This statistics are from the just concluded JAMB UTME.

1. Unilorin (103,238)
2. Uniben (81,363)
3. ABU Zaria (75,383)
4. UNN (65,954)
5. Bayero University Kano (64,220)
6. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (61,862)
7. Unilag (60,659)
8. University of Ibadan (59,176)
9. OAU (45,924)
10. Unijos (40,366)

For the private universities, the Covenant University, Ota; Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti; Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo; and Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, occupied the first four positions in terms of attracting candidates' interest. They had 2, 586; 1,304, 1,248 and 418 candidates in that order.

Meanwhile, the report also showed that Imo State indigenes topped the list of applicants that sat for this year's UTME with a total of 104,383candidates (about 6.56 per cent) of the 1,592,305 million candidates that sat for the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board this year.
Delta State came second on the table with 78,854 candidates (4.95) in the examination.
The third on the table is Anambra State, which produced 77,694 or 4.88 per cent of the candidates.
In the examination, Osun State had 72,752 candidates, placing it in the fourth position.
The statistics also revealed that Oyo State, with 72,298 candidates (4.54 per cent), came fifth, while Enugu State placed sixth with 69,381 candidates or 4.36 per cent.
In the seventh position is Edo State with 66,107 or 4.15 per cent of the candidates, while Ogun State placed eighth with 62,973 candidates.
Akwa Ibom State, which placed ninth, had 62,369 candidates, while Benue State, in the 10th position, led the pack from the 19 states in the North with 60,160 candidates.
Kogi State placed 11th on the rankings with 57,694 candidates, whereas Kwara State, which accommodates the University of Ilorin, had 54,606 candidates, placing 12th among the 36 states of the federation.
Still on the rankings, the lowest 10 states in terms of applicants are Niger, Borno, Taraba, Adamawa, Jigawa, Yobe, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and FCT.
While 18,231 Niger State indigenes applied for tertiary education this year, Borno and Taraba states had 15,697 and 15,672 candidates respectively. Adamawa, Jigawa, Yobe and Sokoto had 15, 615, 12,664, 10,045, and 10,006 in that order. FCT had only 4,087 candidates.

Source: http://unilorin.edu.ng/index.php/en/2013-09-02-10-18-35/news-feed/5261-again-unilorin-tops-list-of-most-preferred-varsities