Highlights
- EA Sports College Football 25 will include 134 schools, with home field advantage playing a large role in determining a game's difficulty level.
- Georgia tops the list for offense with an overall rating of 94, while Ohio State leads in defense with an overall rating of 96.
- The game will bring back the Wear and Tear feature from NCAA '06, causing injuries to carry over from week to week.
EA Sports College Football 25 is coming in just a few weeks, and EA is already revealing which teams will stand among the top in terms of offensive and defensive skills, as well as which stadiums are the hardest to visit. Fans have been waiting for another college football game from the developer for eleven years, and EA Sports College Football 25 looks primed and ready to be a smash hit for sports fans.
Returning after a long absence, the upcoming game will include an astounding 134 different schools. Still, with a gap of more than a decade between entries in the series, a lot has changed in both the sport and the technology used to faithfully represent it in a video game, but these rankings could give fans a better idea of what to expect from College Football 25.
As previously revealed, home field advantage will play a big role in determining the challenge for visiting teams. A College Football 25 gameplay deep dive released by EA has already detailed the importance that home field advantage will play in the newest entry in the series, but some stadiums will be harder to play in than others. The newest report places Texas A&M's Kyle Field at the top of the list. Alabama and LSU's stadiums round out the podium, while the rest of the top ten, in descending order, are made up of the home fields of Ohio State, Georgia, Penn State, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Florida State, and Florida.
The Top Offensive Units In College Football 25
The top offense in college football belongs to Georgia, which stands at a 94 overall rating. Number-two-ranked Arizona shares that same rating but has to settle for second in the official EA power rankings, while Alabama, Texas, and Ohio State round out the top five with ratings of 91, 91, and 89, respectively. It's a tight race for that fifth-place spot, though, as four other schools — LSU, Miami, Colorado, and Missouri — all share the same overall offensive rating with the Buckeyes. While Clemson rounds out the top ten with a rating of 87, the Tigers share that number with Utah, Penn State, Ole Miss, Kansas, Arizona, and North Carolina State, showing that there should be plenty of teams capable of moving the ball down the field throughout College Football 25's many game modes.
- Georgia — 94 OVR
- Oregon — 94 OVR
- Alabama — 91 OVR
- Texas — 91 OVR
- Ohio State — 89 OVR
- LSU — 89 OVR
- Miami — 89 OVR
- Colorado — 89 OVR
- Missouri — 89 OVR
- Clemson — 87 OVR
- Utah — 87 OVR
- Penn State — 87 OVR
- Ole Miss — 87 OVR
- Kansas — 87 OVR
- Arizona — 87 OVR
- NC State — 87 OVR
- Notre Dame — 85 OVR
- Texas A&M — 85 OVR
- Memphis — 85 OVR
- SMU — 85 OVR
- UCF — 85 OVR
- Florida State — 83 OVR
- Oklahoma — 83 OVR
- Virginia Tech — 83 OVR
- USC — 83 OVR
The Top Defensive Units in College Football 25
On the defensive side of things, Ohio State stands alone at the top with a 96 overall rating, followed by Georgia at 94. Five teams — Oregon, Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame, and Michigan — hold the top defensive units with a 90 overall rating, and while Texas, Penn State, and Utah make up the rest of the top ten, their overall 88 defensive rating is still shared by Florida State, Oklahoma, and Iowa. These hard-hitting defenses have become even more attractive considering the return of the Wear and Tear feature from NCAA '06, as any injuries will carry over from week to week.
- Ohio State — 96 OVR
- Georgia — 94 OVR
- Oregon — 90 OVR
- Alabama — 90 OVR
- Clemson — 90 OVR
- Notre Dame — 90 OVR
- Michigan — 90 OVR
- Texas — 88 OVR
- Penn State — 88 OVR
- Utah — 88 OVR
- Florida State — 88 OVR
- Oklahoma — 88 OVR
- Iowa — 88 OVR
- Virginia Tech — 86 OVR
- Wisconsin — 86 OVR
- USC — 86 OVR
- Auburn — 86 OVR
- LSU — 84 OVR
- Texas A&M — 84 OVR
- Colorado — 84 OVR
- Oklahoma State — 84 OVR
- Louisville — 84 OVR
- North Carolina — 84 OVR
- Kansas State — 84 OVR
- Florida — 84 OVR
Platform(s) PS5 , Xbox Series X , Xbox Series S Released July 19, 2024 Developer(s) EA Orlando Publisher(s) EA Genre(s) Sports ESRB E For Everyone Due To Alcohol Reference Expand See at Official SiteSee at Playstation StoreSee at Xbox Games Store
