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College Football Rankings 2011: The 15 Loudest Stadiums in the Nation

College Football Rankings 2011: The 15 Loudest Stadiums in the Nation By Larry Burton(Featured Columnist) on March 18, 2011

When I've seen lists of noisiest stadiums little was done to prove the accuracy of the articles.

After months of interviews with television crews who register background noise and other scientific data, here is the accurate list of the top 15 noisiest stadiums.

Though noise levels vary from game to game depending on teams playing and warranted cirmstances, this is a list of fields that have tipped the noise meter in their benefit during that one great moment that placed them where they are today.

Some people went up on the list due to stadium enlargements or enclosures, some went down from lists you may have seen before.

The only two that are absolute certain are the top two, as they were scientifically recorded; the rest are from polls taken by television directors who cover the football games and meters that register crowd noise levels or noise levels on the field.

Number One! Husky Stadium, Home of the Washington Huskies

It has been recorded twice at decibels levels just above the 135 range making it not my opinion, but scientific fact.

Built in 1920 and expanded several times, it now has a capacity of 72,500 of the noisiest people on the planet.

The unique design has 70% of all the seats on the sidelines and catch teams in a vicious crossfire of yelling. The big metal roof overhead acts as a speaker and reverberates it back down on the field. ESPN wanted to measure the sound levels themselves and got a 135 decibel reading just as Washington had told everyone they could do.

So you can argue over some of the positions, but the top three have scientific basis behind their positions.

For you trivia buffs, this is the birthplace of "The Wave." It was started here in 1981.

GO DAWGS!!!!!!