The average seating capacity at a Southeastern Conference football stadium is around 80,000. Not every game sells out, and some of the lower-tier SEC teams very rarely do. But the biggest fish in the pond – the Alabama’s, Georgia’s and Tennessee’s of the ecosystem – are staples atop the attendance leaderboard.
Attendance means dollars, and dollars mean potential. The SEC has become the most dominant football conference in the country in large part because of this.
Potential doesn’t equal wins, though. Consider Arkansas is a mere 2-8 in its top 10 most attended home games ever.