Set to launch worldwide on July 19, a full reveal of the modes and features of EA Sports College Football 25 was announced on Friday.

Dynasty and Road To Glory modes will be available in College Football 25, according to a release. Those two modes will allow players “to construct their own powerhouse program as a created coach or vie for the Heisman as a player” in what the video game introduces as CampusIQ, which will be “a suite of features that brings to life the true depth of college football through wide open, fast-paced gameplay across all 134 FBS schools in all areas of the game.”

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Over 10,000 players have opted into College Football 25, it was announced in March. Any student-athlete who opts in and has their name, image and likeness used will receive $600 and a copy of the video game.

College Football 25 will also offer “the all-new Road to the College Football Playoff and College Football Ultimate Team” that will “bring fresh online experiences and ways to play.”

“EA SPORTS College Football is BACK! We’ve felt the passion and anticipation of college football fans every step of the way since we first announced this game, and we’re ecstatic to finally be able to show everyone what we’ve been building,” EA Sports SVP and Group GM Daryl Holt stated in a release. “College Football 25 is built with authenticity at its core, inspired by experiences our fans have loved from our games, and fully evolved to reflect modern college football – all of which will immerse them in the sights, sounds, and true-to-life gameplay of the sport they love.”

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EA Sports unveiled the cover of College Football 25 on Thursday, showcasing Michigan running back Donovan Edwards, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers and Colorado defensive back/wide receiver Travis Hunter. They will star on the covers of the Standard and Deluxe editions.

“Donovan, Quinn and Travis are extraordinary talents who impressed and entertained millions of college football fans on the field last season and are poised to do so again this year,” Holt stated in a release. “We’re proud to be able to incorporate thousands of current athletes in College Football 25, and featuring this trio of playmakers and their iconic college programs on the cover is a perfect fit as we usher in a new era for EA SPORTS and college football. I can’t wait for the world to learn more about the game tomorrow.”

ESPN broadcasters such as Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit will “call marquee matchups,” along with other broadcast teams such as Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer and David Pollack will comprise the virtual booth and “take the mic for all other games.”

Among the gameplay features include Homefield Advantage, which will allow players to “through distractions like screen shaking, missing pre-play icons, and moving play art.” Additional features consist of Pre-Snap Recognition and the Wear & Tear System, which means virtual player stamina is affected by more play so it will be important to “manage your players’ health, limit fatigue, assess risk of injury, and avoid on-field mistakes by using strategic substitutions to ensure your players are at their best when it counts the most.”

The traditions within college football that make it one of a kind will be immersed in College Football 25. Along with team mascots and fight songs, the video game will include “unique team run-outs, rivalry rituals, synchronized crowd-chants, loudness meters as well as real game-day audio.”

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Dynasty and Road To Glory modes are also offered in the video game alongside Road to the College Football Playoff, where players will “experience a new way to play competitively across consoles” and “earn rank by upsetting the toughest opponents and securing the votes you need to progress and level up divisions,” as well as College Football Ultimate Team.

College Football Ultimate Team will allow players to “build your dream team of college football stars and legends” in Solo Challenges or H2H seasons, and they can test their skill across consoles “in more competitive formats like College Football Ultimate Team Champs and Champs Gauntlet.”

EA Sports College Football 25 is available for pre-order now. According to Matt Brown of Extra Points, the video game will not be available for PC at launch. EA Sports is also offering an MVP bundle on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S that will include deluxe editions of College Football 25 and Madden NFL 25 “with 3-day early access and unlocks a multitude of benefits across both titles.”

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EA Sports announced Monday on social media that “10,000+” student-athletes “are in the game.” It was announced in February that any player who opts in and has their name, image and likeness used in the game will receive at least $600 and a copy of “College Football 25.”

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“10k and counting… pretty pretttyyy good,” @EASPORTSCollege posted on X.

All 134 Football Bowl Subdivision schools will be available to play in the new video game.

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ESPN broadcasters such as Rece Davis and Kirk Herbstreit will make up “the voices” of “College Football 25.”

If a player doesn’t opt into the “College Football 25” video game, then “a generic avatar based on the traditional strength or weakness of a position over the past decade for that school” will be created by EA Sports, according to ESPN.

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College football players around the country shared on social media Thursday their participation in the upcoming EA Sports video game “College Football 25.”

EA Sports confirmed Thursday that all 134 Football Bowl Subdivision teams will be available to play in the new game.

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More information about the game will be available in May, according to a release.

Players such as Michigan’s Will Johnson and Ohio State transfer Quinshon Judkins posted on X a graphic designed in their team’s colors promoting the video game.

ESPN broadcasters such as Rece Davis and Kirk Herbstreit shared posts confirming they’ll also appear as “one of the voices” of the game. Herbstreit posted “I’m so excited to FINALLY announce that I’m part of @EASPORTSCollege. I’m proud to be a partner and one of the voices of the game once again – my 14th year in that role.”

According to Michael Rothstein of ESPN, any player who opts in and has their name, image and likeness used in the game will receive at least $600 and a copy of “College Football 25.”

Additional opportunities such as advertisements, promotion, social media posts and other avenues will be available for players to have a chance to make more, according to ESPN.

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No Football Championship Subdivision school will be available to play when the game launches, according to ESPN.

If a player doesn’t opt into the “College Football 25” video game, then “a generic avatar based on the traditional strength or weakness of a position over the past decade for that school” will be created by EA Sports, according to ESPN.

According to Ryan Kryska of The Associated Press, users who could create and add players of real-life college football players who did not opt into the “College Football 25” video game will be blocked from doing so.

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There are some that can lead to the Super Bowl, the grandest stage of them all where the two best teams in football meet one another for the top prize in football: the Lombardi Trophy.

Oklahoma leads the way with six former players who will appear in the Super Bowl. Georgia is close behind with five, and other programs, such as Florida and Michigan, have four each.

Here is the full list of players and their alma maters ahead of Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday.

Arizona

Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles (49ers)

Arizona State

Brandon Aiyuk (49ers)

Arkansas

Brandon Allen (49ers)

Dre Greenlaw (49ers)

Army

Cole Christiansen (Chiefs)

Ball State

Nic Jones (Chiefs)

Brigham Young

Fred Warner (49ers)

Central Arkansas

George Odom (49ers)

Cincinnati

Travis Kelce (Chiefs)

Clemson

Ray-Ray McCloud III (49ers)

Justyn Ross (Chiefs)

Colorado

Isaiah Oliver (49ers)

Duke

Noah Gray (Chiefs)

Fayetteville State

Joshua Williams (Chiefs)

Florida

La’Michal Perine (Chiefs)

Jawaan Taylor (Chiefs)

Kadarius Toney (Chiefs)

Tommy Townsend (Chiefs)

Georgia

Robert Beal Jr. (49ers)

Chris Conley (49ers)

Mecole Hardman (Chiefs)

Malik Herring (Chiefs)

Charlie Woerner (49ers)

Georgia Tech

Harrison Butker (Chiefs)

Jordan Mason (49ers)

Harvard

Kyle Juszczyk (49ers)

Illinois

Nick Allegretti (Chiefs)

Iowa

George Kittle (49ers)

Iowa State

Brock Purdy (49ers)

Kansas State

Felix Anudike-Uzomah (Chiefs)

Ekow Boye-Doe (Chiefs)

Kentucky

Mike Edwards (Chiefs)

Louisiana

Elijah Mitchell (49ers)

Louisiana Tech

L’Jaruis Sneed (Chiefs)

LSU

Clyde Edwards-Helaire (Chiefs)

Neil Farrell (Chiefs)

Miami

Deon Bush (Chiefs)

Jon Feliciano (49ers)

Michigan

Ronnie Bell (49ers)

Mike Danna (Chiefs)

Jake Moody (49ers)

Ambry Thomas (49ers)

Michigan State

Taybor Pepper (49ers)

Middle Tennessee State

Darius Harris (Chiefs) 

Richie James (Chiefs)

Charvarius Ward (49ers)

Mississippi State

Willie Gay (Chiefs)

Chris Jones (Chiefs)

Missouri

Nick Bolton (Chiefs)

Blaine Gabbert (Chiefs)

Missouri S&T

Tershawn Wharton (Chiefs)

Nebraska

Randy Gregory (49ers)

North Carolina State

Joe Thuney (Chiefs)

Notre Dame

Aaron Banks (49ers)

Drue Tranquill (Chiefs)

Ohio State

Nick Bosa (49ers)

Chase Young (49ers)

Oklahoma

Blake Bell (Chiefs)

Creed Humphrey (Chiefs)

Wanya Morris (Chiefs)

Trent Williams (49ers)

Brayden Willis (49ers)

James Winchester (Chiefs)

Oregon

Arik Armstead (49ers)

Deommodore Lenoir (49ers)

Pennsylvania

Justin Watson (Chiefs)

Penn State

Ji’Ayir Brown (49ers)

Kevin Givens (49ers)

Donovan Smith (Chiefs)

Purdue

Jalen Graham (49ers)

George Karlaftis (Chiefs)

Rutgers

Sebastian Joseph-Day (49ers)

Isiah Pacheco (Chiefs)

Logan Ryan (49ers)

SMU

Rashee Rice (Chiefs)

Stephen F. Austin

BJ Thompson (Chiefs)

South Alabama

Darrell Luter Jr. (49ers)

South Carolina

Javon Kinlaw (49ers)

Deebo Samuel (49ers)

South Carolina State

Javon Hargrave (49ers)

South Dakota

Jack Cochrane (Chiefs)

South Florida

Marquez Valdes-Scantling (Chiefs)

Southern California

Sam Darnold (49ers)

Stanford

Christian McCaffrey (49ers)

Justin Reid (Chiefs)

St. John’s (Minnesota)

Ben Bartch (49ers)

TCU

Lucas Niang (Chiefs)

Matt Pryor (49ers)

Dee Winters (49ers)

Tennessee

Jauan Jennings (49ers)

Trey Smith (Chiefs)

Texas

Charles Omenihu (Chiefs)

Texas Tech

Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs)

Toledo

Samuel Womack III (49ers)

UCLA

Jake Brendel (49ers)

Utah

Mitch Wishnowsky (49ers)

UTSA

Spencer Burford (49ers)

Vanderbilt

Oren Burks (49ers)

Virginia Tech

Chamarri Conner (Chiefs)

Washington

Trent McDuffie (Chiefs)

Washington State

Jaylen Watson (Chiefs)

West Virginia

Colton McKivitz (49ers)

Western Michigan

Mike Caliendo (Chiefs)

Jaylon Moore (49ers)

Wisconsin

Leo Chenal (Chiefs)

Wyoming

Tashaun Gipson Sr. (49ers)

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Lembo brings head coaching experience at three prior stops: Lehigh from 2001-06, Elon from 2006-11 and Ball State from 2011-15.

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“I would like to thank Director of Athletics Mark Alnutt and President (Satish K.) Tripathi for providing me with this tremendous opportunity,” Lembo stated in a release. “I look forward to partnering with them, as well as the other leadership in the athletic department, on campus and in the community to make the UB football program one that we can all be proud of. We will work tirelessly to recruit, develop and maximize the experience for our student-athletes on and off the field. I am really excited to assemble an energetic staff that will build meaningful relationships with our players and with each other.”

According to Pete Thamel of ESPN, Lembo received a five-year contract from Buffalo.

Holding over 30 years of coaching experience, Lembo compiled a 79-36 at the Football Championship Subdivision.

Lembo’s career record is 112-65. He is the winningest head coach in Lehigh program history.

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Lembo has spent the past three seasons as associate head coach and special teams coordinator at South Carolina. In 2019-20, he was assistant head coach and special teams coordinator at Memphis, and Lembo served the same roles at Rice in 2018 and Maryland from 2016-17.

Lembo succeeds former Buffalo head coach Maurice Linguist, who took a position under Kalen DeBoer at Alabama as co-defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach.

“I’m extremely excited to welcome Pete Lembo as well as his wife, Jenifer, and children, Sophia, A.J. and Victoria to the UB family,” Buffalo athletics director Mark Alnutt stated in a release. “I’ve followed his career and have been very impressed not only with his coaching acumen but how he’s achieved success at his various stops.  His positive engagement and relationship building with people are second to none.  This is very advantageous when it comes to running a successful program.  I have no doubt that we will be very competitive and win championships in the MAC.  The future is very bright for UB Football with Coach Lembo at the helm.”

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The 12 league members will all have their turn to talk about the upcoming season, set to kick off in Week Zero when Ohio University and San Diego State get things started.

The league released its conference preseason coaches poll on Thursday morning and a pair of teams out of the state of Ohio top the rankings in the East and West respectively.

MAC East

The Bobcats of Ohio are coming off of a 10-4 record last season and a 7-1 conference run that saw OU come up short against Toledo in a 17-7 decision.

OU will be led by quarterback Kurtis Rourke, a key piece that was not in the lineup for the MAC Championship Game in 2022, after an ACL tear.

Both Miami and Buffalo are getting support, each garnering first-place votes and separated by just one point in the scoring system.

MAC West

Toledo is picked to repeat as west champions with 11 of the 12 first place votes going to the Rockets. Jason Candle’s squad went 9-5 in the 2022 season and had a win both in the conference championship game over OU but also a big bowl win over Liberty, 21-19.

Eastern Michigan should be the biggest threat in the West with the lone remaining first-place vote. Toledo edged out EMU last season in a three-point win at Eastern and will benefit from hosting the Eagles at the Glass Bowl in 2023.

Champs: Toledo (7), Ohio (4), Buffalo (1)

Coaches feel that Toledo will defend its title with seven of the 12 votes going to the Rockets with four going to the Bobcats and a lone vote going to Buffalo, a team picked third in its own division by the consensus of coaches.

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