Recent Discussions
Custom Playbooks Not Working
When creating a custom playbook, the "Coach Suggestions" section in-game always present the same pool of plays, regardless of your star ratings/selections in the "My Gameplan" section in the custom playbook menu. Obviously, spending lots of time on creating a custom playbook with unique ratings for the coach suggestions, and then for it not to work is quite frustrating. Let me know if I can provide any more details! I've tried raising and lowering the adjustments, even going as far as having several plays at "100" or "5 stars" and the same 15 plays appear for each situation (1st down, 2 & long, etc.).,Constant Crashing on College Football 26 PS5
For the last 5 days, I can’t play a game during dynasty. It crashes when the game starts and anywhere in between the end of the game. This is really really frustrating and making me not want to play the game. I do enjoy the game but this needs to be fixed. I tried all the troubleshooting such as clearing the cache and restoring data and that still didn’t work. If anyone has any extra ideas, I’m all ears but this is a real pain to try to playCFB 26 crashes my console
EA this is absolutely tragic! I played CFB 25 and my game would crash half way through a game. Had my hopes up with CFB 26 and I have the same problem; my console crashes. We all pay $70+ and this is a constant issue. Very frustrating!! I love this game but it keeps crashing my Xbox. No other game does this, why…just why?!? It is embarrassing as a franchise that this is an issue. Please fix this or tell us how to prevent it. (Xbox S Series user)An Open Letter, re: NCAA Football 26
Dear EA, I'm writing this after my 35th+ attempt to complete a single game in NCAA Football 26. I've tried everything - different teams, game modes, saved files - and yet, every single time, the game crashes during gameplay. I am one of THOUSANDS experiencing this issue. For me, the pattern is consistent: the crash always occurs during a deadball situation - timeouts, between quarters, or after a play ends. Not once has it crashed mid-play. One time I was able to get deep into the third quarter, but I had to simulate the rest of the game just to avoid another crash. I’m convinced if I hadn’t simmed, it would’ve crashed again. In Year 2 of my offline Dynasty, after 19 attempts, I'm finally 1-0. 15 attempts later, and I'm still 1-0 because I cannot get through my second game of the season. Year 1 went completely smooth. During the offseason, I brought in 25 high school players and 10 transfers. As an invested fan of the game, I spent hours changing the names and gear of every single high school commit (I never touch attributes). Gameplay outside of the on-field experience has been solid, with no major issues. However, the core of the game is PLAYING THE GAME! And it's clear the gameplay is broken and no one is communicating any solution on how to fix it. Let me be very clear: I bought this game to play it, not sim my way through seasons. Right now, I physically cannot finish a game. EA_Kent and any other EA representatives: You owe the community a direct response. This is a widespread issue. I see others reporting it. And still - it's radio silence. It’s disrespectful to the loyal fans who waited over a decade for this franchise to return, to those of us who pre-ordered it before the 2026 release, and to those of us who spend their hard earned money on a product that they cannot enjoy. This matter deserves regular updates! This matter deserves information! This matter deserves an apology! And I even believe this matter deserves some type of compensation (gamer points, a discount towards a future purchase, something). Trust is broken with one of the most passionate fanbases in sports gaming and the lack of information and is incredibly frustrating. I'm not asking for the impossible. I'm asking for transparency, accountability, and a timeline for fixes. Acknowledge the issue. Communicate your progress. And please-don’t gaslight our community by pretending this isn’t a real and repeated problem. We paid full price for this game. At a minimum, we deserve the ability to play it. EA, fix this. And talk to us. -A Fed Up Fan.CFB 26 crashing
Ever since the new update or patch CFB26 is crashing during my road to glory . I thought it was just the file so i made a new one and that one crashed as well . I know it’s not my system because i was able to play other games and i played road to the playoffs game online without issues . It is taking me straight back to the PS5 screen every timeAre we seriously going to lose another weekend?
EA_KentEA_Barry Are we seriously going to go another weekend with being unable to play the game? So disappointing. Hate not being able to play. Please respond. Being a community manager means responding to the community even when the message may mean you get chewed out. We deserve transparency. Where are we on the fix? Do you have dedicated teams working on it non-stop? What will be the reimbursement? Paid good money to not be able to play (going on 11 days now).Title update 2 has no mention of dynasty freezes
Unsurprisingly title update 2 doesn’t mention the main issue so many of us have with this game which is that it’s quite literally unplayable at the moment. I don’t expect EA to do anything at this point as it’s been complete silence from them for over a week. 2 updates since the complaints started and 0 fixes.EA_Kent EA_BarryDynast Crashes
EA_KentEA_Barry and to everyone at EA the time for “gathering information” is over. You know the problem. Dynasty mode is an unplayable experience for a LARGE number of players. This is not a new issue, it’s been happening since launch. I don’t know why transparency and ACTUALLY listening to your community is so hard for you guys at EA. 569 people have told you the issue about one of your FLAGSHIP MODES just on this post alone. This is not even accounting for the people on Twitter/X, Reddit and other platforms. Clearly this is a major problem. Meanwhile your lead dev is acting like he didn’t know there was a problem. With dynasty being one of the main modes of not the main mode you would think there would be some sense of urgency to fix it. You guys at EA have been playing with peoples money and time for years and people are tired of it. Stop ignoring your community and fix this **bleep** game.College football 26 issues
I would like to start by saying I am very pissed at this game. I wanted it to be everything ea marketed it as but it’s just not. There were some quality of life improvements and some graphic improvements but that’s where the positives of this game stops. The gameplay is extremely buggy and feels extremely numb. The CPU difficulty is OP and broken to say the least. You can have the best roster playing against the worst team in the country and still loose because the cpu is just that good at knowing everything you are doing and knows perfectly how to stop it. Blocking, tackling, and playing any sort of defense is garbage. Great offensive lineman are getting beat by sub par defensive ends to get straight to the running back/quarterback on nearly every play which is just really unrealistic. Tackling and playing the pass is so numb it makes me want to quit playing the game. The short version is that ea’s frostbite gameplay engine they used in this game need to be thrown out and replaced with something that actually works. Content creators get flawless gameplay while normal people get a really crappy game. I have been playing this game for about 3 to 4 days now and it has left me pissed beyond belief. Currently I have been experiencing a lot of gameplay crashes where I will be trying to kick a field goal and as soon as I initiate the kick nothing happens except the whole team just starts attacking each other and bugs out to where I have to restart the game. All in all very very disappointed in the game and pissed that ea has taken about 10 steps backwards in a game that was supposed to be so much better than last year. EA please do better!Teambuilder Dynasty crashing
When my first Teambuilder Dynasty kept crashing in Week 1 of the second season, I thought it was an issue with that dynasty being prior to the most recent patch updates. However, after grinding through another season (in a new dynasty) and getting excited about my team yet again, my game crashes right before I can celebrate a huge top 10 road win. “Maybe it’s a one off” I thought. Nope the game crashes over and over again. Now I’m left waiting for hopefully an update that will allow me to continue my Teambuilder dynasty instead of playing a cruel version of “Edge of tomorrow” repeating the same game only to never see the end of it. please help EA, Many thanks.
Game Keeps Crashing
Multiple times has this game crashed and then I get a lose in a h2h game or squads. It is just annoying to deal with especially when in playoffs. Don’t know if it is an EA issue or console issue but it only happens when playing College Football 26. For squads would a join back feature be possible? Feels bad getting punished for just playing the gameContinuous Crashing During Gameplay
Deleted 3x, despite the fact that I have not broken a single board rule. It's almost like they want to silence us from talking about the game's biggest issue. Anyway... Dear EA Sports, I'm writing this after my 35th+ attempt to complete a single game in NCAA Football 26. I've tried everything - different teams, game modes, saved files - and yet, every single time, the game crashes during gameplay. I am one of THOUSANDS experiencing this issue. For me, the pattern is consistent: the crash always occurs during a deadball situation - timeouts, between quarters, or after a play ends. Not once has it crashed mid-play. One time I was able to get deep into the third quarter, but I had to simulate the rest of the game just to avoid another crash. I’m convinced if I hadn’t simmed, it would’ve crashed again. In Year 2 of my offline Dynasty, after 19 attempts, I'm finally 1-0. 15 attempts later, and I'm still 1-0 because I cannot get through my second game of the season. Year 1 went completely smooth. During the offseason, I brought in 25 high school players and 10 transfers. As an invested fan of the game, I spent hours changing the names and gear of every single high school commit (I never touch attributes). Gameplay outside of the on-field experience has been solid, with no major issues. However, the core of the game is...PLAYING THE GAME! And it's clear the gameplay is broken and no one is communicating any solution on how to fix it. Let me be very clear: I bought this game to play it, not sim my way through seasons. Right now, I physically cannot finish a game. EA_Kent and any other EA representatives: You owe the community a direct response. At this point, your silence is disrespect. This is a widespread issue. I see others reporting it. And still - it's radio silence. It’s disrespectful to the loyal fans who waited over a decade for this franchise to return, to those who pre-ordered it before the 2026 release, and to those who spend their hard earned money on a product that they cannot enjoy. This matter deserves regular updates! This matter deserves information! This matter deserves an apology! And I even believe this matter deserves some type of compensation (gamer points, a discount towards a future purchase, something). You’re breaking trust with one of the most passionate fanbases in sports gaming and the lack of information and is incredibly frustrating. I'm not asking for the impossible. I'm asking for transparency, accountability, and a timeline for fixes. Acknowledge the issue. Communicate your progress. And please-don’t gaslight our community by pretending this isn’t a real and repeated problem. We paid full price for this game. At a minimum, we deserve the ability to play it. EA, fix this. And talk to us. — A Fed Up Fan.
Still Waiting for a Real Response
Still nothing but silence? That’s pathetic. At this point it’s obvious — the EA mods either have no idea what they’re doing, or they just don’t give a **bleep**. Thousands of players are screaming about this across every platform — these forums, Reddit, X, probably even Facebook and Instagram — and somehow, you’re still pretending it’s not happening? This isn’t community management — it’s damage control without the damage control. You keep pushing the same useless, copy-paste PR garbage that helps no one and just pisses people off more. People are out here wiping their entire systems based on your non-answers, losing everything, all because you refuse to own the fact that this game shipped broken. And now the game director has the nerve to say he doesn’t even know about the issue? That’s not just clueless — that’s straight-up irresponsible. This bug has been spammed all over the internet for weeks. For the guy in charge to act like it’s news to him? That’s next-level incompetence. This whole situation is a disaster, and everyone involved should be absolutely embarrassed. You’ve turned what should’ve been a celebration into a circus — and not even the fun kind.TeamBuilder Proximity to Home
Same as last year... Teambuilder school still carries over the location of the replaced school. Recruiting is a fairly crucial aspect of college football and "proximity to home" is related to replaced school. The game still doesn't actually recognize your created school. Yes, you can set pipelines of the school now and the coach, but it's not changing the core problem of the game not acknowledging it's a different school. Not a big deal if you don't mind replacing a school from the same area, but not everyone wants to do that. I don't. This worked two generations ago.
Team Builder Fixes
Please update the following issues with Team Builder: Imported logos that look fine in the teambuilder site appear compressed and repeated in-game. (This one is well-known, just including it here to build a comprehensive list.) A suggested work-around is to open the particular graphics using the built-in Adobe Express and make any kind of edit and re-save. This works, but requires the user to submit the team, recognize the graphics errors, go back to teambuilder, edit the graphics using the method above, re-submit the team, check again to see if it was resolved. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. Super frustrating. The front bumper image import on helmet designs is ALWAYS off-center to the right (see attached). This problem existed in the 25 team builder, as well. Can't believe that hasn't already been corrected. Also, why is there no up/down and X/Y adjustment options for the front and back bumpers? Would be nice to be able to duplicate graphics on both jersey shoulders and on the hips of pants, rather than having to pay attention to the X/Y and up/down settings on one side to match. When duplicating primary helmet graphics, they do not line up symmetrically on both sides of the helmet. Typically, the one that duplicates on the left side of the helmet is positioned closer to the front than the original. This usually requires the need for two custom layers (one for each side). When using an imported team in-game, the splash screens feature a scrolling hashtag related to whichever team the user replaced. So my created Bulldogs, have a hashtag that says '#feartheturtle' when I replace Maryland in the Big 10.Teambuilder - facemask bug
Transferred team over from 25 and everything went smoothly. On import none of my chrome facemasks came through. They were the right color but no chrome. Went back into teambuilder, edited them back to normal, saved and redid with chrome. Still nothing, none of my other teams imported with chrome facemasks are working either. Really taking some luster off some uniforms
