We ran 100 simulations on College Football 25. How often did Utah make the College Football Playoff?

University of Utah players are shown celebrating a national championship with the College Football Playoff National Championship Trophy in the new EA Sports College Football 25 video game. | EA Sports College Football 25

Call it the “Doctor Strange meets college football” project.

Utah football is seen — both by local reporters and national pundits — as a strong contender to break into the College Football Playoff as it debuts its new 12-team format this season.

It’s a season full of change for the Utes, who moved from the Pac-12 to the Big 12 Conference this offseason. In their new home, Utah is already viewed as one of the top teams in the league.

That got me thinking, as the much-awaited release of EA Sports College Football 25 neared last month, does the College Football 25 video game view Utah as a CFP contender?

To figure that out, once I picked up my copy of the game, I set out on a mission — simulating 100 seasons to see how Utah would fare both in the Big 12 and in the playoff.

Sure, it’s not the 14,000,605 possible outcomes Doctor Strange ran through his mind in Marvel’s “Avengers: Infinity War” when determining if the Avengers could defeat Thanos, but ain’t nobody got time to calculate that many simulations.

After 100 simulations, though, it became clear that if a lot of what was happening in these video game simulations ended up happening in real life, Utah fans would be satisfied with the 2024 season.

How each of the 100 simulations was carried out

I used the game’s “Dynasty Mode” feature to simulate a season, did not change any settings and made Utah the team I coached. And then I did that 100 times.

There were a couple ground rules in place:

Each time, I skipped recruiting and the offseason entirely and simulated to the end of the regular season to see conference standings, bowl and…

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Author : Deseret News

Publish date : 2024-08-14 03:03:51

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