EA SPORTS College Football 25 - Toughest Places to Play

**cdj** · 06-25-2024, 07:17 AM

Rankings Week is underway for EA SPORTS College Football 25, kicking off with the Toughest Places to Play (TPTP). From the blog: "The Development Team worked to compile a list of the Top 25 Toughest Places to Play, factoring in historical stats such as home winning %, home game attendance, active home winning streaks, team prestige, and more."

The top five Toughest Places to Play are: 1. Texas A&M, 2. Alabama, 3. LSU, 4. Ohio State, and 5. Georgia.

Continue on to see the Top 25 TPTP with their 10-year and 3-year records at home, as well as their current home winning streak, then share with the community your thoughts on the rankings.

	Last 10 Years	Last Three Years	Streak	'23 Stadium Capacity:
1. Texas A&M	49-18	17-5	W3	96.6% (#41)
2. Alabama	65-3	20-1	W5	100.0% (#16)
3. LSU	54-12	18-3	W10	98.5% (#29)
4. Ohio State	61-5	19-2	W6	98.9% (#25)
5. Georgia	56-6	19-0	W25	100.0% (#16)
6. Penn State	54-14	17-4	W1	101.7% (#10)
7. Wisconsin	51-14	13-8	W1	93.9% (#47)
8. Oklahoma	53-8	17-2	W7	97.2% (#35)
9. Florida State	47-18	14-6	W9	98.9% (#24)
10. Florida	46-16	14-6	L2	101.2% (#12)
11. Oregon	54-9	19-1	W8	103.5% (#5)
12. Clemson	65-3	18-2	W4	99.8% (#22)
13. Tennessee	47-24	18-4	L1	100.0% (#16)
14. Auburn	49-21	12-10	L2	98.9% (#26)
15. South Carolina	40-27	15-6	L1	100.4% (#14)
16. Michigan	56-11	22-0	W22	102.2% (#6)
17. Virginia Tech	37-26	10-8	W1	97.7% (#33)
18. Utah	49-12	18-1	W2	102.1% (#7)
19. Texas	41-19	15-4	W7	101.5% (#11)
20. Iowa	50-17	16-5	W2	100.0% (#16)
21. Notre Dame	52-11	15-4	W3	100.0% (#16)
22. Michigan State	43-22	13-6	W1	93.6% (#48)
23. Arkansas	37-31	14-7	L1	90.7% (#50)
24. Boise State	50-12	13-6	W5	98.6% (#28)
25. Mississippi State	45-23	14-8	L1	90.3% (#53)

Others teams likely to be difficult at home:

	Last 10 Years	Last Three Years	Streak	'23 Stadium Capacity:	Possible reason excluded?
Oklahoma State	50-15	19-2	W5	100.0% (#15)	Lack of national reputation for HFA
Washington	50-16	16-5	W14	98.0% (#32)	EA predicting steep '24 decline following coaching change?
NC State	49-18	18-3	W4	98.8% (#27)	Lack of national reputation for HFA
UCF	48-15	16-4	W2	97.2% (#38)	9-4 at home L2Y inc. three losses as 7+ pt fave
Ole Miss	48-20	19-2	W7	99.5% (#23)	Lack of national reputation for HFA
Cincinnati	47-17	13-7	L6	95.5% (#44)	Disastrous 1-6 in '23
Missouri	47-21	17-5	W3	97.6% (#34)	Home success relatively recent
USC	47-15	14-7	L1	85.3% (#59)	Poor attendance; disastrous 2-5 in '21

* - 10-year, 3-year, and stadium capacity numbers courtesy Phil Steele's College Football '24 Preview Magazine.

**cdj** · 06-25-2024, 12:24 PM

From the blog: "The Development Team worked to compile a list of the Top 25 Toughest Places to Play, factoring in historical stats such as home winning %, home game attendance, active home winning streaks, team prestige, and more."

The "and more" is definitely carrying some weight in this list.

Personally, I probably would have dropped VT, Mich St, & Arkansas and inserted Washington, Oklahoma State, and NC State.

My hunch is that any school that got a very unique entrance or tradition(s) got a boost in this list.

**CLW** · 06-25-2024, 02:57 PM

This is just one of those gimmicks that EA does and it has no basis in reality.

good to see haumiller still swings his power around ranking HIS team in the top ten despite AVERAGING nearly 2 home Lss a season for the past DECADE