Attendance by the numbers

Figures for last season are in. Some conference-centric highlights:

* The SEC was the top conference draw for the 12th straight year, averaging 76,288 per game.

* Mississippi State led the nation in attendance increase with a plus-10,339 over the year before.

* Home-game averages for each school:

-- Tennessee: 99,220 (5th nationally, but down 2,228 from 2008)

-- Georgia: 92,746 (6th)

-- LSU: 92,489 (7th)

-- Alabama: 92,012 (8th)

-- Florida: 90,635 (9th)

-- Auburn: 84,614 (13th)

-- South Carolina: 75,369 (18th)

-- Kentucky: 69,594 (22nd - never would have guessed that they outdraw Virginia Tech, UCLA, Washington and Missouri, to name a few)

-- Arkansas: 65,112 (24th)

and the rest ...

-- Ole Miss: 55,767

-- Mississippi State: 53,792

-- Vanderbilt: 35,015

* And the lowest number for any school anywhere: 150 die-hards a game at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois.

All the numbers for all the schools are here.