All Things EA College Football 25

[StudentSectionMenace]

Follow along for all the updates and news surrounding the new college football video game officially coming out this summer!

 

[StudentSectionMenace]

EA dropped the first teaser for the game today

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

So is this like madden still where it is mostly twitchy kinda game play?

 

[StudentSectionMenace]

So is this like madden still where it is mostly twitchy kinda game play?

They're using the same Frostbite engine, but from the reports it sounds like they are building it from the ground up and not just reskinning Madden.

 

[Sparlimb]

They're using the same Frostbite engine, but from the reports it sounds like they are building it from the ground up and not just reskinning Madden.

I haven't bought an EA game in a long time now and haven't been encouraged by the reviews. People seem to really dislike the way EA markets things (makes you buy a new game and already has additional content on the disc you need to pay for). I'll buy it for nostalgia sake, but I don't have a lot of hopes it will capture me like it did 15 years ago.

 

[MplsGopher]

If your players don't randomly disappear into a portal during gameplay, then it isn't reflective of actual college football now.

 

[StudentSectionMenace]

I haven't bought an EA game in a long time now and haven't been encouraged by the reviews. People seem to really dislike the way EA markets things (makes you buy a new game and already has additional content on the disc you need to pay for). I'll buy it for nostalgia sake, but I don't have a lot of hopes it will capture me like it did 15 years ago.

Haven’t gotten Madden since ‘20 and even then couldn’t play it because of how bad it is. I’m pretty optimistic about this game though. They brought back a lot of the original team and brought in people who had modded ‘14. They’re also not using any code from Madden, just using the base engine. They’ve also stated that their number one priority is dynasty and road to glory modes NOT Ultimate Team like Madden.

 

[upnorthkid]

I have such high hopes for this game but am so worried it will feel like Madden. Haven’t bought a game in years from ea as they’ve pushed micro transactions everywhere and focused on that over having a game that’s fun to play yourself offline. Dynasty mode (and RTG) I think is by far why people want this game, not to build a fantasy team, so hopefully their reported focus on that will work out and the game will handle better than Madden which has only gotten worse over time

 

[Flecknation]

confirmed schools so far no gophers

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Southeastern Conference (SEC) schools
Georgia Bulldogs
Alabama Crimson Tide
Florida Gators
Texas A&M Aggies

All Big Ten (BIG 10) schools in EA Sports College Football 25:
Michigan Wolverines
Ohio State Buckeyes
Purdue Boilermakers
Penn State Nittany Lions
Michigan State Spartans
Nebraska Cornhuskers

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Big 12 schools:
Texas Longhorns
Oklahoma Sooners

All FBS Independent schools in EA Sports College Football 25:
Notre Dame Fighting Irish

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Atlantic Coast Conference schools:
Virginia Cavaliers

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Pac-12 schools:
Oregon Ducks

 

[FredCoxRocks]

I hear they're still working on a glitch in the Kaliakmanis character. Evidently the program requires a lot of complicated math and programming or whatever to reproduce the inconsistencies in his passing strength and accuracy.

 

[forever a gopher]

I hear they're still working on a glitch in the Kaliakmanis character. Evidently the program requires a lot of complicated math and programming or whatever to reproduce the inconsistencies in his passing strength and accuracy.

That one should be pretty easy - just program the strength of pass the same whether the receiver is 5 yards away or 50.

Edit: I think the thing that will stick in my mind every time I think about AK8 is that pass he absolutely airmailed over the head of BSF when he was only a few yards away.

 

[Taji34]

confirmed schools so far no gophers

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Southeastern Conference (SEC) schools
Georgia Bulldogs
Alabama Crimson Tide
Florida Gators
Texas A&M Aggies

All Big Ten (BIG 10) schools in EA Sports College Football 25:
Michigan Wolverines
Ohio State Buckeyes
Purdue Boilermakers
Penn State Nittany Lions
Michigan State Spartans
Nebraska Cornhuskers

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Big 12 schools:
Texas Longhorns
Oklahoma Sooners

All FBS Independent schools in EA Sports College Football 25:
Notre Dame Fighting Irish

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Atlantic Coast Conference schools:
Virginia Cavaliers

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Pac-12 schools:
Oregon Ducks

I would be shocked if the game didn't have all the P5(4?) schools. Too many popular schools and rivalries to leave out of the game IMO.

 

[Sparlimb]

I would be shocked if the game didn't have all the P5(4?) schools. Too many popular schools and rivalries to leave out of the game IMO.

They already said a few teams opted out. I think Northwestern was one of them. We're in. I wonder if they'll just add a North Chicago State or something like in Northwestern's place.

 

[FireDaveLee]

As someone who hasn't played video games since PlayStation 2, can someone educate me on what the concern is in terms of Madden now & the new game?

 

[StudentSectionMenace]

They already said a few teams opted out. I think Northwestern was one of them. We're in. I wonder if they'll just add a North Chicago State or something like in Northwestern's place.

That was the old reports from when they first announced the game. It sounds like theyll have each FBS team in the game and potentially might add FCS as DLC

 

[GopherNtn]

Initially Wisconsin opted out of the game. Too bad, it would’ve been fun creating the Madison Skunks as a team.

 

[MplsGopher]

That one should be pretty easy - just program the strength of pass the same whether the receiver is 5 yards away or 50.

Edit: I think the thing that will stick in my mind every time I think about AK8 is that pass he absolutely airmailed over the head of BSF when he was only a few yards away.

Right, and that's the modeling difficulty: how do you accurately model the randomness of the trajectory of the ball as it left his throwing hand?

Sometimes the ball would be pitched up, landing in the stands, sometimes it would be pitched down, flying into the field 5-10 yards in front of the receiver sending rubber pellets flying, and sometimes it would hit the receiver in the numbers like a rocket.

 

[Word]

Right, and that's the modeling difficulty: how do you accurately model the randomness of the trajectory of the ball as it left his throwing hand?

Sometimes the ball would be pitched up, landing in the stands, sometimes it would be pitched down, flying into the dirt 5-10 yards in front of the receiver sending rubber pellets flying, and sometimes it would hit him in the numbers like a rocket.

I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to code a random number generator on each of those factors.

 

[JoeCool]

So is this like madden still where it is mostly twitchy kinda game play?

best adjective for madden game play ^ and not enjoyable

 

[JoeCool]

They already said a few teams opted out. I think Northwestern was one of them. We're in. I wonder if they'll just add a North Chicago State or something like in Northwestern's place.

where’d you get this info? seems like a rather dumb thing to do when a player no doubt would love to see themselves in the game

 

[MplsGopher]

where’d you get this info? seems like a rather dumb thing to do when a player no doubt would love to see themselves in the game

Wonder if he was referring to a report from about three years ago:

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profo...ports-college-football-game-pending-nil-rules


Don't think that's valid anymore, for this new game.

 

[howeda7]

confirmed schools so far no gophers

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Southeastern Conference (SEC) schools
Georgia Bulldogs
Alabama Crimson Tide
Florida Gators
Texas A&M Aggies

All Big Ten (BIG 10) schools in EA Sports College Football 25:
Michigan Wolverines
Ohio State Buckeyes
Purdue Boilermakers
Penn State Nittany Lions
Michigan State Spartans
Nebraska Cornhuskers

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Big 12 schools:
Texas Longhorns
Oklahoma Sooners

All FBS Independent schools in EA Sports College Football 25:
Notre Dame Fighting Irish

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Atlantic Coast Conference schools:
Virginia Cavaliers

EA Sports College Football 25 – All Pac-12 schools:
Oregon Ducks

When you think ACC Football, UVa is the only name that comes to mind...

 

[Flecknation]

Northwestern is confirmed MN still not confirmed so far:

School	Confirmed
Air Force
Akron
Alabama	Yes
Appalachian State	Yes
Arizona
Arizona State
Arkansas
Arkansas State	Yes
Army
Auburn
Ball State
Baylor
Boise State	Yes
Boston College	Yes
Bowling Green	Yes
Buffalo
BYU
California	Yes
Central Michigan
Charlotte
Cincinnati
Clemson
Coastal Carolina	Yes
Colorado	Yes
Colorado State	Yes
Duke
East Carolina
Eastern Michigan
FIU
Florida	Yes
Florida Atlantic	Yes
Florida State	Yes
Fresno State
Georgia	Yes
Georgia Southern
Georgia State	Yes
Georgia Tech
Hawai’i
Houston	Yes
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa	Yes
Iowa State	Yes
Jacksonville State
James Madison	Yes
Kansas	Yes
Kansas State	Yes
Kennesaw State	Yes
Kent State	Yes
Kentucky
Liberty
Louisiana
Louisiana-Monroe
Louisiana Tech
Louisville
LSU	Yes
Marshall	Yes
Maryland
Memphis	Yes
Miami	Yes
Miami (OH)	Yes
Michigan	Yes
Michigan State	Yes
Middle Tennessee
Minnesota
Mississippi State	Yes
Missouri	Yes
Navy	Yes
NC State
Nebraska	Yes
Nevada
New Mexico
New Mexico State
North Carolina
North Texas	Yes
Northern Illinois
Northwestern	Yes
Notre Dame	Yes
Ohio
Ohio State	Yes
Oklahoma	Yes
Oklahoma State	Yes
Old Dominion
Ole Miss	Yes
Oregon	Yes
Oregon State	Yes
Penn State	Yes
Pittsburgh	Yes
Purdue	Yes
Rice	Yes
Rutgers	Yes
Sam Houston
San Diego State
San Jose State
SMU
South Alabama
South Carolina
South Florida
Southern Miss	Yes
Stanford	Yes
Syracuse
TCU
Temple	Yes
Tennessee	Yes
Texas	Yes
Texas A&M	Yes
Texas State	Yes
Texas Tech	Yes
Toledo
Troy
Tulane
Tulsa
UAB
UCF	Yes
UCLA	Yes
UConn
UMass	Yes
UNLV	Yes
USC	Yes
UTEP	Yes
UTSA
Utah
Utah State	Yes
Vanderbilt
Virginia	Yes
Virginia Tech	Yes
Wake Forest
Washington
Washington State
West Virginia	Yes
Western Kentucky	Yes
Western Michigan
Wisconsin	Yes
Wyoming

 

[Flecknation]

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JoeCool]

BANG!!! What are the odds with the addition of legends to the game from the missed years.. 2015-2024, we see a gopher that we never got to play as?

 

[Some guy]

I would think the conference would want to license and have all teams in it

 

[Ron Johnson Super Fan]

I’m wondering how many players opt out given that, from my understanding, all players are getting the same $600 payment. I could see some stars that are getting big money opting out unless they get a bigger check than everyone else.

 

[upnorthkid]

I’m wondering how many players opt out given that, from my understanding, all players are getting the same $600 payment. I could see some stars that are getting big money opting out unless they get a bigger check than everyone else.

i think most guys just want to play a game that they're in (and I don't think EA will care/cave). I don't think anyone cares if Shedeur is in the game or not as they can just create the player/roster like they've done for NCAA14 forever.

 

[Stuff]

In the 2013 game you could play as a team of Goldy.

 

[StudentSectionMenace]

BANG!!! What are the odds with the addition of legends to the game from the missed years.. 2015-2024, we see a gopher that we never got to play as?

They're having an ultimate team mode which is where I am guessing legends from the "Missed Years" will be added. The real question is what Gopher's will be included in that mode.