College Football 25: Which teams we’re picking for Dynasty mode, Road to Glory and more

This game is going to be so much fun

Folks, it’s almost our time. After 11 years, college football is finally back in video game form.

EA Sports’ College Football 25 will finally be released officially on July 19. Many of us can’t wait to play it. Uhhh, some of us have already begun playing it and haven’t quite figured out how to stop.

RELATED: The top 100 players in CFB 25.

There’s so much good with this game. The detail is unreal. Both the Dynasty and Road To Glory modes look incredible. It looks like EA Sports has a hit on its hands.

Many of the staffers here at For The Win will play the game when it finally comes out. We wanted the skinny on how they’d be playing it. Which team will be their go-to for playing head-to-head? What school are they rebuilding in Dynasty mode? Who are they leading to the promised land in Road To Glory? Do they even know what Road To Glory is?

Check out their answers here.

What team will you use for Play Now head-to-head mode?

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Mike Sykes: I’m going to go with Kansas. I know some of my colleagues here will probably make the same pick. Jalon Daniels is that good, though. I just need a good QB and the rest will work itself out.

Tyler Nettuno: I’m loyal to a fault, so I will be sticking with the Gators here. But since I cover LSU, I’m going to have to play with the Tigers a lot and definitely will not base any of my game predictions on College Football 25.

Christian D’Andrea: I will hit random and if the game gives me Tennessee I will take it as a sign the universe can no longer offer me good things.

Prince Grimes: Probably won’t be any constant. Could be Colorado and Shedeur Sanders one day, Oregon’s cool unis the next.

Blake Schuster: As if I weren’t going to already immediatley use Kansas, Sykes hyped me up even more.

Bryan Kalbrosky: Oregon. Why else did I pay four years out-of-state tuition if not to win in a video game when their offense and defense are both elite?

Nick Schwartz: Anybody but North Carolina.


Go-to Dynasty team?

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Nick Schwartz: I really like Kent State as a starting option. The MAC is a super-competitive conference so your games will be close, but you’re also in a talent-rich state so recruiting should be fruitful. The Golden Flashes also have some of the best uniform options in the game, with 5 different uniform sets and more than *20* helmet options. They’re basically the Oregon of Ohio.

Christian D’Andrea: Vanderbilt because a) I went there and b) I hate myself.

Prince Grimes: Maryland. I’ve been mostly undecided for the lead-up to release because I wanted to get creative and step outside of my typical homer pick. But I won’t be able to resist the temptation of having the Terps dominate the Big Ten and actually keep the best in-state talent home for once.

Tyler Netunno: I’m going to start as an OC at an FBS team that wasn’t in the previous game. I’m still undecided, but I think the current finalists are Kennesaw State, Jacksonville State or Sam Houston.

Bryan Kalbrosky: Oregon is already perfect so I don’t need to mess with a good thing. I’m going to find a mobile quarterback for UCLA and watch the sunsets at the Rose Bowl.

Blake Schuster: Starting as the OC at App State because I want to work my way up, but also have you seen how sick the views are from the stadium???

Mike Sykes: I’ve landed on Florida Atlantic University. Obviously, being directly in Florida is a big deal. You’ll get access to all of those recruits and have a pipeline directly linked to some of the best prospects. We have a lot of competition in the state, but I’m confident I can make it one of the best programs in the nation. I’ll do what Lane Kiffin could not. Have I thought about this way too much? Absolutely.


What about Road to Glory?

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Christian D’Andrea: I don’t know what that is. I’m assuming a B-tier wrestling pay-per-view.

Mike Sykes: Alright. So I wanted to go home and pick Maryland, right? But I also needed a challenge. I’m tryna Elden Ring this thing, you know what I mean? I’m going to be a two-star “underdog” recruit playing at…Old Dominion University.

Note from Sykes: I DID THIS AND IT WAS A MISTAKE. PLEASE DON’T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AS ME. I’M BEGGING YOU.

Bryan Kalbrosky: I’m excited to keep my options open, although I’ve watched enough Friday Night Lights to fantasize about starring for the Texas Longhorns.

Nick Schwartz: I went with Duke initially as a running back – but I think if I could do it over again I’d play QB at a smaller school just to give myself more of an impact on gameplay.

Tyler Netunno: I don’t think I can do anything other than start with my alma mater, the Florida Gators, so I can virtually live out dreams that were never possible due to being 5-foot-10 and slow.

Prince Grimes: Oh, it’s way too soon to say now. I’ll narrow my decision to whichever teams show the most interest in recruiting. From there, we’ll go where we feel most comfortable. A place where I can win a natty and boost my professional stock. Nothing too serious.

Blake Schuster: Kansas, because it’s a sleeping giant with a new stadium on the way and you can easily become one of the greatest players the school has ever seen.


What position will you play?

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Blake: Running back, but more Devin Neal than Pooka Williams.

Tyler: I’m going to be honest, I’ve never been a fan of non-quarterback positions in Road to Glory. Running back gets boring, and I’ve never liked the user receiver controls. QB all day.

Nick: RTG as a RB or WR has its moments, but you’re also a prisoner of your coaches and playbooks.If you aren’t a first-year starter, prepare to spend a lot of plays doing nothing but blocking. And even when you do get some carries, a good portion of them are going to get blown up. I’d say RTG is best experienced as a quarterback.

Prince: Yeah, it’s quarterback for me. I want all the heat, good and bad. We’re built for it.

Bryan: I’d have to try quarterback, but if it’s too challenging for me after years of not playing football video games, maybe I’d switch to something simpler where I can still get some action like tight end.

Christian: As a truly awful option quarterback, I will not rest until I have shattered my femur misreading the defense on an RPO.

Sykes: You’ve got to start at QB, right? I wanted to choose running back but the underdog QB story was too enticing.

Another note from Sykes: NONE OF MY TEAMMATES CAN CATCH OMG WHAT IS HAPPENING.


Are you playing Dynasty or Road to Glory first?

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Prince: Road to Glory. I just feel like this is a good starting point to get my feet wet. Something with an endpoint. Once I start dynasty, I probably won’t go back to anything else.

Sykes: I started with Road to Glory. I know if I start with Dynasty I’ll quite literally never stop. You all my never hear from me again. You don’t want that, do you? That’s what I thought.

Nick: I’ve spent way more time in Dynasty to this point, which is hugely addictive.

Tyler: Dynasty is definitely the mode I will spend the most time with, but I think I want to get my feet wet before diving into a long-term dynasty, so I will probably run a Road To Glory career first.

Bryan: Dynasty, for sure. When I play sports video games, I genuinely prefer assembling rosters and all of that goofy stuff way more than I actually enjoy playing the games themselves. It tickles my brain.

Blake: Dynasty is what I’ve been craving since 2014 and as much fun as RTG is, Dynasty will always be what I think of first with this franchise.

Christian: WHAT THE [expletive] IS ROAD TO GLORY

Why you should play as Penn State in EA Sports College Football 25

What teams will you play with in EA Sports College Football 25? Penn State offers some intriguing reasons why you should choose them

The time is finally here!

EA Sports College Football 25 fans can play starting this week, and if you pre-ordered the deluxe edition, you can already begin playing. Everyone else will have to wait a couple more days until Friday, July 19, when the full game is released.

Now that people have started to play the game, who are the best teams to play with? We have already explored the toughest venues to play in and how EA recreated the iconic Beaver Stadium atmosphere.

Penn State is ranked in the top ten with an OVR rating of 88, so there are many reasons to want to play with this Nittany Lions squad. An 87 OVR on offense and 88 OVR on defense put the Nittany Lions firmly in the mix as one of the most balanced teams in the game.

Related: Top 10 overall teams in EA Sports College Football 25

CBS Sports released their reasons for playing with each of the 134 teams in the newly released game.

Penn State offers a tremendous home field advantage; you’ll play in front of a loud, packed stadium with more than 100,000 psychos in it every home game. You’ll also inherit a stacked roster with room for improvement on offense. – CBS Sports

Although playing with Penn State might feel like a cop-out due to its talent levels, you will want to experience Beaver Stadium’s home-field advantage in the game, and you still can achieve the program’s long-awaited goal of making a College Football Playoff.

What teams are you most excited to play in the new game? Penn State sure sounds enticing, with its raucous atmosphere.

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EA Sports found a song that sounds eerily similar to Enter Sandman for Virginia Tech’s entrance

That might be TOO close actually.

After an 11-year hiatus, EA Sports is back with College Football 25 for this season. And among the features is an added emphasis on replicating the unique atmospheres, pageantry and entrances for top college football programs. But given licensing costs for music (or, really, EA’s unwillingness to pay), it wasn’t feasible for every program.

When it came to Virginia Tech, though, EA Sports appeared to get as close as legally possible to the real thing.

Back in May, it was reported that Metallica’s Enter Sandman would not be included in Virginia Tech’s iconic entrance at Lane Stadium for the game. Instead, EA Sports would settle for a generic rock anthem. That *generic* anthem turned out to be almost indistinguishable from the actual song.

Check it out:

Sure, there are no vocals, and there are slight changes to the song’s progression. But it’s so obviously trying to be a replica of Enter Sandman — almost to the point that Metallica might take issue with it.

Fans certainly appreciated that EA Sports tried to come as close as it could to Enter Sandman. That Virginia Tech entrance needed to be included in the game, and this version did it justice.

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Will Johnson reacts to being the No. 1 player in EA Sports College Football 25

It’s quite the honor. #GoBlue

For some time, Michigan football was not trending for one of its eventual star players in cornerback Will Johnson. However, the Wolverines prevailed and couldn’t be happier with the legacy, former five-star.

Thought of now as perhaps the best cornerback in the country, Johnson ended up being the highest-rated player on the newly-released EA Sports College Football 25 video game. He feels honored by the distinction, but also says that he has to keep his play up in order to keep his rating up.

From a video released by CBS Sports:

“No. 1 rated player. It feels crazy because it’s the first game to come back after — Denard was on there,” Johnson said. “Which was a while ago, ’14. The first year it’s back, I’m the highest-rated player, it’s crazy. I’ve gotta get to a 99! I’ve gotta keep that ranking, but the rating goes up based on how your season’s going. You can be a 95 at the beginning of the year and at the end of the season, an 89.”

Johnson enters his third year and very well could see himself drafted atop the 2025 NFL draft if he has a productive season similar to last year — his first year as the bona fide starter. If he builds upon that, he could find himself more than just a day one draft pick.

What’s it like to play with Alabama in EA Sports College Football 25?

See what you can expect when playing with Alabama in the upcoming EA Sports College Football 25 video game!

The release of the highly-anticipated EA Sports College Football 25 video game is right around the corner. On July 19, 2024, fans all over the nation can play as their favorite teams, something they haven’t been able to do since the game was discontinued nearly a decade ago. Fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide have a lot to look forward to.

Josh Pate of CBS Sports had an opportunity to play the game ahead of its public release. In a recent clip shared to social media, Pate describes what it’s like to play as Alabama.

He talks about the strength of the team overall, placing emphasis on star quarterback Jalen Milroe. Regarding the 2024 Heisman hopeful, Pate says, “Not only can he throw the deep ball with impeccable timing, but he has the ability to run up and down the field with one of the highest speed ratings of any quarterback at a 91.”

Fans can hear more on what Pate noted in his clip below.

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LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell a top 5 player in College Football 25

Will Campbell is the No. 2 player in the highly anticipated video game.

EASports recently released the rankings of the top 100 players in the upcoming College Football 25 video game. [autotag]Will Campbell[/autotag] found his name in the top 10 overall.

Campbell is the No.2 overall player in the game with a 96 overall rating. His highest attributes are his 94 overall strength and his 97 overall awareness. Campbell has recently been ranked as the No. 1 overall offensive tackle in the [autotag]2025 NFL Draft[/autotag] Class by PFF and he has proven to be one of the best athletes in the country.

Campbell came in as a freshman and made an instant impact on the Bayou. He played and started in 13 out of 14 total games in 2022 and he played and started in all 13 games last season for the Tigers. Before the season began he was honored with the No. 7 patch on his uniform to signify the impact he has had on this team as a leader on and off the field.

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Three Penn State Nittany Lions among top-rated players in EA Sports College Football 25

Find out which three Penn State players are among EA Sports College Football 25 top 100 players.

Penn State has a trio of stars among the top 100-rated players in EA Sports College Football 25. Defensive end [autotag]Abdul Carter[/autotag], safety [autotag]Kevin Winston Jr.[/autotag] and running back [autotag]Nicholas Singleton[/autotag] are the top Penn State players in the upcoming video game.

The game’s full player ratings were revealed on Wednesday, leading up to its much-anticipated launch date on July 16.

Related: Where Penn State ranks in EA Sports CFB 25

Carter is the No. 47 overall player in the game with a 91 overall rating. The linebacker-turned-defensive end is the No. 3 rated right end behind Tennessee’s James Pearce Jr. (95 OVR) and Kentucky’s Deone Walker (93 OVR).

Kevin Winston Jr. is ranked ten slots lower than Carter at No. 57 overall with the same overall rating of 91 overall. Winston Jr. is the No. 2 overall strong safety behind only Virginia’s Jonas Sanker (92 OVR).

Meanwhile, Singleton is at No. 64 overall with the same overall rating of 91. Singleton is the No. 10 overall running back behind Oklahoma State’s Ollie Gordon II (96 OVR), Ohio State’s Quinshon Judkins (95 OVR), North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton (93 OVR), Ohio State’s Treveyon Henderson (93 OVR), California’s Jaydn Ott (93 OVR), Texas Tech’s Tahj Brooks (92 OVR), Kansas’s Devin Neal (92 OVR), Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty (91 OVR) and Michigan’s star cover athlete Donovan Edwards (91 OVR).

The best players in the game are Michigan’s star CB Will Johnson, LSU LT Will Campbell (96 OVR), Gordon II,  Pearce Jr., Ohio State safety Caleb Downs (95 OVR) and Colorado WR/CB Travis Hunter (95 OVR).

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Morrison named fourth-fastest player in EA Sports College Football 25

Don’t mess with him down field.

Notre Dame opposing quarterbacks have learned to be careful when throwing in the direction of cornerback [autotag]Benjamin Morrison[/autotag]. If they’re not, he easily can pick that throw off and return it for six points the other way. Fortunately for them, he’s only done that once in his collegiate career.

Still, Morrison’s bursts of speed have caught the attention of those creating the ratings for EA Sports College Football 25. In fact, only three players in all of college football are seen as faster than him according to the player ratings:

The Irish don’t play anybody on this list during the regular season, so at least through that point, Morrison will be the fastest player on the field in every game barring injury. Opposing offensive coordinators will be aware of that and therefore must figure out how to minimize his impact. This, of course, might be easier said than done as you simply can’t teach talent.

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5 Oregon Ducks players ranked inside top 100 for EA Sports College Football 25

The Oregon Ducks have five players rated inside the top 100 of the new EA Sports College Football 25 player ratings.

While we are getting closer and closer to the official release of the most anticipated video game in almost a decade — EA Sports College Football 25 — more and more details are being made public.

On Wednesday, it was the player ratings for all of the members of the game. At long last, we know which guys will have the highest attributes and scores in the game, so future gamers can start to picture who they’re going to play with once the game gets released next week.

For the Oregon Ducks, a team that is considered one of the best in the nation this season, there are a total of five players on the roster who land within the top 100 rated players in the game. They are as follows:

  • QB Dillon Gabriel — 92 Overall (No. 30)
  • WR Tez Johnson — 91 Overall (No. 59)
  • CB Jabbar Muhammad — 91 Overall (No. 65)
  • WR Evan Stewart — 90 Overall (No. 85)
  • OT Josh Conerly Jr. — 90 Overall (No.  95)

Unsurprisingly, a trio of those players come to the Ducks as transfers this season, while the other two are returning starters.

The Ducks are rated as the No. 3 overall team in the game, with one of the best offenses and best defenses available.

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EA Sports: Bills QB Josh Allen will appear in College Football 25 video game

EA Sports: #Bills QB Josh Allen will appear in College Football 25 video game:

When Josh Allen played for the University of Wyoming before being selected by the Buffalo Bills at the 2018 NFL draft, he could not pull out his favorite video game system and use himself as a character in it.

Years into his NFL career, now he can.

EA Sports will bring back their College Football video game series with the upcoming 2025 edition. It’s been a long time coming.

EA has confirmed that Allen is among the current pro players that will be available for use in the “Ultimate Team” mode in the game:

“Thanks to our partnership with the NFLPA, the mode will include active players like Patrick Mahomes, Davante Adams, Christian McCaffrey, Josh Allen, Ceedee Lamb, Stefon Diggs, Joe Burrow, and many more who can join your squad.”

So if the Madden NFL video game series is not giving you enough Allen, this is great news for you.

For those yet to see it, the EA Sports College Football 25 trailer can be found below:

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