There is perhaps no sport in which style plays a bigger role than college football. As a sport with more than 130 teams, winning all your games isn’t always enough to win a championship. It’s all about marketing, perception, and yes, style.
In college football, style can be just as important as substance, and that has led to an incredibly diverse range of looks on the field for just about every team. So we decided to pore over countless special/one-off/alternate uniforms to choose the best of the best.
Some of our picks might be polarizing, even controversial, but as with any fashion choice, alternate uniforms are all about taking risks. Sometimes it works and sometimes it’s the Maryland uniform.