Florida's Ben Hill Griffin Stadium gets little love in ESPN football stadium ranking
![Alberta cheers with fans during the first half between the Florida Gators and Vanderbilt Commodores at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, October 7, 2023. [Chris Watkins/Gainesville Sun]](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_5125,h_2882,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F213%2F01j3877x90n2ppnr089w.jpg "Alberta cheers with fans during the first half between the Florida Gators and Vanderbilt Commodores at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, October 7, 2023. [Chris Watkins/Gainesville Sun]")
15. Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech Hokies - Virginia Tech has a gorgeous campus and Lane Stadium is one of the more underrated stadiums in the modern day. With that said, I wouldn't rank it ahead of The Swamp.
16. Memorial Stadium, Nebraska Cornhuskers - I'm sure Memorial Stadium is a lovely stadium to play at and the Nebraska faithful have been through a lot. But name one iconic thing about the stadium relative to 10 iconic things about The Swamp?
17. Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn Tigers - Like Clemson, Auburn has a perfectly fine stadium located in the middle of nowhere. But the problem is that like others on their list, the most notable thing about Auburn happens outside of their stadium. ESPN's picture for Auburn is Toomer's Corner getting TPed, not Jordan-Hare Stadium itself.
18. Sanford Stadium, Georgia Bulldogs - So the key to get ranked ahead of Florida is to have plants around the sidelines. Got it. Never mind that The Swamp also has hedges, it just doesn't make it it's entire identity.
19. Doak S. Campbell Stadium, Florida State Seminoles - What are we doing here? No one in the history of mankind has ever tried to claim that the aluminum erector set in Tallahassee is a better stadium than Ben Hill Griffin. Their fans barely show up with consistency and their band knows one song and one song only.
So there you have it, the hater's guide to ESPN's stadium ranking list. If your stadium list doesn't have Florida in the top ten, then I question the amount of research you did for the list.
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