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South Carolina ranked among top places to play by EA Sports

by: Kevin Miller06/25/25kevinbmiller52
South Carolina football's Williams-Brice Stadium (Montez Aiken/GamecockCentral)
South Carolina football's Williams-Brice Stadium (Montez Aiken/GamecockCentral)

With just about two weeks until release, EA Sports is teasing out more and more information about the highly anticipated College Football 26 video game. On Tuesday, EA dropped its rankings for the toughest places in America to play, and South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium cracked the top 25, slotting in at No. 16 overall and No. 9 in the SEC.

The overall list can be seen below:

  1. Tiger Stadium | LSU
  2. Beaver Stadium | Penn State
  3. Ohio Stadium | Ohio State
  4. Sanford Stadium | Georgia
  5. Bryant-Denny Stadium | Alabama
  6. Memorial Stadium | Clemson
  7. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | Florida
  8. Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium | Oklahoma
  9. Autzen Stadium | Oregon
  10. Michigan Stadium | Michigan
  11. Kyle Field | Texas A&M
  12. Neyland Stadium | Tennessee
  13. Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium | Texas
  14. Doak S. Campbell Stadium | Florida State
  15. Camp Randall Stadium | Wisconsin
  16. Williams-Brice Stadium | South Carolina
  17. Jordan-Hare Stadium | Auburn
  18. Husky Stadium | Washington
  19. Kinnick Stadium | Iowa
  20. Rice-Eccles Stadium | Utah
  21. Notre Dame Stadium | Notre Dame
  22. Carter-Finley Stadium | NC State
  23. Boone Pickens Stadium | Oklahoma State
  24. Spartan Stadium | Michigan State
  25. Davis Wade Stadium | Mississippi State

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Last season, South Carolina went 5-2 inside the friendly confines of Williams-Brice Stadium. But, if one asks most Gamecock fans, that record comes with a slight asterisk. One of those two defeats was the controversial, officials-altered game against LSU. In that contest and the Ole Miss matchup (the other home loss), quarterback LaNorris Sellers was less than fully healthy. He suffered a sprained ankle against the Tigers, exiting the game in the second quarter and missing the following three halves of football. He sat out a week (against Akron) and then returned with a limp against the Rebels.

The Gamecocks also went 5-2 at home in both 2023 and 2022. A three-year home mark of 15-6 is strong, but USC is even tougher at home at night. South Carolina has lost just one night game in Columbia during that same span. Shane Beamer’s team has more top 10 home wins at night in the last three years than total night losses. The Gamecocks lost to Clemson at night in 2023 but defeated No. 5 Tennessee in 2022 and No. 10 Texas A&M in 2024.

In 2025, South Carolina will play in two stadiums ranked inside EA Sports’ top 25 toughest places to play. LSU (No. 1) and Texas A&M (No. 11) will host the Gamecocks this fall. Last year, Carolina knocked off two of their three opponents (win at Oklahoma, win at Clemson, one-possession loss at Alabama) in the rankings.

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