INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA announced attendance numbers for the 2019 football season and Fort Hays State ranked in the top-20.
An average of 5,414 fans packed Lewis Field for the Tigers five home games which ranked 18th in all of Division II.
The MIAA had seven schools rank in the top-25 led by Pittsburg State who finished fifth nationally with an average of 7,705 fans per game last season. Central Missouri ranked ninth as it had an average of 7,360 fans per game. In the top 15 was Missouri Western with an average of 5,833 fans and Washburn with an average of 5,654.
Northwest Missouri also averaged over 5,400 fans per game and ranked 16th in the Division. Missouri Southern was the final member of the Association to be rank in the top 25 as it drew an average of 4,802 fans.
Over 343,500 fans attended a football game on MIAA campus' last fall which ranked third best in Division II. The 2019 season also saw an increase of MIAA football fans compared to the previous year.
To see the complete attendance numbers for the NCAA, click here.