Ole Miss, SEC dominate national rankings for baseball attendance

Ole Miss fans continue to be among the best in the nation at supporting their baseball team, with the Rebels ranking second in the nation in average attendance. Through the first 11 weeks of the season (25 home games), Ole Miss averaged 7, 920 per game at Swayze Field.

Ole Miss is second in the nation in average attendance at baseball games. (Photo credit: Joshua McCoy, Ole Miss Athletics)

As a whole, the Southeastern Conference is also dominating attendance statistics. An SEC team has led the NCAA in total and average attendance for the past 15 seasons–as well as 20 of the last 26 years.

Average Attendance

The top five spots on the national average attendance rankings are held by SEC teams: LSU, Ole Miss, Arkansas, Mississippi State and South Carolina, respectively.

There are ten SEC teams in the nation’s top-25 for average attendance:

Average attendance through the first 11 weeks of NCAA Baseball. (Chart courtesy of Southeastern Conference)

Total Attendance

In addition to average attendance, the SEC leads the nation in total attendance with seven of the top eight spots held by SEC teams. Those seven teams (LSU, Arkansas, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Florida) account for an incredible 1,390,607 total fans through a combined 199 total games this season.

Ole Miss comes in fourth place when total attendance is calculated. The Rebels have had 198,002 fans purchase tickets through 25 home games.

Total attendance rankings through 11 weeks. (Chart courtesy of the Southeastern Conference)

Here’s to many more fans seeing many more beer showers at Swayze Field!

Hotty Toddy!