After a triumphant comeback with College Football 25 and an 11-year hiatus since NCAA Football 14, EA Sports is set to launch another installment in its celebrated college football video game series.
College Football 26 is slated for release on July 10, 2025, with the fan-favourite ‘Road to Glory’ high-school role-playing feature making a comeback. A sneak peek at the game is scheduled for May, though some exciting tidbits have already come to light: the game will boast three different covers, real-life college coaches will be featured, a fresh score bug will be introduced, and other juicy details, including specifics on the deluxe edition, are forthcoming.
Adding to the hype, for the second year running, College Football 26 will include well-known college football stars, continuing after the groundbreaking NIL changes shook up the sport. Athletes who joined College Football 25, such as Travis Hunter and Arch Manning, were rewarded with $600 plus a copy of the game.
The stakes and rewards are higher for College Football 26, with participating players receiving $1,500 along with a deluxe edition of the game – a fair investment by EA Sports to keep its fanbase engaged and satisfied.
“From the beginning, we’ve designed our NIL program to be accessible, direct, voluntary, and equitable for all, offering the same base-level compensation to every FBS athlete that opts in using the OneTeam platform and COMPASS NIL app,” EA Sports’ VP of Business Development Sean O’Brien announced.
“This approach empowers each athlete to make their own decision. College sports are growing and changing, and our focus at EA Sports is on continuing to put athletes first as we bring them in the game in College Football 26 and beyond.”
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Reported by The Athletic, a whooping 8,000 players jumped at the chance to be part of College Football 25 within the initial days of the offer (the number soared to over 11,000 eventually).
A select group of star players was present at a March photoshoot, which could be for one of the game’s three anticipated covers.
The standout figures included: Alabama’s skillful receiver Ryan Williams, Ohio State’s dynamic receiver Jeremiah Smith, LSU’s quarterback ace Garrett Nussmeier, Notre Dame’s fleet-footed running back Jeremiyah Love, and South Carolina’s formidable defensive end Dylan Stewart.
The event was graced by some of the coaching fraternity’s luminaries, such as: Georgia’s Kirby Smart, Ole Miss’s Lane Kiffin, Ohio State’s Ryan Day, Penn State’s James Franklin, and Oregon’s Dan Lanning.
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