Author: Chris Ford
Week 11 NCAA Football Attendance
Another of our weekly looks at NCAA Football Division I attendance this week. So let’s take a look, shall we? Worst overall Division 1 attendance last week: 1,012 – Duquesne vs Sacred Heart on Saturday. This should be no surprise, as Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field only holds 2,200, the smallest stadium hosting a football game this week.…
Week 11 AMSTS Computer Rankings Are Out!
What a week at the top of the FBS. Nobody in the top 5 stayed in the same spot they occupied the previous week. And for the first time, we project Western Michigan in the College Football Playoff, big news for the Broncs and #RowTheBoat. But there’s a lot more this week, and the week 11 full…
Week 10 NCAA Football Attendance – A New Season Low!
We’re back again this week, and with it a shocking new season low for Division 1 attendance. In fact, the number is so low it would be in the bottom 1% of college BASKETBALL attendance last year. So let’s take a look, shall we? Worst overall Division 1 attendance last week: 471 – Jacksonville vs Drake on Saturday. Can…
Week 10 AMSTS College Football Rankings Are Out!
As is the weekly tradition, the week 10 full Division 1 AMSTS Computer Rankings have been released. The highlights this week: FBS Top 5: Michigan (+1) Alabama (-1) Clemson Ohio State (+1) Washington (-1) FCS Top 5: North Dakota State Eastern Washington The Citadel James Madison Central Arkansas Top gainers (all Division 1): Charlotte…
Check Out AMSTS Computer Rankings on Massey Ratings This Year!
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As college basketball season ramps up, this is a reminder that the AMSTS Computer Rankings not only now appear in Ken Massey’s aggregate poll, but we finished last season SECOND (of 53) in correlation to consensus. In short, AMSTS may not be the best computer ranking in the business (depending on what you need), but…
NCAA Football Week 9 Attendance In Review
With college football season in full swing, we here at AMSTS figured it was worth it to take a look at how attendance was working out around Division I. Of course, nobody cares that Ohio State filled the house with over 102,000, right? So let’s take a look at the other side: Worst overall…
We FCS Now!
The totally awesome AMSTS Computer College Football Rankings now include FCS teams. Even more, you can view all of Division I together by selecting the “All” button. Some week 7 numbers: #1 NDSU, which puts them at #101 in the combined Division I. #2 Eastern Washington, #112 in D-I #3 Richmond, #115 in…
Sixteen Ejections For Eleven Teams, Only 10k in Oakland – BtBS, Week of 9/26
If you like ump shows, you’re gonna love the way this week looked. Over the course of the week, a season record 11 teams had a player or manager get rung, totaling 16 ejections on the week. The total ejections for the week come in second to the week of the Rangers-Blue Jays brawl, but this…
NL Makes a Run For the Ejections Title, White Sox Can’t Draw 16k — BtBS, Week of 9/19
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For almost the entire season, the AL has had a lead over the NL in ejections. At times, the lead was a big one, as big as 12 in the past week. With only a handful of weeks left in the season, the NL seemingly decided that it was time to turn up the…
Purdue’s Hazell: “I like our chances” vs Bye Week
After a disappointing loss to Cincinnati last week, Purdue coach Darrell Hazell is looking to turn the program around In a press conference late on Thursday afternoon, Purdue head coach Darrell Hazell was asked about the team’s bye week progress. “I like our chances this week,” Hazell responded, apparently confused by the question. “A lot…
Nine Teams Draw Below 20,000, Nine Teams Draw Above 40,000, BtBS: Week of 9/12
It’s a story of the haves and have-nots. Overall, attendance continues to plummet, as NFL season starts and teams get mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. Just this week, the Rays, (first place) Indians, Athletics, White Sox, Reds, Mariners, Marlins, (first place) Nationals, and Twins all had fewer than 20,000 come through the gates for one…
Seven Teams Draw Below 20k, Royals Average 3:37 Time of Game – BtBS, Week of 9/5
The story of the week once again is dwindling attendance, even in teams that are in playoff contention. Last week, seven teams had a game with fewer than 20,000 fans, the Indians, Rays, Orioles, Phillies, Mariners, Brewers, and Astros. Of those seven, four (Rays, Phillies, Indians, Brewers) averaged below the 20k mark for the…