Editor’s note: This article is part of our College Football Stadium Rankings series, highlighting the most interesting venues across the country.

By Scott Dochterman, Austin Meek, Mitch Sherman and Cameron Teague Robinson

The Big House. The Horseshoe. Jump Around. The White Out. The Tunnel Walk. And, of course, the Rose Bowl.

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These structures, traditions and nicknames are embedded into Big Ten culture and its accompanying stadium experiences. For more than a century, Big Ten stadiums have produced legendary atmospheres befitting of college sports’ oldest conference. Last week, The Athletic’s college football staff ranked the top 25 stadiums, and nine Big Ten stadiums landed on our list, with three others receiving votes.

Here, Big Ten writers Mitch Sherman, Austin Meek, Cameron Teague Robinson and Scott Dochterman provide their spin on many of the topics that have Big Ten fans buzzing about the great stadium debate. Feel free to comment below on your favorites and other topics related to Big Ten stadiums (and check back for more superlatives by conference throughout November).

What is your favorite Big Ten stadium?

Dochterman: I find charm and awe in each of the stadiums, but there’s one that truly feels like a religious experience, and that’s a White Out at Penn State’s Beaver Stadium. When there are 107,000 fans decked out in white waving pom-poms, chanting "We Are … Penn State" and adding a hundred or so "ohs" to The White Stripes’ "Seven Nation Army," it doesn’t get more electrifying than that. The outside currently looks like a giant Erector Set, but it belies the incredible atmosphere that takes place at night during a White Out.

Meek: I’ll out myself as the person on our staff who voted Autzen Stadium No. 1.