The Best College
Football Tailgating
in the United States
1. Auburn
University - Auburn, Alabama
From Tiger's Walk to Rolling Toomer's Corner, Auburn is the place to
be of college football Saturday. Plus, lets not forget the southern
hospitality and the southern belles in Auburn, Alabama.
2. University of Notre Dame - South Bend, Indiana
One of the few college facilities that have enough parking on
campus. Most organized tailgating in the country. And this is the
last year to see the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend.
3. University of Southern California -
Los Angeles, California
Most elaborate tailgating in the country.
Setting up chandeliers for tailgating and
then heavy drinking, and finally kicking a
flagpole for good luck. #1 in Wierd.
4. University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL
One of the most beautiful campuses in the
south. But, forget about the beauty,
football is number 1. Alabama has won 3 out
of the 4 National Championships
5. Louisiana State University - Baton
Rouge, Louisiana
Tailgating at LSU start early and end late.
Loudest stadium in the country. Fans bring
th Widest range of tailgating grub which
include Jambalaya, Cajun sausage, and
alligator stew.
6. Ole Miss/University of Mississippi -
Oxford, Mississippi
Ole Miss is home to the most famous
tailgating spot in the world, the Grove. An
estimated 25,000 Ole Miss football fanatics
begin the party the Friday night before
Saturday games, with fans decked in their
Sunday best. Really, only The New York Times
could describe it as "It is every kind of
party you can describe, at once: cocktail
party, dinner party, tailgate picnic party,
fraternity and sorority rush, family
reunion, political handgrab, gala and
networking party-hearty
7. Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Stadium is also known as The Horseshoe
and is recognized of one of the best college
stadiums in the country. The stadium was
added to the National Register of Historic
Places by the National Park Service on March
22, 1974. Try to attend the Ohio State
Marching Band Skull Session which starts two
hours before kickoff of every home football
game. Held in St. John Arena, the skull
session is a popular concert/pep rally, with
more than 10,000 fans in attendance.
8. University of Florida - Gainesville,
Florida
It fun, sun and football at the Swamp. Gator
fans know who to throw a party for your
closest 100,000 Florida Gator Friends. You
can crash with the students or rent parking
at a house on University Avenue. Watch out
for carrying beer on to the streets, BIG
FINE.
9. University of Michigan
According to the 2010 census and Bleacher
Report, Ann Arbor becomes the second-largest
city in the state every Saturday during
football season. Every football Saturday,
over 100,000 Michigan fans come to Ann Arbor
which makes for one crazy tailgate. If
you’re not in Michigan Blue, you better get
on home.
10. University of Nebraska
Huskers football is an all-town, all-day
festival with more than enough beer and
brats to go around. Fans don’t just set up
tents for game day; they head downtown to
the Historic Haymarket, where the party just
keeps going and going.
 
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