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Big 12 Names Utah’s Rice-Eccles Top Stadium

7/24/2026

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The Big 12 ranks Rice-Eccles Stadium in Utah as its top venue, citing 51,444 seats and 2002 Winter Olympic opening ceremony.
Utah has a 47-13 home record since 2016 and a 29-6 night record.
LaVell Edwards Stadium at Brigham Young University holds the conference’s largest capacity, 63,470.
Boone Pickens Stadium at Oklahoma State won USA TODAY Sports’ “best stadium” title, praised for the “Paddle People” noise and the “tarps off” tradition.

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The Big 12 ranks Rice-Eccles Stadium in Utah as its top venue, citing 51,444 seats and 2002 Winter Olympic opening ceremony.
Utah has a 47-13 home record since 2016 and a 29-6 night record.
LaVell Edwards Stadium at Brigham Young University holds the conference’s largest capacity, 63,470.
Boone Pickens Stadium at Oklahoma State won USA TODAY Sports’ “best stadium” title, praised for the “Paddle People” noise and the “tarps off” tradition.