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They actually got the participants exactly right. Arizona State should be higher than Boise State and Clemson is correctly the 12th seed.

Really the main issues are caused by the conference tiebreaker mistakes. With a second loss they would have had Penn State behind Ohio State. Other differences are SMU higher, again can't say anything about Indiana being lower because they have an extra loss here. All in all their rankings algorithm is a shitload better than their gameplay. 

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After all the criticism I have given this game, I think they have really improved it over the last 3-4 updates. But…

Now this is happening. I lost my RB1 in the conference championship game and now it is playing RB6 on 95% of the snaps in the playoff. I’ve restarted the game, changed the depth chart around, nothing works.

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My style is a ball control grind it out game with middle runs and short RPO/Screen passes. There is no way I can win with RB6. It’s incredibly frustrating.

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The game is fully retarded with running backs. 
 

They put Baxter in at FB during online play, he’s #56 and his stats are all nerfed but it says #4 on the play screen. 
 

First run of the game often Blue gets tackled and he’s orange or red (gonna fumble or he’s severely limited). So I put in Tre. Then he gets tackled once or twice and I’ve got to put in Gibson. 
 

Keep them out over halftime and expect them to be back to normal or a little better? Nah they are still limited. 
 

Also if your QB has the snowflake you can have a wide open receiver and the AI just throws it to the other team. It’s silly, if the game wants you to do a certain thing you better take the hint and do it or it punishes you. 

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Also, I play with Navy a lot now because it’s just more fun running weird option plays on people. I can whoop Ohio State or Alabama one or two times in a row, then have a game where the QB and FB fumble literally 50% of their runs. 
 

Also you can play man or zone and adjust “over the top” for coverage shade and still get beat deep by Hunter, Oregon #7, and a few others. No matter how good you choose the defense or know they are going to run the same 3 plays every down it still works for them sometimes. It’s like there’s a handful of “scripts” how the game is gonna play out and it just does one of them no matter what. 

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On 2/1/2025 at 12:59 PM, Zeus said:

It’s silly, if the game wants you to do a certain thing you better take the hint and do it or it punishes you. 

staple of EA sports games. whenever i’m playing fifa, if i have a half time lead then i have to go move a few players in my team formation one or two clicks to the right or left, otherwise my “lack of halftime adjustments” results in my opponent, no matter how shitty they are, just steamrolling me out the gate, every time. as long as i “change my formation” though, then man city or barcelona or spain or whoever once again has a tough time breaking my team down because of those “half time adjustments.” shit is more than a decade old.

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you know what else i love? putting 30 guys on my recurring list and having to go one by one to give each player an offer. no “offer all” option. nope. EA just wants me to repeat the same mindless, pointless process ad nauseam.

stop me if you’ve heard this, but it’s similar to fifa. i’ll have a bunch of my young players come back from loan when january hits, so i re-add them all to the loan list, which results in me getting 15, “thanks boss, i think a loan move is right for me” emails which i have to go click on individually so that they can be marked as read.

the people at EA sports hate you and want you to suffer.

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12 minutes ago, Dark Horse said:

Everyone hyped for 2026 or has the nostalgia worn off?

 

sounds like they've addressed several of my issues so I'll be picking it up

 

 

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27 minutes ago, Dark Horse said:

Everyone hyped for 2026 or has the nostalgia worn off?

 

this was enough for me:

not like this is a one-off either. as long as it’s EA Sports + Frostbite you know exactly what you will be getting.

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Everyone hyped for 2026 or has the nostalgia worn off?
 
Is someone other than EA Sports making it? If not, then I'll pass. People will continue to purchase these games every year so EA has no incentive to make a quality game.
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30 minutes ago, Vic Mackey said:
1 hour ago, Dark Horse said:
Everyone hyped for 2026 or has the nostalgia worn off?
 

Is someone other than EA Sports making it? If not, then I'll pass. People will continue to purchase these games every year so EA has no incentive to make a quality game.

lol yeah

I’m pre ordered though because it’s one of the only games I actually play. 
 

58 minutes ago, Derka said:

this was enough for me:

not like this is a one-off either. as long as it’s EA Sports + Frostbite you know exactly what you will be getting.

you have to control defenders or they do restarted shit constantly

 

Then even if you control them

 the computer will gift the other player TDs online too 

 

It took me 600 games to get a natty online…in upperclassman lol. Once you get higher you run into unrealistic spammers that run 2 plays and score every possession, tough to even make playoffs

 of course playing Ohio state 4 times in the regular season and twice in the playoffs

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3 minutes ago, Zeus said:

you have to control defenders or they do restarted shit constantly

trust me, i was trying to take control of those defenders, the game just wouldn’t let me. more fifa comparisons: sometimes during gigs you can just tell during the cpu build up that a goal is coming, no matter. one of the keys to look for is when you’re constantly trying to change to the player nearest the ball. and neither the button nor the joystick will get you there. you just have to sit back and take it.

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13 minutes ago, Texasborn91 said:

Formation subs is such a big deal for me. I recruit run stopping DTs and the game will always auto sub DEs in when I’m in nickel.

I hate going to the 3 man front and having Simmons in a 3 point and Burke standing up off the edge. I know I can sub and switch things around, but it gets frustrating and takes too long. I also wish I could set positions to the boundary or field.

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49 minutes ago, Texasborn91 said:

Formation subs is such a big deal for me. I recruit run stopping DTs and the game will always auto sub DEs in when I’m in nickel.

Yeah sub in all DEs and show cover 0 online while playing quarters is my thang. Then user a safety in man robber cover 1 and drop dbs over the top and rob any crossers. 

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I’m committed since my 10 year old loves to play, but I agree with a lot of the criticisms. I still feel like it’s miles better than Madden. 
 

A truly important upgrade:

 

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On 6/24/2025 at 6:03 PM, Derka said:

trust me, i was trying to take control of those defenders, the game just wouldn’t let me. more fifa comparisons: sometimes during gigs you can just tell during the cpu build up that a goal is coming, no matter. one of the keys to look for is when you’re constantly trying to change to the player nearest the ball. and neither the button nor the joystick will get you there. you just have to sit back and take it.

One thing that helps with that is pressing R3. When you see the qb start to drift outside and you know they're gonna run press R3 like a button. It tells your entire defense to head back up-field to tackle. Of course they have nothing to indicate this for you. 

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One thing that helps with that is pressing R3. When you see the qb start to drift outside and you know they're gonna run press R3 like a button. It tells your entire defense to head back up-field to tackle. Of course they have nothing to indicate this for you. 

That’s the aggravating thing. They used to have a book with everything in it. Then you could go in controls on the game and change them and see what they were. Now? You find out just enough to play the game at a Techmobowl level.
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Definitely getting this version as well. All of the games I’ve played on my PS5 combined don’t equal what I put into CFB 25. There are so many gripes about sports video games, but I can’t think of any sports game in the past 15 years that doesn’t have its flaws.

Excited for formation subs, dynasty enhancements, not having to hunt for a coach’s face that slightly resembles Sark in dynasty, ratings that are more indicative of the magnitude of impact an elite college player has, etc etc.

Reading through Reddit for the new game, it sounds like they fixed many issues the community has been complaining about.

I’d argue if you can’t have fun with CFB 25 as a hardcore CFB fan, you don’t like video games. It’s imperfect, but incredibly entertaining.

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