Michigan Stadium rated as the No. 3 college football venue by ESPN

Michigan Stadium is known as “The Big House” for a reason.

With an astounding seating capacity of 107,601, it’s not only the largest stadium in college football, but the largest in the United States and the western hemisphere. On Saturdays in the fall, it plays host to a maize-and-blue congregation that has witnessed some of the best players, teams, coaches and games in college football history inside the venue’s hallowed walls.

Not only is the stadium enormous, but it’s widely regarded as one of the best game-day atmospheres in American sports. Now, there’s another data point backing that up.

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In a ranking of the best stadiums in college football published Thursday morning by ESPN, Michigan Stadium came in at No. 3, behind only, in order, Tiger Stadium (LSU) and the Rose Bowl (UCLA).

The ranking was based on a poll of 14 of ESPN’s college football writers, who submitted their top 20 stadiums in order. Those rankings were assigned a numerical value — a first-place vote was worth 20 points, a second-place vote 19, all the way down to one point for a 20th-place vote — and added up to determine a winner.

With 182 points, Michigan Stadium edged out fourth-place Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame, with 175 points) and fifth-place Beaver Stadium (Penn State, with 172 points).

For now, it’s technically the top-rated Big Ten venue, as UCLA doesn’t join the conference until Aug. 2. Perhaps most notably for Wolverines fans, the Big House finished four spots ahead of Ohio State’s Ohio Stadium, which received 149 points.

Of Michigan Stadium, the rankings noted:

Size matters with stadiums and Michigan remains the largest by capacity at 107,601, edging fellow Big Ten venues Beaver Stadium (Penn State) and Ohio…

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Author : Detroit Free Press

Publish date : 2024-07-18 17:54:59

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