One of the best features of the EA Sports College Football franchise over the years has been the stadium pulse and the "toughest places to play" which makes it tougher for opponents to see plays before the snap and make the right reads.
It truly gives new meaning to home-field advantage and Clemson football has one of the best in the game thanks to fans in Death Valley showing up each and every single week.
Even if the Tigers are falling short of expectations, Memorial Stadium is usually packed to see the Tigers take that stroll down The Hill after touching Howard's Rock. It's one of the coolest entrances in the country and it's intimidating for opponents.
It's safe to say that Clemson will have one of the best home-field advantages in the new College Football 26 game which makes it even tougher on visitor, as teased by EA Sports.
In fact, the top 25 toughest places to play in the new game have been revealed and Memorial Stadium cracked the top 10.
But it's just the No. 2-ranked Death Valley on the list.
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Memorial Stadium is ranked No. 6 in toughest places to play in the new game behind LSU's Tiger Stadium (No. 1), Penn State's Beaver Stadium (2), Ohio State's Ohio Stadium (3), Georgia's Sanford Stadium (4), and Alabama's Bryant-Denny Stadium (5).
Clemson fans will also be happy to know that South Carolina is all the way down at No. 16 and Florida State's Doak Campbell is at No. 14 which is the closest ACC venue.
So if you're playing as Clemson in the new game, your opponents are going to have a nightmare of a time trying to read routes and move the ball down the field.
This is what home-field advantage should be.