Top 20 College Football Traditions/Chants 

For those saying I should have put in the Army/Navy game, I did not put it in because it's almost its own category, and there are so many great traditions associated with the game, that it would flood up this list. Army/Navy is in a league of its own.

I’d rather watch a college game than pro game anyday

Neck should be higher on the list just because they get fined every time they play it 😂 truly sticking to tradition no matter the cost.

1. FSU 2. Tennessee 3. West Virginia Their traditions have something to do with their nickname or their home.

the children's hospital wave is wonderful!

College football is the best sport in the world hands down

I’m a die hard Sooner but if you haven’t been to Kyle Field at Texas A&M you ain’t seen nuthin like that. Ever.

Nothing beats college football. Nothing even comes close!

Dude, how did Auburns " all I do is win" make it. But not the flight of the eagle?

As an Arkansas Razorback fan, I’m slightly shocked that “Calling The Hogs” didn’t make the list. Woo Pig Sooie!

I'm an Alabama fan and grad, but I got some serious goose bumps every time I hear Country Roads and it shows West Virginia's home stadium. Simply amazing. UWV home game is on my bucket list just so I can sing Country Roads with the crowd.

Country roads gets me every time

I’m not a Aggie fan but the military traditions and 102,000 incredible fans and the parade of the Cadets with one of the best bands in the world certainly deserves to be higher but it’s your list.

Shout out to my boy John Denver for making Country Roads possible even though he's gone his legend is still remembered

How could the stadium wave to Children's Hospital not be number one hands down???

I love the Jump Around as a Wisconsin fan but nothing can beat the wholesomeness of the Iowa wave. It makes me smile every time I see it. I hope more teams incorporate traditions such as that

How FSUs war chant isn’t number one I have no clue and I’m a Bama fan #RollTide!!

As A Sooner fan, I respectfully put Florida State’s Warchant as the face of College Football’s best tradition and its NOT even close.

Trying to figure out when Pittsburgh had that many people in their stands..

Aggie War Hymn was played after every over time vs LSU and being there is a crazy experience because it got louder after every overtime.

I have to ask, with regard to #3, how do you not include the planting of the spear in the clip? It's kind of an important part of that tradition. Solid list though.

Every time I hear the chant "We are Penn State" I get chills up and down my body.

“How is _______ not #1?!” Watches PSU entrance.... “Oh, makes sense.”

Really at WVU its one side of the stadium chanting "lets go" and the other side answering "Mountaineers" if that doesn't get your blood racing nothing will

I can’t believe you forgot Michigan losing to Ohio State every year

I'm an Ohio State guy but "Jump Around" in Madison is freaking awesome!

The atmosphere in college football is so much more energetic compared to NFL crowds, and I believe the college players play with more passion and energy compared to the overpaid pro players, and the atmosphere has something to do with that.

Another great tradition is watching Ralphie run the stampede for Colorado

Number 2 with Jump Around was the best to me. I feel the commitment if you can get thousands of people to jump and sing a song word for word. That’s a sick tradition. I don’t even know the school but if I had the opportunity to go to their home game I would jump around like I was an alumni 😂

I love how when country roads played for West Virginia the sun came out, love west virginia

As an LSU fan I am very happy but was not expecting Neck to make it lmao.

Every college football game has their own tradition. Being from Wisconsin, there is nothing like Jump Around. The whole stadium literally shakes.

Singing "Dixieland Delight" at Alabama games should definitely be on the list

" Sweet Caroline" , Good song but hardly gets you fired up to go punch someone in the mouth, maybe hug a tree."

Alma Maters performed after Army-Navy Game with winner "Singing Second" is more than a tradition, it affirms their commitment to serve in US military defending our country.

I personally love both Iowa’s wave and Wisconsin singing jump around!

Tom petty and John Denver would be proud of so many young and drunk people loving and knowing their songs. Lol

Badger fan here! Love them at two (that's were I'd put Jump Around!) #1 is whole heartedly Iowa's children's hospital!!! That's too great!! Sorry, #20 should be #1!!

“Rocky Top will always be home sweet home me. Good ol Rocky Top. Rocky Top Tennessee.” Go Vols! 🧡🧡🧡

Im a swede but just watching this makes me wanna be american !

I'm a Bama fan but that damn jump around is something I want to experience

Great list. As a Penn Stater, My top five would be Jump Around, Penn State White Out, VT's "Enter Sandman", Clemson, West Virginia. 6-10: FSU (but i can't stand the damn chant), Ohio State dotting the 'I' (more impressive than spelling a four letter word), the Iowa Wave, Rocky Top, & Texas A&M. I did not even know that South Carolina Sandstorm was even a thing until now

I went to Wisconsin game once and it was something when Jump Around comes on. The stadium is literally shaking, I hope it don't fall one day! People just wait all game for the opening riff. Nebraska is also a great place to visit if you ever get a chance

Northwestern when they used to be the losingest team in div 1 ... "That's all right, that's okay...you're gonna work for us some day!"

The absolute best college level tradition would have to be the post Army/Navy game where the cadets gather in the each zone and sing each others' Hymns.

What about the badgers singing “build me up buttercup”

As a Miami fan I got to admit. There’s nothing like that tomahawk chop and chant

Couldn't help chanting "EAT SHIT PITT" during Sweet Caroline 😂😂 man WVU needs to be in the ACC. I miss our team rivalries

THE WAVE! I love that you included it here even though it's fairly new. That hospital is doing so much good, and I know for a fact the kids love it, as I heard one of the kiddos at work talking about how neat it was when she was there for a short stay

Jump Around- Go Bucky! ON WISCONSIN!!

I'm guessing that Penn States'colors are white and white 😁😁 When you get tickets to a West Virginia game it tells you what color to wear according to what section you are in 😁 it looks really good 😊

If you’re gonna use Rocky Top in a video, you have to at least use one where the stadium is checkerboarded

Ralphie running at CU is a pretty awesome tradition. It should have made any list of best traditions.

LSU fan here. I have to say that this list was not very good. My comments: 1 - Florida St's chop is pretty good. I would have had it at #1. 2 - Penn St white out--good call. 3 - How could you NOT have the Ohio St band dotting the I?? 4 - You did not have Arkansas calling in the pigs. 5 - Iowa waving at the kids in the hospital was VERY cool--a surprising good addition to this list. 6 - Tailgating from LSU (or Ole Miss) could have made this list. 7 - The flight of the Auburn "War Eagle" at the beginning of a game should have made this list. 8 - You totally missed Ralfie--the Colorado buffalo as he stampedes onto the field. 9 - LSU puts the tiger's cage right near the visiting team when they take the field. How about adding Mike welcoming the visitors? 10 - Southern Cal's mascot (Traveller) marching to the USC fight song would have been a good addition. 11 - And for cool points, why not add the most famous vehicle in all of college sports---the Ga Tech Ramblin' Wreck. In short, thanks for the effort, but you could have done a lot better. Do more research next time.

That Country Roads is just awesome

Even though I don’t agree 100% with the list...damn I love college football fans.

Even when they do it against my dawgs, the LSU “neck” chant is just the greatest thing

Calling the Hogs at ARKANSAS is The best and most unique cheer ever! (period)

I didn't know Iowa did that for the Children's Hospital that's awesome

So Auburn just steals our chant and they get on this list thats a joke

Back in nebraska's glory days, the tunnel walk was the most feared tradition for any visiting team. It was truly intimidating, and the entire stadium chanting, HU-SKER POW-ER. Coaches would keep there teams in the locker room until the tunnel walk finished, to keep their guys nerves together.

Let us not forget the Wabash Cannonball at Kansas State University. Absolutely incredible

Respect to this dude. Wisconsins jump around is one of the most iconic celebrations in college football history, finally someone rates it high.

As a Carolina fan, I am honored you put my team at number 4. And Im also honored you put my home state’s college at number 1. #ForeverToThee #NittanyLions ♥️🐓🖤 💙🗻🦁🤍

Freshman in the OSU band and didn’t get to do ramp this year.... Even standing on the sideline gave me chills the first time I was down there for stadium Ohio. I can’t wait to feel what that’s like on the field with a stadium packed full of people when we play that team up north

The Notre Dame Victory March Defines College Football and Stands Alone as the #1 Tradition.. Great List Though!!

The Virginia Tech entrance is so badass

Personally I think Rocky Top should be top 5. Also, I’ve never seen another team take over an away stadium like Ohio St did when they played in Norman, OK. And that was even after a really long rain delay. I was glad to see Boomer Sooner as high as it was. Gives me chills every time I hear it live.

LSU’s neck chant is very iconic with a full stadium 🤣

If you not been in Reynolds-Razorback Stadium when they CALL THOSE HOGS and the hair on the back of your neck stands up when Whooooooo Pig Soooooooie is called, then you haven't been to a college football game.

I'm a Penn St fan 1st and a big 10 fan second. So I love PSU and Wisconsin being #1 & 2. With that said, Florida St has the best in game chant.

Rocky Top sung (at TN games) and Country Roads (sung at West Virginia games), in my opinion, are the top 2 song traditions in collegiate athletics, hands down!

Are they forgetting about Alabama’s Dixieland delight

Alabama fan here, but Wisconsin's is freaking awesome ! No one comes close to that . Winner by far ! ! !

In the end I didn't get how Wisconsin lost to the Penn State. True story of my life: I'm from Europe (living in Portugal); my fav colour is green, my eyes are green, I chosed to cheer the GB Packers, I love Jump around and then I find out this colledge football team from the same state Wisconsin with this amazing tradition. So basically in footbal right now I am all in Wisconsin fan lol. This is kind of strange no? What do you think ?

Ah yes, the waving of cel phones and the singing of a Tom Petty song: a tradition that goes back a century.

Ohio State "Hang on Sloopy" at the 3rd qt is pretty great, also script Ohio at half..

As both an OSU and Gator fan Won't Back Down and O-H-I-O hold a special place in heart but I absolutely love Sandstorm.

jump around in wisconsin needs to be first on this list.

I was at that first Wisconsin-Purdue game in 98 when they played Jump Around for the first time. I was a UW junior in the Student Section. It was a night game for homecoming, Drew Brees vs. Ron Dayne, absolutely crazy stupid offensive matchup. Think Brees threw for like 8000 yards that game LOL. Since it was a night game, obviously everybody was super drunk by that point and the game was still close, maybe even tied after three quarters. During the TV break before the start of the 4th quarter the opening horns of House of Pain comes on and me and and my three friends-all hiphop heads, KHB 400 block West Wilson represent! Haha-we all start rapping along and pushing each other around and pogo-ing, which starts to crate this little mosh pit, which then spreads and connects with other similar groups of drunken fans, etc. by the time the first chorus hit you could see most of the two middle student sections jumping (a LOT of falling off bleachers too 😄). By the end of the first chorus pretty much everybody in those 5 sections was jumping. They actually played most of (if not all) of the track that night, because when the second chorus came up shit was straight up apeshit, like fights, lot of stuff getting thrown, tits out and whatnot. My 16 year old brother was with me too that night. He was like “Is it always like this?! College is rad.” Good times.

Big Bama fan. Taking my three grown sons to see a Wisconsin home game this year so we can "Jump around".. I don't think anything comes close to this, but all these are wonderful.

Well boi's we made it to number 6 lets go this makes me proud to be from West Virginia

Dixieland Delight didn’t make the list??! How is that even possible. Half of this list is crap.

Maybe I'm missing the qualifications to make the list, but you've got our "O-H-I-O" and not "Script Ohio"? I'm not asking for both, or to be ranked higher, I just don't see how you could choose "O-H-I-O" over "Script Ohio". And no Ralphie the University of Colorado buffalo? "Jump Around" is pretty neat, and although I am an admitted Penn State hater, a night game White Out is pretty damn awesome.

Traditions usually go several generations, and not at 1/2 full stadiums for sure!

The tomahawk chop gives me chills every time

West Virginia "Take Me Home, Country Roads" is known World Wide since the 70's and should be #1!

Where my fellow PSU fans at

South Carolina’s sandstorm is dope

Cowbells and Don’t Stop Believing at Mississippi State are always one worth noting. Even when the team isn’t winning a whole lot, that atmosphere is always electric

I have been to a couple different games wvu is pretty good along with Tennessee but I'm telling you Virginia Tech entrance is just ass kicking you can feel the damn stadium vibrating below you. It is a lot of dedication there win or lose that place is always packed.

From Italy, IMHO "Take Me Home, Country Roads" N.1 by far....

'WE ARE.. ..PENN STATE'

Great list. I’m biased but Wisconsin’s jump around is really hard to beat. Been doing it since 1998 when drew brees came to town and we beat them in a nail biter. Great traditions all around. Love college football

Did not realize Iowa did the children’s hospital wave. I’ll give them Yankees props for that 1st class move. WPS: CALL THOSE HOGS……. The SEC rules……

The children's hospital in iowa is the greatest one hands down!!!!

God I love Zombie Nation as a Penn State fan. I’m very happy that it’s #1 on this list!! WE! ARE! PENN! STATE!

As a Sooner fan, I think the Iowa tradition should be #1

NOTHING is more iconic than the War Chant, so iconic that the Chiefs and Braves try stealing it from FSU.

How is auburns all I do is win there and not the eagle flying???