Final Big Ten Baseball Attendance Rankings. Where Did Our Ducks End Up?

[sports fan]

Here are the final attendance results for the Big Ten Conference baseball games.  I did not include non-conference games.  Hats off to the Cornhusker fans.  They really support their team.  And what has happened to UCLA.  I was shocked to see such low numbers for them.  They were in a tight race with our Ducks for first place and nobody bothered to show up to watch them.

 

  1.  NEBRASKA        5,458

  2.  OREGON            2,962

  3.  IOWA                   2.052

 

  4.  INDIANA             1,591

  5.  PURDUE             1,533

  6.  USC                     1,417

 

  7.  MICHIGAN           1.394

  8.  WASHINGTON     1,217

  9.  MARYLAND          1,156

 

10.  PENN ST.              1,083

11.  ILLINOIS                1,029

12.  OHIO ST.                  981

 

13.  MICHIGAN ST.         857

14.  MINNESOTA            681

15.  UCLA                        660

 

16.  RUTGERS                602

17.  NORTHWESTERN   485

[Charles Fischer]

Two things really stand out...1) how bad baseball attendance is in the B1G, and 2) how incredible Nebraska's following is. PK Park could improve a TON and not catch them. Thanks to sports fan for the time spent on research to learn this!

 

[David Marsh]

I will shamelessly plug my most recent article here. 

 

Should the Ducks Host More Events in Portland? | FishDuck

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A few years ago the University of Oregon acquired a home for their Portland Campus, the former Concordia...

 

 

At the UO Portland Campus there are baseball facilities. A few series in Portland, maybe even against the Beavers in the future, could be a fun way to drive the attendance. 

 

Granted... I don't think they have much in the way of concessions but I'm sure they could take care of that. 

 

But great to see our Ducks have a great fan base and turns out for them! 

 

[HDuck]

In 2024, Nebraska ranked 10th nationally in average attendance.   There were only 2 in the top 25 attendance that were not in mild climate locations though Virginia might be a third.   The other one besides Nebraska was Oregon State which was 21st.

 

But generally, if you draw an east-west line at Lexington, Kentucky, 22 of the 25 were below that line.

 

Nebraska has a vey nice facility they share with a small semi-pro team, and the ballpark is surrounded by parking because it is in a close triangle with Nebraska's football and basketball facilities, close to campus and downtown Lincoln.   But, fans do have to show up, and they do in Lincoln.  Nebraska had to contend with the Texas schools baseball in the Big12, and have won just two titles in the Big Ten, but the fans are loyal regardless.