The Big Ten is not lacking for historic college football venues. The Big House, The Horseshoe, the Rose Bowl and even Wrigley Field are among the home fields Big Ten teams will play on during the 2025 season. But it was one of the league’s newest members that currently has the best-reviewed stadium in the Big Ten.
Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium, which opened in 1923, had the best average rating among Big Ten venues, according to an analysis of more than 5,000 reviews doled out by users on Google, Yelp and Tripadvisor. The home of Nebraska Cornhuskers football finished ahead of some of its more famous counterparts and the list differs from the ranking of Big Ten stadiums published by USA TODAY last month. Memorial Stadium was slotted as the eighth-best Big Ten stadium in that exercise.
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But most of the best stadiums in the Big Ten weren’t separated by much in terms of ratings, with 10 venues registering a combined average score of more than 4.6 stars out of 5. Michigan Stadium, Ohio Stadium, Penn State’s Beaver Stadium, Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium and Oregon’s Autzen Stadium were among the other top-rated places to watch Big Ten football.
Here’s a full breakdown of where all 18 Big Ten stadiums rank based on Google, Yelp and Tripadvisor ratings entering the 2025 college football season:
Big Ten football stadium rankings
Note: Rankings based on average star ranking at Google, Yelp and/or Tripadvisor. Ratings as of Wednesday, August 6
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1. Nebraska ‒ Memorial Stadium
2. Michigan ‒ Michigan Stadium
3. Iowa ‒ Kinnick Stadium
4. Wisconsin ‒ Camp Randall Stadium (4.698252)
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Yelp: 4.6 stars, 68 reviews
5. Oregon ‒ Autzen Stadium (4.69432)
6. Penn State ‒ Beaver Stadium (4.692826)
7. Michigan State ‒ Spartan Stadium (4.686370)
8. Ohio State ‒ Ohio Stadium (4.68388)
9. Washington ‒ Husky Stadium (4.67681)
10. Purdue ‒ Ross-Ade Stadium (4.659278)
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Yelp: 3.5 stars, 28 reviews
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Google: 4.7 stars, 1,300 reviews
11. Illinois ‒ Memorial Stadium (4.568662)
12. Indiana ‒ Memorial Stadium (4.5652381)
13. Minnesota ‒ Huntington Bank Stadium (4.47097473)
14. USC ‒ Los Angeles Memorial Stadium (4.43437856)
15. Rutgers ‒ SHI Stadium (4.38036)
16. Maryland ‒ SECU Stadium (4.3615124)
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17. UCLA ‒ Rose Bowl (4.208057)
18. Northwestern ‒ Ryan Field* (4.119533)
*Northwestern knocked down the old Ryan Field and is in the process of building an $850 million replacement stadium.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Every Big Ten football stadium ranked by Google, Yelp, Tripadvisor
