PC/Steam — CFB 27 crashes at splash screen with 0xC0000005

CFB 27 suddenly stopped launching on my PC. It worked normally since launch, but after not playing for a few days, it now gets through EA/Javelin AntiCheat and reaches the CFB 27 splash screen. It stays there for several minutes and then closes.

Windows Event Viewer reports:

Faulting application: CollegeFB27.exe

Exception code: 0xC0000005

Fault offset: 0x115D3F2

My PC:

RTX 2070 SUPER

i7-9700K

16 GB RAM

Windows 11 Pro 25H2

Steam

Madden 27 launches perfectly on the same PC.

Has anyone experienced this exact crash at the splash screen, and has anyone found a fix?