Beaver Stadium is not a fun place for real-life visiting teams to deal with on college football Saturdays. And, according to EA Sports College Football 26’s top 25 toughest places to play rankings, the home of Penn State football will not treat road teams kindly in the video game world, either.
As EA continues to roll out previews of its second college football game in as many years following a long break, it released its toughest places to play rundown on Tuesday. Beaver Stadium checks in at No. 2, behind only Texas A&M’s Kyle Field.
It’s a bit of a bump for the 107,000-seat venue after debuting at No. 6 in the same top 25 at this time a year ago.
Here’s the full list, courtesy of EA Sports:
Tiger Stadium | LSU
Beaver Stadium | Penn State
Ohio Stadium | Ohio State
Sanford Stadium | Georgia
Bryant-Denny Stadium | Alabama
Memorial Stadium | Clemson
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | Florida
Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | Oklahoma
Autzen Stadium | Oregon
Michigan Stadium | Michigan
Kyle Field | Texas A&M
Neyland Stadium | Tennessee
Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium | Texas
Doak S. Campbell Stadium | Florida State
Camp Randall Stadium | Wisconsin
Williams-Brice Stadium | South Carolina
Jordan-Hare Stadium | Auburn
Husky Stadium | Washington
Kinnick Stadium | Iowa
Rice-Eccles Stadium | Utah
Notre Dame Stadium | Notre Dame
Carter-Finley Stadium | NC State
Boone Pickens Stadium | Oklahoma State
Spartan Stadium | Michigan State
Davis Wade Stadium | Mississippi State
College Football ’26 hits gaming consoles July 10, although those who preorder their copy early can play three days earlier. Penn State running back Nick Singleton is on the Deluxe Edition cover. So is head coach James Franklin. The latter will be appearing in the game for the first time in 2025. EA elected not to include head coaches in last year’s version. But, it will do so this time around.
Beyond that, details have not yet been released related to player ratings, which freshmen might be in the game, and what else might be new involving Penn State. More details will come out in the days leading up to the game’s launch.
Beaver Stadium construction continues
In real life, a $700 million renovation project that started with some upgrades in 2024 before the press box felling in early 2025 fully kicked things off will continue through 2027. Temporary seating is being installed now to ensure the capacity stays at or as close to what it has been for years to create one of college football’s most unique environments, be it for the White Out, which will be held when Oregon visits on Sept. 27, or one of the team’s other home game weekends.