{"id":1131176,"date":"2025-01-08T12:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=1131176"},"modified":"2025-01-08T12:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:11:19","slug":"usa-today-ranks-bryant-denny-as-no-1-stadium-in-college-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/usa-today-ranks-bryant-denny-as-no-1-stadium-in-college-football\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Today Ranks Bryant-Denny As No. 1 Stadium In College Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan A. Miller\/Icon Sportswire<\/p>\n<p>The Alabama Crimson Tide had a rough go of it this season \u2014 at least by their own ridiculous standards. But, as has been the case so frequently over the years, the Tide did not lose a single home game.<\/p>\n<p>Dominance at Bryant-Denny Stadium was a hallmark of the Nick Saban era, losing just two total home games in the last 10 years, one against the 2019 national champion LSU Tigers and the other a non-conference loss against Texas in 2023. From Saban to now Kalen DeBoer, getting the job done at home is clearly something the program takes immense pride in.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps a large part of the reasoning for that is the fact they have one of the best stadiums in all of college football. In USA Today\u2019s rankings of the top-ten stadiums in college football, Bryant-Denny Stadium came in on top at No. 1:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What\u2019s the best stadium in CFB? \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>List via USA Today. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r7kYyiDNP8\">pic.twitter.com\/r7kYyiDNP8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 College Football Alerts \uea00 (@CFBAlerts_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFBAlerts_\/status\/1875956144432394596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bryant-Denny is widely considered to be among the premiere venues in the sport. As just one of eight stadiums which contain a capacity of over 100,000, new renovations over the years to add new video boards, sound systems, luxury and box seating as well as a widening of the concourse, the athletics department in Tuscaloosa has done everything it can to keep the home of the Crimson Tide among the best in the country.<\/p>\n<p>With four of the top five including Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge at No. 3, Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at Ole Miss at No. 4, and Sanford Stadium at Georgia at No. 5, it truly does just mean more in the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>Not only is the best football played in the SEC, but seemingly the best football is played in the best stadiums as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ryan A. Miller\/Icon Sportswire The Alabama Crimson Tide had a rough go of it this season \u2014 at least by their own ridiculous standards. But, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/usa-today-ranks-bryant-denny-as-no-1-stadium-in-college-football\/\" title=\"USA Today Ranks Bryant-Denny As No. 1 Stadium In College Football\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4874,"featured_media":1079709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,91,147],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1131176","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crimson-tide-bama-tide","8":"category-alabama","9":"category-featured-news"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/CGL131019021_BAMA_v_ARK.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4874"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1131176"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1131182,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1131176\/revisions\/1131182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1079709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1131176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1131176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1131176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}