Big House benchmark
Bristol Motor Speedway leads the current dataset at 162,000.
Stadium Atlas
Explore Every College Football Stadium in America
Compare college football stadiums by capacity, elevation, playing surface, roof type, location, and game history. Built for fans, travel planning, betting prep, and research.
840
Stadiums Tracked
FBS home stadiums plus neutral-site locations with game history
162,000
Largest Capacity
Largest college football stadium currently in the dataset
100%
Surface Coverage
Stadiums with known grass vs turf data
100%
Roof Coverage
Stadiums with known open-air vs dome data
Stadium Intelligence Snapshot
A fast read on the stadium dataset before you drop into the explorer.
- Largest StadiumBristol Motor Speedway — 162,000
- Highest ElevationWar Memorial Stadium — 2,200 ft
- Most Common SurfaceTurf
- Oldest Active VenueCroke Park Stadium — opened 1884
Data refreshed weekly during the season.
Record Book
Top Stadiums
Fast entry points into the most recognizable stadium benchmarks in the dataset.
Capacity Distribution
How the current result set breaks across stadium size bands.
59 stadiums
<30,00032
30,000-49,99910
50,000-79,9994
80,000-99,9991
100,000+3
Surface Split
Grass6
Turf53
Unknown0
Roof Types
Open55
Dome4
Unknown0
Working Surface
College Football Stadium Explorer
Filter, sort, and compare stadiums by location, capacity, elevation, roof, surface, and game history. The explorer is the primary operating surface on this page, so the controls stay utility-first and the stadium table stays scan-friendly.
| none | none | none | descending | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin, TX | SEC | Turf | Open | 160 ft | 100,119 | 759 | |
| College Station, TX | SEC | Grass | Open | 109 ft | 102,733 | 712 | |
| Houston, TX | American Athletic | Turf | Open | 7 ft | 47,000 | 655 | |
| Waco, TX | Big 12 | Turf | Open | 117 ft | 45,140 | 649 | |
| University Park, TX | ACC | Turf | Open | 169 ft | 32,000 | 628 | |
| Fort Worth, TX | Big 12 | Grass | Open | 185 ft | 46,000 | 606 | |
| Lubbock, TX | Big 12 | Turf | Open | 981 ft | 60,454 | 564 | |
| El Paso, TX | Mountain West | Turf | Open | 1,184 ft | 51,500 | 508 | |
| Houston, TX | Big 12 | Turf | Open | 10 ft | 40,000 | 430 | |
| Denton, TX | American Athletic | Turf | Open | 199 ft | 30,850 | 331 | |
| Huntsville, TX | Conference USA | Turf | Open | 128 ft | 14,000 | 121 | |
| San Marcos, TX | Pac-12 | Turf | Open | 178 ft | 30,000 | 119 | |
| San Antonio, TX | American Athletic | Turf | Dome | 202 ft | 36,582 | 99 | |
BBVA Compass Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Houston, TX | Unknown | Grass | Open | 14 ft | 22,000 | 5 |
AT&T Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Arlington, TX | Unknown | Turf | Dome | 173 ft | 100,000 | 2 |
Cotton Bowl Historic or neutral-site venue | Dallas, TX | Unknown | Turf | Open | 133 ft | 92,100 | 2 |
Ford Center At The Star Historic or neutral-site venue | Frisco, TX | Unknown | Turf | Dome | — | — | 2 |
NRG Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Houston, TX | Unknown | Grass | Dome | 15 ft | 71,995 | 1 |
Alexander Durley Sports Complex Historic or neutral-site venue | Houston, TX | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 5,500 | 0 |
Birkelbach Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Georgetown, TX | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 12,442 | 0 |
Blackshear Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Prairie View, TX | Unknown | Turf | Open | 78 ft | 15,000 | 0 |
Buffalo Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Canyon, TX | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 12,000 | 0 |
Bulldawg Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Copperas Cove, TX | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | — | 0 |
Bulldog Stadium (TX) Historic or neutral-site venue | Seguin, TX | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 1,500 | 0 |
Children's Health Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Prosper, TX | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 12,000 | 0 |
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Field Notes
Did You Know?
A quick briefing on the biggest capacity, elevation, surface, and dome takeaways in the stadium set.
Altitude edge
War Memorial Stadium (2,200 ft), Walkup Skydome (2,098 ft), Falcon Stadium (2,025 ft) lead the current elevation rankings.
Surface split
The current split is 80 grass, 760 turf, and 0 unknown.
Dome inventory
25 tracked college football stadiums are marked as domes, and you can jump directly into the dome preset to compare them.
Searchable College Football Stadium Database
This page is a searchable database of college football stadiums, including capacity, location, playing surface, roof type, elevation, and game history where available.