Given that football in a general sense is Americans favorite sport, it is not surprising that the pro and college versions of the game have the highest and third-highest percentage of fans, respectively. Like pro football, college football shows a decided gender gap of 23 points. This may be a result of the fact that the East lacks a prominent college football conference or program, which are mainly found in the South, Midwest and West. College football fans are not only likely to be fans of pro football, but perhaps more interestingly, college basketball as well. The relationship between being a college football fan and also a college basketball fan is as strong as that of being a fan of both the college and pro versions of football or basketball, suggesting that collegiate sports have a unique appeal all their own.
Baseball has an older fan base than do most sports.
This is not due, however, to the fact that older and younger Americans differ in their affinity for baseball. Rather, the difference is primarily due to the fact that most sports have many more fans of younger ages than they do fans of older ages. White Americans are also more likely to be baseball fans than are non-whites, a tendency that exists in a few sports but not in most. Figure Skating Half the public says they are fans of figure skating, and it is the only sport of the 11 tested that has more female than male fans. There are slight regional differences among figure skating fans, with these residing in the West more likely and those in the South least likely to be fans.