Ohio State led Big 10 in Attendence

[JCOSU86]

Ohio State Baseball Led Big Ten in Season, Average Attendance

Average attendance ranked 23rd, while total attendance ranked 36th

More than 46,000 fans attended Ohio State games in 2005. The Buckeyes ranked 23rd in the nation in average attendance.



Nov. 17, 2005
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State baseball led the Big Ten in attendance in 2005 by welcoming an average of 2,570 in 18 home dates at Bill Davis Stadium, NCAA attendance figures released Thursday revealed.
The Buckeyes welcomed a total of 46,266 fans to Columbus last season which was the 36th best overall figure in the NCAA. The 2,570 average ranked 23rd among NCAA institutions.
No other Big Ten team ranked in the Top 50 either in total or average attendance. Notre Dame averaged 1,991 fans to rank 28th and drew a total of 43,798 fans for the seasonto rank 38th. No school in the Mid-American Conference or other Ohio school cracked the Top 50. LSU led in both categories, drawing a total of 270,300 fans over 36 dates for an average of 7,508.
The Buckeyes' drew a season-high crowd of 5,128 for the doubleheader against Minnesota the final series of the regular season. That weekend, Ohio State drew 10,876 fans over three dates, outdistancing previous weekends of 7,782 vs. Indiana, 7,370 vs. Purdue and 6,839 vs. Michigan State.

[B]2005 Division I Baseball AVERAGE HOME ATTENDANCE
Team    Dates    Total    Average[/B]
  1. LSU             36    270,300    7,508
  2. Arkansas      28    200,378    7,156
  3. Miss. St.      33    203,276    6,160
  4. Texas A&M   26    153,533    5,905
  5. Texas          39    204,414    5,241
  6. Nebraska      35    174,435    4,984
  7. Florida State 36    163,029    4,529
  8. Mississippi     39    170,152    4,363
  9. Alabama       33    137,671    4,172
10. Rice             34    141,104    4,150
11. Clemson        32    129,553    4,049
12. Tulane          39    145,084    3,720
13. Wichita St     39    141,927    3,639
14. S   Carolina    33    112,984    3,424
15. E Carolina      27    87,261    3,232
16. South Miss    34    109,449    3,219
17. Baylor          36    109,621    3,045
18. Auburn         35    105,720    3,021
19. Hawaii          36    97,268    2,702
20. Arizona State 32    84,933    2,654
21. Houston        32    83,484    2,609
22. Florida          43    112,110    2,607
[B]23. OHIO STATE  18    46,266    2,570[/B]
24. Texas Tech    31    73,236    2,362

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Damn that is impressive. We are also the top northern school ont he list. All the other teams come from states where it is warm year round.

 

[strohs]

Damn that is impressive. We are also the top northern school ont he list. All the other teams come from states where it is warm year round.

Yup, when you factor in that its downright cold at alot of our games, thats really impressive

 

[JCOSU86]

Nebraska is up there, but there is less to do in Lincoln than Columbus. Nice though. If you count Witchita State, we are 3rd in Northern attendence.