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1 month ago
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Ultimate Team H2H crashes Game

Platform: PC (EA Play Pro)
Hardware: Ryzen 9 7900X, RTX 4090
32GB RAM
Windows 11 Pro 25H2

The Ultimate Team Head 2 Head competitive submenu consistently crashes to desktop before it finishes loading. The crash occurs every time and prevents access to Ranked Seasons and the other competitive H2H playlists.

Steps to Reproduce
Launch College Football 27.
Enter Ultimate Team.
Select Head 2 Head from the Ultimate Team home screen.
The game immediately crashes to desktop with no in-game error.

Expected Result
The Head 2 Head submenu should open normally and display the competitive playlists.
Actual Result
The game exits to desktop before the submenu loads.
Working Modes: Dynasty, Road to the College Football Playoff, Ultimate Team Home, Ultimate Team Play a Friend, Ultimate Team Events
Only the Competitive Head 2 Head submenu crashes.

Timeline

The issue started immediately after attempting to unlock Showdown Chemistry on the Myles Graham Ultimate Team card. The server returned an error, the unlock failed, and the 50 Skill Points were refunded. Every subsequent attempt to unlock Showdown Chemistry also fails and refunds the Skill Points. I cannot confirm the two issues are related, but the crash began immediately afterward.

Troubleshooting Already Completed
Reinstalled College Football 27
Reinstalled the EA App
Reinstalled EA AntiCheat
Cleared EA App cache
Verified game files
Removed Myles Graham from lineup
Created a brand-new lineup
Confirmed Play a Friend and Events work normally
Confirmed Road to the College Football Playoff works normally

None of these steps resolved the issue.

Crash Information
Windows Event Viewer consistently reports:
Faulting application: EALaunchHelper.exe
Exception code: 0xc0000005

Attachments
Video of the Head 2 Head crash
Video of the failed Showdown Chemistry unlock

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