In its quest to create the most accurate college football experience for gamers, EA Sports' College Football 25 packs a massive home-field advantage. Opposing crowds get raucous and rowdy, and it very much impacts the game experience. Kickers get a particularly rough treatment, and a long field goal in a hostile stadium takes nerves and reflexes of steel.
Here are EA's top 10 toughest stadiums to visit.
Top 10 hardest stadiums to play in College Football 25
#10, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (Florida)
The Swamp is a massive home-field advantage with some intense fans. How intense? Well, last season, Florida went 5-7 for the third consecutive losing season, yet the Gators filled 101.2% of the Swamp's 88,548 seating capacity.
#9, Doak Campbell Stadium (Florida State)
This is kind of a tough choice. Normally, Doak Campbell seats almost 80,000 fans, but renovating drops it to about 55,000 in 2024. The Seminole War chant has become a massive part of college football and will make any opposing player a bit nervous.
#8, Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Oklahoma)
Memorial Stadium was a bit of a surprise on this list. It seats 86,112, which is the 14th-most in college football. The Sooners have put up five unbeaten home seasons in the past decade, and Oklahoma has earned its spot on this list.
#7, Camp Randall Stadium (Wisconsin)
It's a little surprising that Wisconsin got the nod over some of the other traditional powers (Tennessee? Even Oregon?), but here they are. Camp Randall Stadium seats 80,321, which is the 16th-most in college football. The Badgers seated almost 94% of its capacity even in a tough 7-6 year.
#6, Beaver Stadium (Penn State)
Playing in the nation's second-largest college football stadium with a seating capacity of 106,572, Penn State seated 101.7% of capacity in a 10-3 2023 season. The whiteout effect from massive T-shirt distributions can be blinding. Even in a down run for their team, PSU is 54-14 at home over the past decade.
#5, Sanford Stadium (Georgia)
With its historic hedges and impressive crowds, Sanford Stadium is a tough place to play. UGA averaged a sellout in the 92,746-seat stadium. The last Bulldogs home loss was in 2019. The last one before that was in 2016. Enough said.
#4, Ohio Stadium (Ohio State)
The Buckeyes' massive field holds a capacity of 102,780, the third highest in college football. OSU seated 98.9% of that capacity a year ago. With a traditionally strong fan base and a massive student body of over 57,000, OSU packs a huge home-field advantage, in real life and on College Football 25.
#3, Tiger Stadium (LSU)
Perhaps the nation's most daunting night stadium, Tiger Stadium holds 102,321 fans, the fifth most in the nation. Brian Kelly is 13-1 there, and with possibly the nation's loudest crowds, it is a famously imposing place to visit as an opposing player. Wonder whether College Football 25 factored in Mike the (live) Tiger in its evaluation.
#2, Bryant-Denny Stadium (Alabama)
Alabama is always imposing. Bryant-Denny Stadium seats 101,821, the seventh largest in college football. The Tide averaged a sellout a season ago. Alabama lost just three home games in the entire last decade. So, it figures that College Football 25 isn't going to make life easy for visitors.
#1, Kyle Field (Texas A&M)
Kyle Field is an inspired choice as the nation's toughest stadium. With a capacity of 102,733, it's the fourth-largest college football stadium. Even in an ugly 7-6 season in 2023, the Aggies played before 96.6% of capacity on average. Volume rankings might be even better for A&M. It's wild.
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