5 college football programs that deserve bigger stadiums

2. Oklahoma Sooners (Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium)

These last two entries both have sizable stadiums and crowds. However, they are perhaps not quite indicative of how well the programs in question traditionally perform.

The Sooners have the largest attendance capacity on this list, as it is the only one that exceeds 80,000. There is nothing to be ashamed of about that number, but Oklahoma is not just a “good” program. Rather, it’s one of the greatest ever.

The accolades of Oklahoma include, but are not limited to 18 national titles (11 unclaimed), 49 conference titles, an all-time winning percentage of over .700, and seven Heisman-winning players. A resume such as this one slaps them in the top five for most dominant college football powers, yet a multitude of other universities can hold just as many if not more fans than they can.

Being so football-centric and having one of the sport’s most valuable brands, Oklahoma can certainly afford to fork out a bit of dough to hit the six-figure mark. But that Midwestern humility must be a killer.

1. USC Trojans (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum)

Once upon a time, the USC Trojans had a stadium capacity of well over 90,000 people, which was pretty fitting for a school of their football standards. But due to renovations since then, L.A. Memorial will not even hold 80,000 spectators.

Again, this is not a “small” stadium by any stretch of the imagination. However, USC has 17 national titles (six unclaimed), 39 conference titles, an all-time winning percentage of over .700, and seven Heisman winners.

Those are stats that historically slap them alongside Oklahoma, if not above them; yet 80,000 is unreachable? Ridiculous.