Despite growing concerns from fans over the atmosphere at Ohio Stadium for Buckeye games, the Ohio State gameday experience is still viewed as one of the nation’s best, at least in the video game world.
EA Sports announced on Tuesday the 25 toughest places to play in the upcoming EA Sports College Football 26 video game and rated Ohio Stadium at No. 3 in the country, just behind Penn State’s Beaver Stadium and LSU’s Tiger Stadium, which sits at No 1 for the second straight year in the game. This is a one-spot increase for Ohio Stadium from last year, when the historic venue was rated as the fourth-toughest place to play behind Texas A&M’s Kyle Field, Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium and Tiger Stadium.
This year’s top five is rounded out by Georgia’s Sanford Stadium and Bryant-Denny Stadium, followed by Clemson’s Memorial Stadium at No. 6, Florida’s Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at No. 7, Oklahoma’s Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at No. 8, Oregon’s Autzen Stadium at No. 9, and Michigan’s Michigan Stadium at No. 10. Other Big Ten stadiums that made the list were Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium at No 15, Washington’s Husky Stadium at No. 18 — which Ohio State is travelling to this September for the first time since 2007 — Iowa’s Kinnick Stadium at No. 19 and Michigan State’s Spartan Stadium at No. 24.
EA Sports College Football 26 will be released on PlayStation and Xbox Series X|S on July 10, with early access for the deluxe edition of the game being available on July 7. The game features Ohio State star wideout Jeremiah Smith, who just received a 99 overall rating in the game, on the cover alongside Alabama wideout Ryan Williams, and Smith, head coach Ryan Day and junior safety Caleb Downs alongside many others in college football on the deluxe cover.
