| Results of SurveyUSA News Poll #18578 |
| 1 | Do universities place too much emphasis on college sports? Not enough emphasis? Or just the right emphasis? |
| 500 College Football Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Attended | Region | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 4.5% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Universi | Kansas S | Both | Neither | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Too Much | 42% | 34% | 51% | 42% | 40% | 44% | 42% | 41% | 43% | 41% | ** | ** | ** | 53% | 33% | 74% | 40% | 36% | 43% | 59% |
| Not Enough | 9% | 12% | 5% | 11% | 13% | 4% | 3% | 12% | 3% | 9% | ** | ** | ** | 3% | 16% | 0% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 3% |
| Just The Right Amount | 49% | 53% | 43% | 46% | 47% | 50% | 54% | 47% | 52% | 49% | ** | ** | ** | 44% | 51% | 24% | 51% | 51% | 50% | 39% |
| Not Sure | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 1% | ** | ** | ** | 0% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Football Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 31% | 33% | 20% | 16% | 64% | 36% | 88% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 12% | 16% | 6% | 66% | 53% | 31% | 16% |
| 2 | Is it important? Or not important? For Kansas and Kansas State to be in the same conference? |
| 500 College Football Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Attended | Region | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 3.9% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Universi | Kansas S | Both | Neither | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Important | 75% | 72% | 78% | 84% | 73% | 67% | 71% | 78% | 69% | 76% | ** | ** | ** | 84% | 79% | 96% | 70% | 77% | 69% | 81% |
| Not Important | 17% | 20% | 13% | 9% | 21% | 23% | 16% | 15% | 20% | 15% | ** | ** | ** | 12% | 9% | 3% | 21% | 16% | 21% | 13% |
| Not Sure | 8% | 8% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 11% | 8% | ** | ** | ** | 4% | 12% | 2% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 6% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Football Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 31% | 33% | 20% | 16% | 64% | 36% | 88% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 12% | 16% | 6% | 66% | 53% | 31% | 16% |
| 3 | If the Big 12 conference goes away, what conference do you want Kansas and Kansas State to be a part of? The Big East? The Big Ten? The Pac-12? The ACC? Or another conference? |
| 374 Who Say It's Important They Be in Same Conference | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Attended | Region | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 5.2% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Universi | Kansas S | Both | Neither | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Big East | 9% | 12% | 6% | 10% | 4% | 11% | 17% | 7% | 14% | 10% | ** | ** | ** | 5% | 22% | 2% | 7% | 10% | 10% | 7% |
| Big Ten | 46% | 41% | 50% | 52% | 47% | 45% | 31% | 49% | 39% | 46% | ** | ** | ** | 35% | 40% | 93% | 44% | 44% | 44% | 52% |
| Pac-12 | 26% | 22% | 30% | 29% | 31% | 20% | 14% | 30% | 18% | 25% | ** | ** | ** | 29% | 25% | 0% | 28% | 27% | 28% | 19% |
| ACC | 4% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 4% | ** | ** | ** | 12% | 2% | 0% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 6% |
| Another Conference | 9% | 12% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 12% | 16% | 7% | 13% | 7% | ** | ** | ** | 6% | 8% | 5% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 11% |
| Not Sure | 7% | 7% | 6% | 2% | 7% | 7% | 17% | 4% | 12% | 7% | ** | ** | ** | 12% | 3% | 0% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 5% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of Who Say It's Important They Be in Same Conference | 100% | 51% | 49% | 35% | 32% | 18% | 15% | 67% | 33% | 90% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 13% | 17% | 7% | 62% | 54% | 28% | 18% |
| 4 | All things considered, are college athletics are a positive thing or a negative thing for a university to have? |
| 500 College Football Fans | All | Gender | Age | <50 / 50+ | Race | Attended | Region | |||||||||||||
| Margin of Sampling Error: ± 1.7% | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | 18-49 | 50+ | White | Black | Hispanic | Other | Universi | Kansas S | Both | Neither | Northeas | Southeas | Western | |
| Positive | 96% | 96% | 97% | 98% | 98% | 93% | 93% | 98% | 93% | 96% | ** | ** | ** | 100% | 94% | 100% | 96% | 96% | 96% | 98% |
| Negative | 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | ** | ** | ** | 0% | 4% | 0% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% |
| Not Sure | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 2% | ** | ** | ** | 0% | 1% | 0% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% |
| Total | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Composition of College Football Fans | 100% | 53% | 47% | 31% | 33% | 20% | 16% | 64% | 36% | 88% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 12% | 16% | 6% | 66% | 53% | 31% | 16% |