This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/InVodkaVeritas on 2024-04-15 02:42:58.


Disclaimer: Some schools had stadium construction that reduced the amount of seats and/or expansions that increased them, which affects the numbers in dramatic ways. There’s really no way to account for the context of that when looking at these numbers.

Standing Room Only

P5 Schools that were most-over 100% seats in 2023

Rank School Percentage
1 Colorado 105.97%
2 Oklahoma 104.51%
3 Oregon State 104.00%
4 Kansas St. 103.91%
5 Oregon 103.51%
6 TCU 102.89%
7 Utah 102.65%
8 Michigan 102.20%
9 Penn St. 101.72%
10 Nebraska 101.57%

Better than Last Year

P5 Schools with the most improvement from 2022 to 2023

Rank School Percentage
1 Houston +41.84%
2 Maryland +26.24%
3 Colorado +24.12%
4 Louisville +22.93%
5 Oregon State +17.37%
6 Florida State +17.04%
7 Illinois +15.45%
8 UCLA +15.29%
9 Arizona State +12.12%
10 Stanford +10.86%

Better than 5 Years Ago

P5 Schools with the greatest increase compared to 2019

Rank School Percentage
1 Kansas +58.19%
2 Illinois +30.40%
3 Houston +30.12%
4 Florida State +23.30%
5 Rutgers +21.30%
6 Missouri +16.54%
7 Colorado +14.73%
8 Arizona +14.46%
9 Ole Miss +13.14%
10 Oregon State +12.43%

Worse than Last Year

P5 Schools with the biggest fall-off from 2022 to 2023

Rank School Percentage
1 Northwestern -35.38%
2 Syracuse -16.61%
3 Vanderbilt -12.62%
4 Pitt -12.04%
5 Arkansas -10.71%
6 Miami (FL) -9.55%
7 Indiana -4.94%
8 Baylor -4.57%
9 Texas Tech -4.18%
10 Rutgers -2.97%

Empty Stadiums

P5 Schools with the lowest percentage of open seats filled in 2023

Rank School Percentage
1 Northwestern 44.31%
2 UCLA 52.61%
3 Duke 62.77%
4 Stanford 65.88%
5 Georgia Tech 65.98%
6 Syracuse 69.40%
7 Pitt 70.35%
8 Virginia 70.40%
9 Cal 74.55%
10 Miami (FL) 76.10%

Best and Worst in the Conference

Highest and Lowest Stadium Capacity Filled in Each Conference in 2023, but using the 2024 alignments

Conference School Percentage
ACC High NC State 100.00%
ACC Low Duke 62.77%
Big 12 High Colorado 105.97%
Big 12 Low West Virginia 85.26%
Big Ten High Oregon 103.51%
Big Ten Low Northwestern 44.13%
Pac-2 High Oregon State 104.00%
Pac-2 Low Washington State 85.04%
SEC High Oklahoma 104.51%
SEC Low Arkansas 85.94%

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Edit to add SMU, who was G5 in 2023:

  • -9.43% decrease from 2022 to 2023
  • 1.78% increase from 2019 to 2023
  • 70.68% of seats filled in 2023