2002 NCAA Division I-A football season

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2002 Carsonpalmerheisman.jpg Heisman Trophy awarded to Carson Palmer 117https://www.jhowell.net/cf/cf2002.htm 2002 NCAA Division IA Football Power Ratings www.jhowell.net Miami (FL) 28 December 17, 2002 January 3, 2003 Bowl Championship Series 2003 Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil Stadium,Tempe, Arizona Ohio State USC quarterback Carson Palmer The 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a double overtime national championship game. Ohio State and Miami (FL) both came into the Fiesta Bowl undefeated. The underdog Buckeyes defeated the defending-champion Hurricanes 31–24, ending Miami's 34-game winning streak. Jim Tressel won the national championship in only his second year as head coach. Rose Bowl officials were vocally upset over the loss of the Big Ten champ from the game. Former New England Patriots coach Pete Carroll returned the USC Trojans to a BCS bid in only his second season as head coach. Notre Dame also returned to prominence, as Tyrone Willingham became the first coach in Notre Dame history to win 10 games in his first season. Rules changes The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the following rules changes for the 2002 season: The penalty for violating the so-called "Halo Rule" (two yard restricted area around the punt/kick receiver) without making contact with the receiver is increased from five yards to 10 yards. Flagrant personal fouls committed during possession by the defense in overtime will be carried over to the next extra period. Previously, those fouls were disregarded but the player committing the foul was ejected from the game. All players are required to wear facemasks of the same color. Penalties committed during a touchdown play can now either be enforced on the PAT or the ensuing kickoff. Conference and program changes No teams upgraded from Division I-AA, leaving the number of Division I-A schools fixed at 117. The only conference move during this season saw the University of Central Florida leave the Independent ranks to join the Mid-American Conference as its 14th member. School 2001 Conference 2002 Conference Central Florida Knights I-A Independent MAC Regular season August-September Coming off a national championship season and riding a 22-game winning streak, Miami was ranked No. 1 in the preseason AP Poll. The Hurricanes were followed by No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Florida State, No. 4 Texas, and No. 5 Tennessee. August 24: The only top-five team to play this week was No. 3 Florida State, who needed a game-ending goal-line stand to stop Iowa State 38-31 in the Eddie Robinson Classic. The Seminoles dropped in the next AP Poll, which featured Miami and Oklahoma tied at No. 1, followed by No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Tennessee, and No. 5 Florida State. August 30-31: No. 1 Miami defeated Florida A&M 63-17, fellow No. 1 Oklahoma shut out Tulsa 37-0, No. 3 Texas blanked North Texas 27-0, No. 4 Tennessee beat Wyoming 47-7, and No. 5 Florida State won 40-19 over Virginia. Miami regained sole possession of the No. 1 spot in the next poll, with the top five otherwise remaining the same. September 7: No. 1 Miami faced a tough early-season test against No. 6 Florida, and the Hurricanes passed with flying colors in a 41-16 victory. No. 2 Oklahoma beat Alabama 37-27, but lost quarterback Jason White to a season-ending ACL tear. No. 3 Texas was idle. No. 4 Tennessee defeated Middle Tennessee State 26-3. No. 5 Florida State was also idle, and the top five remained the same. September 14: No. 1 Miami won 44-21 at Temple. With Nate Hybl taking over at quarterback, No. 2 Oklahoma blanked UTEP 68-0. No. 3 Texas visited North Carolina for a 52-21 victory. No. 4 Tennessee was idle, and No. 5 Florida State was a 37-10 winner at Maryland. The top five again remained the same. September 21: No. 1 Miami beat Boston College 38-6. No. 2 Oklahoma was idle. No. 3 Texas defeated Houston 41-11, but No. 4 Tennessee fell 30-13 to No. 10 Florida at home. No. 5 Florida State defeated Duke 48-17, and No. 7 Virginia Tech won 13-3 at No. 19 Texas A&M. The next poll featured No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Florida State, and No. 5 Virginia Tech. September 28: No. 1 Miami was idle. No. 2 Oklahoma beat South Florida 31-14, but the AP voters were more impressed by No. 3 Texas’s 49-0 shutout of Tulane. No. 4 Florida State played Louisville in a driving rainstorm and suffered a 26-20 overtime loss. No. 5 Virginia Tech blanked Western Michigan 30-0, and No. 6 Ohio State won 45-17 over Indiana. The next poll featured No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Texas, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Virginia Tech, and No. 5 Ohio State. October October 5: No. 1 Miami defeated Connecticut 48-14. No. 2 Texas missed three short field goals and only escaped Oklahoma State 17-15 when the Cowboys failed to convert a two-point play after a fourth-quarter touchdown. No. 3 Oklahoma had a close call of their own, trailing Missouri in the fourth quarter before throwing a touchdown pass on a fake field goal and winning 31-24. No. 4 Virginia Tech was idle, and No. 5 Ohio State beat Northwestern 27-16. The Longhorns and Sooners switched places again in the next poll: No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Virginia Tech, and No. 5 Ohio State. October 10-12: In 1991, 1992, and 2000, Florida State had lost their rivalry game with Miami on potential game-winning or tying kicks which went wide right. This year brought more heartbreak as No. 9 FSU blew a 13-point fourth quarter lead to the top-ranked Hurricanes. Trailing 28-27, Florida State had one more chance at a field goal to win, but this time the kick sailed wide left and Miami escaped with the victory. Another rivalry showdown took place in Dallas, where No. 2 Oklahoma prevailed 35-24 over No. 3 Texas. No. 4 Virginia Tech won 28-23 at Boston College, No. 5 Ohio State blasted San Jose State 50-7, and No. 6 Georgia got past No. 10 Tennessee 18-13. The next poll featured No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Virginia Tech, No. 4 Ohio State, and No. 5 Georgia. October 19: No. 1 Miami was idle, No. 2 Oklahoma blew out No. 9 Iowa State 49-3, and No. 3 Virginia Tech defeated Rutgers 35-14. No. 4 Ohio State needed a fourth-quarter comeback to beat Wisconsin 19-14, while No. 5 Georgia beat Vanderbilt 48-17. The AP poll remained the same, but the first BCS standings were also released this week and had a somewhat different order. Oklahoma was in first place after two impressive victories in a row, followed by Miami, AP No. 6 Notre Dame, Virginia Tech, and Georgia. October 26: No. 1 Miami won 40-23 at West Virginia. No. 2 Oklahoma was idle. No. 3 Virginia Tech defeated Temple 20-10. No. 4 Ohio State again looked mortal in a 13-7 victory over No. 18 Penn State. No. 5 Georgia beat Kentucky 52-24 on the road. No. 6 Notre Dame’s 34-24 win at No. 11 Florida State was enough to move the Irish up in the next poll: No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Virginia Tech, No. 4 Notre Dame, and No. 5 Georgia. Despite falling to sixth in the AP standings, Ohio State moved up in the BCS, where they replaced Virginia Tech in the top five. November November 2: No. 1 Miami won 42-17 at Rutgers, but No. 2 Oklahoma—already first in the BCS standings—pulled off their third consecutive victory over a ranked opponent (27-11 against No. 13 Colorado) and took over the top spot in the next AP Poll. There was plenty of chaos among the other highly ranked teams. No. 3 Virginia Tech blew a two-touchdown lead and lost 28-21 to Pittsburgh, No. 4 Notre Dame fell 14-7 to Boston College, and No. 5 Georgia was defeated 20-13 by Florida, the Gators’ twelfth win over the Bulldogs in thirteen years. No. 6 Ohio State blew out No. 23 Minnesota 34-3, No. 7 Texas beat Nebraska 27-24 with the help of a late interception, and No. 8 Washington State defeated No. 16 Arizona State 44-22. The next AP Poll featured No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Miami, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Texas, and No. 5 Washington State. Miami held onto first place in the Coaches Poll but dropped even further in the BCS, falling to third behind Oklahoma and Ohio State. November 9: Playing their first unranked opponent in over a month, No. 1 Oklahoma lost 30-26 at Texas A&M, while No. 2 Miami moved back up with a 26-3 victory at Tennessee. No. 3 Ohio State escaped Purdue 10-6 on Craig Krenzel’s fourth-down touchdown pass with two minutes left. No. 4 Texas shut out Baylor 41-0, and No. 5 Washington State won 32-21 over No. 15 Oregon. The next AP Poll featured No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Ohio State, and No. 3 Washington State, with Oklahoma and Texas tied at No. 4. Ohio State took over first place in the BCS standings. November 16: No. 1 Miami was idle. No. 2 Ohio State had their fourth close call in five weeks, needing overtime to get past Illinois 23-16. No. 3 Washington State was also idle. No. 4 Oklahoma rebounded with a 49-9 blowout of Baylor, but fellow No. 4 Texas fell 42-38 at Texas Tech. No. 6 Iowa moved up with a 45-21 win at Minnesota: No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Washington State, No. 4 Oklahoma, and No. 5 Iowa. The BCS had Miami back in first place and Georgia, the sixth-ranked team in the AP Poll, at No. 5. November 21-23: No. 1 Miami held off No. 17 Pittsburgh 28-21. After several close victories throughout the year, No. 2 Ohio State faced their final test against No. 12 Michigan, who had spoiled several potential undefeated seasons for the Buckeyes in the past decade. This time, OSU came through with a 14-9 victory to finish with a perfect record. No. 3 Washington State was less successful in their rivalry game, blowing a ten-point lead with four minutes to play and losing 29-26 to Washington in triple overtime. No. 4 Oklahoma clinched a spot in the Big 12 championship game with a 60-15 blowout of No. 24 Texas Tech. No. 5 Iowa had finished their schedule. No. 6 Georgia, who had already earned the SEC East title, was idle but moved up in the next AP Poll: No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Iowa, and No. 5 Georgia. November 30: No. 1 Miami clinched the Big East title with an easy 49-7 win at Syracuse. No. 2 Ohio State and No. 4 Iowa had finished their schedules. For the second year in a row, No. 3 Oklahoma suffered an upset loss to rival Oklahoma State; the Sooners trailed by as many as 29 points and eventually fell 38-28. No. 5 Georgia overwhelmed Georgia Tech 51-7. No. 6 USC breezed past No. 7 Notre Dame 44-13. The next AP Poll featured No. 1 Miami, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Iowa, No. 4 Georgia, and No. 5 USC. December December 7: No. 1 Miami completed their second consecutive undefeated regular season and ran their overall winning streak to 34 games with a 56-45 victory over No. 18 Virginia Tech. No. 14 Alabama had won the SEC West, but the Crimson Tide were ineligible for postseason play due to NCAA violations, so No. 22 Arkansas represented the division against No. 4 Georgia in the SEC Championship Game. The matchup was no contest, with the Bulldogs winning 30-3. No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Iowa, and No. 5 USC had all finished their schedules, and the AP Poll remained unchanged. As the only two undefeated teams in the nation, No. 1 Miami and No. 2 Ohio State were a shoo-in for the national championship game in the Fiesta Bowl. No. 3 Iowa had tied with the Buckeyes for the Big Ten title (the two teams did not play each other, allowing them both to finish unbeaten in conference play), but the Hawkeyes ended up playing No. 5 USC in the Orange Bowl rather than the conference’s usual spot in the Rose Bowl. The Rose matchup was No. 8 Oklahoma from the Big 12 against No. 7 Washington State, who tied USC atop the Pac-10 and held the head-to-head tiebreaker. Finally, the Sugar Bowl pitted No. 4 Georgia against the ACC champion, No. 16 Florida State. Regular season top 10 matchups Rankings reflect the AP Poll. Rankings for Week 9 and beyond will list BCS Rankings first and AP Poll second. Teams that failed to be a top 10 team for one poll or the other will be noted. Week 2 No. 1 Miami defeated No. 6 Florida, 41–16 (Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Florida) Week 3 No. 6 Ohio State defeated No. 10 Washington State, 25–7 (Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio) Week 4 No. 10 Florida defeated No. 4 Tennessee, 30–13 (Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, Tennessee) Week 7 No. 1 Miami defeated No. 9 Florida State, 28–27 (Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, Florida) No. 2 Oklahoma defeated No. 3 Texas, 35–24 (Cotton Bowl, Dallas, Texas) No. 6 Georgia defeated No. 10 Tennessee, 18–13 (Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia) Week 8 No. 2 Oklahoma defeated No. 9 Iowa State, 49–3 (Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma) Week 13 No. 2/2 Ohio State defeated No. 9/12 Michigan, 14–9 (Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio) Week 14 No. 6/6 USC defeated No. 7/7 Notre Dame, 44–13 (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California) Conference standings I-AA team wins over I-A teams Italics denotes I-AA teams. no no August 29 no 6 (I-AA) Lehigh Buffalo University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, New York no 37–26 21,103 FCS wins vs. FBS teams: All-time victories, upsets, wins vs. ranked teams https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/fcs-wins-vs-fbs-teams-all-time-victories-upsets NCAA.com September 7, 2025 October 2, 2025 August 31 no Villanova Rutgers Rutgers Stadium Piscataway, New Jersey no 37–19 19,101 September 7 no Holy Cross Army Michie Stadium West Point, New York no 30–21 28,063 September 7 no 22 (I-AA) Northeastern Ohio Peden Stadium Athens, Ohio no 31–0 21,002 September 14 no 3 (I-AA) McNeese State UL Monroe Malone Stadium Monroe, Louisiana no 24–19 10,091 September 21 no 20 (I-AA) Western Illinois Northern Illinois Huskie Stadium DeKalb, Illinois no 29–26 23,598 September 28 no Southeast Missouri State Middle Tennessee Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, Tennessee no 24–14 27,519 October 5 no 1 (I-AA) Montana Idaho Kibbie Dome Moscow, Idaho Little Brown Stein no 38–31 14,047 Bowl Championship Series rankings 2002 NCAA Division I-A football rankings WEEKNo. 1No. 2EVENTOCT 21OklahomaMiamiOklahoma 49, Iowa State 3OCT 28OklahomaMiamiOhio State 34, Minnesota 3NOV 4OklahomaOhio StateTexas A&M 30, Oklahoma 26NOV 11Ohio StateMiamiOhio State 23, Illinois 16NOV 18MiamiOhio StateMiami 28, Pittsburgh 21NOV 25MiamiOhio StateMiami 49, Syracuse 7DEC 2MiamiOhio StateMiami 56, Virginia Tech 45FINALMiamiOhio StateOhio State 31, Miami 24 (2OT) Final BCS rankings BCS School Record BCS Bowl game 1 Miami (FL) 12–0 Fiesta 2 Ohio State 13–0 Fiesta 3 Georgia 12–1 Sugar 4 USC 10–2 Orange 5 Iowa 11–1 Orange 6 Washington State 10–2 Rose 7 Oklahoma 11–2 Rose 8 Kansas State 10–2 9 Notre Dame 10–2 10 Texas 10–2 11 Michigan 9–3 12 Penn State 9–3 13 Colorado 9–4 14 Florida State 9–4 Sugar 15 West Virginia 9–4 Bowl games 2002–03 NCAA football bowl games The Rose Bowl normally features the champions of the Big Ten and the Pac-10. However, Big Ten-champion Ohio State, finishing No. 2 in the BCS, had qualified to play in the 2003 Fiesta Bowl for the national championship against Miami (Florida)https://www.collegefootballpoll.com/ College Football Poll.com www.collegefootballpoll.com Earlier in the season, Ohio State had defeated Washington State 25–7. After the national championship was set, the Orange Bowl had the next pick, and invited No. 3 (No. 5 BCS) Iowa from the Big Ten. When it was the Rose Bowl's turn to select, the best available team was No. 8 (No. 7 BCS) Oklahoma, who won the Big 12 Championship Game. When it came time for the Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl to make a second pick, both wanted Pac-10 co-champion USC. However, a BCS rule stated that if two bowls wanted the same team, the bowl with the higher payoff had priority.Rosenblatt, Richard – BCS: Orange Bowl has a Rosy look Associated Press, December 9, 2002 The Orange Bowl immediately extended an at-large bid to the No. 5 Trojans and paired them with at-large No. 3 Iowa in a Big Ten/Pac-10 "Rose Bowl East" matchup in the 2003 Orange Bowl. The Rose Bowl was left to pair Oklahoma with Pac-10 co-champion Washington State. Rose Bowl committee executive director Mitch Dorger was not pleased with the results. As such, the BCS instituted a new rule, whereby a bowl losing its conference champion to the BCS championship could "protect" the second-place team from that conference from going to another bowl. This left the Sugar Bowl with No. 14 BCS Florida State, the winner of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Notre Dame at 10–2 and No. 9 in the BCS standings was invited to the 2003 Gator Bowl. Kansas State at No. 8 also was left out. BCS bowls Fiesta Bowl: No. 2 Ohio State (BCS No. 2 Big Ten Champ) 31, No. 1 Miami (BCS No. 1 Big East Champ) 24 (2 OT) Sugar Bowl: No. 4 Georgia (BCS No. 3 SEC Champ) 26, No. 16 Florida State (BCS No. 14 ACC Champ) 13 Orange Bowl: No. 5 USC (BCS No. 4) 38, No. 3 Iowa (BCS No. 5 At-Large) 17 Rose Bowl: No. 8 Oklahoma (BCS No. 7 Big 12 Champ) 34, No. 7 Washington State (BCS No. 6 Pac-10 Champ) 14 Other New Year's Day bowls Cotton Bowl Classic: No. 9 Texas 35, LSU 20 Capital One Bowl: No. 19 Auburn 13, No. 10 Penn State 9 Gator Bowl: No. 17 NC State 28, No. 11 Notre Dame 6 Outback Bowl: No. 12 Michigan 38, No. 22 Florida 30 December Bowl Games Holiday Bowl: No. 6 Kansas State 34, Arizona State 27 Peach Bowl: No. 20 Maryland 30, Tennessee 3 Tangerine Bowl: Texas Tech 55, Clemson 15 Sun Bowl: Purdue 34, Washington 24 Independence Bowl: Mississippi 27, Nebraska 23 Alamo Bowl: Wisconsin 31, No. 14 Colorado 28 Insight Bowl: No. 24 Pittsburgh 38, Oregon State 13 Liberty Bowl: TCU (C-USA Champ) 25, No. 23 Colorado State (MWC Champ) 3 Humanitarian Bowl: No. 18 Boise State (WAC Champ) 34, Iowa State 16 Motor City Bowl: Boston College 51, Toledo 25 Hawai'i Bowl: Tulane 36, Hawai'i 28 Seattle Bowl: Wake Forest 38, Oregon 17 San Francisco Bowl: No. 21 Virginia Tech 20, Air Force 13 Music City Bowl: Minnesota 29, No. 25 Arkansas 14 Las Vegas Bowl: UCLA 27, New Mexico 13 GMAC Bowl: Marshall (MAC Champ) 38, Louisville 15 Silicon Valley Classic: Fresno State 30, Georgia Tech 21 Houston Bowl: Oklahoma State 33, Southern Miss 23 Continental Tire Bowl: Virginia 48, No. 15 West Virginia 22 New Orleans Bowl: North Texas (Sun Belt Champ) 24, Cincinnati 19 Heisman Trophy voting The Heisman Trophy is given to the year's most outstanding player Player School Position 1st 2nd 3rd Total Carson Palmer USC QB 242 224 154 1,328 Brad Banks Iowa QB 199 173 152 1,095 Larry Johnson Penn State RB 108 130 142 726 Willis McGahee Miami (FL) RB 101 118 121 660 Ken Dorsey Miami (FL) QB 122 89 99 643 Byron Leftwich Marshall QB 22 26 34 152 Jason Gesser Washington State QB 5 22 15 74 Chris Brown Colorado RB 5 11 11 48 Kliff Kingsbury Texas Tech QB 6 2 11 33 Quentin Griffin Oklahoma RB 1 8 9 28 Other major awards Maxwell Award (College player of the Year): Larry Johnson, Penn State Walter Camp Award (top back): Larry Johnson, Penn State Associated Press Player of the Year: Brad Banks, Iowa Davey O'Brien Award (quarterback): Brad Banks, Iowa Johnny Unitas Award (Sr. quarterback): Carson Palmer, USC Doak Walker Award (running back): Larry Johnson, Penn State Fred Biletnikoff Award (wide receiver): Charles Rogers, Michigan State John Mackey Award (tight end): Dallas Clark, Iowa Dave Rimington Trophy (center): Brett Romberg, Miami Chuck Bednarik Award (defensive player): E. J. Henderson, Maryland Lombardi Award (top lineman): Terrell Suggs, Arizona State Outland Trophy (interior lineman): Rien Long, Washington State Dick Butkus (linebacker): E. J. Henderson, Maryland Jim Thorpe Award (defensive back): Terence Newman, Kansas State Lou Groza Award (placekicker): Nate Kaeding, Iowa Ray Guy Award (punter): Mark Mariscal, Colorado The Home Depot Coach of the Year Award: Ty Willingham, Notre Dame Paul "Bear" Bryant Award: Jim Tressel, Ohio St. Attendances # Team Games Total Average 1 Michigan 7 774,033 110,576 2 Penn State 8 857,911 107,239 3 Tennessee 7 746,936 106,705 4 Ohio State 8 827,904 103,488 5 LSU 7 632,147 90,307 6 Georgia 7 605,640 86,520 7 Florida 7 596,296 85,185 8 Auburn 7 580,600 82,943 9 Alabama 7 579,999 82,857 10 South Carolina 6 492,828 82,138 11 Florida State 6 490,598 81,766 12 Notre Dame 6 484,910 80,818 13 Texas A&M 7 561,389 80,198 14 Texas 6 474,319 79,053 15 Wisconsin 8 624,182 78,023 16 Nebraska 8 622,415 77,802 17 Clemson 7 542,675 77,525 18 Oklahoma 6 450,621 75,104 19 Michigan State 8 591,539 73,942 20 Washington 7 500,042 71,435 21 Miami Hurricanes 6 417,233 69,539 22 Southern California 6 401,115 66,853 23 UCLA 6 392,375 65,396 24 Kentucky 7 449,084 64,155 25 BYU 6 373,055 62,176 26 Iowa 7 432,232 61,747 27 Arkansas 8 486,016 60,752 28 Virginia Tech 8 479,379 59,922 29 Mississippi 7 400,520 57,217 30 Purdue 7 395,008 56,430 31 Virginia 7 394,998 56,428 32 Oregon 8 450,730 56,341 33 Illinois 6 331,192 55,199 34 Missouri 6 316,339 52,723 35 West Virginia 6 314,477 52,413 36 North Carolina 6 301,750 50,292 37 North Carolina State 7 346,340 49,477 38 Colorado 6 295,316 49,219 39 Mississippi State 6 289,748 48,291 40 Kansas State 8 384,654 48,082 41 Arizona State 7 328,607 46,944 42 Maryland 7 323,758 46,251 43 Arizona 7 315,032 45,005 44 Pittsburgh 7 310,971 44,424 45 Iowa State 7 307,728 43,961 46 Oklahoma State 7 302,669 43,238 47 Georgia Tech 6 258,938 43,156 48 Texas Tech 6 258,758 43,126 49 Air Force 7 298,993 42,713 50 Syracuse 6 253,365 42,228 51 Minnesota 7 292,492 41,785 52 Boston College 7 287,737 41,105 53 Fresno State 6 234,800 39,133 54 Stanford 5 193,850 38,770 55 Hawaii 8 310,074 38,759 56 California 7 259,719 37,103 57 Louisville 6 218,838 36,473 58 Oregon State 7 255,054 36,436 59 Kansas 6 216,500 36,083 60 Utah 5 178,419 35,684 61 Washington State 6 203,328 33,888 62 Navy 6 203,210 33,868 63 Army 6 195,636 32,606 64 Vanderbilt 7 225,342 32,192 65 Colorado State 5 152,307 30,461 66 East Carolina 5 148,144 29,629 67 New Mexico 6 174,184 29,031 68 Memphis 6 170,362 28,394 69 UTEP 5 141,552 28,310 70 Cincinnati 7 196,497 28,071 71 Baylor 6 168,110 28,018 72 Boise State 7 195,641 27,949 73 Tulane 7 195,309 27,901 74 TCU 6 166,879 27,813 75 Marshall 7 194,520 27,789 76 Northwestern 6 165,574 27,596 77 UNLV 6 165,493 27,582 78 Indiana 6 163,038 27,173 79 Southern Miss 6 161,766 26,961 80 Wake Forest 6 159,222 26,537 81 South Florida 6 157,824 26,304 82 San Diego State 5 126,650 25,330 83 Toledo 6 143,791 23,965 84 Duke 6 139,332 23,222 85 Wyoming 6 135,654 22,609 86 New Mexico State 5 110,813 22,163 87 UCF 6 131,832 21,972 88 Northern Illinois 6 125,715 20,953 89 Rice 5 100,344 20,069 90 Rutgers 6 118,910 19,818 91 Temple 7 133,536 19,077 92 Tulsa 6 113,914 18,986 93 Nevada 6 113,508 18,918 94 Western Michigan 6 113,263 18,877 95 Louisiana Tech 5 92,383 18,477 96 SMU 6 109,752 18,292 97 Miami RedHawks 5 91,425 18,285 98 Ohio 5 90,382 18,076 99 Bowling Green 6 107,016 17,836 100 Central Michigan 6 103,865 17,311 101 Utah State 5 84,145 16,829 102 UAB 6 98,682 16,447 103 Connecticut 6 94,843 15,807 104 North Texas 5 76,302 15,260 105 Louisiana-Lafayette 5 75,279 15,056 106 Buffalo 6 83,770 13,962 107 Troy 4 53,611 13,403 108 Houston 6 75,018 12,503 109 Ball State 5 61,519 12,304 110 Akron 5 57,999 11,600 111 Middle Tennessee 5 55,816 11,163 112 Idaho 5 54,655 10,931 113 Eastern Michigan 6 64,659 10,777 114 Arkansas State 7 75,114 10,731 115 San Jose State 4 41,438 10,360 116 Louisiana-Monroe 6 50,822 8,470 117 Kent State 6 50,769 8,462 Sources:Football Records https://s3.amazonaws.com/fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/Attend.pdf ATTENDANCE RECORDShttps://kenn.com/blog/sports-attendance/ncaa-football-attendance/ NCAA Football Attendance – kenn.com blog kenn.com References