Inside college football’s 10 largest stadiums. Eight hold over 100,000 fans

Few spectacles in sports rival the sight of more than 100,000 fans packed into a college football stadium on fall Saturdays.

From the sea of maize and blue at Michigan Stadium to the deafening roar inside Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium to the electric atmosphere of Penn State’s White Out, these venues are cathedrals of college football.

They are where traditions get passed from one generation to the next, championship dreams are shaped and unforgettable moments become part of history.

While TV broadcasts capture the pageantry, the sheer scale of college football’s biggest stadiums is difficult to appreciate unless you see them in person.

Eight venues across the country hold more than 100,000 fans, with Michigan’s Big House leading the way. Others, such as Georgia’s Sanford Stadium and the historic Rose Bowl, sit just below the 100,000-seat mark but remain among the sport’s most recognizable homes.

Here’s a look at college football’s 10 largest stadiums, along with the attendance records, memorable milestones and eye-popping numbers that underscore the staggering scale of these iconic venues.

And, for perspective, we’ll also revisit one college football game that drew a bigger crowd than any of these stadiums can hold.

1. Michigan Stadium

Capacity: 107,601
By the numbers: Michigan’s record attendance is 115,109, set during a 41-30 win over Notre Dame in September 2013. … The Big House has drawn over 100,000 fans for every home game (other than in 2020 when COVID-19 limited crowd size) since Nov. 8, 1975.

2. Beaver Stadium

Capacity: 106,304
By the numbers: Penn State’s record attendance is 111,030, set during a 20-13 loss to Ohio State in November 2024. … The record for the Nittany Lions’ annual prime-time White Out game is 111,015, set during a 30-24 double-overtime loss to Oregon in September 2025.

3. Ohio Stadium

Capacity: 102,780
By the numbers: Ohio State’s record attendance is 110,045, set during a 30-27 double-overtime win against Michigan in November 2016. … The 2026 season marks the 104th year that the Buckeyes have played their home games at The Horseshoe.

4. Kyle Field

Capacity: 102,733
By the numbers: Texas A&M’s record attendance is 110,633, set during a 35-20 loss to Ole Miss in October 2014. … The Aggies averaged 106,159 fans over eight home games in 2025, almost 3,500 above capacity, during their 11-2 season.

5. Tiger Stadium

Capacity: 102,321
By the numbers: LSU’s record attendance is 102,321, first set in a 45-21 rout of Auburn in September 2015, and matched 15 times since. … LSU has topped 100,000 fans at Tiger Stadium over 50 times since 2014, a testament to one of the sport’s most passionate fan bases.

6. Neyland Stadium

Capacity: 101,915
By the numbers: Tennessee’s record attendance is 109,061, set during a 30-28 victory over Florida in September 2004. … Against Georgia in November 2023, Neyland (attendance: 101,915) set the all-time record for college football stadium noise at 137 decibels.

7. Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium

Capacity: 100,119
By the numbers: Texas’ record attendance is 105,215, set during a 30-15 loss to Georgia in October 2024, narrowly edging the previous mark of 105,213 against Alabama in September 2022. … The Longhorns have had three crowds of over 104,000 and are 0-3 in those games.

8. Bryant-Denny Stadium

Capacity: 100,077
By the numbers: Alabama’s record attendance is 101,821, first set during a 23-10 win over Ole Miss in October 2010 and achieved 52 times until 2020 renovations added more premium and accessible seating. … The Tide are 310-56-3 all-time at Bryant-Denny, which opened in 1929.

9. Sanford Stadium

Capacity: 93,033
By the numbers: Georgia’s record attendance is 93,246, set during a 23-17 victory against Notre Dame in September 2019. … The Bulldogs are dominant between the hedges, with a 393-108-9 all-time record at Sanford Stadium, which opened in October 1929.

10. Rose Bowl

Capacity: 89,702
By the numbers: UCLA’s regular-season attendance record at the historic venue is 100,741, set during a 31-22 loss to rival USC in November 1988. … The all-time stadium record is 106,869, set on Jan. 1, 1973, when USC defeated Ohio State 42-17 in the Rose Bowl game.

Battle at Bristol

Need to know: The 2016 Tennessee-Virginia Tech neutral-site game set the all-time attendance record as 156,990 fans jammed Bristol Motor Speedway. The crowd at the northeast Tennessee NASCAR venue surpassed the previous record of 115,109 for Notre Dame-Michigan in 2013.

Mike Garbett is a content specialist working with McClatchy’s Content Innovation Lab.