The Geography of College Football Fans (and Realignment Chaos)

Nate Silver on The Geography of College Football Fans (and Realignment Chaos)

Surveys find that about one-quarter of the United States population, or between 75 and 80 million people, follow college football regularly. But which teams do they align themselves with?

This question is not easy to answer, but we’re going to make an effort to resolve it, and then use the results to shine a light on college football’s increasingly complicated realignment picture.