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PC Stability Issues – Crashes to Desktop & Full System Freezes
Hello EA Team, I’m experiencing frequent stability issues on the PC version of College Football 27. The game will sometimes crash to the desktop, and other times it will completely freeze my PC, forcing me to hold the power button to restart. The crashes most commonly occur after finishing a game and returning to the main menu, after simulating halftime in Dynasty, or while entering an online game at the team selection screen. I can also spend over an hour in Practice Mode without any issues, but the game often crashes during menu or game transitions. My PC Specs: Ryzen 7 9700X NVIDIA RTX 3070 (latest Game Ready Driver installed) 32GB DDR5-6000 RAM Windows 11 Troubleshooting I’ve already completed: Updated to the latest NVIDIA Game Ready driver. Repaired the game through the EA App. Reduced graphics settings to Low/Medium. Disabled Ray Tracing. Switched to Fullscreen mode. Disabled CPU Auto OC and returned to stock settings. Verified CPU and GPU temperatures while gaming (GPU stays around 60–70°C, CPU around 80–85°C in Ryzen Master, both within expected ranges). Verified GPU usage is normal during gameplay. Confirmed other demanding games, including Madden 25 and Call of Duty, are stable on the same PC. I’ve also noticed many other PC players reporting similar DirectX errors, crashes, and freezes on Reddit and the EA forums across different GPU brands, which makes me think this may be a broader PC stability issue rather than a hardware problem. My question is: Is EA aware of these PC crash and freeze issues, and is a hotfix or stability patch currently being worked on? If so, is there any estimated timeline for when players can expect an update? Thank you. I really enjoy the game and just want to be able to play it reliably on PC.
CFB 27 Keeps Crashing in the 4th Quarter of Games since the 6 August Update
Ok I'm pretty frustrated right now.....prior to the 6 August update I never had a crash. But since I've had every Dynasty mode game I try to play crash in the 4th quarter. I can't tell you it's in the same spot. I can tell you that I created a new save and it happened in that one too. Before the game crashes one of the announcers is talking, you'll hear a pause or pop in his voice....he'll resume talking and then crash. I'm using the most current version of windows 11, I have a 3080Ti FE graphics card and the drivers are up-to-date, a 5800x cpu with up-to-date firmware, and 32 gb of ram. I've validated the files, almost every time 3 files comeback unvalidated. Steam says it will retrieve them...but I check a little later and still 3 files that come back unvalidated. I've uninstalled and reinstalled...and then immediately validated the files after the re-install....and 3 files came back unvalidated. I give up...comeback the next day...check the files....Steam says all 566 files are good. I play the game...it crashes in the 4th quarter. I then re-re-re.....validate and 3 files come back unvalidated. I've also turned off the Steam overlay and started the EA app prior to playing the game....still no love!! I do nothing except attempt play the game, no recruiting, nothing....the one save (Air Force) I'm on the 10th game and in the new save (Wisconsin) it's the first game. Are you all actually working on fixing these issues since I'm not the only one who is affected by the game crashing since the update?Road to Glory Freezes on EA Flag Loading Screen During High School Games
Platform: PC / Steam Mode: Road to Glory Issue Type: Freeze / loading screen crash I am experiencing a recurring issue in Road to Glory where the game freezes when attempting to load into high school games. The issue occurs on the EA flag loading screen before entering the game. The flag animation suddenly stops, the music/audio also stops, and the application becomes completely unresponsive. No error code is displayed. This first happened in the high school portion of RTG as a WR, specifically when trying to load Game 5: Senior Night. However, after creating a new Road to Glory save, the same issue still occurs when trying to load into RTG games in different games, as if the animation was not available thus the game just stops. It does not appear to be limited to one corrupted save file. The game itself launches normally, and I can access the main menu, but I cannot reliably progress in Road to Glory because the loading screen freeze prevents me from entering games. System specs from DxDiag: OS: Windows 11 Home 64-bit System: ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RJ CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS with Radeon Graphics RAM: 16 GB DirectX Version: DirectX 12 Please investigate this issue, as it currently makes Road to Glory progression impossible on PC.
Modular Cam
Wondering if we can get an update if possible on the modular cam. I really helps with immersion and presentation but when I use it it doesn't do what i want. I am an All22 Cam player and i want my field goals and punts to be the actual ZOOM Cam. When i select ZOOM Cam for Kicking in the MODULAR Cam settings, it's not the same camera view. Although it says "ZOOM" It's actually WIDE Cam view. When using MODULAR Cam it also will not let me use All22 Cam to return kick-offs and punts even if All22 is selected. Hope we can get this implemented. You guys cooked on this one! Thank you for the experience!
Performance Feedback on PC (5090 system)
Specs: MSI Pro X870-P Mobo 9900x3d with +200MHz Boost and -20 PBO CO 64GB DDR5-6000 Memory (Primary Timings = 30/36/36/76), tREFI = 26214, tRFC = 512, tFAW = 24, tRRD_S = 6, tRRD_L = 8, tWR = 48, tWTR_S = 6, tWTR_L = 20 Palit Gamerock 5090 (575W cap), +3000MHz mem clock, custom core voltage/freq curve (~+350 MHz) Monitor is 45GX950 (165Hz, 5120x2160 Ultrawide resolution) using gSync Settings: Ultra no FPS cap I'm seeing on the field FPS of 120-140 FPS. Cutscenes (also at ultra) run at 80-90 FPS generally. Visuals look good. On the field, ultrawide looks great, but play selection looks pretty clunky with black bars that get tacked onto the side awkwardly between plays and then get removed when a play is selected. Biggest issue is stutter and bad 1% lows in the transition between gameplay and cutscenes. I'll frequently see 1% lows in the 30s and 0.1% lows in the single digits during the switch. I've tried using process lasso to force High priority and forcing Power Management Mode to Prefer Maximum Performance in nVidia App (which worked well for this problem on EA FC 2026), but to no avail. So overall I'm encouraged but the stutter needs to be addressed.CFB 27 Team Builder: Uniforms Reverting & Black Dotted Texture Bug
As of Aug 28,2026 Is anyone else having this issue with Team Builder uniforms in CFB 27? My custom Team Builder team has only 5 uniforms, all created using assets available directly through the Team Builder website. After the latest EA update, I performed a full reimport of my Team Builder team in the off-season, but I'm still having problems: Blackout uniform: Loads correctly. Home: Current uniform loads, but the jersey has a black/dark midsection covered in small green dots that isn't in the Team Builder design. Away: Reverts to an older version of the uniform instead of the current version. Leander Gold: Also reverts to an older version. All-American: Doesn't consistently load the current version. The issue isn't limited to gameplay. The incorrect uniforms/texture are visible in the uniform selection/Home screens as well. I've already done a full reimport after the latest EA patch, so this doesn't appear to be simply an outdated Team Builder import. What's especially strange is that the Blackout uniform loads perfectly, while the other uniforms are either pulling older versions or getting the black/dotted jersey texture. Is anyone else seeing Team Builder uniforms revert to previous versions or getting this black/dotted midsection texture? This appears to be a Team Builder uniform asset/version-loading issue rather than an issue with the actual uniform designs.Game Crash on Steam
Every 4th quarter or sometimes middle 3rd quarter the game crashes in dynasty. I just spent $70 excited to play this game and I can’t even get through a full game, I verify files and 3 come back errored. I have a high end PC there should be no reason for a crash, at least if there’s a crash at minimum once loaded back in it should be implemented to pick up where you left off. It’s getting ridiculous, please fix this issue.
Menus now capped at 60 FPS? Why?
After today's update, every menu is now capped at 60 FPS no matter what. This makes them look far less fluid on monitors with high refresh rates (I have a 180hz monitor for example). If you're going to impose an FPS cap on the menus, at least give us an option to override/disable it. Forced frame rate caps are never cool.EA needs to fix this game for competitive players.
First off, I have played a good amount of football games going all the way back to madden 06/07 so I have been here to see the worst of spectacular catches making the game arcade-like, along with playing NCAA 14 (in my opinion a much more balanced game than even CFB 25). I want to see if anyone else is having these consistent problems at least on the PC edition, first if you have a custom playbook on offence randomly your play will not be the one chosen (about 1 out of every 10-20 plays in my testing). If you use a custom defensive playbook you cannot guarantee you will ever come out on kickoff in anything besides onside kick (how is that even a thing???). The game will randomly crash mid road to CFB playoff (not often but happens). If someone exploits what I can only assume is a bug they can kick an onside kick about 1 or 2 yards and then pick it up - 100% of the time used to be a penalty in every football game I have ever played in last 20 years and SUDDENLY WE MESS THAT UP TOO?!? If you are playing someone online weather a friendly or "competitive" match against a random if you go up 2+ scores it is very clear to me the game begins to "cheese" your defense basically making them not stick to their man in man coverage, abandon their zones (not in "beater plays") and get demolished against the run, to me if EA is serious about people playing this game and their being a competitive mode, why in the hell are we trying to make bad players able to compete with good players? So now this brings me to my final three points that should 100% be addressed, first is obvious: the run game... I am an avid run-first player so this year it feels nice that it is 100% too strong, but with that in mind how often in real life do we see teams averaging 300-500 rushing yards per game and multiple 40-60+ yard rushes? Secondly it seems they have adjusted the catch meter to be less OP witch is nice, but some players still know how to user their WR on a back shoulder fade and essentially render your defender useless no matter what you do to try and stop it (height is a factor here for sure but if its 100% of the time its time for a change). Last and this is something I am beginning to see used is the linebacker glitch against the run, if you are unaware you user the LB, put him in his gap and then as the ball is snapped turn around with your back facing the offence, the AI will never attempt to block the linebacker turning what should've been a 4-6 yard gain into a 2 yard loss because the AI in this game is legitimately very very bad. Now that I have ranted, I am only posting this not because I am going to stop playing, but I am going to stop grinding the game and trying to rank up in Road to CFP, the bugs and exploits have become so outrageous to play against that everyone I play I either win by 28 and then they some how get 3 kick return touchdowns with everyone on the field getting a pancake, OR I am playing someone who knows the onside kick glitch, will exploit every "cheese play". If anyone knows anyone at EA I would love to go in depth on this and even show them clips of these awful game mechanics, hell I will even compare it to NCAA 14 and show how the AI from 13 years ago can still to this day somehow cover the run AND pass better than the current AI... Please let me know any other game breaking bugs / exploits that you are consistently seeing so EA might finally put out a decent product and not just recycle the game year in and out.
