Michigan Stadium Ranked Among Best College Football Stadiums: ESPN

ANN ARBOR, MI — Michigan Stadium, also known as The Big House, was picked among the best college football stadiums across the nation in a new ESPN ranking.

The sports network named The Big House as college football's third-best stadium. Only the Rose Bowl at No. 2 and Tiger Stadium, home of the LSU Tigers, at No. 1 ranked higher.

To determine the ranking, ESPN asked its 14 college football writers to rank their top 20 stadiums in order, and then gave points for each ranking. First place votes earned 20 points, second place votes earned 19 points and so forth down to just one point for the No. 20 ranked stadium.

Tiger Stadium earned 247 points out of a maximum 280 possible, while The Rose Bowl got 209 and Michigan got 182.

The Big House is one of the largest stadiums in the world and hosted the record for the largest crowd to attend a football game, 115,109 when the Wolverines beat Notre Dame 41-30 on Sept. 7, 2013.

Here is the full ranking from ESPN:

1. Tiger Stadium - LSU
2. Rose Bowl - UCLA
3. Michigan Stadium - Michigan
4. Notre Dame Stadium - Notre Dame
5. Beaver Stadium - Penn State
6. Husky Stadium - Washington
7. Ohio Stadium - Ohio State
8. Camp Randall Stadium - Wisconsin
9. Bryant-Denny Stadium - Alabama
10. Neyland Stadium - Tennessee
11. Memorial Stadium - Clemson
12. Michie Stadium - Army
13. Kyle Field - Texas A&M
14. Autzen Stadium - Oregon
15. Lane Stadium - Virginia Tech
16. Memorial Stadium - Nebraska
17. Jordan-Hare Stadium - Auburn
18. Sanford Stadium - Georgia
19. Doak S. Campbell Stadium - Florida State
20. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium - Florida
21. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium - Ole Miss
22. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum - USC
23. Kidd Brewer Stadium - Appalachain State
24. Gaylord-Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium - Oklahoma
25. Darrel K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium - Texas