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Walmart’s Top 25 Most Spirited Fan Bases

By John Richardson

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Mandatory Credit: Ray Carlin-USA TODAY Sports

Walmart Releases their own ‘Spirit Top 25’

While the AP has their own popular Top 25 Poll, Walmart has decided to get in on the action.  Walmart does not claim to be the top expert in college football; their poll used completely different criteria.  Additionally, their results do not result in what they believe to be the Top 25 teams.

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Instead, Walmart’s poll was designed to rank the Top 25 ‘most spirited’ college fan bases.  Depending on your fan allegiance, most people will likely not be surprised with the results of the list.  The list is nearly halfway filled with 12 SEC teams and programs with national followings.

Sales from team affiliated general merchandise was tallied and attributed to each team.  These are not the result of football-only merchandise sales, which explains the presence of basketball heavy programs on the list.

A few facts, courtesy of Walmart and @MCFanSided:

College Facts:
• Alabama has sold 4x as much GM product as Auburn, Arkansas has sold 3x as much as LSU, and Ohio State has sold 4.4x as much as Michigan.
• The school with the most stores carrying their product is the University of Texas. Followed by Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
• The SEC has made up 35% of our season to date sales- 2 ½ times the sales of the Big 12 and 5 ½ times the sales of the Pac 12.
• Our number one SEC team this season (Alabama-#1 overall) has sold 12% more apparel than the top Big 12 team (Texas- #4 overall). Alabama has sold over 3 times more than last year’s National Champion runner up and top Pac 12 team, Oregon (#19 overall).

The entire Top 25 with SEC teams in bold follows.  Did your team make the list?  Do your school’s fans show their spirit every day of the week?

1. Alabama 
2. Ohio State
3. Arkansas 
4. Georgia 
5. Texas
6. Tennessee 
7. West Virginia
8. Kentucky 
9. Oklahoma
10. Nebraska
11. Florida 
12. South Carolina 
13. Iowa
14. LSU
15. Auburn
16. Wisconsin
17. Missouri
18. Michigan
19. Oregon
20. Florida State
21. Oklahoma State
22. North Carolina
23. Arizona
24. Texas A&M
25. Mississippi State

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