EA College Football 27 Features
Good afternoon, hope everybody is doing well! I want to start off by saying that EA College Football 26 is AMAZING and is my favorite College Football game and NCAA Football 14 is a close 2nd! The Features I feel should be added to EA College Football 27 are: FCS Schools(Division 2 schools), The Spring Game, and Player Discipline Issues to effect Academic Prestige in Dynasty Mode. These 3 features would make this game PERFECT!!! I feel that EA is going to run into the same problem 2k ran into with the NBA 2K franchise, which is it’s such a great product that it now just feels like your purchasing a yearly NBA Roster Update. Which is a sign of a Good Game/Product! Feel free to chime in with your thoughts??? 🙏🏿👍🏿✌🏿🤓😉EA Play Trial Has Expired Error; Cloud Gaming on PC with Game Pass.
Same error that everyone using the game through cloud gaming seems to be dealing with. The given solutions that have provided in some of these forums are not usable through the XBOX app for pc with cloud gaming. I'm assuming if it has been an issue for over a month at this point there likely will not be a resolution at this point of the year. What is the point of having an EA play subscription and being given clear expectations on what I should be able to play and then not being able to play those games.CFB27 Dynasty Improvement
Dynasty Mode in EA Sports College Football 26 has a strong foundation, but it still feels too static and scripted instead of feeling like a true living college football world. The biggest improvement needed is making programs truly rise and fall over time based on performance. If a smaller school like Florida Atlantic Owls wins conference championships, playoff games, and national championships for multiple seasons, that school should feel different. Stadium Atmosphere, Toughest Places to Play, fan support, prestige, recruiting reputation, and national respect should all change. Right now, many of these systems feel static even after major success. A school should be able to become a powerhouse, and traditional powers should be able to decline if they stop winning. Presentation also needs major improvement. Dynasty should include a true College GameDay-style weekly show with game predictions, upset picks, playoff race breakdowns, Heisman watch updates, conference title races, rivalry hype, and Game of the Week spotlights like older NCAA games had. Dynasty should feel like a full season with storylines, not just advancing through menus. Recruiting must become much more realistic and dynamic. Pipelines should not be permanently fixed. Pipelines should grow or shrink based on where players on your roster come from, coach background, recent recruiting success, and program relationships in those states. If a school consistently recruits Georgia for years, Georgia should become a stronger pipeline. CPU schools also need to recruit much smarter by prioritizing roster needs, scheme fit, playing time, NIL opportunities, and recent program success. Smaller schools should be able to steal elite recruits from bigger programs if they are winning. The transfer portal should be deeper and more realistic. Star players should transfer because of playing time, coaching changes, NIL opportunities, scheme fit, or championship chances. Players should follow coaches, leave unhappy situations, and create real offseason drama. The coaching carousel needs major realism improvements. Head coaches should make logical career decisions and should not leave elite successful programs for worse schools or coordinator jobs. Coordinators should actively pursue head coaching opportunities and should frequently leave after strong seasons for promotions or better coordinator jobs at bigger schools. Assistant coaches should matter more overall. Walk-ons should be added. If a user or CPU school does not recruit enough players, the roster should automatically be filled with walk-ons up to the roster limit instead of creating unrealistic empty rosters. The walk-ons should be mainly 1 or 2 star players maybe some 3 stars no 4 or 5 star walk-ons Playoff customization needs to be fully expanded for commissioners. Users should be able to choose playoff formats such as 8, 10, 12, or 16 teams. Users should be able to customize conference autobids, conference championship access, and playoff qualification rules. For example, commissioners should be able to make Power 4 conference championship participants automatic playoff bids if desired. Playoff seeding should be based on CFP rankings and not locked into one system. CFP poll logic and strength of schedule must improve significantly. Rankings should be based on record, strength of schedule, quality wins, bad losses, and recent opponent strength. Strength of schedule should evolve over time based on the last 2–3 years of program performance, not permanent school name value. If a traditional power like Georgia Bulldogs becomes average for several years, they should stop giving major strength of schedule boosts. Conference size should not automatically determine playoff respect. Conference prestige should be based on the actual quality of teams and recent conference success, not simply how many teams are in the conference. CPU team building and simulation logic need major improvement. Certain schools feel permanently coded to fail while others are permanently protected. Schools like Vanderbilt Commodores, South Carolina Gamecocks, and Kansas Jayhawks should be able to rise naturally over time. CPU teams should understand rebuilding opportunities, conference placement, and recruiting momentum. Simulation results should also improve with more realistic stats, injuries, rankings, and upset frequency. Injuries and penalties need better realism. There are too many long-term and season-ending injuries in simulation, especially in CPU games. There should be more short-term injuries and fewer unrealistic season-ending injuries. Penalty balance also needs improvement because some penalties happen constantly while others almost never occur. There should be a better balance for realistic gameplay. Dynasty storylines need to be stronger. The game should create new rivalries based on repeated close games, conference championship matchups, playoff rematches, and long-term program history. Revenge games, upset rematches, coaching revenge stories, and rivalry growth should all be recognized by the game. If two teams meet repeatedly in major games, the game should treat that matchup like a true rivalry. Spring football and position battles should exist. There should be spring games, quarterback battles, depth chart competitions, and transfer decisions based on who wins starting jobs. Position battles should matter before Week 1 instead of simply starting the highest overall player automatically. Player personalities should be added. Players should care about playing time, coach loyalty, NIL money, championship chances, home proximity, and scheme fit. A backup 5-star quarterback should not quietly stay forever without considering transfer options. Players should feel different from each other. Facilities and program investment should matter. Users should be able to improve stadiums, training facilities, recruiting departments, NIL support, academic resources, and sports medicine. Smaller schools should rise because users built the infrastructure, not because of random progression. Media pressure and booster expectations should exist. Expectations should be different depending on the school. Winning 9 games at Texas Longhorns should feel very different than winning 9 games at Florida Atlantic Owls. Fan pressure, job security, and booster expectations should reflect reality. Better record tracking and history systems are needed. Dynasty should track school records, NCAA records, rivalry records, best recruiting classes, greatest players, coaching trees, and Hall of Fame history. Players and coaches should feel like they are building legacy, not just playing another season. Scheduling should also be more customizable. Commissioners should be able to control rivalry week, protected rivals, neutral-site games, kickoff classics, annual non-conference agreements, and conference scheduling structure. Dynasty mode should feel like running a full football empire, not just managing ratings and menus. The goal should be to create a true living college football universe where programs rise, fall, evolve, and create history over time. That is what would make Dynasty Mode truly special for future College Football games.
Make defense great again!!
I’m sure it will be the typical “git gud” trolls when I post this, but that’s definitely not my issue. My problem with this years game is defense and Why did EA dumb down the defensive AI just to appease those slow ones out there who can’t comprehend that they’re making poor passes, resulting in interceptions? I’ve watched my defense in clips and during the game, they move around like a high school JV second string team. They don’t follow assignments, get stuck in animations, allowing wide receivers to blast wide open. Multiple guys zone dropping to the same areas when they have different assignments, leaving people open when they’re in their designated areas, and lacking any area awareness whatsoever. completely understand the no-pick if you’re not eyeing the ball; have no beef with that at all. But why not retain that same aggressive ball play from 25 with this added feature? At least make them consistently play their assignments. I understand it won’t be perfect; blown assignments happen in real life, but at the same time, players don’t just stand around and guard nothing. They actively cover someone. And on top of that, they don’t even sprint it’s been plenty of times when I switched to a player and suddenly started sprinting.,That’s another issue as to how routes magically get open so easily. I don’t understand it; it’s like EA made a super overcorrection for the idiots who couldn’t comprehend that they’re 9/10 making terrible pass decisions in 25, and the response was to make the defense dumber? I don’t get it, especially after all the hype about how they improved the logic for 26, which they completely lied about in my opinion. Then every WR and TE are almost impossible to press even with high 90 press stats. They automatically get open almost every single time you press them and don’t let them have the takeoff ability. It gets even worse. Not as bad as last year, but the problem is that the stuff works in complete opposition to the description says. just pray that EA actually does us some justice in 27 for defense, which pains me to say because that’s their excuse for not fixing the game: “They’ll add it next year.” That shouldn’t be a thing. Would be nice to actually get year-round support for these games.Instant Commit no longer works!
I have the dream school and this is the second season in a row without a single instant Commit preseason. I normally average 3-4. Cand find any info if this was from an update. Anyone else having similar issues? It's not my school and I am only talking about 1st choice players. Nothing has changed so it must be an update right?CFB 27 (More Likely 28) Playbook Builder Request
I know I've brought up my want for, and willingness to help with, a build-your-own playbook addition, similar to team builder, before. But, that was long before I knew Civil's team already made one. Thus, I feel it's imperative that EA adds it to either of the next two games, more likely CFB 28 because 27 releases in a few months. As annoyed as players are that some form of team builder isn't in the game, I feel either adding a playbook builder feature to the extant site or creating a new playbook builder site and leaving the beta version exclusively online is the best way to do this. This would also throw somewhat of a bone to coach mode users by increasing their immersion. Mind you, I'm perfectly fine with the current playbook editor for those of us who don't have the time and/or energy to design several new formations/sets and plays for them. I'd even be all for Hail Mary and special teams being baked into the playbook builder by default.CFB 27 Wish List / Suggestions For Dynasty & Presentation
Dynasty Mode Spring Game: Play spring scrimmages to evaluate rosters and test schemes GPA & Academic System: GPA impacts eligibility, every recruit has a GPA, recruiting a bunch of low team GPA players can lead to penalties (scholarship reductions, bowl bans, academic ineligible players). Expanded Staff: Hire academic mentors and athletic trainers for player development and injury prevention. All-American Games: Watch or play high school all-star games featuring your recruits or the top recruits in the class. Commitment Ceremonies: Have the ability to watch cinematic hat ceremonies of your recruits or the top recruits in the class. Heisman Ceremony: Cinematic scene of the player standing and accepting the trophy. Weekly Radio Recaps: National recaps like MLB’s "Inside the Show." Custom Rivalries: Create new rivalries between seasons. Player Mentor System: Upperclassmen help develop freshmen. Off-Season Training: Custom workouts to boost attributes. Former Player Coaches: Graduated players transition into coaching roles. Transfer Portal Hot List: Midseason preview of potential portal entries. Regressions: Players regress if underperforming (93ovr WR with 500 yds 3Tds, should regress in overall). Create-a-Play: Fully design offensive/defensive plays. Encourage Transfers During Players Leaving Stage: Allow us to cut players before the transfer portal window opens so we can see where they end up. More Schedule Control: Pick theme games and kickoff times. FCS Transfers: Fictional FCS stars enter the portal. Retired Numbers: Official team retired numbers + option to retire your own. Multi-Sport Recruits: Recruit players who could decide to play baseball or basketball instead of football. Personality Traits: Loyalty, work ethic, leadership affect growth and behavior. Max Points Button: Quickly allocate max recruiting points on a recruit instead of manually adding each pitch. Fix Auto-Recruiting: Have the ability to put recruits on your board and have the CPU recruit them without replacing them. Walk-Ons: Add random walk-ons, which we can decide to keep or cut. Fan Approval Rating: Changes based on wins/losses, affects attendance. Create-a-Recruit: Make custom recruits. Promises: Bring back promises — break them, and players might transfer. Real FCS Schools: Include their logos and uniform but don't necessarily need their real roster or a stadium. Playoff Selection Show: Animated reveal like NBA 2K’s draft lottery. Medical Redshirt Decisions: Handle midseason injuries. Program Culture Rating: Reflects mentorship, academics, promises. Dynasty Menu Ticker: Live updates on scores, awards, standings. Playoff Editor: Customize playoff formats. College GameDay Segment: Virtual GameDay picks, signs, and hype. Authentic Cheer/Band Uniforms: Correct cheerleader and band uniforms.. Top 5 Plays Feed/News Tab: A video on the news tab that showcases clips of the top 5 plays of the week.. International Recruits: Rare global prospects. Booster System: Donors influence decisions; risk/reward. Generational Recruits: Have recruits that are 85 or higher as a freshman Presentation Fight Songs at Neutral Sites: Use fight songs for intros at neutral site games instead of broadcast music.. Studio Updates/Halftime Show: Bring back studio update graphics similar to those featured in the classic NCAA Football games. Take it a step further by having the studio update occasionally showcase a highlight play from another game in progress. Celebrate with Mascot: New touchdown animations. Cover Band Music: Bands play popular songs during breaks. Corso/Herbstreit Picks: Show pregame predictions. Rain Delay: Delays add strategy; stamina recovers. Uniform Wear & Tear: Realistic dirt and damage. Tailgate Scenes: Show pregame tailgating atmosphere. Rivalry Animations: Extra pushing/trash talk. Dynamic Bowl Crowds: Smaller bowls have realistic attendance. Fans Leaving Early: Blowouts cause fans to leave. Sideline Coach Arguments: Animated ref confrontations. Medical Tent Scenes: Show injured players being evaluated. Mascot Dance-Offs: Breaktime mascot battles. Gatorade Bath: Celebrate big wins with sideline tradition. National Anthem Ceremony: Full anthem for the national championship game. Senior Day: Flower ceremony for seniors in Dynasty. Assistant Coach Reactions: Show coordinators in booths. Injury Return Announcements: PA/sideline updates. Sideline Reporter: Real-time injury or momentum updates. Custom Sounds: Import custom music and effects. Seasonal Commentary: Reference holidays.Please EA give us the ability to change the rankings/ pick playoff teams
IMO this would be one of the best ways to increase immersion and realism. 9-1 LSU should not be down at 15. 3 G5 teams should not be able to make the playoff. Idk if EA even reads these but that’s the one thing i’d change rn about the game if i could. Please EA 🙏TeamBuilder Stuck in Restricted Builder Tier – Need Backend Review
Hello My NCAA Football 26 TeamBuilder account is stuck in the Restricted Builder tier. May I please have this reviewed by someone with access to account entitlements? On the TeamBuilder site, my created team only shows: Preview Edit Delete I do NOT have access to: Publish Visibility Team Details Import Roster Duplicate Because of this, I cannot publish my team, and it never appears in NCAA 26 for Dynasty Mode. I've verified that all of my roster information meets the requirments such as the number of players in each position and the team, as well as no dual numbers on the same side of the offense or defense, and the team will not load to the game. This appears to be a backend entitlement assignment problem, where my account was placed in the Restricted Builder tier instead of the Full Builder tier. I am requesting that an EA Community Manager or staff member escalate this to the appropriate internal team to: 1. Verify my TeamBuilder tier 2. Reset/reassign my account to the Full TeamBuilder tier 3. Confirm that my account can publish teams and make them available for Dynasty download I have attached a screenshot showing the restricted interface. Any assistance from EA staff who can forward this to the correct internal team would be appreciated. Xbox Series S USER ID Showdawg89 Thank you :-)College 27 and beyond
Ok so I replied to a previous discussion talking about some potential gameplay and dynasty features that should be added. Now I want to expand on how to make future college games even better: it all comes down to these main topics: gameplay, presentation/equipment, and immersion/customization. I think EA devs really do care about making a good game, but we need them to improve on these. gameplay: respectfully, gameplay in EA football simulator games (Madden and CFB) is just not as great as it could be. Maybe trying a new engine instead of the frostbite engine would help. Gameplay needs to be more realistic for those who choose to play simulation style games. Pass protection is one thing that is severely lacking right now and offensive line play is not great. Please make offensive line play more realistic and allow players to make even more adjustments to pass protection. Receiver play is also very strange to me. They do a terrible job of stacking defenders and going up to make catches. Aggressive catches that should be 50/50 are more like 10/90 if even that. I’m not saying the receiver always has to come down with contested passes but the contested specialist archetype is kind of pointless right now because they won’t catch it anyways. Defensively, some upgrades are much needed for more realistic defensive play. Defenders need to be better in zone coverage and need to travel with receivers near their zones instead of just leaving them wide open because they’re not in a small zone bubble. These are just a few improvements that need to happen for gameplay. I could think of a few more such as the “no eyes no picks” feature needing improvements to make it so qbs don’t throw 5 interceptions a game when trying to layer a football in between zones. There is more but I need to start talking about other aspects as well. presentation/equipment: presentation is really important for the game because it adds needed depth to the game that makes it fun. First, it’s time to start using AI commentary. Commentary in the game is pretty dry and gets old after a few play throughs. There are content creators who have made demos of what it would be like if there were AI announcers and it is awesome. There’s so much energy and creativity with every line and it doesn’t dry out. Additionally, we need pregame shows like college gameday where other games could be previewed and expert picks are made. I also believe we need a playoff selection show and awards ceremony where the finalists for awards can go and receive their awards when they win in real time. Equipment is also very important because the players in current games just don’t look real at all and the style looks bad. We need more equipment options and improvements to equipment models. There are guys on media who have made amazing images of what equipment could look like and it would make the game look so much better. Along with equipment, player builds needs to be better. Every player looks like 30 year old men with unrealistic hair styles and body types. We need customization for non nil players that are similar to 2K where we can edit all the face details like hair, eyes, mouth, facial hair, etc. we need to also be able to customize body types similar to how Madden 20 worked where you could edit arm size, chest size, belly size, rear size, thigh size, and calf size. Please bring this back and expand on it a little bit to make every player feel different. Immersion/customization: Our dynast/RTG is our world so we need full customization (for non nil situations of course) to play the game how we want to. Let us choose the weather we want to play in. Let us edit everything about the non nil players, let us add conferences, allow us to add team builder teams without replacing real teams. Add commitment flips that we can turn on or off depending on how we want to play. Add a feature for offline dynasty to force commitments for players who want absolutely stacked teams. Allow us to override players who lock us out because of deal breakers. Allow us to make custom playoffs for people who want 4 team playoffs back or maybe they want a full NCAA tournament. Maybe they want 8 teams or 16-20 teams. Maybe they want to change playoff criteria and they should be allowed to. Bring in a social media tab where we can keep up with all the news going around. Make coaching carousel better and allow players to mass exodus and follow their coach. Add spring games and off season features to make the off season feel alive rather than a bunch of buttons being mashed. Add position coaches. Make a ring of honor for all legendary players so they don’t just disappear and never mean anything again. Allow us to import non nil players to Madden, allow us to save highlights and have player highlights saved to a highlight tape in the ring of honor so we can go back and watch legendary moments from out favorite players. There are so many things that can be added to make the game dynamic and stop it from drying out. This is our dynasty, our road to glory. We should be able to play the game how we want to play it. If any devs are reading this, thank you for your time and I’m rooting for y’all going forward, but we need more from y’all to warrant us paying $70 every year, respectfully. You guys have the technology to do these things and you guys have my full support if you are actively trying to do them. As long as you guys are trying I will continue to support these games. Thank you.