ESPN Ranks the Top 25 Stadiums in College Football

According to ESPN, 14 college sports writers were asked to submit their top 20 stadiums in order. They then awarded 20 points for first-place votes, 19 for second, all the way down to 1 point for a stadium voted No. 20. Here’s what they had to say about Clemson’s Memorial Stadioum and what the poll looked like from top to bottom.

“A trip to Clemson includes "the most exciting 25 seconds in college football." There is a slow buildup, of course. The giant video board keeps the crowd updated: Players loading up the buses to take the 1 minute, 45 second drive from the locker room to the hill atop the east end zone. Coach Dabo Swinney is always the first one off the bus. He and his players stop first to rub Howard's Rock, which was placed on a pedestal at the top of the hill in 1966 but did not become a pregame tradition until the following year. They stand atop the hill, edging close to the Rock, as the crowd builds into a frenzy. Then: BANG! Swinney is off like Usain Bolt in the 100-meter dash, running down the hill with his players in fast pursuit as the Clemson band plays "Tiger Rag," fireworks shoot from the videoboard and fans scream C-L-E-M-S-O-N to cap it off.” -- ESPN’s Andrea Adelson

ESPN's Top 25 Stadiums in College Football

1. Tiger Stadium, LSU Tigers (247)
2. Rose Bowl, UCLA Bruins (209)
3. Michigan Stadium, Michigan Wolverines (182)
4. Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame Fighting Irish (175)
5. Beaver Stadium, Penn State Nittany Lions (172)
6. Husky Stadium, Washington Huskies (151)
7. Ohio Stadium, Ohio State Buckeyes (149)
8. Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin Badgers (133)
9. Bryant-Denny Stadium, Alabama Crimson Tide (115)
10. Neyland Stadium, Tennessee Volunteers (112)
11. Memorial Stadium, Clemson Tigers (105)
12. Michie Stadium, Army Black Knights (94)
13. Kyle Field, Texas A&M Aggies (91)
14. Autzen Stadium, Oregon Ducks (90)
15. Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech Hokies (77)
16. Memorial Stadium, Nebraska Cornhuskers (73)
17. Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn Tigers (69)
18. Sanford Stadium, Georgia Bulldogs (66)
19. Doak S. Campbell Stadium, Florida State Seminoles (64)
20. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Florida Gators (61)
21. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Ole Miss Rebels (51)
22. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, USC Trojans (44)
23. Kidd Brewer Stadium, Appalachian State Mountaineers (42)
24. Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Oklahoma Sooners (40)
25. Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Texas Longhorns (38)

Others Receiving Votes: P1FCU Kibbie Dome, Idaho Vandals (36); Cotton Bowl (35); Kinnick Stadium, Iowa Hawkeyes (31); Albertsons Stadium, Boise State Broncos (24), Folsom Field, Colorado Buffaloes (21); LaVell Edwards Stadium, BYU Cougars (21); Franklin Field, Penn Quakers (18); Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah Utes (17); War Memorial Stadium, Wyoming Cowboys (17); Milan Puskar Stadium, West Virginia Mountaineers (16); Boone Pickens Stadium, Oklahoma State Cowboys (14); Sun Bowl, UTEP Miners (13); Reser Stadium, Oregon State Beavers (8); Falcon Stadium, Air Force Falcons (7); Martin Stadium, Washington State Cougars (6); Aloha Stadium, Hawaii Rainbow Warriors (4); Williams-Brice Stadium, South Carolina Gamecocks (2).

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