The Best College Football Towns (PHOTOS)

(AP) -- So you want to take a college football road trip, but your significant other is not exactly into college football. That means you'll have to find some cool places where the game isn't the only game in town. Places with some night life that doesn't involve funnels, and some green spaces without yard lines painted on them.

With some help from AP Top 25 voters, the 12 best college football towns:

 

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The residents might not be in the best of moods these days, with their beloved Georgia Bulldogs slumping, but Athens is still the coolest town in the Southeastern Conference. Famous for its music scene, R.E.M. and the B-52s have Athens roots, Athens is bicyclist-friendly and home to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. From the panel: “Catch a quirky live band and then grab a drink at a place that’s changed names three times since the last time you were there.” Travis Haney, The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier.

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The residents might not be in the best of moods these days, with their beloved Georgia Bulldogs slumping, but Athens is still the coolest town in the Southeastern Conference. Famous for its music scene, R.E.M. and the B-52s have Athens roots, Athens is bicyclist-friendly and home to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.

From the panel: “Catch a quirky live band and then grab a drink at a place that’s changed names three times since the last time you were there.” Travis Haney, The Charleston (S.C.) Post and Courier.

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[david sherburne]

08:03 PM on 12/04/2010

Ohio State(columbus Ohio) is the best college football town in the world.

[Phx flygirl]

02:32 PM on 10/21/2010

Oregon used to be a good college football town but it has slowly gone downhill as nike and phil knight asserts itself more.

former Oregonian

[Ljilja]

01:19 PM on 10/20/2010

I vote for Ann Arbor!

http://graciouslivingdaybyday.com/

[Tim Janssen]

10:50 AM on 11/05/2010

yes and fanned.

[rougebaisers]

05:44 AM on 10/20/2010

Huh? No fun in college anymore and no future once you graduate with all that debt.

[Roses4Me]

02:49 AM on 10/17/2010

Lincoln, Nebraska. Where the heck is Lincoln?

[BethCarter320]

12:15 PM on 10/14/2010

There are definitely a few on the list that surprise and some that I think are missing like Washington State University in Pullman, WA. Here are some tips for those college towns http://www.oppapers.com/blog/5-tips-on-tailgating-this-season/

[NKR]

03:09 AM on 10/14/2010

Is having UVA and not Virginia Tech on this list some kind of sick joke? Baffling.

[Maderous]

09:40 PM on 10/17/2010

Nothing sick about it. C-ville is a much nicer town than Blacksburg.

[Angelus2007]

06:42 PM on 10/20/2010

I agree, my wife and I decided to drive down from N. VA to see some of the fall colors and spent the night in Charlottesville, very nice, I expected a college town, and it was much niver thatn expected.

[honoursplendor]

12:32 AM on 10/14/2010

Oskee Wow Wow!!

[spotswood320]

04:41 PM on 10/13/2010

Charlottesville? Not since the Hoos lost to William & Mary :)
Replace it with Blacksburg and the list will be greatly improved.

[MamacitaOfLove]

03:31 PM on 10/13/2010

OSU BUCKEYES!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M85toyW3hCI

[ModerateVoiceofReason]

03:43 PM on 10/13/2010

I went to Purdon't for two years, 1985-1987. before transferring back to Minneapolis. I was in the All American Marching Band and went to Columbus to watch the Buckeyes and Keith Byars, destroy the Boilers and Chris, er Jim Everett.

Nice impressive stadium, the only drawback was the Astroturf. Nice to see they eventually got rid of that green, fuzzy concrete.

[MamacitaOfLove]

03:49 PM on 10/13/2010

Yes, that was a vast improvement!

LOL @ Chris Everett reference :)

[UVA1983]

03:20 PM on 10/13/2010

As much as I love the Univ. of VA., ever since the U. got rid of the esteemed Pep Band, the games have kind of sucked. How often does VA have a winning season? Wouldn't call C'ville a College Football Town. Go Serpentine Society!

[mayanspacecadet]

03:02 PM on 10/13/2010

Wow - couldn't they have found a better picture of Lawrence Kansas? Lawrence is beautiful and its campus is wonderful. This looks like a devastated Iraqi deli crammed full of refugees.

[2SoonOld2LateSmart]

02:25 PM on 10/13/2010

Columbus & Ann Arbor missing?
Clearly whoever chose this list knows little about college football & its traditions.

[2SoonOld2LateSmart]

02:28 PM on 10/13/2010

Whoops, Ann Arbor was missed. My bad :)

[mikey09]

02:19 PM on 10/13/2010

Well, they sure missed High Street in Columbus, Ohio

Anyone who follows the Buckeyes knows we fans will fill the staduim in AZ, CA or Timbukto if our team is playing.

#1.....Go Bucks

[MamacitaOfLove]

03:22 PM on 10/13/2010

Fanned!

Go Bucks!

[Katco]

01:45 PM on 10/13/2010

Go Ducks!

[MamacitaOfLove]

03:22 PM on 10/13/2010

Eh....that would be BUCKS!