Least attended NCAA Football Games: Week 12

After the success of last week’s lowest attended games, let’s take another look this week, shall we?

The three lowest attended FBS football games this week, per announced figures as always:

3. Western Michigan at Northern Illinois – MACtion was not on the schedule this week for those in DeKalb, but there are a litany of excuses including but not limited to: “school night,” “it’s cold,” “it’s supposed to snow in 3 days” and “NIU sucks,” of which probably the last is the most valid. Only 10,194 announced souls ventured out to see the Huskies defeat the Broncos 27-19.

2. Miami (OH) at UMass – This one probably wins the award for “emptiest stadium” of the week, due to the fact that UMass plays in Gillette Stadium, the home of the New England Patriots.  Only 8,839 (of a 68,756 capacity) came out to see the Minutemen lose a close one in Foxborough.

1. Central Michigan at Kent State – Not a good weekend in the MAC, as only 8,742 out of a possible 25,319. As you can see, even the announced crowd is generous:

Miscellany:

Biggest group of people to see a loss at home this week: Ohio State (vs Michigan State), 108,975. Penn State also had 107,418 watch them lose.

Smallest group of people to see a win at home this week: Northern Illinois (vs Western Michigan), 10,194

Smallest Power 5 Conference attendance: Kansas (vs WVU), 21,415

Smallest Power 5 Conference home win: Washington State (vs Colorado) 25,121

Average attendance this week: 44,279 (+2,401 over last week)