Where Notre Dame, Texas A&M rank among EA Sports College Football 25 toughest places to play
It doesn’t get any tougher than where Notre Dame has to travel to in Week 1 of the 2024 College Football season according to EA Sports College Football 25. The Fighting Irish are off to Kyle Field in College Station, Texas, and the home of the Texas A&M Aggies has been named the toughest place to play in all of college football according to the makers of EA’s video game that will be released next month.
Notre Dame Stadium came in at No. 21 on the list. Here’s the complete top 25.
Top 25 toughest places to play in college football per EA Sports
- Kyle Field, Texas A&M
- Bryant-Denny Stadium, Alabama
- Tiger Stadium, LSU
- Ohio Stadium, Ohio State
- Sanford Stadium, Georgia
- Beaver Stadium, Penn State
- Camp Randall Stadium, Wisconsin
- Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Oklahoma
- Doak S. Campbell Stadium, Florida State
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Florida
- Autzen Stadium, Oregon
- Memorial Stadium, Clemson
- Neyland Stadium, Tennessee
- Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn
- Williams-Brice Stadium, South Carolina
- Michigan Stadium, Michigan
- Lane Stadium, Virginia Tech
- Rice-Eccles Stadium, Utah
- Darrel K Royal—Texas Memorial Stadium, Texas
- Kinnick Stadium, Iowa
- Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame
- Spartan Stadium, Michigan State
- Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium, Arkansas
- Alberstons Stadium, Boise State
- Davis Wade Stadium, Mississippi State
Per Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, the hierarchy factored in home win percentage, home attendance and other characteristics. Kyle Field has a capacity of 102,733, making it the fourth-largest stadium in college football. Notre Dame Stadium has a capacity of 77,622, meanwhile.
EA Sports used historical home win percentages to come up with the rankings. Texas A&M is 10-4 at Kyle Field in the last two seasons with losses to Appalachian State, Ole Miss, Florida and Alabama. In the same time span, which encompasses Marcus Freeman’s time as the program’s head coach, Notre Dame is 9-3 at home with losses to Marshall, Stanford and Ohio State.
The Fighting Irish do no make appearances at any of the other venues in EA Sports top 25 rankings in 2024. The only other true road games on the Notre Dame schedule are at Purdue and at USC. The Irish have neutral site games against Georgia Tech at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, against Navy at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. and against Army at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, N.Y.
In 2025, the Irish’s only trip to one of the venues in EA Sports’ rankings is none to Arkansas.
