EA Sports College Football 25: Toughest Places to Play Rankings and Analysis

[offensive_junkie]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheDon7585

LSU should be #1. PSU #2. Where is Tennessee? A&M at 1 is hilarious.

Not hilarious at all. There have been several sports writers who have also labeled this place as the loudest. These are not team rankings. We are talking stadium capacity, stadium build, fan base and then team’s success or whatever opponent they are playing.

[Scott]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pokes404

I fully realize that this is a subjective ranking ... but man: Lane Stadium/Virginia Tech: #17 W/L since 2018: 22-16 Top 25 Wins: 2 Top 10 Wins: 1 Spartan Stadium/Michigan St: #22 W/L since 2018: 22-15 Top 25 Wins: 2 Top 10 Wins: 2 Boone Pickens Stadium/Oklahoma State: Not Ranked W/L since 2018: 32-7 Top 25 Wins: 11 Top 10 Wins: 4 I'm not even trying to argue that those stadiums shouldn't be in the Top-25 because I'm sure they have great environments. But when you look at the numbers it sure seems like BPS should've slipped in the Top-25 somewhere. It's been since 2019 that we lost multiple home games. These two teams have lost at least 2 home games every season except one during that same stretch (Michigan St in 2021 when they went 6-0 at home). I hope Spartan and Hokie fans don't take this as me taking shots at them. I really don't mean to, and I sure as Hell would be nervous about having to go play a game there. I also realize that BPS being a smaller venue (54,100 capacity) for a major conference is going to drop us down the rankings right off the bat. But at some point, I feel like the numbers should play a factor in determining "toughest places to win." It doesn't really matter at the end of the day. The rankings are probably fluid (hopefully so), so 2 years into Dynasty they will all be different anyway. But still, it's a little head scratching as I just kind of assumed we'd be somewhere in the 18-25 range.

As a Texas fan, I think OSU should be on there.

[canes21]

For those that think A&M is there only for marketing purposes, what was your experience like at Kyle Field that makes you feel that way?

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[dylanrocks83]

There is some good discussion here, but does this really need its own day all by itself? I wish they’d give us all 134 teams ranked so the rest of us fans of schools outside the top 25 could have something to think/talk about.

[bwiggy33]

Quote: Originally Posted by El_Tercero

In the article it says that the rankings are subject to change in future updates. I do hope these rankings are also updated in each user’s dynasty depending on game results. I still think this is a really cool feature. Going to be a cool experience going into some of these stadiums as the away opponent. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

The rankings are said to be dynamic in your dynasty. I forget which article or video it was in but it was stated that these will change in-season. I really wish I could remember where I saw it but there are so many articles and podcasts from the guys who played the game that it's hard to remember. Matt Brown also said the crowd attendance is dynamic in dynasty.

[Pokes404]

Quote: Originally Posted by dylanrocks83

There is some good discussion here, but does this really need its own day all by itself?

We're getting stuff all week, including a deep dive tomorrow. I'm not going to complain. At least EA put something out when they said they were going to. The Madden guys would kill to be able to say that.

[TripleCrown9]

Quote: Originally Posted by dylanrocks83

There is some good discussion here, but does this really need its own day all by itself? I wish they’d give us all 134 teams ranked so the rest of us fans of schools outside the top 25 could have something to think/talk about.

So now the complaint is that we *are* getting info?

[UtahUtes32]

Utah at #18, I had expected them to debut in the top 25, good to see...


In the west, at least, they are commonly considered #3 toughest behind Oregon and Washington.



Surprised to see Boise in the top25, but their home record speaks for itself.