Penn State’s Beaver Stadium made ESPN’s newly released list of the top 25 venues in college football.
The rankings come from 14 of ESPN’s college football writers and do not have any criteria or parameters. Each writer submitted their top 20 stadiums in order, with each venue getting 20 points for a first-place vote, 19 for second place, 18 for third place and 1 point for their 20th-ranked stadium.
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Nine of the 25 stadiums, including six of the top 8 venues, are in the now 18-team Big Ten Conference. We’ve ranked the 18 Big Ten stadiums by seating capacity, so perhaps there is some correlation between the number of fans and a top overall venue.
Almost every stadium ranking you will find is high on Beaver Stadium, often placing it within the top 5. Here is where the Nittany Lions’ iconic venue ranks among the rest of college football’s top stadiums: