This is HOME. #OUDNA
Full tour ?????? pic.twitter.com/vZFhtbRtUl
— Oklahoma Football (@OU_Football) August 13, 2017
15. Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma has approval for a new $175 million football operations facility, which will bring the Sooners to the forefront within the SEC in the coming years. For now, Oklahoma’s updated Barry Switzer Center in recent years is one of the nation’s most futuristic pads with an ambience that rivals college football’s nicest digs. There’s the Red Room — meeting room with “Boomer” and “Sooner” decorating the walls, a Heisman hallway and snack bar with unlimited options. The Sooners’ recovery pool even has mood lighting. Oklahoma also introduced an upgraded video board in recent years and at 2,356 square feet (38 feet high by 62 feet wide), the north board is more than three times larger than its previous look.
14. Arkansas Razorbacks
The Razorbacks’ locker room is one of college football’s biggest in size and borrowed ideas from the Dallas Cowboys, whose owner is Arkansas alumnus Jerry Jones. Like most SEC programs, Arkansas has included a barber shop within its building. Arkansas wanted enough room for coach Sam Pittman to reach the entire team when speaking at its center. Another quirky stat about Arkansas’ $160 million facility? The Razorbacks’ weight room is the SEC’s longest.
13. Northwestern Wildcats
NEWS: Northwestern football will play the majority of its home games at its practice facility on the lake for the next two years.
Similar to Hawaii, there will be temporary structures built around the field.
Capacity and final configuration still TBD. New stadium in 2026. pic.twitter.com/ihgu6g8AM7
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) April 10, 2024
Northwestern made a monumental leap into our facilities rankings in 2021 and continues to hang around the top 15 thanks to a practice facility that is, undoubtedly, college football’s most majestic. Standing outside of Northwestern’s 450,000-square football facility on the shores of Lake Michigan, you’d think this was college football’s Mecca — not a program that’s itching to break into the realm of being a consistent threat. There was almost instantaneous criticism over Northwestern’s quarter-billion dollar project that serves only a tiny percentage of Northwestern’s student body, but the noise has quieted since.
12. Florida Gators
The University of Florida has officially opened its new $85 million Heavener Football Training Center ??pic.twitter.com/Z1zQaE4bIv
— Front Office Sports (@FOS) August 15, 2022
There’s a $400 million renovation coming very soon to iconic Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, but the Gators did get a facelift ahead of the 2022 season with a 140,000-square foot, $85 million facility with everything everyone else has — barber shop, resort-style pool, updated weight room, a recording studios and other perks. Planners visited various programs for ideas and incorporated what they felt was best for Florida, per reports. The best feature might be the Gators’ new locker room, which is modeled after several recent digs at elite programs. Each player’s locker cost roughly $15,000 per unit.
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