Howdy! This post is still getting traffic, so I decided to update it with the 2025 Kyle Field student section. In the original 2013 post below, Kyle Field had not yet undergone its 2014-2015 expansion and redevelopment; its capacity now is 102,733.
Kyle Field in 2025: Marked in yellow is the largest student section in college football. Nearly the entire east side of Kyle houses some 37,000 students on gamedays. (Sections 125-127 are not student sections because of an SEC rule that prohibits having student sections directly behind the opposing team’s bench.) Source for chart and student section numbers: Texas A&M Athletics.
I haven’t updated the comparisons below showing other stadiums… but I might, if people are interested!
Original post from 2013:
My wish is for everybody watching the game today to know that A&M is a huge university, mostly non-military, and that almost half of the stadium you’re looking at is filled with current A&M students.
I love the Corps – my Dad and my little brother are CTs – but we have one of the very largest and most active student sections in the country, and I’m proud of that!
So here’s a size comparison between Texas A&M’s student section and the top five “best” student sections in college football.
Texas A&M
Capacity: 82,600 (expected today: 87,000)
Student: 31,000 (pulled for this game: more than 30,000)
Red: Student body Khaki: Priority seating for Corps of Cadets students, Corps seating starts with Section 140. The Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band is the dark-brown block at the front of the Corps block.
1. Alabama Capacity: 101,821 Student seats: 17,000
2. Florida State Capacity: 82,300 Student seats: 16,000
3. Penn State Capacity: 106,572 Student seats: 21,000
4. Nebraska Capacity: 91,000 Student seats: 8,500 (as of 2011)
5. Illinois Capacity: 69,249 Student seats: 10,000
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