Jackson State is once again the FCS leader in average home attendance, drawing 27,213 fans per home game.
Other familiar names are at the top as Montana and Montana State own the No. 2 and 3 spots as they did last year.
Here are the average home attendance figures for all FCS teams.
Figures are via the NCAA and through 11/23 games. They do not include FCS playoff games.
% (far right column) is the percentage capacity of the stadium
Rank | Team | Avg Attendace | % |
1 | Jackson St. | 27,213 | 68.03 |
2 | Montana | 25,845 | 102.49 |
3 | Montana St. | 21,899 | 123.19 |
4 | Tarleton St. | 19,147 | 79.78 |
5 | Alabama St. | 18,868 | 71.2 |
6 | SDSU | 18,504 | 95.68 |
7 | Southern | 18,463 | 64.78 |
8 | Delaware | 17,329 | 95.86 |
9 | Florida A&M | 17,043 | 86.81 |
10 | NDSU | 16,789 | 89.78 |
11 | Norfolk St. | 14,544 | 48.48 |
12 | Sacramento St. | 14,047 | 66.27 |
13 | SC State | 13,962 | 63.47 |
14 | NC A&T | 13,265 | 61.7 |
15 | Holy Cross | 12,084 | 51.42 |
16 | Idaho | 11,500 | 71.87 |
17 | Alcorn | 11,408 | 50.7 |
18 | Grambling | 11,334 | 57.82 |
19 | UC Davis | 11,266 | 103.84 |
20 | Harvard | 11,079 | 36.54 |
21 | North Dakota | 10,284 | 83.72 |
22 | McNeese | 10,269 | 57.66 |
23 | The Citadel | 10,225 | 88.92 |
24 | Texas Southern | 10,225 | 46.48 |
25 | UNI | 10,135 | 62.99 |
26 | ETSU | 9,881 | 128.43 |
27 | Alabama A&M | 9,803 | 46.68 |
28 | Missouri St. | 9,663 | 55.22 |
29 | Prairie View | 9,448 | 62.99 |
30 | Abilene Christian | 9,356 | 103.95 |
31 | William & Mary | 9,088 | 78.03 |
32 | NC Central | 8,989 | 89.89 |
33 | Youngstown St. | 8,974 | 43.5 |
34 | Western Caro. | 8,601 | 62.37 |
35 | Mercer | 8,576 | 84.08 |
36 | Illinois St. | 8,564 | 64 |
37 | Murray St. | 8,332 | 52.07 |
38 | Furman | 8,289 | 51.81 |
39 | Bethune-Cookman | 8,085 | 84.21 |
40 | Southern Ill. | 8,052 | 53.68 |
41 | North Ala. | 7,905 | 55.61 |
42 | Weber St. | 7,850 | 47.95 |
43 | Northern Ariz. | 7,611 | 76.11 |
44 | Cal Poly | 7,445 | 67.22 |
45 | South Dakota | 7,364 | 80.92 |
46 | Chattanooga | 7,343 | 35.53 |
47 | Central Ark. | 7,298 | 72.98 |
48 | New Hampshire | 7,278 | 66.07 |
49 | Idaho St. | 7,215 | 60.12 |
50 | Northwestern St. | 7,045 | 44.11 |
51 | Tennessee Tech | 6,885 | 83.45 |
52 | Ark.-Pine Bluff | 6,883 | 47.47 |
53 | Lamar | 6,706 | 41.91 |
54 | Elon | 6,532 | 58.06 |
55 | Austin Peay | 6,320 | 63.2 |
56 | Stony Brook | 6,267 | 50.95 |
57 | Richmond | 6,139 | 70.57 |
58 | EWU | 6,061 | 70.48 |
59 | SEMO | 6,022 | 60.22 |
60 | Penn | 6,009 | 11.55 |
61 | EKU | 5,994 | 29.97 |
62 | Brown | 5,972 | 29.86 |
63 | Cornell | 5,918 | 27.53 |
64 | Nicholls | 5,909 | 56.28 |
65 | Lehigh | 5,831 | 36.44 |
66 | Mississippi Val. | 5,717 | 54.44 |
67 | Columbia | 5,626 | 33.09 |
68 | Howard | 5,525 | 77.97 |
69 | Morehead St. | 5,514 | 55.14 |
70 | UAlbany | 5,392 | 63.43 |
71 | Princeton | 5,364 | 17.88 |
72 | Rhode Island | 5,352 | 103.54 |
73 | Villanova | 5,313 | 44.28 |
74 | Yale | 5,310 | 8.26 |
75 | Towson | 5,288 | 47.22 |
76 | Tennessee St. | 5,253 | 35.02 |
77 | Merrimack | 5,236 | 149.59 |
78 | Eastern Ill. | 5,231 | 52.31 |
79 | Maine | 5,189 | 51.89 |
80 | VMI | 4,850 | 48.5 |
81 | SFA | 4,499 | 30.87 |
82 | Sacred Heart | 4,368 | 109.2 |
83 | Samford | 4,281 | 63.89 |
84 | Dartmouth | 4,274 | 38.86 |
85 | East Texas A&M | 4,265 | 42.65 |
86 | Southern Utah | 4,173 | 49.1 |
87 | Hampton | 4,148 | 34.57 |
88 | Southeastern La. | 4,099 | 55.39 |
89 | Campbell | 4,013 | 72.97 |
90 | Lafayette | 3,912 | 29.79 |
91 | Lindenwood | 3,861 | 64.35 |
92 | Utah Tech | 3,819 | 38.19 |
93 | Morgan St. | 3,803 | 38.03 |
94 | UT Martin | 3,789 | 50.52 |
95 | Charleston So. | 3,708 | 92.71 |
96 | Wofford | 3,679 | 28.3 |
97 | CCSU | 3,600 | 65.46 |
98 | Indiana St. | 3,434 | 26.9 |
99 | Georgetown | 3,404 | 136.15 |
100 | Gardner-Webb | 3,365 | 39.58 |
101 | Delaware St. | 3,333 | 46.34 |
102 | West Ga. | 3,282 | 33.84 |
103 | Dayton | 3,264 | 29.68 |
104 | St. Thomas (MN) | 3,220 | 64.09 |
105 | Butler | 3,199 | 56.65 |
106 | Drake | 3,188 | 21.9 |
107 | Northern Colo. | 3,115 | 36.64 |
108 | Monmouth | 2,888 | 68.75 |
109 | Western Ill. | 2,851 | 17.42 |
110 | Marist | 2,805 | 56.1 |
111 | Presbyterian | 2,628 | 40.43 |
112 | Wagner | 2,620 | 79.4 |
113 | San Diego | 2,559 | 44.19 |
114 | Portland St. | 2,547 | 33.51 |
115 | Davidson | 2,507 | 55.72 |
116 | Colgate | 2,338 | 22.88 |
117 | Bryant | 2,252 | 51.18 |
118 | Saint Francis | 2,145 | 61.3 |
119 | Robert Morris | 2,096 | 69.87 |
120 | Duquesne | 2,029 | 92.23 |
121 | Fordham | 1,962 | 28.03 |
122 | UIW | 1,907 | 31.79 |
123 | Houston Christian | 1,876 | 37.52 |
124 | Valparaiso | 1,840 | 36.79 |
125 | Stonehill | 1,709 | 71.19 |
126 | Stetson | 1,515 | 25.25 |
127 | Bucknell | 1,352 | 10.32 |
128 | LIU | 1,224 | 17.49 |
129 | Mercyhurst | 1,183 | 51.42 |