- Number of College Football (FBS & FCS) Teams
- Performance Level of College Football (FBS & FCS) Team(s)
- Number of College Football (FBS & FCS) Championship Wins
- Number of College Football (FBS & FCS) Conference Championship Wins
- Number of Hall-of-Fame Head Coaches
- Minimum Season-Ticket Price for College Football (FBS & FCS) Game
- College Football Fan Engagement
- Number of Coaches in Past 10 Seasons
- College Football (FBS & FCS) Stadium Capacity
Provo Ranked Top City In Utah For Football Fans In 2021
Feb 10, 2021, 4:44 PM
LaVell Edwards Stadium (Photo courtesy of Ravell Call, Deseret News)
(Photo courtesy of Ravell Call, Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – WalletHub ranked Provo as the state of Utah’s top city for football fans in 2021.
WalletHub compared “more than 240 U.S. cities with at least one college or professional football team” with “set ranges from the number of NFL and college football teams to stadium capacity to fan engagement” to determine its rankings.
Although Utah isn’t home to any professional football teams, Provo is home to college football’s BYU Cougars.
Best Football Cities in Utah for Fans
Provo was listed as the state’s top city for football fans but it wasn’t the only Utah city nationally ranked by WalletHub.
63. Provo (BYU Cougars)
84. Ogden (Weber State Wildcats)
113. Logan (Utah State Aggies)
147. Cedar City (Southern Utah Thunderbirds)
181. Salt Lake City (Utah Utes)
245. St. George (Dixie State Trailblazers)
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Best Football Cities for Fans (Nationally)
The top 10 football cities for fans ranked by WalletHub were:
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Dallas, Texas
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Green Bay, Wisconsin
- New York, New York
- Miami, Florida
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Los Angeles, California
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- San Francisco, California
Ready for #SuperBowLV? You don’t need to be at the game to have a good time. See WalletHub’s ranking of the best #football cities here: https://t.co/v5XorYle1M pic.twitter.com/hUGRylpexS
— WalletHub (@wallethub) February 1, 2021
Methodology
In order to determine the best and worst cities for football fans, WalletHub said they “compared 245 U.S. cities based on 21 relevant metrics” and that “each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for football fans.”
Some of the metrics included:
