College Football (FBS) Fan Bases

[winghaz]

Eastern Montana has a lot of Vikings fans, especially in towns closest to North Dakota.

And tajmccall is right about North Dakota and South Dakota being probably stronger Vikings fans than in Minnesota. I semi-seriously joke that a new Vikings stadium would have already been built if the North Dakota or South Dakota legislatures had a say, except it would be somewhere between Fargo and Sioux Falls.

[Cuse2000]

This is cool idea, but anyone can just guess. This is a research intensive project that should be done correctly. As far as presentation, I think you should try to mimic the NFL map more.

Did someone say research? Nate Silver of the New York Times just posted this article on the very topic as it relates to conference expansion.

It includes a link to the CommonCensus Sports Map Project that has accumulated data on fan bases. The site is unfortunately crashing right now, because the New York Times just linked to it, but I was able to grab this map

[wtpirate]

I apreciate having so much of West Texas in black I think generally that is pretty accurate, I mean there are UTshirt fans scattered everywhere, but that is mostly TTU territory. This is a pretty cool series!

[29texan]

This is cool idea, but anyone can just guess. This is a research intensive project that should be done correctly. As far as presentation, I think you should try to mimic the NFL map more.

Did someone say research? Nate Silver of the New York Times just posted this article on the very topic as it relates to conference expansion.

It includes a link to the CommonCensus Sports Map Project that has accumulated data on fan bases. The site is unfortunately crashing right now, because the New York Times just linked to it, but I was able to grab this map

Well that's certainly helpful....

[Cooleyvol]

That map suggests that large swaths of the south have no allegiance. That is simply not true. My portion of NW Tennessee is die hard Vol fans (as is most of the state except Memphis and Nashville).

[Chicageaux]

That map suggests that large swaths of the south have no allegiance. That is simply not true. My portion of NW Tennessee is die hard Vol fans (as is most of the state except Memphis and Nashville).

That map is obviously incomplete and even says on it that it's inaccurate. I mean, it shows there's no Eastern Michigan fans in Michigan, but there's 19 of them in the middle of Montana. It'll still nice to go off on basis though.

[Guest]

It says most of Alabama belongs to Auburn and that's definitely not right

[BRM_PTX]

It says most of Alabama belongs to Auburn and that's definitely not right

Same with Georgia and Georgia Tech. I'd say 75 percent of football fans in Georgia are Georgia fans.

[altosax29b]

This is cool idea, but anyone can just guess. This is a research intensive project that should be done correctly. As far as presentation, I think you should try to mimic the NFL map more.

Did someone say research? Nate Silver of the New York Times just posted this article on the very topic as it relates to conference expansion.

It includes a link to the CommonCensus Sports Map Project that has accumulated data on fan bases. The site is unfortunately crashing right now, because the New York Times just linked to it, but I was able to grab this map

Gotta love those rowdy Montanan Eastern Michigan fans.

[Chicageaux]

This is cool idea, but anyone can just guess. This is a research intensive project that should be done correctly. As far as presentation, I think you should try to mimic the NFL map more.

Did someone say research? Nate Silver of the New York Times just posted this article on the very topic as it relates to conference expansion.

It includes a link to the CommonCensus Sports Map Project that has accumulated data on fan bases. The site is unfortunately crashing right now, because the New York Times just linked to it, but I was able to grab this map

Gotta love those rowdy Montanan Eastern Michigan fans.

There almost as passionate as them Wyoming Northwestern fans.

[Chicageaux]

Triple Post.

[Chicageaux]

triple post.

[Legend]

Idk about that map with respects to Florida.

Anywhere you go in the state, Gators fans are everywhere. It's like the defacto team people root for. Before the past 5 years when USF started to improve, the main coverage of college teams in the Tampa Bay area was UF or FSU. Miami got little or no coverage, and that map makes it appear as though the Miami fanbase runs throughout the center of the state and more towards the Tampa Bay area, maybe more south in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. Either way, most areas on the Florida west coast are Gators and Seminoles.

The St. Pete times coverage over the past decade usually has a dedicated page to both UF and FSU, now USF as well, and maybe a snippet about Miami.

The USF fanship has only recently risen with the success of the athletics. I would still say the state is dominated by UF fans, secondly FSU fans, and after that a mixture of Miami, USF, and then UCF.

I realize what he is going off of in the map, I'm just speaking from experience in the area for myself.

[Brave-Bird 08]

The Georgia to Georgia Tech fan ratio in the metro Atlanta and north GA area alone is probably somewhere around 7/3, favoring UGA. This map indicates a huge amount of Tech fans.

[nuordr]

I am suggesting this to be Kentucky, however, do not hold me to nothing.

[GriffinM6]

The Georgia to Georgia Tech fan ratio in the metro Atlanta and north GA area alone is probably somewhere around 7/3, favoring UGA. This map indicates a huge amount of Tech fans.

I agree, I'm right in the middle of Athens, and Atlanta and my friends at school are Mostly Georgia fans, then GA Tach, then Florida, then Miami, and lastly Ohio State.

[Brave-Bird 08]

Nobody at your school is a Clemson, Auburn, or Bama fan? There might be just as many of those fans, per base, as there are GT fans in Georgia.

[29texan]

Florida, featuring:

- Central Florida Knights

- Florida Gators

- Florida Atlantic Owls

- Florida International Golden Panthers

- Florida State Seminoles

- Miami Hurricanes

- South Florida Bulls

Next: California

[29texan]

California, featuring:

- California Golden Bears

- Fresno State Buldogs

- San Diego State Aztecs

- San Jose State Spartans

- Stanford Cardinal

- UCLA Bruins

- USC Trojans

Next: Pennsylvania

[Norva]

Idk about that map with respects to Florida.

Anywhere you go in the state, Gators fans are everywhere. It's like the defacto team people root for. Before the past 5 years when USF started to improve, the main coverage of college teams in the Tampa Bay area was UF or FSU. Miami got little or no coverage, and that map makes it appear as though the Miami fanbase runs throughout the center of the state and more towards the Tampa Bay area, maybe more south in the Sarasota/Bradenton area. Either way, most areas on the Florida west coast are Gators and Seminoles.

The St. Pete times coverage over the past decade usually has a dedicated page to both UF and FSU, now USF as well, and maybe a snippet about Miami.

The USF fanship has only recently risen with the success of the athletics. I would still say the state is dominated by UF fans, secondly FSU fans, and after that a mixture of Miami, USF, and then UCF.

I realize what he is going off of in the map, I'm just speaking from experience in the area for myself.

Yeah I grew up near Tampa and even lived in Orlando briefly, and UCF may as well not even exist there. Outside of a few small pockets right near the school its all UF.