Boone Pickens Stadium Listed as No. 23 Toughest Place to Play in College Football 26

The fine folks at EA Sports have woken up to the glory that is Boone Pickens Stadium.

Oklahoma State’s stadium was listed 23rd on the Toughest Places to Play in the upcoming NCAA Football 26. BPS was off the initial top 25 when the game returned to shelves last year, but even after a year in which the Cowboys went 2-4 between Boone Pickens Stadium’s tight sidelines, OSU still made the cut this year. Here’s the full list:

BPS is one of two Big 12 stadiums to make the list, joining Utah’s Rice Eccles Stadium (No. 20). To no one’s surprise, the SEC and Big Ten are all over this list. The SEC has 11 of the toughest place to play, according to EA Sports, while the Big Ten has eight. The ACC had three, and then there was independent Notre Dame.

Across the past 10 seasons, OSU has gone 48-17 in BPS. The 2024 season was an anomaly in a lot of ways for the Cowboys, including protecting their home turf. It was the first time since 2001 (before it was even called Boone Pickens Stadium) that the Cowboys were below .500 in home games.

College Football 26 releases worldwide on July 10. Meanwhile the real-life Cowboys will take to Boone Pickens Stadium on Aug. 28 for a game against UT-Martin.