B1G has four of top eight attendance figures for spring games

Thanks to a huge turnout at Penn State’s Blue-White Game on Saturday, the B1G had some of the highest spring turnouts of the year.

71,000 Nittany Lion fans made their way to Beaver Stadium, the third-highest total in the B1G and the fourth-most in the country. Fellow conference teams Ohio State (80,134) and Nebraska (78,312) ranked No. 1 and No. 2 overall.

Michigan’s attendance ranked seventh.

Here were the final attendance figures following Saturday’s spring games from Pick Six Previews:

Spring Game Attendance:

80,134- Ohio St
78,312- Nebraska
74,326- Bama
71,000- PSU
66,183- UGA
60,000- Clemson
57,418- Michigan
48,000- UF

— Pick Six Previews (@PickSixPreviews) April 22, 2017

Three SEC teams (Alabama, Georgia and Florida) were in the top eight, along with defending national champion Clemson, who had the sixth-best turnout this year.

Any thought that the B1G had branding issues was squashed with the impressive turnout numbers in April.

Dustin Schutte

Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB