With EA Sports College Football 26 dropping in July, let’s look back and see how much each school made to appear in the ’25 edition of the game when it was rebooted for the first time in ten years last summer.
EA Sports College Football 25 Payouts Revealed for Every Participating School
According to CLLCT, which is a sports memorabilia company, EA paid schools to be in the game based on certain tiers.
There were four tiers, based on AP poll finishes from 2014-2023. If a team finished the year in the top 25 of the AP poll, it was awarded one point.
Tier One Schools: $99,875.15
Tier one schools all received between six and ten points for their AP Poll finishes. These schools made nearly $100,000 to appear in EA Sports College Football 25.
The 13 schools that met this mark were the Alabama Crimson Tide, Ohio State Buckeyes, Clemson Tigers, Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Oklahoma Sooners, Georgia Bulldogs, LSU Tigers, Michigan Wolverines, Oregon Ducks, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Penn State Nittany Lions, Utah Utes, and Iowa Hawkeyes.
Alabama, Ohio State, and Clemson were the only three schools to make every single AP poll from 2014-2023.
Tier Two Schools: $59,925.09
Tier two schools received between two and five points for their AP Poll finishes. These schools made just under $60,000 to appear in last year’s game.
Forty-one total schools were in this tier, including teams like: Texas Longhorns, Florida State Seminoles, Wisconsin Badgers, USC Trojans, Miami Hurricanes, Tennessee Volunteers, Auburn Tigers, Texas A&M Aggies, and more.
Tier Three Schools: $39,950.06
Tier three schools had one AP appearance from 2014-2023. These schools made a little under $40,000 to appear in the game.
Twenty-six schools were in this tier, including teams like Syracuse Orange, Washington State Cougars, Kansas Jayhawks, Colorado Buffaloes, Indiana Hoosiers, South Carolina Gamecocks, and more.
Tier Four Schools: $9,987.52
Tier four schools had zero AP Poll appearances from 2014-2023, which is why the drop-off is steep. There were 54 teams in this tier, making it the biggest tier overall.
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Some schools in this tier include: Texas Tech Red Raiders, Duke Blue Devils, Maryland Terrapins, Nebraska Cornhuskers, Vanderbilt Commodores, Rutgers Scarlet Knights, and more.
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