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Virginia Tech 1 of 21 FBS Teams at 100% Capacity or Higher in 2011

The NCAA has released its attendance reports for the 2011 season and the Hokies have the distinction of being one of 21 FBS teams who were at 100 percent capacity or higher for their home games. The only other ACC team to do so was Wake Forest.

In terms of average attendance, Tech of course averaged 66,233 (Lane Stadium's listed capacity), third among ACC schools behind Clemson and Florida State. It was good enough for 23rd in the country.

The ACC as a whole, did not fare too well. It was fifth among all conferences in terms of average attendance at 51,158. It was ahead of only the Big East among BCS AQ conferences.

You can find the team-by-team breakdowns at the link above. The teams that have above 100 percent capacity likely have standing room only seats, like on a hill or something, that they can sell that isn't a part of the official capacity. After the jump I've got the conference breakdown.

RANK NAME CONF ATT PCT AVG SUM GM
C01 Southeastern SEC 6,210,859 96.33% 75,742 6,447,211 82
C02 Big Ten B10 6,008,124 94.33% 71,525 6,369,378 84
C03 Big 12 B12 3,980,781 97.09% 63,187 4,099,946 63
C04 Pac 12 P12 3,970,939 86.38% 52,249 4,597,070 76
C05 Atlantic Coast ACC 4,194,970 87.15% 51,158 4,813,578 82
C06 Big East BEC 2,407,109 82.07% 43,766 2,933,011 55
C07 Mountain West MWC 1,472,828 77.59% 29,457 1,898,274 50
C08 Conference USA CUSA 1,855,609 56.87% 26,509 3,262,635 70
C09 Western Athletic WAC 887,240 62.63% 21,640 1,416,560 41
C10 Sun Belt SBC 1,026,102 67.90% 18,323 1,511,161 56
C11 Mid-American MAC 1,278,672 54.03% 16,606 2,366,767 77

It looks weird because it's copied and pasted from Excel. I was too lazy to make it not look weird.

Here's the whole ACC:

RANK NAME CONF ATT PCT AVG SUM GM
17 Clemson ACC 547,635 95.99% 78,234 570,500 7
18 Florida St. ACC 544,893 94.58% 77,842 576,100 7
23 Virginia Tech ACC 397,398 100.00% 66,233 397,398 6
34 North Carolina St. ACC 394,008 97.75% 56,287 403,081 7
35 North Carolina ACC 392,000 88.89% 56,000 441,000 7
45 Miami (FL) ACC 340,576 64.94% 48,654 524,412 7
47 Georgia Tech ACC 337,622 87.69% 48,232 385,000 7
48 Virginia ACC 335,582 77.95% 47,940 430,500 7
56 Maryland ACC 296,484 82.24% 42,355 360,500 7
65 Boston College ACC 214,255 80.25% 35,709 267,000 6
74 Wake Forest ACC 223,769 101.48% 31,967 220,500 7
84 Duke ACC 170,748 71.87% 24,393 237,587 7
C05 Atlantic Coast ACC 4,194,970 87.15% 51,158 4,813,578 82