EA Sports ranks Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium as No. 2 in Toughest Places to Play rankings

EA Sports’ College Football 25 ranked Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium as the No. 2 toughest place to play in the game.

The Crimson Tide have one of the more distinct homefield advantages in the sport. EA College Football 25’s ranking of the toughest places to play in College Football 25 factors in historical stats such as home winning percentage, home game attendance, active home winning streaks, team prestige, and more.

Speaking of winning streaks, the best one in school history was 57 games from October 26, 1963 to November 13, 1982.

“Bryant-Denny Stadium is not only one of the most iconic facilities on The University of Alabama campus, but it is also often one of the most visited destinations in the state,” a description of the stadium reads. “The current seating capacity of 100,077 makes Bryant-Denny Stadium one of the nation’s largest on-campus football stadiums.”

The largest crowd ever recorded at the stadium was a raucous 101,821 people, over capacity, and it’s happened 52 times, according to the school’s official site. It most recently happened on November 9, 2019 against LSU.

Where does the name Bryant-Denny come from? Well, it’s a namesake from Paul W. Bryant and Dr. George Denny.

“Paul William Bryant (1913-1983) returned to Alabama as head football coach in 1958 after playing for the Tide from 1933-35 and serving as an assistant coach from 1936-39,” the description read. “The Bryant Era at Alabama spanned more than a quarter of a century. Bryant-Denny Stadium, Bryant Hall, the Bryant Conference Center and the Bryant Museum stand as reminders of Bryant’s unparalleled winning legacy to the University.

“George Hutcheson Denny (1870-1955) accepted the presidency of The University of Alabama on January 1, 1912. He began an extraordinary presidential career that spanned almost a quarter of a century. Denny Chimes and Bryant-Denny Stadium stand as reminders of Denny’s legacy to the University.”

With unparalleled success at Bryant-Denny under coach Bryant as well as Nick Saban, Alabama’s been one of the best venues for nearly 100 years of college football.

Now imagine playing “Road to Glory Mode” and committing to Alabama. You’ll get to be in front of 100,000+ virtual fans at Bryant-Denny Stadium in all new ways in the game.

“This is the one that you’re the player and you get to make decisions based on that player,” On3’s Andy Staples said. “So you go through that player’s college career, and you basically take him through his career, it could be three years, it could be five years and at the end, you know, hopefully you’re off to the NFL Draft. 

“But the decisions you have to make mimic the decisions that were at the Elite Series here for On3. So we’ve got five-star recruits that are learning about what life is gonna be like as college football stars, the decisions they’re gonna have to make, the same decisions you’re gonna have to make in Road to Glory.”