For the first time in over a decade, EA Sports has released a college football video game. Whether you’re a die-hard Georgia Bulldogs fan looking to win a national championship, a grinder working their way through Dynasty Mode as a MAC coach or even Patrick Mahomes, “EA Sports College Football 25” is essentially Christmas in July for gamers and sports fans alike.
To commemorate such a landmark moment in gaming history, Yahoo Sports is adapting its extremely scientific “Madden” simulation series for the college ranks. Here were the parameters:
We simulated Year 1 of Dynasty Mode three separate times, immediately jumping to the “End of Season Recap” after selecting the random user-controlled team (Toledo, Nevada and Georgia).
Quarters were set to 15 minutes.
Recruiting and other variables were set to “simple,” allowing for automated results.
There are no actual coaches in this game, so you won’t see any information about (even more fictional) hirings and firings.
With that all laid out, here’s a look at 10 takeaways from the first-ever Yahoo Sports “EA Sports College Football” simulation.
Screenshot from EA Sports College Football 25. (Credit: EA Sports)
Power conference champions
Are we still calling them the Power Five? Big Four? Either way, only two teams won their respective conferences in all three simulations: Georgia (SEC) and Oregon State (Pac-12). Kansas State managed to take the Big 12 crown twice — we’ll hear from the Wildcats a little later, too — and the ACC (Clemson, FSU, Louisville) and Big Ten (Oregon, Ohio State, Indiana) had different winners each time. Most of these actually seem conceivable, with the Hoosiers being the lone exception.
Top 25 surprises
The majority of the Top 25s at the end of each season were your who’s who of power football programs, but it’s worth calling out that…
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Publish date : 2024-07-18 15:44:47
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