The 5 Biggest Mistakes EA College Football 25 Made With Offensive Power Rankings

All numbers are relative, as rankings are the real numbers that matter. In the lead-up to the releases of EA 25 College Footballthere are some very important metrics emerging regarding each team that will appear in the game. One of those metrics is the ever-notable offensive rating. While all of the top 25 offenses in college football are right on target in this game, there are some notable exceptions.

I think having teams that are clinchers for the College Football Playoff like Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Ohio State in the top five makes a lot of sense. I also agree that having teams that aren’t yet on your radar like North Carolina State, Memphis, SMU, and UCF in the top 25 makes a lot of sense as well. However, I do think there are a handful of teams that are either getting too much love or not enough love from EA.

So what I’m going to do today is profile five teams that I think are out of the question in terms of offensive prowess in the upcoming EA College Football 25 video game. Again, all five of the teams I mention are undoubtedly top-25 offenses in college football and are probably all firmly within the top 20, if we’re being totally honest. I have my reasons for rearranging the order a bit here.

Behold! The top 25 crimes in EA College Football 25 with the help of this sweet graphic from On3.

Let’s start with a team that I know is going to score points, but unfortunately is completely outside the top 10.

Once again, it seems I have a higher opinion of the Ole Miss Rebels than most people who cover the greatest sport on the planet. EA has them ranked #13, which I think may be justified, but I look at the bigger picture. Yes, losing star running back Quinshon Judkins to Ohio State in the transfer portal is a shame, but guess who the king of the transfer portal is? That would be Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin!

It’s with their offensive scheme, as well as the great quarterback play of the veteran Jaxson Dart, that I have a better expectation of the Rebels earning an overall grade of 87+ and ranking 13th. They should be in the top eight, ahead of at least two teams that I don’t think even remotely belong in the top 10. I’ll get to them shortly, but for now, I’d put Ole Miss’ offense up against anyone.

If the defense is as good as I think it can be, Ole Miss can be a top six team in the entire game.

I understand that DJ Uiagalelei is not for everyone, but I really like that he is playing his final season of college football at Florida State. Even though the Seminoles lost so much talent to the NFL, I’m optimistic about this team for one big reason: Mike Norvell is a great coach. Like Lane Kiffin at Ole Miss, he is the king of the transfer portal, as evidenced by his ability to sign Uiagalelei.

Truth be told, Uiagalelei was always going to leave Oregon State once Jonathan Smith left for Michigan State. However, getting a guy who was supposed to be the next face of Clemson football to come back to the ACC and become one of the Tigers’ biggest competitors and rivals in the conference is great. Florida State may not be as talented as some other teams, but I like the program that Norvell built.

Again, this is a video game, but I’m surprised to see Florida State ranked higher than 23rd overall.

On the other hand, I can’t say I’m excited about Clemson this season. If they played in another league, I’d see the Tigers on the same level as Oklahoma in the expanded SEC or a notch below Penn State in the expanded Big Ten. Oh, don’t get me wrong. Clemson is okay, but I’m legitimately surprised to see them with the 10th-best-rated offense in the new college football game.

If Cade Klubnik can live up to the expectations he had as a five-star recruit coming out of high school, he might be able to support his lofty ranking a little more. Once again, Clemson is fully capable of earning this ranking in my opinion, but I’m not going to just give it to them. I trust Dabo Swinney’s eye for offensive talent, but I have a bad feeling that Garrett Riley may be a younger version of his older brother…

Right now, I’d probably drop Clemson down to the mid-teens for the offensive ranking, like #16.

This is absolutely outrageous. I understand that Jedd Fisch is no longer their head coach, but why is EA Sports treating the Arizona Wildcats so badly? They didn’t lose shorts king Noah Fifita or wide receiver extraordinaire Tetairoa McMillan, who went to Washington in the transfer portal. Plus, it’s not like Brent Brennan is a totally useless head coach. He had been a top player for a time at San Jose State.

Honestly, I’d trade the Wildcats for Clemson, or even Colorado, just inside the top 10. I might have Ole Miss a spot or two ahead of them, especially since we don’t know what impact the coaching regime will have. have in this program Wildcats. To me, they are one of six contenders who could realistically make it to Arlington, win the Big 12 and make the playoffs this season.

Fifita may be small, but he is by far one of the best quarterbacks in college football. Do not be silly.

They have to sell product, right? Aside from Dov Kleiman and people who don’t actually watch college football, the Colorado Buffaloes don’t have to be the No. 8 team in offensive rating in this video game. Yes, they have Shedeur Sanders under center and guys like Travis Hunter who can do it all, but Pat Shurmur’s offense didn’t win a single game last season after he got promoted.

Admittedly, it all went too far once Shurmur replaced an ineffective Sean Lewis from the inside. However, I do know that losing running back Dylan Edwards to former Big Eight rival Kansas State in the transfer portal is a huge, huge loss for this team. Honestly, I’d rather play Chris Klieman’s K-State offense with Edwards and Avery Johnson than Colorado, and that team isn’t even a top 25 team!

Colorado may have a great passing attack, but I can’t believe they’re higher than 15th.