April provided us our last taste of anything resembling an actual college football game until September, and with that in mind, fans across the country flocked to their favorite schools' spring games. There were strange scoring systems and otherwise altered formats that made for a confused approximation of football in a number of places, but hey, this is all we had left.

No one showed up to these contests like fans in the SEC; seven of the top 10 schools in reported spring attendance hail from that league, making the list look like recruiting class rankings on national signing day. Auburn claimed the attendance title this year, as fans congregated not only to check out new head coach Gus Malzahn, but to celebrate and roll the trees at Toomer's Corner one last time.

Alabama wasn't far behind, and like Auburn, several schools rode the enthusiasm that comes with a new coaching staff to impressive attendance figures. That includes Kentucky, which had more than 50,000 spectators on hand, easily setting a new school record.

The final attendance numbers:

School Claimed Attendance Auburn 83,401 Alabama 78,315 Tennessee 61,076 Nebraska 60,174 Arkansas 51,088 Kentucky 50,831 Texas 46,000 Texas A&M 45,212 Georgia 45,113 Ohio State 37,643 Oregon 36,588 South Carolina 35,218 Louisville 33,000 Notre Dame 31,652 Clemson 30,000 Virginia Tech 30,000 Oklahoma 29,200 LSU 28,000 Ole Miss 28,000 Penn State 28,000 Florida State 27,500 N.C. State 27,500 Michigan State 22,500 Mississippi State 21,000 Rutgers 21,000 UCLA 20,000 Missouri 18,384 Michigan 18,000 Kansas State 16,383 Texas Tech 16,116 Iowa 16,000 USC 15,284 Iowa State 15,000 North Carolina 15,000 Oklahoma State 15,000 Vanderbilt 14,000 Wisconsin 12,050 BYU 12,000 Colorado 10,244 Boise State 9,146 Utah 8,633 Minnesota 8,400 Washington State 8,340 Oregon State 8,263 Maryland 8,200 West Virginia 8,000 Washington 7,000 Western Kentucky 6,500 Purdue 6,427 Arizona State 6,300 East Carolina 6,294 California 5,831 Louisiana Tech 5,700 Duke 5,213 Marshall 5,115 Georgia Tech 5,000 Middle Tennessee 5,000 Texas State 4,608 South Florida 4,606 Nevada 4,501 Stanford 4,350 Wake Forest 4,200 Arizona 4,095 Syracuse 3,822 Pittsburgh 3,642 Temple 3,530 Baylor 3,500 UConn 3,200 Colorado State 3,000 Utah State 3,000 UTEP 2,581 UTSA 2,506 South Alabama 2,281 Illinois 2,100 UNLV 2,100 Western Michigan 2,045 Cincinnati 2,000 Southern Mississippi 2,000 Georgia State 1,800 Tulsa 1,200 Hawaii 900 Akron 500

Nebraska led the way in the Big Ten by a wide margin, while Texas and Oregon topped the Big 12 and Pac-12. Virginia Tech and Clemson led the ACC with attendance figures around 30,000, though future league member Louisville bested both of them.

At the other end of the spectrum, there are the likes of Stanford, Arizona, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Illinois and Cincinnati, all of which reported fewer than 5,000 fans at their games.

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