College Football 26 - Band Locations Review

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The College Football development team has stated on the record that 'each team is someone's favorite' as they implement team-specific details etc. With that in mind, many CFB fans enjoying following the process of details getting added to the game. From uniforms (current & throwback), to team entrances, uniforms, stadium intricacies, player equipment, rosters, et al., fans track what gets added for their favorite team each year and in Title Updates.

Back in January 2011, the NCAA Football team reached out to the community for help on determining the proper band locations for each program as well as for bowl games. With community members from the EA Forums, Operation Sports, The Gaming Tailgate, Tradition Football, and Twitter working together, the project was completed in less than three days; most of it in one afternoon. (Special thanks at that time also went to to Owen Good & Kotaku for highlighting this community project.) It was truly a shining example for how community interaction can be channeled properly towards the benefit of the title.

With that in mind, TGT has taken a closer look at the band locations for all 136 FBS programs. EA has stated in pre-release efforts for CFB that each band has been placed in their exact section, however that is not the case.

It's worth noting that TGT makes no promises or claims that EA will use or even see this feedback to improve this team detail. However, it could be beneficial for fans to politely ask or request school accounts/representatives on social media, for example, to work with EA on correcting for future versions of the game by noting any inaccuracies.

If you see any details or items that should be added or corrected, please reply with them here or tag/DM us on X: @gamingtailgate. We will continue to update this list throughout the season. We ask that fans make sure supporting information is from the 2025 season only.

- Schools we believe to be incorrect in-game (34): Alabama, Appalachian State, Boise State, Bowling Green, California, Colorado, Duke, Georgia State, Kansas, Kennesaw State, Louisiana, Maryland, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, New Mexico, North Texas, Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Old Dominion, Rice, Rutgers, SMU, Stanford, Texas A&M, Texas State, Tulsa, UCLA, UNLV, UTSA, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wake Forest, Western Kentucky.

- Schools still needing more information (4): Pittsburgh, Texas State, UL-Monroe, UTSA

- Contribute to our Field Art Review here: http://tgt.pw/26fields

School	Correct?	Section In-game	Section In Real Life	Notes
Air Force	Yes	Straddling L20 & L21	Straddling L20 & L21
Akron	Yes	Sec. 118	Spaced 116 & 118
Alabama	NO	Lower of Section M	Back half of Section N
Appalachian State	NO	Sec. 102	BLE 3	Area where they sit is not in-game. Entire bleacher sections missing!
Arizona	Yes	Sec. 9	Sec. 9
Arizona State	Yes	Sec. 18	Sec. 18
Arkansas	Yes	Lower half of Sec. 126	Lower half of Sec. 126
Arkansas State	Yes	Most of Section T	Most of Section T	Need better reference
Army	-----	Between Sec. 26 & 27?		East side under renovation; not accurate in-game. May need to reassess next year.
Auburn	Yes	Lower Section 23	Lower Section 23
Ball State	Sort of	Section U	Right 1/2 of Section U
Baylor	Yes	BL1	BL1
Boise State	NO	Sec. 19? (Far right EZ section)	Sec. 31	Is section permanent or only due to current stadium expansion? May need to reassess next year.
Boston College	Yes	Left half of Sec. H	Left half of Sec. H
Bowling Green	NO	Back of Sec. 22	Front 2/3 (all?) of Sec. 20
Buffalo	Yes	Sec. 128	Majority of Sec. 128 & 129	Need better reference (They sat in East Grandstand for last game of 2025 due to snow)
BYU	Yes	Lower half of Sec. 44	Lower half of Sec. 44
California	NO	Lower half of Sec. RR	Lower half of Sec. QQ
Central Michigan	Yes	Sec. W	Sec. W
Charlotte	Yes	Most of Sec. 122	Sec. 122
Cincinnati	Yes	Front of Sec. 114	All of Sec. 114?
Clemson	Yes	Sec. KK	Sec. KK
Coastal Carolina	Yes	Right half of Sec. 119, all of Sec. 118	Right upper half of Sec. 119 (even w/ Sec. 118), all of Sec. 118	Need better reference
Colorado	NO	Lower half of Sec. 110	Lower half of Sec. 111
Colorado State	Yes	Sec. 109	Sec. 109
Delaware	Yes	Sec. HH & II	Sec. HH & II
Duke	NO	Middle of Sec. 14 (L)	Front of Sec 11 (L)
East Carolina	Yes	Lower 2/3 of Sec. 27	Sec. 27
Eastern Michigan	Yes	Lower half of Sec. 102	Lower half of Sec. 102
FIU	Yes	Bottom 3/4 of Sec. 104	Section 104	Need better reference
Florida	Yes	Front of Sec. 25 & 28	Front of Sec. 25 & 28
Florida Atlantic	Yes	Sec. 130	Sec. 130
Florida State	Yes	Back of Sec. 100	Sec. 100
Fresno State	Yes	Front 1/2 of Sec. 38	Front 1/2 of Sec. 38	Need better reference
Georgia	Yes	Lower half of Sec. 112	Lower half of Sec. 112
Georgia Southern	Yes	Sec. O	Sec. O
Georgia State	NO	Sec. 100		Need better reference
Georgia Tech	Yes	Sec. 115	Sec. 115
Hawai'i	Yes	Sec. 119	Sec. 119
Houston	Yes	Sec. 135	Sec. 135
Illinois	Yes	Lower portion of Sec. 132-136	Lower portion of Sec. 132-136	Need better reference
Indiana	Yes	Sec. 18 & 19	Sec. 18, 19, Lower portion of Sec. 20
Iowa	Yes	Lower 3/4 of Sec. 116	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 116
Iowa State	Yes	Bleachers in front of JAC	Bleachers in front of JAC
Jacksonville State	Yes	Sec. J & K	Sec. J & K	Need better reference
James Madison	Yes	Sec. 118 & 119	Sec. 118 & 119	Need better reference
Kansas	NO		Should be one section to the right of what is in-game.	This portion of the stadium does not match real-life. Perhaps it will after phase two of stadium renovation? Perhaps reassess in 2026.
Kansas State	Yes	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 26	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 26
Kennesaw State	NO	Sec. 116	Sec. 130 & 129 (Also 131?)
Kent State	Yes	Lower 1/2 of first two GA sections (Sec. 12 & 13?)	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 12 & 13 (Section 11?)	Need better reference
Kentucky	Yes	Sec. 40	Front 2/3 of Sec. 40
Liberty	Yes	Bleachers in front of berm	Bleachers in front of berm	Need better reference
Louisiana	NO	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 112		Need better reference
ULM		Sec. 113	Right half of Sec. 113	Need better reference
Louisiana Tech	Yes	Sec. Q	Sec. Q
Louisville	Yes	Sec. 111	Sec. 111
LSU	Yes	Top of Sec. 217	Top of Sec. 217
Marshall	Yes	Sec. 123	Sec. 123
Maryland	NO	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. 12	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. 11
Memphis	NO	Sec. 125?	Section 129 (Upper section above aisle. Above tunnels?)	Need better reference (Stadium under renovation. Could section change?)
Miami	Yes	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 115	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 115
Miami (OH)	Yes	Middle 1/3 of Sec. 17	Sec. 17 (Unsure how much)	Need better reference
Michigan	Yes	Lower part of Sec. 26 & 28	Lower part of Sec. 26 & 28	Need better reference
Michigan State	Yes	Between Sec. 14 & 15 (1/2)	Between Sec. 14 & 15 (2/3?)
Middle Tennessee	NO	Most of Sec. 2E, all of Sec. 3E	Sec. 1D, far left sliver of Sec. 1E	Need better reference
Minnesota	Yes	Band section behind EZ	Band section behind EZ, very bottom of Sec. 125 (even w/band sec.), very bottom row of Sec. 125 & 126 behind band section.
Mississippi State	Yes	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 17	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 17	Can go to top of tunnel
Missouri	Yes	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 110	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 110
Missouri State	Yes	Pride Band Section	Pride Band Section	Updated band signage IRL
Navy	Yes	Lower left 1/2 of Sec. 6	Lower left 1/2 of Sec. 6	Need better reference
NC State	Yes	Sec. 123 & 124	Sec. 123 & 124
Nebraska	Yes	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 9	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 9
Nevada	Sort of	Lower 1/2 of Sec. M	Right 2/3 of Sec. M	Need better reference
New Mexico	NO	Sec. NK & NL	Lower 1/2 of Sec. BB (Lower section)	Need better reference
New Mexico State	Yes	Most of Sec. X	All of Sec. X
North Carolina	Yes	Mid. of Sec. 115 & 116	Mid. of Sec. 115 & 116
North Texas	NO	Sec. 119	Sec. 117 & 118	Need better reference
Northern Illinois	Yes	Bottom 40% of Sec. O		Need better reference
Northwestern	-----			New stadium in 2026
Notre Dame	Sort of	Bottom of Sec. 35 & 36	Bottom of Sec. 34, 35, & 36	Need better reference
Ohio	NO	Back of Sec. 121	Back of Sec. 119	Need better reference
Ohio State	NO	Sec. 39AA	Sec. 5AA & 3AA (?)
Oklahoma	NO	Lower part of Sec. 28	Lower part of Sec. 26
Oklahoma State	Yes	Lower half of Sec. 127	Lower half of Sec. 127
Old Dominion	NO	Sec. E101	Sec. N123
Ole Miss	Yes	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. K	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. K
Oregon	Yes	Sec. 2	Sec. 2
Oregon State	Yes	Sec. 124	Sec. 124	Need better reference
Penn State	Yes	Front of Sec. SC	Front of Sec. SC
Pittsburgh		126, lower 1/2 of 127-129		Need better reference
Purdue	Yes	Open EZ bleachers	Open EZ bleachers	Should the far ends of bleachers be band members of cheerleaders? Need better reference
Rice	NO	Upper right 1/4 of Sec. 114	Sec. 106 or 107?	Need better reference
Rutgers	NO	Front 1/2 of Sec. 139	All of lower 138
Sam Houston	-----	Lower left of Sec. K		Stadium renovations in 2025, playing elsewhere. Reassess in 2026.
San Diego State	Yes	Lower 3/4 of Sec. 140	Lower 3/4 of Sec. 140
SMU	NO	Sec. 122?	Sec. 128	Need better reference
South Alabama	Yes	Sec. 122 & 123	Sec. 122 & 123
South Carolina	Yes	Top 1/2 of Sec. 23	Top 1/2 of Sec. 23
South Florida	Yes	Sec. 148	Sec. 148	Need better reference
Southern Miss	Yes	Bottom 2/3 of Sec. K	Bottom 2/3 of Sec. K
Stanford	NO	Sec. 106	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 101	Need better reference
Syracuse	Yes	Sec. 108	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 108?	Need better reference
TCU	Yes	Sec. 127?	Sec. 127?	Something wrong with this area of stadium in-game.
Temple	Yes	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. 117	Bottom 3/4 of Sec. 117	Need better reference
Tennessee	Yes	Lower right of Sec. G	Lower right of Sec. G
Texas	Yes	Back of Sec. 19	Back of Sec. 19
Texas A&M	NO	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 125	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 124
Texas State	NO	Sec. 117 & 118	Spread across Sec. 120 (based on 11/29 game vs. USA)	Need better reference Thought 113 or 111 at one point. (Did section change throughout season?)
Texas Tech	Yes	Sec. 14	Sec. 14
Toledo	Yes	1st (left) sec. of extended bleachers		Need better reference
Troy	Yes	Sec. 119 & 121	Sec. 119 & 121 (Far right portion of 117?)	Need better reference
Tulane	Yes	Back 1/2 of Sec. 130, upper left of Sec. 129	Back 1/2 of Sec. 130	Need better reference
Tulsa	NO	Sec. L103 & Bottom 1/2 of Sec. 103	Btm 1/2 of Sec. 116 (upper section; above break)	Need better reference
UAB	Yes	Bottom 60% of Sec. 121		Need better reference
UCF	Yes	Sec. 135 & 136	Sec. 135 & 136	Need better reference
UCLA	NO	Most of Sec. 11 behind goalposts	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. 6?	Need better reference
UConn	Sort of	Sec. 113	Sec. 113 & 114	Need better reference
UMass	Yes	Most of Sec. 8	Most of Sec. 8
UNLV	NO	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. 127	Wynn Field Club	EZ seating/structure incorrect on both sides
USC	Yes	EZ bleachers	EZ bleachers	Missing band signage
UTEP	Yes	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 16	Back 1/2 or all of Sec. 16	Need better reference
UTSA	NO?	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 128 & 129	Lower 1/2 of Sec. 127 & 128? (From tunnels down)	Need better reference
Utah	Yes	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. E40 & E42	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. E40 & E42
Utah State	Yes	Sec. 121	Most? of Sec. 121	Need better reference
Vanderbilt	NO	Bottom 1/2 of Sec. O	Bottom of Sec. R (below tunnel)
Virginia	NO	Sec. 103	Sec. 104
Virginia Tech	Yes	Sec. 119-123	Sec. 119-123
Wake Forest	NO	Front of Sec. 20	Lower Sec. 18, several rows up?
Washington	Yes	Front 1/4 of Sec. 117-119	Front 1/4 of Sec. 117-119
Washington State	Yes	Sec. 34-36	Sec. 34-36
West Virginia	Yes	Middle three band sections	Middle three band sections	Who sits in the outside smaller sections? Need better reference
Western Kentucky	NO	Sec. 125	Sec. 127?	Need better reference
Western Michigan	Yes	Most upper 1/2 of upper Sec. R		Need better reference
Wisconsin	Yes	Lower Sec. K & L	Lower Sec. K & L	Needs percussion (drums) on field in front of band
Wyoming	Yes	Almost all of Sec. 8	Over half of Sec. 8	Need better reference
				Last updated: 12/18/2025