You won’t find a louder college football crowd than Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium. That’s the thought if you subscribe to the validity of decibel records, at least, in which the Vols’ peak of 137 dB is the record for college football, set in a game against Georgia in 2023.
If you don’t consider those decibel marks as an appropriate measure of homefield advantage, there’s still no denying that Tennessee’s is one of the best in the country. It’s routine at this point that opposing players name UT’s atmosphere as one of the top, if not the best, that they played in during their college careers.
However, EA Sports’ team that ranks homefield advantages for their College Football 27 video game doesn’t agree. Again, the stadium is left out of the top five in the rankings for the new release. Instead, Neyland Stadium clocks in at No. 8 on the list.
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— College Football 27 (@EASPORTSCollege) June 22, 2026
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Ahead of Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium are No. 1 LSU’s Tiger Stadium, No. 2 Ohio State’s Ohio Stadium, No. 3 Penn State’s Beaver Stadium, No. 4 Georgia’s Sanford Stadium, No. 5 Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium, No. 6 Oregon’s Autzen Stadium and No. 7 Florida’s Bryant Denny Stadium.
Behind the Vols to round out the rest of the top-10 are Clemson’s Memorial Stadium and Texas A&M’s Kyle Field. Other SEC schools inside the top 20 include Oklahoma’s Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at No. 11, Texas’ Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at No. 13, Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium at No. 14 and South Carolina’s Williams-Brice Stadium at No. 16.
This season, Tennessee will make the trip to play at a pair of these top-ranked environments. The Vols will play at South Carolina on Oct. 24 and at Texas A&M on Nov. 14.
