College Football: 25 best home-field advantages in the game today

21. Stanford University: Stanford Stadium

The long-standing rivalry between the Stanford Cardinal and the California Golden Bears has dated back over 90 years. It was in 1921 that the two teams decided to build new stadiums. The only reason Stanford built what is now known as Stanford Stadium is that Cal had built their new stadium, which just shows you how huge this rivalry is.

Stanford Stadium was finished in 1921 and the first game played on the new field was against Cal in the “Big Game.” The Cardinal came out on the losing side in that game, but since then, the program has seen a lot of winning and some incredible quarterbacks like John Elway, Andrew Luck and Jim Plunkett.

Originally slated to seat 60,000 fans, the stadium went through renovations and pushed that number to nearly 90,000. However, the school felt that less would be more. While they cut down on the number of available seats for game day, it made the stadium louder due to its new design.

When full, Stanford Stadium is one of the loudest venues in the Pac-12. It has shown itself to be quite the home-field advantage, as the Cardinal has been one of the better teams in the conference since 2009. During that time, the team has won at least eight games every season and has gone to the Rose Bowl three times, winning twice.