With Super Bowl LIV just days away, football is rising to the top of everyone’s mind. In some cities, like Pittsburgh, Green Bay, and Boston, the atmosphere is becoming electric, however, in others, not much has changed…
Davidson, NC is one such place, ranking as the 4th worst city in America for football fans.
The personal-finance website WalletHub compared more than 240 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team based on 21 key metrics. The data set ranges from number of NFL and college football teams to average ticket prices.
According to their results, here are the rankings for the “top cities for football fans”:
Overall Rank (1=Best) | City | Total Score | ‘Pro Football’ Rank | ‘College Football’ Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pittsburgh, PA | 63.11 | 1 | 14 |
2 | Boston, MA | 56.15 | 2 | 194 |
3 | Dallas, TX | 53.44 | 3 | 236 |
4 | Green Bay, WI | 53.22 | 4 | 236 |
5 | New York, NY | 48.38 | 6 | 52 |
6 | New Orleans, LA | 47.8 | 5 | 178 |
7 | Miami, FL | 46.63 | 9 | 11 |
8 | San Francisco, CA | 45.64 | 7 | 236 |
9 | Philadelphia, PA | 43.26 | 19 | 9 |
10 | Oakland, CA | 42.59 | 8 | 236 |
11 | Indianapolis, IN | 42.46 | 11 | 114 |
12 | Seattle, WA | 41.62 | 18 | 98 |
13 | Buffalo, NY | 41.52 | 14 | 155 |
14 | Los Angeles, CA | 41.45 | 20 | 32 |
15 | Denver, CO | 41.2 | 10 | 236 |
16 | Washington, DC | 41.11 | 16 | 166 |
17 | Minneapolis, MN | 40.86 | 12 | 209 |
18 | Glendale, AZ | 40.02 | 13 | 236 |
19 | Baltimore, MD | 39.9 | 15 | 224 |
20 | Atlanta, GA | 39.74 | 21 | 110 |
21 | Kansas City, MO | 39.56 | 17 | 236 |
22 | Cincinnati, OH | 39.15 | 22 | 25 |
23 | Charlotte, NC | 34.45 | 23 | 190 |
24 | Nashville, TN | 33.85 | 26 | 112 |
25 | Tampa, FL | 33.84 | 27 | 116 |
26 | Houston, TX | 32.75 | 29 | 31 |
27 | Chicago, IL | 32.27 | 24 | 236 |
28 | Cleveland, OH | 31.75 | 25 | 236 |
29 | Jacksonville, FL | 30.38 | 30 | 160 |
30 | Detroit, MI | 30.32 | 28 | 236 |
31 | Tuscaloosa, AL | 30.15 | 31 | 2 |
32 | Clemson, SC | 28.69 | 31 | 1 |
33 | Fargo, ND | 23.91 | 31 | 3 |
34 | Tallahassee, FL | 23.16 | 31 | 4 |
35 | State College, PA | 23.13 | 31 | 5 |
36 | Baton Rouge, LA | 22.66 | 31 | 6 |
37 | Fayette, MS | 22.11 | 31 | 7 |
38 | Boone, NC | 22.06 | 31 | 8 |
39 | Hanover, NH | 21.36 | 31 | 10 |
40 | West Point, NY | 21.17 | 31 | 12 |
41 | Norman, OK | 20.89 | 31 | 13 |
42 | Stanford, CA | 20.45 | 31 | 15 |
43 | Hamilton, NY | 20.24 | 31 | 16 |
44 | Statesboro, GA | 20.17 | 31 | 17 |
45 | Starkville, MS | 20.05 | 31 | 18 |
46 | Athens, GA | 19.8 | 31 | 19 |
47 | Huntington, WV | 19.7 | 31 | 20 |
48 | Grambling, LA | 19.56 | 31 | 21 |
49 | Richmond, KY | 19.51 | 31 | 22 |
50 | Princeton, NJ | 19.49 | 31 | 23 |
51 | San Diego, CA | 19.25 | 31 | 24 |
52 | Cedar Falls, IA | 19.01 | 31 | 26 |
53 | Cheney, WA | 18.99 | 31 | 27 |
54 | Jacksonville, AL | 18.88 | 31 | 28 |
55 | West Long Branch, NJ | 18.69 | 31 | 29 |
56 | Stillwater, OK | 18.49 | 31 | 30 |
57 | Boise, ID | 18.32 | 31 | 33 |
58 | Morgantown, WV | 18.23 | 31 | 34 |
59 | Harrisonburg, VA | 18.2 | 31 | 35 |
60 | Troy, AL | 18.17 | 31 | 36 |
61 | Provo, UT | 18.12 | 31 | 37 |
62 | Ann Arbor, MI | 18.04 | 31 | 38 |
63 | New Haven, CT | 17.98 | 31 | 39 |
64 | Williamsburg, VA | 17.96 | 31 | 40 |
65 | Youngstown, OH | 17.93 | 31 | 41 |
66 | Buies Creek, NC | 17.93 | 31 | 42 |
67 | Greenville, SC | 17.78 | 31 | 43 |
68 | Kennesaw, GA | 17.74 | 31 | 44 |
69 | Oxford, MS | 17.62 | 31 | 45 |
70 | Brookings, SD | 17.58 | 31 | 46 |
71 | Orlando, FL | 17.47 | 31 | 47 |
72 | Ruston, LA | 17.45 | 31 | 48 |
73 | Durham, NH | 17.36 | 31 | 49 |
74 | East Lansing, MI | 17.32 | 31 | 50 |
75 | Birmingham, AL | 17.14 | 31 | 51 |
76 | Cambridge, MA | 17.11 | 31 | 53 |
77 | Newark, DE | 16.97 | 31 | 54 |
78 | Lake Charles, LA | 16.9 | 31 | 55 |
79 | Athens, OH | 16.88 | 31 | 56 |
80 | Spartanburg, SC | 16.81 | 31 | 57 |
81 | Orangeburg, SC | 16.66 | 31 | 58 |
82 | Missoula, MT | 16.66 | 31 | 59 |
83 | Auburn, AL | 16.63 | 31 | 60 |
84 | Ogden, UT | 16.62 | 31 | 61 |
85 | Orono, ME | 16.61 | 31 | 62 |
86 | Durham, NC | 16.5 | 31 | 63 |
87 | Logan, UT | 16.5 | 31 | 64 |
88 | University Park, TX | 16.34 | 31 | 65 |
89 | Daytona Beach, FL | 16.34 | 31 | 66 |
90 | Huntsville, TX | 16.29 | 31 | 67 |
91 | Towson, MD | 16.28 | 31 | 68 |
92 | Thibodaux, LA | 16.27 | 31 | 69 |
93 | Normal, IL | 16.26 | 31 | 70 |
94 | Charlottesville, VA | 16.25 | 31 | 71 |
95 | South Bend, IN | 16.2 | 31 | 72 |
96 | Berkeley, CA | 16.2 | 31 | 73 |
97 | Manhattan, KS | 16.15 | 31 | 74 |
98 | Fresno, CA | 16.08 | 31 | 75 |
99 | Mount Pleasant, MI | 16.07 | 31 | 76 |
100 | Laramie, WY | 16.04 | 31 | 77 |
101 | Cullowhee, NC | 16.04 | 31 | 78 |
102 | Lewisburg, PA | 16.02 | 31 | 79 |
103 | Iowa City, IA | 16.02 | 31 | 80 |
104 | Blacksburg, VA | 15.99 | 31 | 81 |
105 | Monroe, LA | 15.98 | 31 | 82 |
106 | Martin, TN | 15.93 | 31 | 83 |
107 | Carbondale, IL | 15.92 | 31 | 84 |
108 | Albuquerque, NM | 15.91 | 31 | 85 |
109 | Conway, AR | 15.87 | 31 | 86 |
110 | Lynchburg, VA | 15.84 | 31 | 87 |
111 | Murfreesboro, TN | 15.83 | 31 | 88 |
112 | Pullman, WA | 15.83 | 31 | 89 |
113 | Colorado Springs, CO | 15.8 | 31 | 90 |
114 | Des Moines, IA | 15.75 | 31 | 91 |
115 | Prairie View, TX | 15.73 | 31 | 92 |
116 | Toledo, OH | 15.71 | 31 | 93 |
117 | Worcester, MA | 15.68 | 31 | 94 |
118 | Norfolk, VA | 15.67 | 31 | 95 |
119 | Cape Girardeau, MO | 15.66 | 31 | 96 |
120 | Fairfield, CT | 15.61 | 31 | 97 |
121 | Bethlehem, PA | 15.51 | 31 | 99 |
122 | Poughkeepsie, NY | 15.51 | 31 | 100 |
123 | Bozeman, MT | 15.47 | 31 | 101 |
124 | Annapolis, MD | 15.44 | 31 | 102 |
125 | DeLand, FL | 15.4 | 31 | 103 |
126 | Evanston, IL | 15.38 | 31 | 104 |
127 | Denton, TX | 15.36 | 31 | 105 |
128 | Austin, TX | 15.32 | 31 | 106 |
129 | Ypsilanti, MI | 15.22 | 31 | 107 |
130 | Boca Raton, FL | 15.21 | 31 | 108 |
131 | Murray, KY | 15.2 | 31 | 109 |
132 | Reno, NV | 15.17 | 31 | 111 |
133 | Kingston, RI | 15.15 | 31 | 113 |
134 | Hattiesburg, MS | 15.14 | 31 | 115 |
135 | Jonesboro, AR | 15.06 | 31 | 117 |
136 | Itta Bena, MS | 14.98 | 31 | 119 |
137 | DeKalb, IL | 14.93 | 31 | 120 |
138 | Memphis, TN | 14.9 | 31 | 121 |
139 | Ames, IA | 14.88 | 31 | 122 |
140 | San Antonio, TX | 14.81 | 31 | 123 |
141 | West Lafayette, IN | 14.8 | 31 | 124 |
142 | Moscow, ID | 14.79 | 31 | 125 |
143 | Oxford, OH | 14.79 | 31 | 126 |
144 | Morehead, KY | 14.76 | 31 | 127 |
145 | San Luis Obispo, CA | 14.76 | 31 | 128 |
146 | Cedar City, UT | 14.7 | 31 | 129 |
147 | College Park, MD | 14.7 | 31 | 130 |
148 | Florence, AL | 14.69 | 31 | 131 |
149 | Lafayette, LA | 14.68 | 31 | 132 |
150 | Hammond, LA | 14.67 | 31 | 133 |
151 | Kalamazoo, MI | 14.66 | 31 | 134 |
152 | Chattanooga, TN | 14.65 | 31 | 135 |
153 | Albany, NY | 14.6 | 31 | 136 |
154 | Winston-Salem, NC | 14.51 | 31 | 137 |
155 | Flagstaff, AZ | 14.51 | 31 | 138 |
156 | Macomb, IL | 14.48 | 31 | 139 |
157 | Hampton, VA | 14.47 | 31 | 140 |
158 | Syracuse, NY | 14.46 | 31 | 141 |
159 | Davis, CA | 14.43 | 31 | 142 |
160 | Natchitoches, LA | 14.42 | 31 | 143 |
161 | Grand Forks, ND | 14.39 | 31 | 144 |
162 | Fort Worth, TX | 14.38 | 31 | 145 |
163 | Boiling Springs, NC | 14.37 | 31 | 146 |
164 | Easton, PA | 14.36 | 31 | 147 |
165 | Elon, NC | 14.34 | 31 | 148 |
166 | Conway, SC | 14.3 | 31 | 149 |
167 | Clarksville, TN | 14.28 | 31 | 150 |
168 | Pocatello, ID | 14.26 | 31 | 151 |
169 | Smithfield, RI | 14.22 | 31 | 152 |
170 | Columbus, OH | 14.2 | 31 | 153 |
171 | Honolulu, HI | 14.18 | 31 | 154 |
172 | Macon, GA | 14.16 | 31 | 156 |
173 | Columbia, MO | 14.15 | 31 | 157 |
174 | Sacramento, CA | 14.15 | 31 | 158 |
175 | Tempe, AZ | 14.12 | 31 | 159 |
176 | Charleston, IL | 14.08 | 31 | 161 |
177 | Knoxville, TN | 14.06 | 31 | 162 |
178 | Beaumont, TX | 14.03 | 31 | 163 |
179 | Johnson City, TN | 14.01 | 31 | 164 |
180 | Salt Lake City, UT | 13.9 | 31 | 165 |
181 | Vermillion, SD | 13.89 | 31 | 167 |
182 | Loretto, PA | 13.81 | 31 | 118 |
183 | Richmond, VA | 13.8 | 31 | 169 |
183 | Las Cruces, NM | 13.8 | 31 | 168 |
183 | Amherst, MA | 13.8 | 31 | 169 |
186 | Jackson, MS | 13.77 | 31 | 171 |
187 | Pine Bluff, AR | 13.72 | 31 | 172 |
188 | Abilene, TX | 13.71 | 31 | 173 |
189 | Lexington, KY | 13.7 | 31 | 174 |
190 | Tucson, AZ | 13.65 | 31 | 176 |
191 | Gainesville, FL | 13.63 | 31 | 177 |
192 | Bowling Green, KY | 13.53 | 31 | 179 |
193 | Lexington, VA | 13.5 | 31 | 180 |
194 | Montgomery, AL | 13.47 | 31 | 181 |
195 | Clinton, SC | 13.46 | 31 | 182 |
196 | Nacogdoches, TX | 13.36 | 31 | 183 |
197 | Terre Haute, IN | 13.26 | 31 | 184 |
198 | Eugene, OR | 13.18 | 31 | 185 |
199 | Huntsville, AL | 13.17 | 31 | 186 |
200 | Springfield, MO | 13.16 | 31 | 187 |
201 | North Andover, MA | 13.14 | 31 | 175 |
202 | Greenville, NC | 13.12 | 31 | 188 |
203 | Bowling Green, OH | 13.1 | 31 | 189 |
204 | East Hartford, CT | 13.08 | 31 | 191 |
205 | North Charleston, SC | 13.07 | 31 | 192 |
206 | Cookeville, TN | 13.01 | 31 | 195 |
207 | Las Vegas, NV | 13.01 | 31 | 196 |
208 | Charleston, SC | 12.98 | 31 | 197 |
209 | Muncie, IN | 12.95 | 31 | 198 |
210 | Tulsa, OK | 12.94 | 31 | 199 |
211 | Kent, OH | 12.94 | 31 | 200 |
212 | Lincoln, NE | 12.88 | 31 | 202 |
213 | Madison, WI | 12.75 | 31 | 204 |
214 | Akron, OH | 12.7 | 31 | 205 |
215 | Greeley, CO | 12.69 | 31 | 206 |
216 | Mobile, AL | 12.58 | 31 | 207 |
217 | Chapel Hill, NC | 12.56 | 31 | 208 |
218 | Portland, OR | 12.48 | 31 | 210 |
219 | Waco, TX | 12.36 | 31 | 211 |
220 | Boulder, CO | 12.25 | 31 | 212 |
221 | Raleigh, NC | 12.25 | 31 | 213 |
222 | Lubbock, TX | 12.18 | 31 | 214 |
223 | Greensboro, NC | 12 | 31 | 193 |
224 | Champaign, IL | 11.96 | 31 | 215 |
225 | San Marcos, TX | 11.93 | 31 | 216 |
226 | Stony Brook, NY | 11.91 | 31 | 201 |
227 | Dayton, OH | 11.84 | 31 | 203 |
228 | Corvallis, OR | 11.81 | 31 | 217 |
229 | San Jose, CA | 11.8 | 31 | 218 |
230 | College Station, TX | 11.78 | 31 | 219 |
231 | Piscatawayship, NJ | 11.47 | 31 | 220 |
232 | Bloomington, IN | 11.4 | 31 | 221 |
233 | Dover, DE | 11.29 | 31 | 222 |
234 | Fayetteville, AR | 11.27 | 31 | 223 |
235 | Fort Collins, CO | 11.21 | 31 | 225 |
236 | El Paso, TX | 11.06 | 31 | 227 |
237 | Lawrence, KS | 10.85 | 31 | 228 |
238 | Louisville, KY | 10.44 | 31 | 229 |
239 | New Britain, CT | 10.27 | 31 | 226 |
240 | Columbia, SC | 9.48 | 31 | 230 |
241 | Ithaca, NY | 8.49 | 31 | 231 |
242 | Davidson, NC | 8.2 | 31 | 232 |
243 | Providence, RI | 6.69 | 31 | 233 |
244 | Valparaiso, IN | 6.65 | 31 | 234 |
245 | Brookville, NY | 3.82 | 31 | 235 |
To read more about how they ranked each city, you can read the full report on WalletHub.com here.