CFB 26 Update: Patch Notes For All Upcoming Changes (July 24th)

EA Sports is set to launch a new update of CFB 26 on Thursday, called Campus Huddle. The update fixes several issues fans had encountered since the game’s launch on July 10. CFB 26 is the second installment of EA Sports’ newest college football franchise, which replaced the old NCAA Football titles that stopped being published in 2014.

🚨 Title Update coming Thursday! 🚨

But the Campus Huddle blog is LIVE now!

This season, we’re bringing you early insight straight from the dev team — so you’ll know what to expect before it hits.

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— CFBDirect (@CFBDirect) July 22, 2025

The update aims to fix small bugs that the game had been presenting, like improper animations, weird player behaviors, or faulty weather. These are not uncommon problems for contemporary video games, but the ability to quickly send out updates to users, thanks to fast internet connections, has meant games on launch rarely represent fully polished versions of the software.

The game has a positive overall reception, with it currently holding an 85 Metascore on Metacritic.

Patch Notes For All Changes Set To Be Introduced In The New CFB 26 Update

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where play art remained visible after the snap when using Home Field Advantage (HFA).
• Fixed a rare issue causing a player to freeze in place during hit stick attempts.
• Fixed an issue preventing stunts and twists from activating properly when selecting from the play-call menu in online games.
• Fixed an issue sometimes preventing a catch animation from playing when clicking on and taking control of a WR during the route.
• Variety of tuning and animation improvements to physics based tackling
• Variety of game stability improvements.
• Fixed an issue causing blockers on Power O plays to sometimes take their initial movement in the wrong direction.

Dynasty

• Reduced the chance of rain in Dynasty and Road to Glory games.
• Fixed an issue where cold weather and snow could occur in warm weather climates during College Football Playoff games.
• Fixed an issue where starters who were Juniors could decide to transfer due to Playing Time.
• Fixed an issue where only the IBL column was showing for fullbacks in Redshirt players spreadsheet.
• Fixed an issue preventing players from entering free practice.
• Fixed an issue where the game could freeze during overtime when playing the moments.

These updates were added last week to Online Dynasty files, this update now brings them to Offline Dynasty files:

• Position Changes
  • • You can now change a player’s position within their current position group without penalty to their skill caps. You’ll be free to swap positions within these groupings:
      • • Running Back (FB, RB)
        • Offensive Line (LT, LG, C, RG, RT)
        • Defensive Line (LEDG, REDG, DT)
        • Linebacker (SAM, MIKE, WILL)
        • Defensive Back (CB, FS, SS)
        • Specialist (K, P)

       

    • Athlete (ATH) Recruits can now set their initial position without impact to their skill group caps.
    • A player’s new skill caps are now more strongly influenced by their Development Trait and school year. Younger players and those with higher Development Traits will have higher skill caps at their new position.

   

• Addressed a Coach Point exploit when retiring and then creating a new coach character.
• Reduced the impact of the Reach Your Potential ability (Motivator Tier 1) for better coach ability and recruiting balance.
  • • Note: This affects the influence given to recruits when a player at their position hits a skill group cap.

   

Road To Glory

• Fixed an issue where the pre-order bonus would be applied at the start of your second season after redshirting

Ultimate Team

• Campaigns:
  • • Leaderboard Campaigns are new, limited-time competitions tied to specific programs that will place you on a leaderboard with a small group of players, making every game impactful. These will be available right from the Ultimate Team main menu, and whether you prefer Head-to-Head or Solo play, your performance on key objectives like points scored or wins determines your leaderboard placement. These will vary with each program that campaigns are associated with and what you earn will vary depending on the tier that you unlock.

   

• Event Lineup Building challenges:
  • • We are introducing new types of events that will challenge players to build their best team within a set of team requirements, in order to enter program specific events. As well as an easier way for users to alter their lineups to meet these requirements.
      • • E.G – Build your strongest ALL-SEC team and take on other players in the H2H Conference Clash Event.

       

    • Head to the Event screen to find information on currently active Live Events. From here, you can build your best available lineup for this event with a few button presses.
    • Directly from the Lineup screen, you will be able to browse which events are currently available and get information as to each event’s requirements. If your lineup meets the requirements, you’re good to go. If you have holes in your roster, it will be identified for you and you will be given paths to acquire the missing pieces.

   

• We have updated the progress & rewards screens for players so that they are now easier to understand.

Presentation

• Made an adjustment to the First Down Rousers at Michigan.
• Fixed an issue allowing an opposing player to participate in the Gator chomp on-field celebration.
• Fixed an issue so that Nebraska’s ‘Throw Bones’ celebration is used only on defense.
• Fixed an issue where Missouri State and Delaware’s Bowl and Playoff End Zones had a generic coloring to them.
• Fixed an issue where the Texas State cannon touchdown celebration was in the wrong location.
• Fixed an issue where camera obstructions would occur during certain scenes.

EA Sports Teases New Basketball Franchise

It seems like EA Sports wants to take full advantage of the changing winds in the economics of college sports. A year after reigniting its college football business, the video game developer is deep at work on reinitiating their basketball series.

On June 30th, EA Sports posted a cryptic tweet to its X account, confirming the development of a college basketball video game.

Bring the Madness. Let’s run it back. #CBB #ItsInTheGame pic.twitter.com/iBNhGxn2yj

— EA SPORTS (@EASPORTS) June 30, 2025

However, that doesn’t mean college hoops fans should expect the title any time soon. While EA Sports hasn’t released an official timeline for the release of the video game, reports indicate that the most likely release year would be 2028.

College basketball has been absent from the videogame industry for even longer than college football. The last college basketball game published by EA Sports was NCAA Basketball 10 in 2009.

EA Sports could face competition in this particular area, as 2K Sports, the publishers of the NBA 2K series, are also rumored to be working on their own college basketball video game. 2K Sports also had its own college basketball series in the 2000s, which ended in 2007 with College Hoops 2K8.

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