Author: Chris Ford
Week 11 AMSTS Computer Rankings Are Out!
More movement at the top as Baylor’s loss drops them to third and Gonzaga and Villanova climb a spot. On the bottom end, Mississippi Valley State won two games this week, enough to get them out of the bottom spot, giving up the spot to Alabama A&M. Everyone else? You can view all 351…
Week 10 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Team Requests Nobody Attend, Still Outdraws 2 Others
Bad weather across parts of the country led to reduced attendance this week, which was particularly evident in that the number of games with fewer than 1,000 fans shot up to 76, nearly double the normal number for the week. With the bad weather, we saw a school request that it’s fans NOT attend the…
Week 10 AMSTS Computer Rankings Are Out!
A shakeup at the top as Nova drops two spots on account of their loss against Butler, while Kentucky hops up 4 spots to enter the Top 5. At the bottom, some shuffling but MVSU keeps the worst spot in D1. Everyone else? You can view all 351 teams ranked in our AMSTS Week 10 rankings…
Week 9 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Sacred Heart Draws Sub-300 Twice
Sacred Heart is the focal point this week as they drew fewer than 550 fans over two games this week, surprisingly low as the Pioneers had drawn over 500 for most of the season thus far. The other story this week is the continued issues that HBCUs face in getting butts in seats, with two…
Week 9 AMSTS NCAA Basketball Computer Rankings Are Out!
UCLA drops six while FSU jumps 5 in the Top 10 after last week’s games. Arkansas-Pine Bluff drops a spot to enter the Bottom Five. Everyone else? You can view all 351 teams ranked in our AMSTS Week 9 rankings here. The highlights this week: Division 1 Top 10: Villanova Baylor (+1) Gonzaga (+1) Florida State (+5)…
NCAA Basketball Attendance Week 8: HBCU Blues
HBCUs seem to be having a tough time drawing a crowd this year. After last week’s Howard fiasco, this week’s leader is Alcorn State with only 124 in attendance. Also, another hoops “classic” that didn’t seem to bring many fans in the door. Let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer than 1,000 fans: 35 (Season total:…
Week 8 NCAA Basketball Computer Rankings Are Out!
Baylor and UCLA continue to flip flop at the top, while Kentucky falls out of the Top 10 after their loss to Louisville. No changes in the bottom five, and Oral Roberts beating Little Rock resulted in a 120 point combined swing in the rankings of the two teams. Everyone else? You can view all…
Week 7 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Howard Draws Under 500 For The Full Week
Not to be outdone by Southern, who drew fewer than 500 fans in two home games last week, the story of this week is Howard U. The Bison hosted THREE games this week and had exactly 500 fans in attendance. At least that’s what they reported….. Let’s take a look: Number of games drawing fewer…
Week 7 AMSTS NCAA Basketball Computer Rankings Are Out!
A lot less movement at the top this week as UCLA hops Baylor, Gonzaga hops Creighton, and Duke falls two spots. But congratulations are due to Longwood and Dartmouth who both made it out of the bottom five this week with wins. Everyone else? You can view all 351 teams ranked in our AMSTS Week…
Week 6 NCAA Basketball Attendance: Southern Students Have Better Things To Do
Finals season is always an excuse for low attendance. Students are too preoccupied with their studies, low caliber ADs say, forgetting that for most college students, their focus is more on having a good time, which generally does involve sports and later in the evening some alcohol. Either way, the winner this week is clearly…
Best and Worst of the 2016 NCAA Football Season: Statistics For All 128 Teams
Last year, we put together our first list of every FBS team and one statistic they led the nation in over the past season, and one statistic they were in last place in the nation over the past season. Well, we’re back this season, and boy do we have some doozies. A reminder from last…
Week 6 NCAA Men’s Basketball AMSTS Computer Rankings Are Out!
Things are starting to settle in the rankings as you are starting to see the better teams rise to the top of the rankings, and less dramatic movement in the weekly rankings, though Iowa and Montana State both moved over 80 spots. That shuffle will continue to diminish over the next few weeks, but for…