Renovations and improvements at the biggest college football stadiums have allowed for crowds of 100,000+ to become a regular occurrence. As of 2021, eight schools have home stadiums that can hold over 100,000 people.
It’s crazy to think that in 1869, just 100 spectators came together for the first college game ever played.
147 years later, an NCAA-record crowd of 156,990 fans packed into the Bristol Motor Speedway for the Tennessee-Virginia Tech game on Sept. 10, 2016.
Below is a list of the top 100 biggest stadiums for college football in 2021. We’ll do the top 50 run-down first, who do you think is #1?
50. Sun Devil Stadium
Arizona State
Pac 12
56,232
1958
49. Carter Finley Stadium
NC State
ACC
57,583
1966
48. Vaught Hemingway Stadium
Mississippi
SEC
58,580
1915
47. Mountaineer Field
West Virginia
Big 12
60,000
1980
46. Boone Pickens Stadium
Oklahoma State
Big 12
60,218
1920
45. Memorial Stadium
Illinois
Big Ten
60,670
1923
44. Jones AT&T Stadium
Texas Tech
Big 12
60,862
1947
43. Jack Trice Stadium
Iowa State
Big 12
61,000
1975
42. Kroger Field
Kentucky
SEC
61,000
1973
41. Scott Stadium
Virginia
ACC
61,500
1931
40. Liberty Bowl
Memphis
AAC
62,380
1965
39. Ross Ade Stadium
Purdue
Big Ten
62,500
1924
38. Memorial Stadium
California
Pac 12
62,717
1923
37. Kenan Stadium
North Carolina
ACC
62,980
1927
36. LaVell Edwards Stadium
BYU
Independent
63,725
1965
35. Davis Wade Stadium
Mississippi State
SEC
64,038
1914
34. Alamodome
UTSA
CUSA
65,000
1993
33. Hard Rock Stadium
Miami
ACC
65,236
1987
32. Heinz Field
Pittsburgh
ACC
65,500
2001
31. Raymond James Stadium
South Florida
AAC
65,857
1998
30. Lane Stadium
Virginia Tech
ACC
66,233
1965
29. Lincoln Financial Field
Temple
AAC
68,532
2003
28. Gillette Stadium
Umass
MAC
68,756
2002
27. Husky Stadium
Washington
Pac 12
70,138
1920
26. Qualcomm Stadium
San Diego State
Mountain West
70,561
1967
25. Kinnick Stadium
Iowa
Big Ten
70,585
1929
24. Faurot Field
Missouri
SEC
71,004
1927
23. Legion Field
UAB
CUSA
71,594
1927
22. Razorback Stadium
Arkansas
SEC
72,000
1938
21. Spartan Stadium
Michigan State
Big Ten
75,005
1923
20. Notre Dame Stadium
Notre Dame
Independent
77,622
1930
19. Williams Brice Stadium
South Carolina
SEC
80,250
1934
18. Camp Randall Stadium
Wisconsin
Big Ten
80,321
1917
17. Memorial Stadium
Clemson
ACC
81,500
1942
16. Doak Campbell Stadium
Florida State
ACC
82,300
1950
15. Memorial Stadium
Oklahoma
Big 12
84,000
1925
14. Jordan Hare Stadium
Auburn
SEC
87,451
1939
13. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Florida
SEC
88,548
1930
12. Rose Bowl
UCLA
Pac 12
89,702
1921
11. Memorial Stadium
Nebraska
Big Ten
92,000
1923
10. Sanford Stadium
Georgia
SEC
92,746
1929
9. Los Angeles Coliseum
USC
Pac 12
93,607
1923
8. Royal Memorial Stadium
Texas
Big 12
100,119
1924
7. Tiger Stadium
LSU
SEC
100,500
1924
6. Bryant Denny Stadium
Alabama
SEC
101,821
1929
5. Neyland Stadium
Tennessee
SEC
102,521
1921
4. Kyle Field
Texas A&M
SEC
102,733
1904
3. Ohio Stadium
Ohio State
Big Ten
104,944
1922
2. Beaver Stadium
Penn State
Big Ten
106,572
1960
1. Michigan Stadium
Michigan
Big Ten
107,601
1927
Well, that’s our rundown of the top 50 biggest college football stadiums. Below is a list of the next 50 in the list to round out the top 100…
| Stadium | School | Conference | Capacity | Opened |
| Arizona Stadium | Arizona | Pac 12 | 56,037 | 1928 |
| Bobby Dodd Stadium | Georgia Tech | ACC | 55,000 | 1913 |
| Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium | Louisville | ACC | 55,000 | 1998 |
| Maryland Stadium | Maryland | Big Ten | 54,000 | 1950 |
| Autzen Stadium | Oregon | Pac 12 | 54,000 | 1967 |
| Folsom Field | Colorado | Pac 12 | 53,750 | 1924 |
| Memorial Stadium | Indiana | Big Ten | 52,959 | 1960 |
| High Point Solutions Stadium | Rutgers | Big Ten | 52,454 | 1994 |
| Falcon Stadium | Air Force | Mountain West | 52,237 | 1962 |
| Sun Bowl Stadium | UTEP | CUSA | 51,500 | 1963 |
| TCF Bank Stadium | Minnesota | Big Ten | 50,805 | 2009 |
| Memorial Stadium | Kansas | Big 12 | 50,071 | 1921 |
| Dowdy Ficklen Stadium | East Carolina | AAC | 50,000 | 1963 |
| Bill Snyder Football Stadium | Kansas State | Big 12 | 50,000 | 1968 |
| Aloha Stadium | Hawaii | Mountain West | 50,000 | 1975 |
| Stanford Stadium | Stanford | Pac 12 | 50,000 | 1921 |
| Carrier Dome | Syracuse | ACC | 49,250 | 1980 |
| Ryan Field | Northwestern | Big Ten | 47,130 | 1926 |
| Rice Stadium | Rice | CUSA | 47,000 | 1950 |
| Reser Stadium | Oregon State | Pac 12 | 45,674 | 1953 |
| Bright House Networks Stadium | Central Florida | AAC | 45,323 | 2007 |
| McLane Stadium | Baylor | Big 12 | 45,140 | 2014 |
| Rice Eccles Stadium | Utah | Pac 12 | 45,017 | 1998 |
| Amon Carter Stadium | TCU | Big 12 | 45,000 | 1929 |
| Alumni Stadium | Boston College | ACC | 44,500 | 1957 |
| Colorado State Stadium | Colorado State | Mountain West | 41,200 | 2017 |
| Bulldog Stadium | Fresno State | Mountain West | 41,031 | 1980 |
| Ladd Peebles Stadium | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 40,646 | 1948 |
| Vanderbilt Stadium | Vanderbilt | SEC | 40,550 | 1922 |
| Wallace Wade Stadium | Duke | ACC | 40,004 | 1929 |
| Nippert Stadium | Cincinnati | AAC | 40,000 | 1916 |
| Rentschler Field | Connecticut | AAC | 40,000 | 2003 |
| TDECU Stadium | Houston | AAC | 40,000 | 2014 |
| Dreamstyle Stadium | New Mexico | Mountain West | 39,224 | 1960 |
| Joan Edwards Stadium | Marshall | CUSA | 38,019 | 1991 |
| Michie Stadium | Army | Independent | 38,000 | 1924 |
| Albertsons Stadium | Boise State | Mountain West | 37,000 | 1970 |
| Sam Boyd Stadium | UNLV | Mountain West | 36,800 | 1971 |
| Roberts Stadium | Southern Miss | CUSA | 36,000 | 1932 |
| Skelly Field | Tulsa | AAC | 35,542 | 1930 |
| Martin Stadium | Washington State | Pac 12 | 35,117 | 1972 |
| Memorial Stadium | Navy | AAC | 34,000 | 1959 |
| Gerald Ford Stadium | SMU | AAC | 32,000 | 2000 |
| BB&T Field | Wake Forest | ACC | 31,500 | 1968 |
| Floyd Stadium | Middle Tennessee | CUSA | 31,000 | 1933 |
| Cajun Field | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | 31,000 | 1971 |
| Centennial Bank Stadium | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 30,964 | 2002 |
| Apogee Stadium | North Texas | CUSA | 30,850 | 2011 |
| Joe Aillet Stadium | Louisiana Tech | CUSA | 30,600 | 1968 |
| CEFCU Stadium | San Jose State | Mountain West | 30,456 | 1933 |