Albuquerque, Las Cruces rank low in WalletHub football study (53 characters)
Two New Mexico cities ranked near the bottom of a WalletHub study comparing 249 U.S. cities on their football offerings. Albuquerque placed No. 160 and Las Cruces placed No. 155, according to the personal finance website’s ranking, which weighed each city across 21 metrics on a 100-point scale.
Las Cruces earned a College Football rank of No. 136 and Albuquerque a College Football rank of No. 142. The metrics for college teams included team performance, the number of college football championship wins and the number of hall-of-fame coaches.
Pittsburgh, PA took the No. 1 spot with a total score of 62.22, a Pro Football rank of No. 1 and a College Football rank of No. 12. Dallas, Green Bay, Los Angeles and Boston rounded out the top five.
WalletHub drew its data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Team Marketing Report, ESPN, NCAA, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Sports Reference, Forbes, The Athletic, Fanalytics and each team’s website and social media accounts.
