COLLEGE FOOTBALL ATMOSPHERE INDEX · CFAI™ 2026

The Loudest
Stadiums in America

Every FBS stadium ranked by fan atmosphere. Search, filter, compare — find out which gameday is worth the road trip.

Penn State

100.0 CFAI · Legendary

LSU

98.6 CFAI · Legendary

Ohio State

95.5 CFAI · Legendary

Tier breakdown6 Legendary4 Elite20 Strong26 Solid31 Developing51 EmergingView Methodology →

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#	Team	Conf	CFAI ↓	Tier	Noise	Traditions	Energy	Tailgate	Intimidation
1	Penn State	Big Ten	100.0	Legendary	10.0	10.0	10.0	8.5	9.5
2	LSU	SEC	98.6	Legendary	10.0	10.0	9.0	9.0	9.0
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	95.5	Legendary	9.5	10.0	9.0	8.0	9.0
4	Clemson	ACC	95.4	Legendary	9.5	10.0	9.0	8.0	9.0
5	Tennessee	SEC	95.4	Legendary	9.5	9.5	9.5	8.5	8.5
6	Texas A&M	SEC	95.2	Legendary	9.5	9.5	9.0	8.5	9.0
7	Alabama	SEC	94.9	Elite	9.5	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0
8	Notre Dame	Independent	93.7	Elite	9.0	10.0	8.5	9.0	8.5
9	Georgia	SEC	92.5	Elite	9.0	9.0	9.0	8.5	9.0
10	Oregon	Big Ten	90.4	Elite	9.5	8.0	9.0	7.5	8.5
11	Florida	SEC	87.8	Strong	9.0	8.0	8.5	8.0	8.5
12	Michigan	Big Ten	87.7	Strong	8.5	9.0	8.5	8.0	8.0
13	Wisconsin	Big Ten	87.7	Strong	8.5	9.0	8.5	8.0	8.0
14	Virginia Tech	ACC	87.5	Strong	9.0	9.0	8.5	7.0	8.0
15	Florida State	ACC	87.4	Strong	8.5	9.0	8.5	8.0	8.0
16	Auburn	SEC	87.3	Strong	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.0	8.5
17	Boise State	Pac-12	85.6	Strong	8.5	8.0	8.5	7.0	8.0
18	Oklahoma	SEC	85.4	Strong	8.5	8.5	8.0	8.0	8.0
19	Iowa	Big Ten	84.7	Strong	8.5	8.0	8.0	7.5	8.5
20	South Carolina	SEC	84.6	Strong	8.5	8.5	8.0	7.5	8.0
21	Ole Miss	SEC	84.5	Strong	8.0	8.0	8.0	9.5	7.5
22	Texas	SEC	84.5	Strong	8.5	8.0	8.0	8.5	7.5
23	BYU	Big 12	84.2	Strong	8.5	8.0	8.5	7.0	8.0
24	Utah	Big 12	83.7	Strong	8.5	7.5	8.5	7.0	8.0
25	Nebraska	Big Ten	82.7	Strong	8.0	8.0	8.5	8.0	7.0
26	App State	Sun Belt	81.7	Strong	8.0	7.5	8.5	7.0	7.0
27	Iowa State	Big 12	81.5	Strong	8.0	7.5	8.5	7.5	7.5
28	Mississippi State	SEC	81.0	Strong	8.5	7.5	8.0	7.0	7.5
29	Oklahoma State	Big 12	80.5	Strong	8.0	7.5	8.0	7.5	7.5
30	Washington	Big Ten	80.0	Strong	8.5	7.5	7.5	7.0	7.5
31	West Virginia	Big 12	79.4	Solid	8.0	8.0	7.5	7.0	7.5
32	Arkansas	SEC	79.4	Solid	8.0	8.0	7.5	7.5	7.0
33	Colorado	Big 12	78.7	Solid	7.5	7.5	8.0	7.5	7.0
34	North Dakota State	MW	78.7	Solid	8.0	7.0	8.0	6.0	7.0
35	James Madison	Sun Belt	78.0	Solid	7.5	7.5	8.0	6.5	7.0
36	NC State	ACC	77.5	Solid	8.0	7.0	7.5	7.0	7.5
37	Oregon State	Pac-12	77.2	Solid	7.5	7.0	7.5	7.0	7.5
38	Michigan State	Big Ten	76.7	Solid	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.0
39	Kansas State	Big 12	76.7	Solid	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.0	7.0
40	UCF	Big 12	75.8	Solid	8.0	7.0	7.5	6.5	7.0
41	USC	Big Ten	75.7	Solid	7.5	8.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
42	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	75.6	Solid	7.5	7.0	7.5	6.5	7.0
43	Texas Tech	Big 12	75.0	Solid	7.5	7.0	7.5	7.0	7.0
44	Louisville	ACC	75.0	Solid	7.5	7.0	7.5	7.0	7.0
45	Missouri	SEC	73.9	Solid	7.5	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
46	Washington State	Pac-12	73.1	Solid	7.0	6.5	7.5	7.0	7.0
47	East Carolina	AAC	72.2	Solid	7.5	6.5	7.5	6.5	7.0
48	Memphis	AAC	72.0	Solid	7.5	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.5
49	Marshall	Sun Belt	71.7	Solid	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.5
50	TCU	Big 12	71.6	Solid	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.5
51	Syracuse	ACC	71.3	Solid	8.0	6.5	7.0	5.5	7.0
52	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	71.1	Solid	7.0	6.5	7.0	7.0	6.0
53	Kentucky	SEC	71.0	Solid	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	6.5
54	Louisiana	Sun Belt	70.8	Solid	7.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	6.5
55	Army	AAC	70.7	Solid	6.0	8.5	7.0	7.0	6.0
56	Navy	AAC	70.4	Solid	6.0	9.0	7.0	6.5	6.0
57	Fresno State	Pac-12	69.9	Developing	7.5	6.0	7.0	6.0	7.0
58	Liberty	CUSA	69.4	Developing	7.0	6.5	7.0	6.5	6.0
59	Cincinnati	Big 12	69.0	Developing	7.0	6.5	7.0	6.5	6.5
60	Minnesota	Big Ten	68.5	Developing	7.0	6.5	7.0	6.5	6.5
61	Toledo	MAC	68.1	Developing	7.0	6.5	7.0	6.0	6.0
62	Miami	ACC	68.0	Developing	7.0	7.0	6.5	7.0	6.0
63	Air Force	MW	68.0	Developing	6.0	8.0	6.5	6.0	7.5
64	Purdue	Big Ten	65.8	Developing	7.0	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.0
65	San Diego State	Pac-12	65.8	Developing	7.0	6.0	6.5	6.5	6.0
66	Baylor	Big 12	65.7	Developing	6.5	6.5	6.5	7.0	6.0
67	Ohio	MAC	65.4	Developing	6.5	6.5	7.0	6.0	5.5
68	Wyoming	MW	65.4	Developing	6.5	6.0	6.5	6.0	7.0
69	North Carolina	ACC	64.6	Developing	6.5	6.5	6.5	7.0	5.5
70	SMU	ACC	64.6	Developing	6.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	5.5
71	Troy	Sun Belt	64.6	Developing	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.0	6.0
72	Arizona State	Big 12	64.3	Developing	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.0	6.5
73	Illinois	Big Ten	63.6	Developing	6.5	6.0	7.0	6.0	6.0
74	Georgia Tech	ACC	63.4	Developing	6.5	7.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
75	UTSA	AAC	63.1	Developing	7.0	6.0	7.0	5.5	6.0
76	Tulane	AAC	62.9	Developing	6.0	6.0	6.5	7.0	5.5
77	UCLA	Big Ten	62.7	Developing	6.5	7.0	6.0	6.5	5.5
78	Indiana	Big Ten	62.6	Developing	6.5	6.0	6.5	6.0	6.0
79	Arizona	Big 12	62.6	Developing	6.5	6.0	6.5	6.0	6.0
80	Western Michigan	MAC	62.5	Developing	6.5	6.0	6.5	6.0	5.5
81	Houston	Big 12	62.3	Developing	6.5	6.0	6.5	6.0	5.5
82	UNLV	MW	62.1	Developing	7.0	5.5	7.0	5.5	5.5
83	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	61.1	Developing	6.5	6.0	6.0	5.5	6.0
84	Utah State	Pac-12	60.7	Developing	6.0	5.5	6.5	5.5	6.0
85	Virginia	ACC	60.6	Developing	6.0	6.5	6.0	6.5	5.5
86	Sam Houston	CUSA	60.5	Developing	6.0	5.5	6.5	5.0	5.5
87	Rutgers	Big Ten	60.1	Developing	6.5	5.5	6.5	5.5	5.5
88	Pittsburgh	ACC	59.3	Emerging	6.5	6.0	6.0	5.5	5.5
89	Maryland	Big Ten	59.1	Emerging	6.5	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.5
90	Western Kentucky	CUSA	59.1	Emerging	6.0	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.5
91	Kansas	Big 12	58.9	Emerging	6.0	5.5	6.5	6.0	5.0
92	Colorado State	Pac-12	58.9	Emerging	6.0	5.5	6.0	6.0	5.5
93	South Alabama	Sun Belt	58.8	Emerging	6.0	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.5
94	Jacksonville State	CUSA	58.8	Emerging	6.0	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.5
95	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	58.2	Emerging	6.0	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.5
96	Texas State	Pac-12	57.9	Emerging	6.0	5.0	6.5	5.5	5.0
97	Hawaii	MW	57.6	Emerging	5.5	5.0	6.0	5.5	5.0
98	Central Michigan	MAC	57.2	Emerging	6.0	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.0
99	UAB	AAC	57.0	Emerging	6.0	5.5	6.0	6.0	5.0
100	Boston College	ACC	56.7	Emerging	6.0	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.0
101	North Texas	AAC	56.4	Emerging	6.0	5.0	6.0	5.5	5.0
102	Miami (OH)	MAC	56.1	Emerging	5.5	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.0
103	Cal	ACC	56.0	Emerging	6.0	6.0	5.5	5.5	5.0
104	Duke	ACC	54.6	Emerging	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.0
105	Delaware	CUSA	54.6	Emerging	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.0	5.0
106	USF	AAC	54.5	Emerging	6.0	5.5	6.0	5.0	5.0
107	Wake Forest	ACC	53.8	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.5	5.0
108	UConn	Independent	53.8	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.5	5.5
109	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	53.6	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.0	5.0
110	LA Tech	CUSA	53.5	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.5	5.0
111	UTEP	MW	53.3	Emerging	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.0	5.5
112	Northern Illinois	MW	53.1	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.0	5.0
113	Eastern Michigan	MAC	53.0	Emerging	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.0	5.0
114	Bowling Green	MAC	53.0	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.0	5.0
115	FAU	AAC	52.9	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.0	5.0
116	Northwestern	Big Ten	52.8	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.0	5.0
117	Stanford	ACC	52.8	Emerging	5.5	6.0	5.0	5.5	4.5
118	Nevada	MW	52.7	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.0	5.0
119	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	52.4	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.0	5.0
120	New Mexico	MW	52.1	Emerging	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.0	5.0
121	Vanderbilt	SEC	51.3	Emerging	5.0	5.0	5.5	5.5	4.5
122	Kennesaw State	CUSA	50.0	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.5	4.5	4.0
123	Missouri State	CUSA	49.9	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.5	4.5	4.5
124	Tulsa	AAC	49.1	Emerging	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.5
125	Sacramento State	MAC	48.7	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.5	4.5	4.0
126	ULM	Sun Belt	48.2	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.0	5.0	4.5
127	Charlotte	AAC	48.0	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.0	4.5	4.0
128	Georgia State	Sun Belt	47.7	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.0	5.0	4.0
129	New Mexico State	CUSA	47.7	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.0	5.0	4.5
130	Ball State	MAC	47.5	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.0	5.0	4.0
131	Buffalo	MAC	47.1	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.0	4.5	4.5
132	San Jose State	MW	46.4	Emerging	5.0	4.5	5.0	4.5	4.0
133	Kent State	MAC	42.1	Emerging	4.5	4.0	4.5	4.0	4.0
134	Akron	MAC	41.8	Emerging	4.5	4.0	4.5	4.0	4.0
135	FIU	CUSA	41.2	Emerging	4.5	4.0	4.5	4.0	3.5
136	Rice	AAC	40.9	Emerging	4.0	5.0	4.0	5.0	3.5
137	Temple	AAC	39.0	Emerging	4.5	4.0	4.5	4.0	3.5
138	UMass	MAC	35.2	Emerging	4.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	3.0

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