How it works. These rankings give equal weight to total attendance and average attendance. For example, Virgina and Maryland are tied. UVA is second in total attendance and fourth in average attendance, while Maryland is the reverse of that, fourth in total and second in average. In this ranking system, that is a tie.
The totals include home playoff games. The numbers did not include neutral site games.
Not everything is completely fair. Some teams had rainstorms for top games while others had sunshine. Some programs play in a better spring climate than others. One team plays in a dome. Others scheduled highly attended neutral site games. Others play their rival away this year. (Navy) TV may impact attendance for some programs more than others? Maybe the biggest, fans from the away team can help your program's attendance. Still, there are enough home data points to get the lay of the land.
What programs are maximizing attendance with a good outreach strategy and game day experience? What programs are falling short?
For context, there are 77 Division 1 lacrosse programs (Wikipedia)
