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Tennessee's Neyland Stadium fully disrespected in new College Football 26 game

No way Neyland should be ranked so low.
ByBraulio Perez|
Oct 19, 2024; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Nathan Leacock (85) celebrates with fans after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Alan Poizner-Imagn Images
Oct 19, 2024; Knoxville, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee Volunteers wide receiver Nathan Leacock (85) celebrates with fans after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide at Neyland Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Alan Poizner-Imagn Images | Alan Poizner-Imagn Images

How in the world can someone let this happen? The team over at EA Sports is getting plenty of hate on Tuesday, as the new 'toughest places to play' rankings have been revealed for stadiums in the new College Football 26 game. Some of the top locations on the list make sense.

However, Neyland Stadium is sitting on the outside looking in of the Top 10? That's exactly the case and Tennessee football fans everywhere are pretty ticked off. In a bit of a head-scratcher, EA Sports has ranked Neyland No. 12 in the country in terms of the toughest places to play. Respectfully, we couldn't disagree more with this:

EA Sports ranked Neyland Stadium as the 12th toughest place to play

You're telling us that Oregon and Autzen Stadium belong in the Top 10 over the Vols and Neyland? Give us a break. Each and every Saturday when there's a home game in Knoxville, the stadium is packed with more than 100,000 die-hard fans doing their best to rattle the opposition.

Time and time again, several current and former players have said that Neyland is a nightmare to deal with if you're on the opposing sideline from the Vols. It's a dream stadium to play in if you're donning orange, but it's brutal if you're sporting a different color.

It's dang near impossible to match the gameday atmosphere in Knoxville. Remember last year when Alabama and Kalen DeBoer were in town? Things were downright electric and the celebrations following Will Brooks' game-sealing interception probably could have been heard four towns over.

A quick look on social media shows that the Tennessee faithful as a whole is pretty livid with Neyland Stadium checking in at No. 12. While we're thankful that EA Sports' college football game is back in our lives again, we'd hope that they get things right for next year's edition. There's simply no way in heck that Neyland Stadium should be left out of the Top 10 ever again.

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