South Carolina football disrespected as Williams-Brice left off of hilariously bad stadium rankings list

Most across the world of college football have a solid understanding of the best Saturday venues in the sport. Elite environments like LSU's Tiger Stadium (AKA Death Valley) and Penn State's Beaver Stadium and historic cathedrals like Michigan Stadium (Michigan Wolverines) and Notre Dame Stadium (Notre Dame Fighting Irish) always appear near the top of these lists. South Carolina football fans have done their part over the years for Williams-Brice Stadium to be part of these discussions, too.

Well, most of the time anyway.

According to a new ranking from the staff at ESPN.com, Williams-Brice is not one of the top-25 stadiums in college football. In fact, if one was to believe the rankings, the Gamecocks' home venue isn't even close as USC was the 17th team included in the "others receiving votes" category.

Despite a well-recognized venue, some of the most passionate fans in the country, an elite entrance (2001 all the way through Sandstorm), a state of the art light show, the best video media team in the country, and a routinely-sold out set of bleachers, South Carolina football fans were disappointed to see (or not see) where the Gamecocks' home stadium was listed.

Chris Low, Adam Rittenberg, Kyle Bonagura, Andrea Adelson, Dave Wilson, and Harry Lyles Jr. were listed as being part of the 14-person group tasked with voting on this list. Each analyst was asked to rank the top-20, and the top-25 came from those votes as 20 points were awarded for a 1st-place vote, 19 for 2nd, and so on.

You can check out the entire rankings below:

1. Tiger Stadium (Death Valley), LSU Tigers
2. The Rose Bowl, UCLA Bruins
3. Michigan Stadium (The Big House), Michigan Wolverines
4. Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
5. Beaver Stadium (Happy Valley), Penn State Nittany Lions
6. Husky Stadium (Alaska Airlines Field), Washington Huskies
7. Ohio Stadium (The Horsehoe), Ohio State Buckeyes
8. Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin Badgers
9. Bryant-Denny Stadium (Nick Saban Field), Alabama Crimson Tide
10. Neyland Stadium, Tennessee Volunteers
11. Memorial Stadium (Death Valley, Frank Howard Field), Clemson Tigers
12. Michie Stadium (Blaik Field), Army Black Knights
13. Kyle Field, Texas A&M Aggies
14. Autzen Stadium, Oregon Ducks
15. Lane Stadium (Worsham Field), Virginia Tech Hokies
16. Memorial Stadium (Tom Osborne Field), Nebraska Cornhuskers
17. Jordan-Hare Stadium (Pat Dye Field), Auburn Tigers
18. Sanford Stadium, Georgia Bulldogs
19. Doak Campbell Stadium (Bobby Bowden Field), Florida State Seminoles
20. Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (The Swamp), Florida Gators
21. Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field, Ole Miss Rebels
22. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Southern Cal Trojans
23. Kidd Brewer Stadium, Appalachian State Mountaineers
24. Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at Owen Field, Oklahoma Sooners
25. Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, Texas Longhorns

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES:

P1FCU Kibbie Dome, Idaho Vandals
The Cotton Bowl
Nile Kinnick Stadium, Iowa Hawkeyes
Albertsons Stadium, Boise State Broncos
Folsom Field, Colorado Buffaloes
LaVell Edwards Stadium, BYU Cougars
Franklin Field, Penn Quakers
Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah Utes
War Memorial Stadium (Jonah Field), Wyoming Cowboys
Milan Puskar Stadium (Mountaineer Field), West Virginia Mountaineers
Boone Pickens Stadium, Oklahoma State Cowboys
Sun Bowl, UTEP Miners
Reser Stadium, Oregon State Beavers
Falcon Stadium, Air Force Falcons
Martin Stadium, Washington State Cougars
Aloha Stadium (Clarence TC Ching Athletics Complex), Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
Williams-Brice Stadium, South Carolina Gamecocks