Two college football teams in the state of Alabama are head and shoulders above elite programs in the country when it comes to an increase in per-game attendance.
No, it's not Alabama and Auburn.
South Alabama and Troy are among 48 football programs in the country who saw a spike in home attendance from 2016, according to numbers crunched by AL.com's Brian McAlister.
Earlier this week, it was reported that major-college football had its largest per-game attendance drop in 34 years.
Yes, both Auburn and Alabama saw a drop. Over seven games in 2017, Auburn averaged 86,446 fans (86,937 in 2016) a game.