Recent Discussions
Why can’t we set depth charts!
There’s nothing more frustrating than having to pause the game at the beginning of each game and scramble to get your preferred subs in. Why don’t they let us save our depth charts for online. There’s no valid reason not to let us do this and I don’t see anyone else talking about this. I can’t be the only one that gets frustrated having to make subs every game. My opponent usually hits resume right away too so I normally am not able to make all my adjustments in 1 pause.PA Slide (Gun Doubles Y Off Wk)
Can someone help me understand play action blocking. Why does it lead sacks and constantly be under pressure? I know for some you can change pass protection but plays like PA Slide where you can't, the DE usually just goes after the QB, and sometime the LT just looks clueless. This same play is in Flex Y Off Wk but the DE most of the time goes after the HB Can someone explain?H2H online
I went from a top 30 player and beating people consistently on cfb 25 to not even being able to score. How does a dude that knows how to beat every zone in the game lose consistently. I’m sorry I’m too prideful and competitive to run metas and play with the best teams I rely on logical schemes and real life principles/manipulation of zones to beat opponents but because of stadium pulse and just broken defensive logic my style doesn’t make sense in a game like this. This is the worst competitive game ever. And I’m hurt cause I really played 90$ just to play 3 days early and to stop playing 2 weeks into the release LOL 😂😂. Who thought stadium pulse was a good idea like I just need to talk to dude and pick his brain 😂😂 as long as stadium pulse around I’ll stick to my roots in madden you can’t mess that upHonest Road To CFP feedback.
I'll start by saying EA has done a great job bringing college football back to game. Thank you for the hours of work and dedication. With that said here is some honest feedback from a longtime football gamer... The defense in Road to CFP does not exist. I have literally seen highly rated linebacker stare directly at the qb and allow a slant to go right passed them without even moving. The defense needs to go back to what it was in 25. Not having the ability to select my uniform is undoubtedly the biggest let down in 26. Can we at least select a home and away uniform before starting a season and that be loaded based on being home and away? Stadium Pulse well .... sucks. You can't do anything with it. That mixed with poor defense almost hands the home team a win. Top that off with being able to see home vs away, you'll see everyone running to LSU for their road games in no time. Lastly, interception have been needed into the ground. Im almost 75 games in and I have less then 5 ints but probably twice as many drops or "out of reach" messages. Please fix because if teams can't play defense everyone will be using LSU very soon. thanksPunting online play
Despite being able to punt at full power I can't punt past 28-30 yards or so. I know very few ever punt but this is unrealistic to be able to punt only 30 yards if i hit full or near full power. Anyone else experience unrealistic short punts? Please address this love the game overall but this is a problem. IWhy saved depth charts need to carry over into Road to CFP games...
Couldn't believe it when I saw it... Entire defensive positions...left empty. Are you serious??? Give us control over who sees the field BEFORE online H2H games launch. And while you're at it...get rid of this "generic defensive playbook" y'all got us running with. If you're forcing us to use each team's default offensive playbook (which I fully endorse btw), do the same on the other side of the ball. I'm trying my best not to be a "Negative Nancy", but these type of decisions are are baffling. How did nobody catch this in the "exclusive" beta??? Also, line stunts DONT WORK when you set them in the play call screen. Lastly, weather and different kickoff times in Road to CFP games. Please and thank you. I'd ask for 4 min quarters, but there are more pressing issues with this game mode.Defensive playbooks don't match offline
I posted earlier that the FSU Road to CFP defensive playbook doesn't match it's offline version. Then I did a little digging and realized that EVERY school has this same generic defensive playbook, regardless of their native version offline. Umm...what??? I've gone from feeling like this was a simple oversight to realizing this was deliberately decided. So now it begs the question...for what? I don't ask this flippantly, I truly believe we the players deserve some sort of ack and explanation. Cause this is a bit wild.My championships disappeared
My power went out while playing a game. I come back to my 3 championships missing. It now says I have zero championships even though I’ve won 3 and my rank has dropped from the 300s to 40,000. I’ve restarted the game and everything. Why did this happen how can I fix this???Line Stunt issues
Specifically in Road to CFP games, when you set them up in the play call screen, they're not carrying over to the play. Now, you were able to bypass this by going into your defensive line audibles and call them from there, but after the recent update it appears those are gone now. So basically, Road to CFP...doesn't have line stunts. Good job. 🤦🏿♂️ 2. You truly can NOT see the play art for different line stunts regardless. You darn near need a microscope to see the play art. Ummm...what??? How are we supposed to decide how to attack the blocking scheme if we can't even see how the line Stunt will react. (If it even works) Not tryna be funny, but FrFr...this is kinda silly.Onside Kicks
Let's discuss Onside Kicks... I had someone call an unexpected onside kick on me last night. No big deal, but I tried to call a timeout and nothing happened. I tried to call an audible, nothing. Then he kicked it to the far sideline and my player ran ahead and tried to block the defender instead of going for the ball. The kicking team recovered it. 😡 In the future, I hope EA will add audibles or timeouts so we can adjust if we make the mistake of picking our kick return too quickly.Road to CFP – Major Bugs & Exploits That Need Fixing
Let me start by saying: LSU, Alabama, and Ohio State are completely broken in Road to the College Football Playoff. LSU can run "all go" routes repeatedly, and there's no effective way to stop it. Defenses just can’t keep up. Alabama's quarterback (and several others) can still run directly backwards on an every down basis to avoid a sack, zigzag all over the backfield to make the AI defenders take terrible angles to miss the sack and either throw the ball out of bounds or make a perfect across-the-body pass—even while under pressured. Ohio State has multiple glitch-style plays where someone is always open, no matter what coverage you're in. Players like Jeremiah Smith and Ryan Williams catch everything—even in double coverage. The passing game is so overpowered online that nearly every good opponent stats before the game starts shows 70–80% passing. If the game was balanced you wouldn't see this. It’s frustrating because NCAA 25 CFP used to feel balanced. You could run and pass effectively. Now, if you have a solid running game, your running back will almost always end up seriously injured before the game ends—meanwhile, receivers take huge hits across the middle and stay in with no issue. Other issues: Missed chip-shot field goals (even from the 5-yard line) are way too common, especially with stadium pulse disrupting kicks unfairly. Zone adjustments and pre-snap setups like QB contain, shading, or custom coverage aren't viable online—you simply don’t have the time before the snap. Pick opportunities on wide-open deep balls are missed constantly, but contested catches in tight double coverage happen far too often. Also the tight end and running back check down passes are always caught even if a defender is a few inches behind them. The AI defenders never jumps that pass, they sit behind the player and wait for the catch. Man coverage is still highly exploitable. Zig routes beat man every time, and since you can only control one player, you’re left helpless. I had high hopes after the beta, but honestly—they fumbled the bag. This feedback is specific to Road to CFP, but it’s clear the game is currently in a broken state online unless these core issues are addressed. Recommendation: Until updates are made, I suggest quitting out of any game against LSU, Bama, or Ohio State before the game starts so you don't have to deal with these issues. There’s no reason one player should be able to spam the same play over and over with no counter available.Please remove stadium pulse from Road to the CFP
Stadium Pulse needs to be removed from Road to CFP ASAP. With people being able to choose any team, stadium pulse is being abused to give people a way to make games unfair and arcade-like. I thought it was a way to make games more realistic, but it doesn’t. Real kickers don’t miss 18-yard field goals on the road because of noise. It happened to me although the kick meter displayed perfect accuracy. Also, people with offenses that are based around pre-snap reads (eg. Veer and Shoot) are completely screwed when playing on the road. Please remove it so that online games are about who’s better, not who picked the loudest stadium.Road to CFP needs 4 min quarters, different start times, and WEATHER!!!
1. 3 minute quarters makes it too easy to sit on the ball for an entire half. Forcing you to almost HAVE to go no huddle if/when you get the ball back. 4 minute quarters, one extra minute isn't gonna hurt. 2. We NEED different start times. 12 o'clock high is cool. But some of the best college football venues are at night. Give us that option. 3. Lastly...weather. It's a signature part of the sport. Snow, rain, overcast, etc...makes these home venues special. I don't understand leaving this out of the online H2H experience. It's bad enough we're not allowed to take our depth chart changes into the online H2H mode. Leaving all this out makes the experience feel kind...bland. There's a loyal football gaming following that exclusively plays online H2H. Give us something to chew on. All in all, solid game. Just a few tweaks. Oh and why can we not see the blocking assignments on run plays? That's just...weird. Feel the same way about Madden as well. But I digress.