Most Haunted College Football Stadiums for Halloween Ranked

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Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, which means there will be millions of college football fans spending the spookiest night of the year packed into stadiums. But at which ones should you be keeping an eye out for extra ghostly fans in the stands?

At Time2Play, we’ve ranked 68 of the top college football stadiums to find the most haunted.

We looked at how close each is to a cemetery, how old it is, how many ghost sightings have been reported in the city and how long the team has been haunted by a national title drought. Then we scored each factor out of ten, and found the average to give each stadium a Haunted Score.

Here’s what we found:

Key findings

Arizona’s Casino Del Sol Stadium is college football’s most haunted. The Wildcats’ home in Tucson scores 7.51 out of 10, thanks to 53 reported ghost sightings in the city and a national title drought that is yet to have ever been broken.
Nine of the top ten, and 14 of the top 15, most haunted stadiums are home to teams who have never won a national title.
On average, teams who have never won are 26% more haunted than those that have lifted the trophy. Every national champion since 2018 ranks in the bottom 16: Clemson, LSU, Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana.
Last season’s title game was a clash of the least haunted. Reigning champions Indiana rank 67th, and the Miami Hurricanes, who they beat in January, finish dead last.
There were 115 ghost sightings in Austin, college football’s ghost capital. Austin alone has more ghost sightings than the 26 lowest scoring college towns combined.
Clemson fans are practically tailgating in a graveyard. Woodland Cemetery is just 0.13 miles from Death Valley, the shortest distance in college football.
The Big 12 is the most haunted conference. It averages 5.89, just ahead of the SEC with 5.86, while the Big Ten is the least haunted at 5.25.

Rank	School	Stadium	Haunted Score (out of 10)	Distance to nearest cemetery (miles)	Stadium age (years)	Reported ghost sightings in city	Years since last national title
1	Arizona	Casino Del Sol Stadium (Arizona Stadium)	7.51	1.32	97	53	Never won
2	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium	7.42	0.49	102	115	21
3	Missouri	Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium	7.33	0.95	100	33	Never won
=4	Illinois	Gies Memorial Stadium	7.32	0.15	103	10	Never won
=4	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium	7.32	0.28	111	6	Never won
6	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium	7.30	0.73	111	16	Never won
7	Vanderbilt	FirstBank Stadium	7.21	0.47	104	12	Never won
8	Virginia	Scott Stadium	7.11	0.30	95	12	Never won
9	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium	7.06	0.77	92	24	Never won
10	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	7.00	0.88	109	8	Never won
11	Mississippi State	Davis Wade Stadium	6.97	0.82	112	2	Never won
12	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium	6.93	0.34	99	1	Never won
13	Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium	6.87	0.65	102	3	Never won
14	Kansas	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium	6.84	1.11	105	10	Never won
15	Oklahoma State	Boone Pickens Stadium	6.75	1.57	106	16	Never won
16	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium	6.74	1.00	97	10	Never won
17	Wake Forest	Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium	6.60	0.41	58	26	Never won
18	TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium	6.54	1.99	96	41	88
19	Oregon	Autzen Stadium	6.44	1.23	59	38	Never won
20	Texas A&M	Kyle Field	6.42	1.74	121	7	87
21	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium	6.32	0.15	60	5	Never won
22	SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium	6.31	0.81	26	64	91
23	Boston College	Alumni Stadium	6.26	0.43	69	1	Never won
24	Georgia Tech	Bobby Dodd Stadium	6.17	0.30	113	26	36
25	Stanford	Stanford Stadium	6.12	2.03	105	1	100
26	Kansas State	Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium	6.10	1.21	58	23	Never won
27	Virginia Tech	Lane Stadium	6.09	1.06	61	16	Never won
28	Utah	Rice–Eccles Stadium	5.90	0.30	28	20	Never won
29	Arkansas	Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium	5.89	0.61	88	15	62
30	Baylor	McLane Stadium	5.78	0.28	12	29	Never won
31	Tennessee	Neyland Stadium	5.75	0.81	105	36	28
=32	California	California Memorial Stadium	5.56	2.54	103	2	89
=32	West Virginia	Milan Puskar Stadium	5.56	1.35	46	13	Never won
34	UCLA	Rose Bowl	5.49	2.07	104	6	72
35	Nebraska	Memorial Stadium	5.48	2.14	103	57	29
36	Texas Tech	Galaxy Stadium (Jones AT&T Stadium)	5.45	3.81	79	37	Never won
=37	Iowa	Kinnick Stadium	5.44	1.75	97	7	68
=37	Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium	5.44	0.44	96	10	38
=39	Arizona State	Mountain America Stadium	5.40	2.41	68	11	Never won
=39	Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium	5.40	1.47	51	4	Never won
41	Kentucky	Kroger Field	5.34	1.90	53	10	Never won
42	Louisville	L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium	5.33	0.96	28	10	Never won
43	Washington	Husky Stadium	5.24	1.18	106	13	35
44	Houston	Space City Financial Stadium (TDECU Stadium)	5.23	2.08	12	48	Never won
45	Syracuse	JMA Wireless Dome	5.21	0.33	46	11	67
46	Michigan State	Spartan Stadium	5.20	1.82	103	1	60
47	Colorado	Folsom Field	5.14	0.82	102	2	36
48	Maryland	SECU Stadium	5.02	1.83	76	4	73
49	Rutgers	SHI Stadium	4.90	1.63	32	3	Never won
50	USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	4.80	2.01	103	31	22
51	BYU	LaVell Edwards Stadium	4.70	1.15	62	21	42
52	UCF	Acrisure Bounce House (FBC Mortgage Stadium)	4.68	1.95	19	13	Never won
53	Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium	4.66	0.23	97	5	6
54	Northwestern	Ryan Field	4.65	1.11	0	9	Never won
55	Georgia	Sanford Stadium	4.59	0.27	97	5	4
56	Clemson	Memorial Stadium	4.52	0.13	84	6	8
57	Michigan	Michigan Stadium	4.49	1.23	99	23	3
=58	Florida	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium	4.46	1.54	96	15	18
=58	Oklahoma	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium	4.46	2.63	103	26	26
60	LSU	Tiger Stadium	4.45	0.86	102	5	7
61	Auburn	Jordan–Hare Stadium	4.38	0.67	87	1	16
62	Ohio State	Ohio Stadium	4.34	1.29	104	14	2
63	Pittsburgh	Acrisure Stadium	4.19	0.96	25	19	50
64	Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium	4.15	1.16	76	16	13
65	Penn State	Beaver Stadium	4.09	1.53	66	1	40
66	Minnesota	Huntington Bank Stadium	3.94	1.77	17	17	66
67	Indiana	Memorial Stadium	3.86	0.54	66	11	1
68	Miami (FL)	Hard Rock Stadium	1.52	4.78	39	6	25

Tied scores share a rank. Northwestern’s Ryan Field opens in October 2026, so its first two home games are at Martin Stadium. Reported ghost sightings use Dallas for SMU and Miami for Hard Rock Stadium. Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata and Ghosts of America, as of October 26, 2026.

The ten most haunted college football stadiums

Rank	School	Stadium	Haunted Score (out of 10)	Distance to nearest cemetery (miles)	Stadium age (years)	Reported ghost sightings in city	Years since last national title
1	Arizona	Casino Del Sol Stadium (Arizona Stadium)	7.51	1.32	97	53	Never won
2	Texas	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium	7.42	0.49	102	115	21
3	Missouri	Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium	7.33	0.95	100	33	Never won
=4	Illinois	Gies Memorial Stadium	7.32	0.15	103	10	Never won
=4	Ole Miss	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium	7.32	0.28	111	6	Never won
6	Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium	7.30	0.73	111	16	Never won
7	Vanderbilt	FirstBank Stadium	7.21	0.47	104	12	Never won
8	Virginia	Scott Stadium	7.11	0.30	95	12	Never won
9	South Carolina	Williams–Brice Stadium	7.06	0.77	92	24	Never won
10	Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium	7.00	0.88	109	8	Never won

1. Arizona: Casino Del Sol Stadium (7.51)

Casino Del Sol Stadium, still known to many fans as Arizona Stadium, is 97 years old, making it one of the oldest in college football. The ghosts have had plenty of time to settle in with a reported campus legend saying that Old Main is haunted by a construction foreman murdered in 1888.

Add to that the 53 reported ghost sightings in Tucson, Alameda Stone Cemetery being just 1.32 miles away, and the Wildcats having none won a title, and you have a perfect haunted mix and our most haunted stadium.

2. Texas: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium (7.42)

Austin has 115 reported ghost sightings, more than any other college town in our study by a sizable distance, with SMU’s Dallas the closest on 64. On top of that, Mount Calvary Cemetery is less than half a mile from the stadium and there’s a campus tale of a ghost who plays the piano in Littlefield House.

The Longhorns are the only top-five team with a national title having won in 2005. It’s the only thing keeping them off the top spot.

3. Missouri: Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium (7.33)

Faurot Field is celebrating its 100th birthday this year, but the Tigers are still waiting on a first national title. Columbia Cemetery is under half a mile away from the stadium, and there’s rumors of a ghost in Conley House who keeps the ghost ajar, so Missouri is the worthy third place on our list.

=4. Ole Miss: Vaught–Hemingway Stadium (7.32)

At 111 years old, Vaught–Hemingway is one of the oldest stadiums in college football. A Confederate cemetery sits just 0.28 miles away and legend has it that the soldiers buried there return to haunt the campus. The Rebels are yet to win a national title, so you could say they were cursed.

=4. Illinois: Gies Memorial Stadium (7.32)

In joint fourth is Gies Memorial Stadium, which has the joint-second shortest distance to a cemetery in college football with Roselawn just 0.15 miles away. When you consider that the home of the Fighting Illini has been standing for 103 years, and they’ve never won a title, it’s little wonder that they find themselves so high up the rankings.

6. Cincinnati: Nippert Stadium (7.30)

Nippert Stadium opened in 1915, making it joint fourth-oldest in our study. It’s also located just 0.73 miles away from a cemetery, and like the majority of the top ten, the Bearcats have never won a national title. Local legend says a professor haunts the bookcases at Blegen Library, still waiting on the title to come home to Cincinnati.

7. Vanderbilt: FirstBank Stadium (7.21)

Vanderbilt Divinity School Cemetery is less than half a mile from FirstBank Stadium, which opened in 1922. The Commodores have never won a national title, and the Vaughn Home is known as the most haunted building on campus, where visitors even reported feeling like they’d been touched by a ghost.

8. Virginia: Scott Stadium (7.11)

Scott Stadium follows close behind with the University of Virginia Confederate Cemetery just 0.3 miles from Scott Stadium. The Cavaliers are still haunted by a lack of a national title, and a legend says that a Dr Green’s ghost wanders the Alderman library.

9. South Carolina: Williams–Brice Stadium (7.06)

The Williams-Brice Stadium is located just 0.77 away from Olympia Cemetery and in Columbia, where there have been 24 reported ghost sightings. The Gamecocks are yet to win a national title, and the ghost of the former university president, McKissick, is said to roam the library after dark.

10. Wisconsin: Camp Randall Stadium (7.00)

Finishing up our top ten list with a score of 7.00, Camp Randall Stadium opened in 1917 on the site of a Civil War training camp. The Confederate Rest burial ground is under a mile away, and the Badgers are yet to have national success. Local legend also says there’s a ghost of a former professor who flicks through the stacks of books at the Memorial Library.

Honourable Mention: Mississippi State: Davis Wade Stadium (6.97)

Davis Wade Stadium just misses out on our top ten with a score of 6.97, the first stadium below a score of seven. At 112 years old, it’s the third-oldest in our study, and Brush Arbor Cemetery is just 0.82 miles away.

Campus legend says the area is haunted by a ghost who died in the fire that destroyed the Old Main dormitory. Similarly to many of the top ten, the Bulldogs have never won a national title.

Haunted rivalries

Bragging rights don’t stop at the scoreboard, so here’s how college football’s conferences, and biggest rivals compare on Haunted Score.

Conference	Schools	Average Haunted Score (out of 10)	Top-ranked school
Big 12	16	5.89	Arizona (7.51)
SEC	16	5.86	Texas (7.42)
ACC	17	5.60	Virginia (7.11)
Big Ten	18	5.25	Illinois (7.32)
Independent	1	5.44	Notre Dame (5.44)

Old Oaken Bucket

Purdue Boilermakers’ Ross-Ade Stadium sits in 13th, 78% more haunted than reigning champions Indiana Hoosiers’ Memorial Stadium in 67th.

Paul Bunyan’s Axe

Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium sits in tenth, while Minnesota’s Huntington Bank Stadium is much further down the list in 66th, making Wisconsin’s 78% more haunted.

Land of Lincoln Trophy

Illinois’ Gies Memorial Stadium is high up the haunted list in fourth place 54% more haunted than rivals Northwestern’s Ryan Field which opened just this month.

Palmetto Bowl

South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium is in 9th, making it 56% more haunted than Clemson who they play in the Palmetto Bowl.

The three least haunted stadiums

If you’d rather your game day came without the chills, these are the safest stadiums in college football.

68. Miami (FL): Hard Rock Stadium (1.52)

The Hurricanes play off campus at Hard Rock Stadium, and its nearest cemetery is quite the distance at 4.78 miles away, almost a mile more than any other stadium in our study. With Miami having only six reported ghost sightings, and the stadium being only 39 years old, it’s the least haunted in our study, with Arizona, the top ranked, almost five times more haunted.

67. Indiana: Memorial Stadium (3.86)

Although Rogers Cemetery is only just over half a mile from Memorial Stadium, and campus legend says a veiled woman has been prowling the grounds since 1911, nothing scares off ghosts like a trophy. The Hoosiers won their first national title in January 2026, so are curse-free.

66. Minnesota: Huntington Bank Stadium (3.94)

Opened in 2009, Huntington Bank Stadium is one of the newest stadiums in our study. While Maple Hill Cemetery isn’t too distant, at 1.77 miles away, and the Golden Gophers haven’t won a national title since 1960, their stadium simply hasn’t been around long enough to gather ghosts.

Hoosiers dropped 46 places in a season

In our rankings, winning a national title is the surest way for stadiums to lower their Haunted Score.

Before last season, Indiana Hoosiers had never won one. If they were still waiting, they’d rank around 21st instead of 67th, a drop of roughly 46 places in a single season.

It’s the same story for Georgia (55th), Clemson (56th), Michigan (57th), LSU (60th) and Ohio State (62nd). All have stadiums less than a mile and a half from a cemetery, yet every one of them finishes in the bottom 16 thanks to a recent title.

How did we find each stadium’s Haunted Score?

We scored 68 college football stadiums (all Power Four schools plus Notre Dame) on four factors: the closest cemetery, the oldest stadium, the most reported ghost sightings in the city and the longest wait since a national title.

The Haunted Score is the average of the four (scored out of ten).

Distance to the nearest cemetery: straight-line miles to the nearest cemetery listed on Wikidata.
Stadium age: the year the stadium opened.
Reported ghost sightings: user-submitted reports for the stadium’s city on ghostsofamerica.com. A city count is not a count for the stadium itself.
Years since a national title: AP, coaches’ poll or College Football Playoff champions, as of the 2026 season. Schools that have never won one count as the longest wait.

This is a light-hearted index built from public data. It does not measure or prove paranormal activity.

Methodology notes

Data collected on October 26, 2026.
Some schools claim older national titles from minor selectors, such as Ole Miss (1959 to 1962), Rutgers (1869), Boston College (1940), UCF (2017) and Oklahoma State (1945). These aren’t counted.
Where a stadium’s city isn’t listed on Ghosts of America, we used the neighboring city: Dallas for SMU’s Gerald J. Ford Stadium (in University Park) and Miami for Hard Rock Stadium (in Miami Gardens).
Campus legends come from university, student newspapers and local sources. They’re included for color and don’t affect the scores.
Stadiums and opening years: Wikipedia, List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums, plus each stadium’s page.
Nearest cemetery: Wikidata, nearest item classed as a cemetery or churchyard, straight-line distance, pulled October 26, 2026.
Ghost sightings: Ghosts of America state.

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