College football programs that did the best/worst job of filling their seats in 2018
Following are the Top 25 FBS programs in fill rate for the 2018 season. These are the schools who did the absolute best with what they had to work with.
25. TCU (7-6) –
95.3% (Amon G. Carter Stadium holds 50,000)
23T. WISCONSIN (8-5) –
96.1% (Camp Randall Stadium holds 80,321)
23T. NOTRE DAME (12-1) –
96.1% (Notre Dame Stadium holds 80,795)
22. IOWA (9-4) –
96.4% (Kinnick Stadium holds 70,585)
21. AUBURN (8-5) –
96.6% (Jordan-Hare Stadium holds 87,451)
20. MICHIGAN STATE (7-6) –
96.8% (Spartan Stadium holds 75,005)
19. OHIO STATE (13-1) –
97.1% (Ohio Stadium holds 104,944)
18. TEXAS A&M (9-4) –
97.2% (Kyle Field holds 102,733)
16T. OLD DOMINION (4-8) –
97.6% (S.B. Ballard Stadium holds 20,118)
16T. TEXAS (10-4) –
97.6% (DKR – Texas Memorial Stadium holds 100,119)
15. OREGON (9-4) –
98.2% (Autzen Stadium 54,000)
14. LSU (10-3) –
98.5% (Tiger Stadium holds 102,321)
13. WASHINGTON (10-4) –
98.6% (Husky Stadium holds 70,083)
11T. CLEMSON (15-0) –
98.7% (Memorial Stadium holds 81,500)
11T. NC STATE (9-4) –
98.7% (Memorial Stadium holds 57,583)
9T. PENN STATE (9-4) –
99% (Beaver Stadium holds 106,572)
9T. WEST VIRGINIA (8-4) –
99% (Mountaineer Field holds 60,000)
8. KANSAS STATE (5-7) –
99.5% (Bill Snyder Family Stadium holds 50,000)
7. UCF (12-1) –
99.6% (Bright House Networks Stadium holds 45,301)
6. ALABAMA (14-1) –
99.7% (Bryant-Denny Stadium holds 101,821)
5. GEORGIA (11-3) –
100% (Sanford Stadium holds 92,746)
4. UTAH (9-5) –
101.1% (Rice-Eccles Stadium holds 45,807)
3. MICHIGAN (10-3) –
102.9% (Michigan Stadium holds 107,601)
2. OKLAHOMA (12-2) –
103.9% (Oklahoma Memorial Stadium holds 86,112)
1. NEBRASKA (4-8) –
104.2% (Memorial Stadium holds 85,458)
On the other extreme, following are the bottom 25 teams in fill rate in 2018.
106. UCLA (3-9) –
55.3% (Rose Bowl holds 92,542)
107. USF (7-6) –
53.2% (Raymond James Stadium holds 65,890)
108. MEMPHIS (8-6) –
53.1% (Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium holds 61,008)
109. EASTERN MICHIGAN (7-6) –
52.8%(Rynearson Stadium holds 30,200)
110. KENT STATE (2-10) –
51.8% (Dix Stadium holds 25,319)
111. UCONN (1-11) –
51.5% (Rentschler Field holds 40,642)
112. HAWAII (8-6) –
51.4% (Aloha Stadium holds 50,000)
113. MIDDLE TENNESEE (8-6) –
50.6% (Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium holds 30,788)
114. UNLV (4-8) –
47.4% (Sam Boyd Stadium holds 36,800)
115. SAN JOSE STATE (1-11) –
46.8% (CEFCU Stadium holds 30,456)
116. ULM (6-6) –
46.7% (Malone Stadium holds 27,617)
117. BALL STATE (4-8) –
45.7% (Scheumann Stadium holds 22,500)
118. NEW MEXICO STATE (3-9) –
45.2% (Aggie Memorial Stadium holds 30,343)
119. LOUISIANA (7-7) –
44.8% (Cajun Field holds 41,264)
120. TEXAS STATE (3-9) –
43.7% (Bobcat Stadium holds 30,008)
121. NORTHERN ILLINOIS (8-6) –
43.3%(Huskie Stadium holds 24,000)
122. RICE (2-11) –
42.9% (Rice Stadium holds 47,000)
123. CENTRAL MICHIGAN (1-11) –
42.4%(Kelly/Shorts Stadium holds 30,255)
124. NEW MEXICO (3-9) –
42.3% (Dreamstyle Stadium holds 39,224)
125. TEMPLE (8-5) –
40.9% (Lincoln Financial Field holds 69,176)
126. SOUTH ALABAMA (3-9) –
40.2% (Ladd-Peebles Stadium holds 40,000)
127. KANSAS (3-9) –
38.8% (Memorial Stadium holds 50,071)
128. UTSA (3-9) –
38% (Alamodome holds 64,000)
129. UAB (11-3) –
33.9% (Legion Field holds 71,594)
130. UTEP (1-11) –
27.5% (Sun Bowl holds 51,500)