In less than two weeks EA College Football 26 will be released. At launch, the Texas Longhorns will be ranked high on both sides of the ball and overall. UT will have the No. 1 ranked offenses and No. 2 defense in the game. The Horns are ranked No. 2 overall behind the Alabama Crimson Tide.
The Texas offense has a rating of 91, which is tied with Penn State, Ohio State and Arizona State. But the Longhorns have a slight edge and claim the No. 1 ranking. There are nine SEC teams in the top 25 offense in the video game.
The Texas offense will feature Arch Manning at quarterback, Quintrevion Wisner and CJ Baxter at running back and Ryan Wingo and DeAndre Moore at wide receiver.
On defense, UT is ranked second behind Alabama. Texas has a defensive rating of 94, behind ‘Bama’s 96. Penn State, Georgia and Ohio State fill out the top five. There are ten SEC teams in the top 25 defenses in the game.
The Horns defense will feature Anthony Hill, Colin Simmons and Michael Taaffe leading the charge.
EA has ranked Alabama the overall No. 1 team despite having the seventh ranked offense to go with the Tide’s No. 1 defense. The SEC has 12 teams in the overall Top 25, almost half of the ranking.
Texas is heavily featured in the game’s trailer. The video showcases Texas coach Steve Sarkisian and quarterback Arch Manning. The video also shows off the Longhorns running onto the field at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium and the drone show Texas produces for night games. The game also shows off a couple of Longhorns plays.
This year, schools are getting paid differently than in the past. The University of Texas will be paid based on how many users play EA College Football 26 using the Longhorns. The “play-for-pay” model is a change on the way the video company pays for Name Image Likeness (NIL) rights to participating schools. So the…
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