EA Sports College Football 25 brought the return of the highly anticipated game with a bang, quickly becoming the top-selling sports video game in U.S. history based on dollar sales after an 11-year hiatus.
Now, with College Football 26 on the horizon, EA has high standards to reach, with expectations through the roof. They gave a sneak peak for some upcoming features this week.
Everything We Know So Far About EA Sports College Football 26’s Confirmed Features
On Thursday, EA dropped a ton of information about the upcoming College Football 26, including a July 10, 2025 release date.
This year’s game is taking a step up in the quality of the game, adding a high school Road to Glory mode, among other features, according to On3’s Hayes Fawcett:
- High School is back in Road to Glory
- Real coaches are in the game
- Three different covers
- Early release is July 7
- Standard release is July 10
- New score bug
- Lowe’s & Metallica Partnership
The company is also more than doubling its name, image, and likeness payments to student-athletes who opt into the video game, up to $1,500 and a deluxe edition of the game, a change from last year’s $600 payments.
“From the beginning, we’ve designed our NIL program to be accessible, direct, voluntary and equitable for all, offering the same base-level compensation to every FBS athlete that opts-in using the OneTeam platform and COMPASS NIL app,” EA Sports vice president of business development Sean O’Brien said in a statement.
“This approach empowers each athlete to make their own decision. College sports are growing and changing, and our focus at EA Sports is on continuing to put athletes first as we bring them in the game in College Football 26 and beyond.”
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