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Here's my list, as best as I can remember:

Alabama:
Bryant-Denny Stadium, but not for a game.
Arizona: Arizona Stadium, Sun Devil Stadium, Chase Field for games; NAU dome.
California: Rose Bowl; Memorial Coliseum; Fresno State; Memorial Stadium; Stagg Stadium (UOP), Stanford Stadium, for games.
Colorado: Folsom Field, old CSU Hughes Field, not for games.
Hawaii: Aloha Stadium, for games.
Idaho: Kibbie Dome, Boise State, for games.
Illinois: Northwestern stadium (not for a game).
Michigan: Michigan Stadium, not for a game.
Minnesota: Old Memorial Stadium, not for a game.
Nevada: UNR Stadium, Sam Boyd Stadium, for games.
New Mexico: NMSU Stadium, for games; UNM stadium, not for a game.
New York: Michie Stadium, Alfred Stadium, for games; Cornell Stadium, not for a game.
North Carolina: UNC stadium, ECU stadium, not for a game.
North Dakota: Old NDSU Dacotah Stadium, BJC Bowl, Dickinson State stadium, Minot State stadium, for games; Jamestown College stadium, not for a game.
Ohio: Denison Stadium, not for a game.
Oregon: Reser Stadium, Autzen Stadium, Linfield Stadium, Willamette Stadium, for games.
South Carolina: Citadel Stadium, not for a game.
Texas: Old Baylor Stadium, old UNT stadium, Sun Bowl, for games.
Utah: Utah Stadium, USU stadium, for games.
Virginia: Scott Stadium, Robins Stadium, old Richmond City Stadium, W&M stadium, for games.
Washington: Husky Stadium, Martin Stadium, for games.
Wisconsin: Camp Randall, not for a game.
Wyoming: War Memorial Stadium, for a game.
 
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Games
Cal (best free seating at Tightwad Hill)
Stanford (great tailgating under the trees)
USC (The olympics happened here twice and some tv and movies - otherwise not much)
UCLA (RoseBowl) nice grass, a pain to get to.
Arizona (nothing memorable)
ASU (great walk from downtown Tempe to stadium)
Washington (nice views of Lake Washington)
WSU (Pullman) (temp dropped 15 degrees from my car to the gate, bought a Wazzu sweatshirt)
OSU (Smartest and best looking football fans in the conference)
Oregon (Obnoxious fans who act like football wasn't invented until they became relevant, nice walk-up through Alton Baker Park)
Tennessee (Great to visiting fans - unless from Florida, great walkup and nearby bar scene)
Spartan Stadium for a bowl game (it was the first and last annual bowl game there)
New Mexico (fun little stadium with a great view of the mountains).
Small College: Willamette (one of the best fall afternoons I ever spent watching football), St. Mary's (when they had football - a gem of a stadium, surrounded by trees with a grass berm on the visitors side)

Drive-bys: UTEP.
 
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This is going to be a fun list. Mine:
AAC: East Carolina
ACC: Boston College, Clemson, N.C. State, Syracuse, Wake Forest, Miami (Orange Bowl and the new one), UNC, Pittsburgh (old), Virginia, Virginia Tech
Big 12: West Virginia
Big Ten: Penn State, Purdue
CUSA: ODU
FBS Indy: BYU, Liberty, UConn
MAC: Akron, Kent State, Ball State, Toledo
MWC: New Mexico
Pac-12: Arizona State
SEC: Surprisingly, none
Sun Belt: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Texas State
Big Sky: Eastern Washington, Idaho State, Montana, Northern Arizona
Big South: Charleston Southern, Gardner-Webb, Robert Morris
CAA: Elon, James Madison, Richmond, Stony Brook, Towson, Villanova, William & Mary
MEAC: Norfolk State
Missouri Valley: Indiana State, Youngstown State
Patriot League: Lafayette, Lehigh
Pioneer: Presbyterian
Southern: VMI, Western Carolina

48 in Division I in total. That number triples for hoops.

EDIT TO ADD:
Georgia Dome (for a VT-Bama game)
Camping World Stadium (Russell Athletic Bowl, Rutgers/VT, the worst Christmas ever)
Sun Devil Stadium (Fiesta Bowl, Tennessee/FSU in the first BCS championship and a Kansas State-Ohio State Fiesta Bowl)
Superdome (VT-Texas Sugar Bowl)
Joe Robbie/Hard Rock/Whatever (VT-Nebraska Orange Bowl)
 
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Games:
Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Michigan State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Minnesota (not college football), Syracuse (not college football)

Drive-bys:
Boston College, Eastern Michigan, Cal.

I realize that's not very impressive, but my hometown was 300 miles from the nearest Division I football school.
 
Only covered two college football games, so most of these are as a paying customer:

SEC: Alabama, Auburn, Florida (high school only), Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
ACC: Florida State, Georgia Tech
Big 10: Illinois
American: Cincinnati (soccer only), Tulane (former - Superdome)
C-USA: UAB (former - Legion Field)
FCS: Jacksonville State, Samford, Tennessee Tech (high school only)
Postseason: Citrus Bowl, Music City Bowl, SEC Championship (former - Georgia Dome), Senior Bowl (former - Ladd Stadium)

I’ll have to think about the ones I’ve seen while there was no event.
 
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Ohio, Toledo, Akron (long live the Rubber Bowl), BG, Miami, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Marshall, Kent, Duke, NC State, Missouri, old Orange Bowl, Louisiana Tech, Kansas State, Penn State, Ball State, Northern Illinois.

Not many outside work.
 
Ohio, Toledo, Akron (long live the Rubber Bowl), BG, Miami, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Central Michigan, Marshall, Kent, Duke, NC State, Missouri, old Orange Bowl, Louisiana Tech, Kansas State, Penn State, Ball State, Northern Illinois.

Not many outside work.

Oh, yeah, I went to a University of Toledo game once as well. Does that count as major?
 
I’ve seen Kennesaw State play twice, but never at home. The program and stadium didn’t even exist when I graduated. Weird random fact.
 
Let's see: BC, Harvard Stadium, Spartan Stadium, Michie Stadium, Notre Dame, UVa, Syracuse (for basketball game), Cal-Berkeley stadium, Stanford Stadium (both of those for NFL games), Kibbie Dome, Baker Field (Columbia), Brown's field, Yale Bowl.
Bowl games: Old Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Liberty Bowl.
 
I saw two Orange Bowls at the OB (1987, Oklahoma-Arkansas, 1988, Miami-Oklahoma), three of the four International Bowls at Rogers Centre and several University of Toronto games at Varsity Stadium.
 
Stadiums
Michigan, Spartan, Ohio, Doak Campbell, Florida Field, Tiger, Gator Bowl, Jordan-Hare, Orange Bowl, MetLife (Kickoff Classic), Commonwealth
Bowls
Peach, Citrus, Motor City (Tubs), Orange (Miami over Nebraska), Sugar, Outback, Gator
Also Michigan-Ohio State 1997, Northern Michigan and Hillsdale
And Tampa Stadium for the Soul Bowl (FAMU-B-CC)
 
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I'm way behind most of you as I've haven't been to a lot of CFB games.
LA Coliseum for one USC and a handful of mid 70s UCLA games
Rose Bowl for maybe 10 UCLA games and one Rose Bowl (Wisconsin over UCLA in 1999)
Qualcomm for a San Diego State game, four Holiday Bowls and one Poinsettia Bowl
Anaheim Stadium for three Freedom Bowls
I somehow missed a game at Cal during my son's four years there but I'm still hoping to make one. Did a few drive bys.
 
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Hmmm...

As a fan:
University of Redlands (vs. Occidental), 1967
Fresno State (both at City College and Bulldog Stadium)
San Jose State
Florida (four different stadium configurations between 1977-2019 but only once in the press box, and that was for a Gainesville HS game)
Cocktail Party in Jax
UF-UM at Orange Bowl
Memorial Stadium in Berkeley
UF-USC at L.A. Coliseum
UF-Washington at Freedom Bowl, Anaheim Stadium
UC Davis
UC Davis-Sac State at Hughes Stadium
San Francisco State

As media:
Duke
East Carolina
Elon
Elizabeth City State
North Carolina
N.C. State
North Carolina Central (vs. AT&T)

Liberty Bowl
Gator Bowl
Micron PC Bowl at Pro Player Stadium

Driven by and tried to peek in:

Air Force, Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Colorado, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Tennessee, Michigan, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Montana, Navy, Ohio State, Penn State, Vanderbilt, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alabama State, Appalachian State, Western Carolina, Humboldt State, Sonoma State, New Hampshire, James Madison.

Have been to Rice Stadium in Houston, but for an AFL Boston Patriots-Houston Oilers game in 1965.
 
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I guess technically Valdosta State for preps only, but that’s a case where the college is borrowing the high school stadium and is the worse draw.

EDIT: And the first half of the first game in Shorter College history, which was even less exciting than it sounds.
 

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