What are the country’s best cities for football fans?

Naturally, the NFL dominates the ranking calculated by WalletHub.com, and the study is based on 11 metrics, including the number of NFL and college football teams and average ticket prices of the largest cities in the U.S. You can read more about the study here.

Tuscaloosa is the SEC’s highest ranked city at No. 5, and no other SEC city ranked in the top 25. Auburn and Oxford were tied at No. 27.

You can see the rest of the rankings below:

Overall Rank

City

Overall Rank

City

1

Green Bay, WI

72

Orlando, FL

2

East Lansing, MI

73

DeKalb, IL

3

Pittsburgh, PA

74

Mount Pleasant, MI

4

Denver, CO

75

Madison, WI

5

Tuscaloosa, AL

76

Lafayette, LA

6

San Francisco, CA

77

Chestnut Hill, MA

7

Dallas, TX

78

West Lafayette, IN

8

Cincinnati, OH

79

University Park, TX

9

Boston, MA

80

Piscataway, NJ

10

Minneapolis, MN

81

Columbia, MO

11

Clemson, SC

82

Boise, ID

12

Atlanta, GA

83

Syracuse, NY

13

Seattle, WA

84

Bowling Green, KY

14

Indianapolis, IN

85

Corvallis, OR

15

Oakland, CA

86

Monroe, LA

16

Tallahassee, FL

87

Iowa City, IA

17

Baltimore, MD

88

Logan, UT

18

San Diego, CA

89

Tempe, AZ

19

Kansas City, MO

90

Oxford, OH

20

Saint Louis, MO

91

Stillwater, OK

21

Norman, OK

92

Ypsilanti, MI

22

Glendale, AZ

93

San Marcos, TX

23

Stanford, CA

94

Ames, IA

24

Cleveland, OH

95

Jonesboro, AR

25

Lincoln, NE

96

Muncie, IN

26

Coral Gables, FL

T-97

Los Angeles, CA

T-27

Auburn, AL

T-97

Salt Lake City, UT

T-27

Oxford, MS

99

Toledo, OH

29

Ann Arbor, MI

100

Greenville, NC

30

Washington, DC

101

Storrs, CT

31

Buffalo, NY

102

Reno, NV

32

Boone, NC

103

Lawrence, KS

33

New Orleans, LA

104

Louisville, KY

34

Bowling Green, OH

105

Lubbock, TX

35

Miami, FL

106

Murfreesboro, TN

36

Chicago, IL

107

Boca Raton, FL

37

Charlotte, NC

108

Kent, OH

38

Columbus, OH

109

Hattiesburg, MS

39

New York, NY

110

Berkeley, CA

40

Gainesville, FL

111

Kalamazoo, MI

41

State College, PA

112

Austin, TX

42

Starkville, MS

113

Laramie, WY

43

Troy, AL

114

Pullman, WA

44

Chapel Hill, NC

115

Amherst, MA

45

Annapolis, MD

116

Moscow, ID

46

Tampa, FL

117

Honolulu, HI

47

Athens-Clarke, GA

118

Memphis, TN

48

South Bend, IN

119

Denton, TX

49

College Station, TX

120

Fort Worth, TX

50

Houston, TX

121

Boulder, CO

51

Statesboro, GA

122

Fresno, CA

52

Nashville, TN

123

Tucson, AZ

53

Detroit, MI

124

Fort Collins, CO

54

West point, NY

125

San Antonio, TX

55

Eugene, OR

126

Charlottesville, VA

56

Urbana, IL

127

Durham, NC

57

Baton Rouge, LA

128

Evanston, IL

58

Manhattan, KS

129

Bloomington, IN

59

Columbia, SC

130

Las Cruces, NM

60

Philadelphia, PA

131

Raleigh, NC

61

Fayetteville, AR

132

San Jose, CA

62

Morgantown, WV

133

El Paso, TX

63

Athens, OH

134

Norfolk, VA

64

Blacksburg, VA

135

Lexington, KY

65

Ruston, LA

136

Winston-Salem, NC

66

Provo, UT

137

Albuquerque, NM

67

College Park, MD

138

Colorado Springs, CO

68

Waco, TX

139

Akron, OH

69

Knoxville, TN

140

Mobile, AL

70

Huntington, WV

141

Tulsa, OK

71

Jacksonville, FL

142

Las Vegas, NV

Here’s where the SEC’s 14 teams stacked up:

  • No. 5 Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • T-27 Auburn, Alabama
  • T-27 Oxford, Mississippi
  • No. 40 Gainesville, Florida
  • No. 42 Starkville, Mississippi
  • No. 47 Athens, Georgia
  • No. 49 College Station, Texas
  • No. 52 Nashville, Tennessee
  • No. 57 Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • No. 59 Columbia, South Carolina
  • No. 61 Fayetteville, Arkansas
  • No. 69 Knoxville, Tennessee
  • No. 81 Columbia, Missouri
  • No. 135 Lexington, Kentucky