EA Sports inexplicably makes Colorado the 16th-best team in ‘College Football 25’

Colorado is a bit overrated in EA Sports’ new college football game.

The team ratings for the top 25 schools in the game were released on Friday as EA builds hype for the first college football video game in 11 years. “College Football 25” is the first game since “NCAA Football 14.”

Over 10 years ago, users had to manually add the names of players to each team roster. This year, players had the chance to opt into the game thanks to the NCAA’s current name and image rules, and the vast majority of players across the country will be in the game — though Texas’ Arch Manning is a notable exception.

The long break between games has led to a ton of anticipation for “College Football 25.” And it’s a bit bizarre how EA Sports doesn’t appear to grasp who is and isn’t set to be excellent this upcoming season.

Colorado went 4-8 a season ago and 1-8 in the Pac-12. Yet the Buffaloes are apparently the 16th-best team in the game and ahead of schools like Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee and Kansas State.

Per the top 25 overall team ratings released Friday, Colorado is an 87 overall and is the top team among at least nine other teams that share that overall ranking. Every team ranked Nos. 17 through 25 is at 87 overall, and it’s not like Colorado is at the top of the group because of the alphabet. Arizona checks in at No. 23 with the same overall rating.

Video game rankings don’t matter at all in reality. But EA’s rankings have been head-scratching as they’ve been released all week. The Buffaloes’ defense is ranked at No. 20 despite allowing 6.3 yards per play in 2023, and the offense ranks No. 8 and ahead of Ole Miss and Kansas despite a rushing attack that averaged 2.3 yards per carry a season ago.

Yes, Colorado returns star QB Shedeur Sanders and star CB/WR Travis Hunter along with a remade roster…

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Publish date : 2024-06-28 16:48:11

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