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EMAThrowTheBones
Rising Novice
22 days ago

Plays Not Populating in Custom Playbooks PS5

Hello,

I believe I’ve identified a bug in College Football 26 on PlayStation, likely introduced with the most recent update. Prior to the update, I was able to create custom playbooks and freely add or remove plays. That functionality now appears to be broken.

Issue Overview:

I’ve tested this across multiple school playbooks, but for reference, I’m currently using Coastal Carolina, which has a default play count of 436.

Here’s what I’m consistently seeing:

  • When navigating to “All Plays” and manually selecting 13 out of 14 plays from a formation (e.g., I Formation Close), the play count only increases by 4.
  • In “My Playbook,” only 4 of the selected plays appear.
  • Returning to “All Plays” shows that most of the previously selected plays are now unchecked. Reselecting them doesn’t resolve the issue—only the same 4 plays consistently carry over.
  • This issue affects multiple formations. In some cases, only 1 play transfers over. The behavior is consistent and reproducible.

Workaround Observed:

  • If I press Triangle to “Select All” in a formation, the play count increases correctly (e.g., by 14), and all plays appear in “My Playbook.”
  • However, this method isn’t viable for building a true custom playbook—especially with shotgun formations—due to the 500-play limit and difficulty tracking selected plays.

Troubleshooting Steps Taken:

  • Tested with multiple school playbooks
  • Deleted all contents within selected playbooks
  • Uninstalled and reinstalled the game
  • Cleared all game data

None of these steps resolved the issue.

Additional Context:

I’ve shared this issue with other users in my dynasty. They’re on Xbox and do not appear to be experiencing the same problem. They also couldn’t identify a workaround or solution for my current issue.

I’ve recorded the process and can provide a video if helpful for your investigation. Hoping this can be addressed soon so custom playbook creation functions as intended again.

Thank you,

BONES

2 Replies

  • They've completely broken custom playbooks this year. Coach suggestions don't work at all, whole formations wind up missing, etc. So many issues with them, and instead of getting better things have gotten worse with the updates.

  • AsApBREY's avatar
    AsApBREY
    Rising Newcomer
    3 days ago

    Just spent 6 hours trying to make a custom playbook only to find out its bugged out and that’s why it keeps deleting all my plays I see a reply from 3 weeks ago saying its been broken that long its ridiculous we pay to much for a game that doesn’t even function right  but best believe they dropping the ltd Deon sanders on cut tryna get everyone’s money how about using some of that money to fix this broken game 3 weeks of no fix at all I’m on cut strike until they fix the dynasty things why spend money on a game that the developers are more interested in lining their pockets instead of making a good game 

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