EA Sports College Football 26 Reviews
While marred by repetitive commentary and a smattering of intrusive bugs, the foundation here is rock-solid. For fans of college football, it’s an essential purchase. It’s still not a flawless champion just yet, but its potential to build a long-lasting dynasty is undeniable.
As predicted, College Football '25 would rightly become the best selling sport game of all time, with only Call of Duty outselling it last year, period. Amazingly, this year's version is better in every way. Execution, presentation, immersion and depth go the next level on its second lap. The best amazingly just got best-ter. If you've got a PS5 Pro, College Football '26 is the game designed for it .
Although there is room for improvement, the execution seems hurried. More than anything else, College Football 26 requires time, time to refine, time to correct fundamental mechanics, and time to pay attention to community input.
“EA Sports College Football 26” impressively demonstrates why college football is more than just sport: it is a festival of emotions, full of traditions, wild games and legendary stadiums. The presentation in particular conveys this perfectly: whether it's the White Out at Penn State, “Enter Sandman” by Metallica at the Virginia Tech Entrance or other college rituals. Moments like these make the game something special.
Review in German | Read full review
College Football 26 is better than last year, but it's a sophomore season that's more focused on steady improvement rather than breakout success.
One of the reasons for its best-in-class performance is that while Ultimate Team is here, and sound, other modes – and those rivalries! – are given the space to outshine it.
College Football 26 didn’t throw out the playbook from its first year back, but it didn’t need to. Instead, iterative improvements and quality-of-life adjustments build upon an already strong foundation.
EA Sports College Football 26 builds on its solid foundations and celebrates what makes the college experience and its teams so unique.
Everything that sold everyone on College Football 25 is bigger and better in College Football 26. Check out our review.
EA Sports College Football 26 is the second game in the revival of the franchise. After a solid debut, CFB 26 adds more to the mix with big improvements to neglected modes and presentation.
College Football 26 continues to impress.
So, EA Sports College Football 26 is better than last year albeit demonstrating its superiority in a measurement of inches rather than miles. That said, the raft of incremental improvements, massive amount of content to stuck into which when married with EA's reliably all-star, blockbuster presentation which succeeds in emulating the audiovisual sensation of the real-life spectacle mean that EA Sports College Football 26 remains an essential purchase for those looking to hit digital college gridiron. All in all, EA College Football 26 is the best football game to come along for a good while and once again supplants the Madden NFL franchise as the premier gaming series for America's most passionate sporting pastime.
EA Sports College Football 26 is like being in the stands among the fans of your favourite team, living the traditions and experiencing the explosive gameplay as if you were actually there.
College Football 26, from developer EA Orlando, is a marvelous football experience that picks up where the series left off last year and the years prior. It brings a good personality, refined gameplay that feels optimized and natural on offense and defense, and plenty of modes to keep college football fanatics happy. The only real hiccup in the game is teammate reaction and intelligence. It’s lacking and needs some improvement.
An Audio and Visual Upgrade but some parts fall flat, This is the nature of yearly sport games unfortunately. But the ability to play from High School all the way to the NFL is a reason I would get both College Football & Madden this year.
If you're a college football fan, this year's EA offering is a no-brainer. Even for newcomers, it's worth checking out thanks to the impressive customization and depth packed into the game. Coaches now have realistic counterparts, while new archetypes and a revamped transfer portal add meaningful layers to Dynasty mode. There are some hiccups, like persistent online lag, but overall, the series is clearly on a winning trajectory.
EA Sports College Football 26 is a strong successor to its entertaining predecessor, packed with atmosphere, stadiums, teams, and modes for every type of player—though Road to Glory feels a bit flat and Ultimate Team leans heavily into monetization, the gameplay is solid, the performance smooth, and for college football fans, it’s a no-brainer.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
EA Sports College Football 26 is a step forward in the right direction and builds really well from where CFB 25 left off. There are plenty of quality of life additions from menus and UI to even more sliders and options for players for the various game modes.
College Football 26 feels like a sensible step forward, a step back, and standing still all at once. Gameplay is even better than it was before, Road to Glory is somehow worse, and Dynasty is just about what it was last year. There are certainly worse outcomes for an annual sports title, but it is important to go in knowing that EA hasn't exactly reinvented the wheel.
I can say, without any exaggeration, that EA SPORTS College Football 26 is the best American football game I have ever played.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review