Why cant you play as a women

I know there were a few female models for coaches in madden 25, im really worried about them possibly taking them out, in the trailer all the coaches seemed to be the same as cfb 26 which doesnt have any female coaches. But female coach models in the previous madden game was a great start even just some more variation of female coach models, or long hair for custom players would be great

Exactly, with half of gamers being women, it makes sense to add character creation options that reflect not only the fanbase, but also the people around us, so you can make anyone you like in the game. 

I haven't played MLB the show, but it was great to see the options in NBA 2K and Madden 25. Just looking at the franchise deep dive for Madden 26, it shows 6 of 200 new coach heads. The ones shown there and in the trailer are masculine, but I really hope they don't go a step backwards with 26 by excluding women. 

Yes, Please add some customizable women cheerleaders,watergirls, and mascots!

You're right, it would be great to see more features similar to the older madden games, where you can customise fans. Adittionally being able to customise mascots would mean that we could change the human mascots, just like in real life e.g. with the WVU  Mountaineer, or Texas Tech's Masked rider.

That won't happen until women play in the NFL. The game is based on today's NFL, not the fanbase. Sorry to say that's just the way it is.

There are female coach models in 26 saw them on Franchise mode. 

Other EA Sports games have included women player options, so why not the CFB series?

Bringing a true women’s tackle football mode into Madden would have to start with building an entirely new game around a separate organization rather than simply re-skinning the NFL playbooks. EA couldn’t just swap helmets and jerseys and call it a day you’d need licensing deals with established women’s leagues like the Women’s Football Alliance or the Women’s National Football Conference, complete with team names, logos, uniforms and real player likenesses. Only by grounding the experience in an actual competitive framework can the gameplay, story arcs and off-field progression feel authentic rather than tacked on.

Those leagues already exist and have grown steadily over the last decade. The WFA fields more than sixty full-contact teams across the United States, and the WNFC launched in 2019 with a vision to “create the standard of excellence and opportunities” for women in the sport. Even the X League formerly the Lingerie Football League has bounced back as an indoor variation, but all of them struggle for mainstream awareness. These women’s football organizations are passionate and dedicated, yet they occupy a niche that most sports fans have never encountered.

Part of the reason is that televised coverage for women’s tackle football remains fragmented and minimal. You can find regular season WNFC games free on Victory+, or catch the X League on local streaming feeds, but there is no Sunday afternoon slot on a major broadcast network, no ESPN made feature packages and certainly no primetime playoff window. Without those media partnerships, sponsors and casual viewers never get exposed to the athletes and storylines, which in turn makes console developers and their CFOs hesitant to back a full-blown game mode on a multimillion dollar budget