If you listen closely, you can almost hear the faint sound of team bands warming up to play their respective fight songs as the football season inches closer to kicking off.
Thankfully, fans will get an appetizer before the season-opening meal as EA Sports College Football 25 makes its triumphant return this summer.
With it comes a plethora of high-powered offenses sure to set off fireworks on consoles across the world. Under a month away from the big drop on July 19, we try to guess who is the cream of the crop with an EA Sports College Football 25 Top 10 offenses prediction.
EA Sports College Football 25 Top 10 Offenses Prediction
10) LSU Tigers
LSU fans might be missing out on playing with Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels by just one season, but they’ll still have a stellar Tigers offense to play with on EA Sports College Football 25. Garrett Nussmeier takes over behind center in an offense expected to lean heavily on its run game.
Baton Rouge native Kaleb Jackson made limited appearances at RB as a true freshman (165 yards and four TDs on 31 carries), but the 225-pound battering ram is expected to lead a ferocious rush attack for the Tigers.
9) Liberty Flames
The only Group of Five program on this list, the Liberty Flames earned an NY6 appearance last season with the top rushing offense in the nation (293.3 yards per game) and the fourth-best total offense (499.0 yards per game).
Second-year coach Jamey Chadwell has the luxury of returning most of that offense, including QB Kaidon Slater and RB Quinton Cooley.
8) Oklahoma Sooners
About to embark on its first season in the SEC, Oklahoma is bringing an explosive offense to the conference this year. Head coach Brent Venables had the Sooners’ offense cooking last season — third-best total offense in the nation at 507.0 yards per game — and that was before former 5-star QB Jackson Arnold took over behind center.
Arnold, paired with one of the deeper WR rooms in the country, is sure to have the Sooners scoring often in EA Sports College Football 25.
7) Miami Hurricanes
It has taken head coach Mario Cristobal a couple of seasons to right the ship in Miami — 12-13 since taking over in 2022 — but he has put together an offense reminiscent of his Oregon days. Cristobal secured one of the top transfers in the nation with QB Cam Ward, a player who accounted for 61 TDs in 25 games starts at Washington State (48 passing and 13 rushing).
Combined with a loaded WR room featuring Jacolby George and Xavier Restrepo, and one of the top offensive lines in the ACC anchored by All-American RT Francis Mauigoa, the Hurricanes’ offense will be a dark cloud hanging over defenses in EA Sports College Football 25.
6) Texas Longhorns
The Longhorns are making their SEC debut this season with a herd of offensive weapons set to run wild against a gauntlet of imposing SEC defenses. The competition may be stiffer, but head coach Steve Sarkisian has not one but two talented options behind center with returning starter Quinn Ewers and young backup Arch Manning.
Texas made the College Football Playoff last year and, despite a few departures to the NFL Draft, will return the ninth-best total offense from 2023.
5) Tennessee Volunteers
Volunteers head coach Josh Huepel’s usually high-powered offense took a step back last season with Joe Milton behind center. Tennessee’s offense will be back to its previous form (and possibly improved), with five-star QB Nico Iamaleava taking over after waiting in the wings last season.
Combined with a solid OL, Iamaleava is expected to put up big numbers in Huepel’s system, making the Volunteers a top-five offense in EA Sports College Football 25.
4) Ole Miss Rebels
There’s something big brewing in Oxford. Since transferring from USC following his true freshman season in 2021, returning starter Jaxson Dart has compiled 6,338 passing yards, 43 passing TDs to 16 INTs while rushing for 1,005 yards and nine scores for the Rebels.
Dart has slightly improved each year in head coach Lane Kiffin’s offense, cumulating in an upcoming junior season that is sure to be electrifying after the Rebels spent the offseason loading up on talent.
3) Georgia Bulldogs
It’s no secret that the Bulldogs have some of the best talent year in and year out, and that’s no different this year. Head coach Kirby Smart returns the general consensus top QB prospect in Carson Beck, who passed for 3,941 yards and 24 TDs in his first season as the full-time starter last year.
Beck is surrounded by former five-star recruits at every position, leaving Georgia a top-three offense in EA Sports College Football 25.
2) Oregon Ducks
There’s no Bo Nix or Bucky Irving for the Ducks fans to play with in EA Sports College Football 25, but head coach Dan Lanning has kept the talent well-stocked in Eugene. QB Dillon Gabriel transferred in after earning All-Big 12 First Team at Oklahoma last year and has Case Keenum’s all-time records in sight.
Oregon had the second-best total offense in the nation last year (531.4 yards per game) before Gabriel arrived, and he’ll be accompanied by a handful of returners.
1) Ohio State Buckeyes
The Buckeyes have loaded up on talent this offseason, securing the No.1 spot for the top 10 predicted offenses in EA Sports College Football 25.
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The prize recruiting jewel for Ohio State was RB Quinshon Judkins, who rushed for 1,158 yards and an SEC-leading 15 scores at Ole Miss last year. Judkins will make a fearsome one-two punch with returner TreVeyon Henderson and a stacked WR room led by Emeka Egbuka.
QB is still a question mark for the Buckeyes, but Ohio State’s offense is bound to improve, given the on-field additions and off-field ones with new offensive coordinator Chip Kelly teaming up with head coach Ryan Day.
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