Villanova	58.99
Tennessee Tech	41.88
Cornell	31.99
Penn	12.94
Howard	95.87
Bethune-Cookman	69.93
Ark.-Pine Bluff	45.58
Austin Peay	65.69
South Dakota	69.83
Yale	9.8
Princeton	20.99
Nicholls	59.19
Prairie View	40.6
Merrimack	164.51
Cal Poly	51.81
VMI	57.19
Kennesaw St.	67.78
Lafayette	42.42
Towson	49.72
Samford	82.9
Southeastern La.	74.73
Maine	55.24
Morgan St.	52.51
UAlbany	61.65
St. Thomas (MN)	104.03
Stony Brook	42.07
Eastern Wash.	59.65
Sacred Heart	127.31
Columbia	29.93
Idaho St.	42.35
Lamar University	31.68
Morehead St.	49.41
Eastern Ill.	48.48
Southern Utah	56.53
Dartmouth	42.4
Rhode Island	89.34
Northern Colo.	53.59
Campbell	81.69
UT Martin	59.64
Brown	22.11
Indiana St.	32.98
Wofford	31.71
Utah Tech	71.88
Western Ill.	24.06
Northwestern St.	24.61
Tex. A&M-Commerce	33.7
Lehigh	24.29
Mississippi Val.	36.68
Lindenwood	62.16
Charleston So.	92.39
Bryant	83.77
Portland St.	17.44
Colgate	31.35
Gardner-Webb	36.38
Davidson	68.59
Dayton	27.24
Hampton	24.64
Butler	51.65
Fordham	38.15
UIW	43.27
Monmouth	59.98
LIU	35.05
Robert Morris	76.34
Central Conn. St.	41.38
Southeast Mo. St.	22.26
Delaware St.	30.86
Valparaiso	42.94
Marist	42.79
Drake	14.6
San Diego	33.64
Wagner	56.17
Houston Christian	33.61
Georgetown	66.66
Saint Francis (PA)	42.16
Stonehill	61.48
Duquesne	61.71
Bucknell	10.1
Stetson	21.99
Presbyterian	18.98

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