The Little Guy

Given that we are under a month to the spring game, lets talk some freakin football! I have always heard that we are one of the smallest schools that play Division I football, but I was never really sure where we ranked on that list. Turns out we are the 14th smallest school in Div I. So, how do we rank in that group of 20 smallest schools over the past decade? Well here it is. I have listed them from smallest to largest based on undergraduate attendance. The second number is their record since 2000, third is the number of bowls plus bowl records, and last is their record in BCS games.

1. Tulsa: 3,048; 57-57 (5 Bowls, 3-2 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
2. Rice: 3,102; 46-72 (2 Bowls, 1-1 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
3. Air Force: 4,000; 68-54 (5 Bowls, 2-3 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
4. Navy: 4,400; 64-63 (7 Bowls, 3-4 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
5. Wake Forest: 4,476; 61-60 (4 Bowls, 3-1 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
6. Army: 4,487; 11-127 (0 Bowls) 0 BCS Appearances
7. SMU: 6,000; 34-84 (1 Bowl, 1-0 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
8. Duke: 6,496; 19-97 (0 Bowls) 0 BCS Appearances
9. Tulane: 6,749; 43-76 (1 Bowl, 1-0 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
10. Troy: 7,970 - Troy entered Div I in 2002 so I didn't include them
    
11. Louisiana Monroe: 8,140; 36-79 (0 Bowls) 0 BCS Appearances
12. Notre Dame: 8,371; 70-52 (6 Bowls, 1-5 Record) 3 BCS Appearances (0-3 Record)
13. North Western: 8,684; 54-67 (5 Bowls, 0-5 Records) 0 BCS Appearances
14. TCU: 8,749; 95-30 (9 Bowls, 5-4 Record) 1 BCS Appearance (0-1 Record)
15. Boston College: 9,060; 88-40 (10 Bowls, 8-2 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
16. Miami: 10,370; 92-33 (10 Bowls, 6-4 Record) 4 BCS Appearances (3-1 Record)
17. Louisiana Tech: 11,289; 52-67 (2 Bowls, 1-1 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
18. Idaho: 11,947; 27-79 (1 Bowl, 1-0 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
19. Vandy: 12,093; 34-83 (1 Bowl, 1-0 Record) 0 BCS Appearances
20. Georgia Tech: 12,966; 81-47 (10 Bowls, 3-7 Record) 1 BCS Appearance (0-1 Record)
    

Not to bad for the Frogs ehh? The little old school on the hill can play some foolsball. It should also be known that were number 7 in over all winning percentage this past decade as well (full list here). Where is Boise in this mix? They are #26 with 19,667; 112-17 (9 Bowls, 5-4 Record) 2 BCS Appearances (2-0 Record)

*All these numbers come from Wikipedia (so who knows if they are right) and College Football Data Warehouse