There is no atmosphere in U.S. sports like college football, and in recent years, more and more schools have allowed fans to enjoy the hype with a beer in hand.
More than 10 years ago, it was rare to find alcohol being sold at a college football stadium, and those that did weren’t Power 5 schools or only allowed alcohol to be sold in premium seating areas or suites – not allowing fans with regular tickets to get their hands on a cold one because rules were in place that prohibited general sales. There were also cases of some schools in the early 2000s selling beer stadium-wide but then reversing that policy.
In recent years, however, the NCAA and conferences have loosened rules and have allowed universities to sell alcohol, and several athletic departments have since made the jump to allow anyone in attendance to buy a drink. Now, there are only a handful of college football stadiums that don’t serve alcohol, and one state where you won’t find it at any FBS game.
Here is what to know about buying beer at college football games for the 2023 season:
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Where is beer sold at college football games in 2023?
Of the 133 FBS schools in 2023, 117 (88%) will sell alcohol this upcoming season. Three schools − Kentucky, Michigan State and Western Michigan − will be selling alcohol for the first time this season.
College football has seen a boom in alcohol sales in recent years, with the biggest jump occurring in 2019. Since the 2019 football season, 56 FBS schools have started selling alcohol. This applies to when alcohol was made available stadium-wide and not just in premium locations. Here are the schools that will sell alcohol throughout their stadiums this season in alphabetical order:
- Air Force
- Akron
- Alabama
- Appalachian State
- Arizona
- Arizona State
- Arkansas
- Arkansas State
- Ball State
- Baylor
- Boise State
- Boston College
- Bowling Green
- Buffalo
- Central Florida
- Central Michigan
- California
- Charlotte
- Cincinnati
- Coastal Carolina
- Colorado
- Colorado State
- Connecticut
- Duke
- Eastern Michigan
- East Carolina
- Florida International
- Florida
- Florida Atlantic
- Florida State
- Fresno State
- Georgia Southern
- Georgia State
- Georgia Tech
- Hawai’i
- Houston
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Jacksonville State
- James Madison
- Kansas
- Kansas State
- Kent State
- Kentucky
- Louisiana-Lafayette
- Louisiana-Monroe
- Louisiana Tech
- Louisville
- LSU
- Marshall
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Memphis
- Miami (Florida)
- Miami (Ohio)
- Michigan State
- Middle Tennessee
- Minnesota
- Mississippi State
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- North Texas
- Northern Illinois
- Navy
- N.C. State
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New Mexico State
- Ohio
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma State
- Old Dominion
- Ole Miss
- Oregon
- Oregon Stat