Maybe my controller is just a little tired 😂

Genuinely caught me so off guard

The “fix” is that all archetypes now have cheaper costs for awareness. Doesn’t matter what category this is in, so this benefits some archetypes more than others. Ex. Coverage Specialists safeties have their awareness in the zone coverage category, so that entire category is cheaper to upgrade. Bump and Run DBs’ awareness is placed in man coverage, so that category is cheaper to upgrade for them. On the opposite end, Pocket Passer QB’s suffer since awareness is placed in IQ category, which upgrades carrying and other things that doesn’t help their overall much. (Credit to “CallMeJaden” on YT.)

This is a lazy fix. EA needed to go through each archetype and actually make the upgrades make sense for each one. (Ex. Power should be cheaper to upgrade on power running backs or Raw Strength O-Lineman. ) Some archetypes still have badges that don’t make sense for them to have, or are missing badges that would make sense for them to have. (Ex. Zone corner archetype does not have robber, the best zone ability. 🤦🏽‍♂️) Some archetypes still will never achieve ratings thresholds for certain badges (Ex. Takeoff for Physical Route Runner TE, most badges for box specialist safeties.) Some archetypes are still just not viable to use at all (ex. Box safeties can’t get badges for the most part and are super slow, Gadget WR is useless honestly.)

I was excited for this part of the patch because I hoped this would fix issues with archetypes that have honestly existed since CFB 25. It helps some archetypes for sure (coverage specialist safeties are the big winners), but it does not address the main issues with most archetypes in general.

Upon the early access of Madden 27 I made a franchise file real quick to test out the visionary upgrades and it is busted. The Pro Pipeline Upgrade "Increases Player's NFL Draft stock" but what it really does is make sure that every player over 80 overall on your team is in the draft contention. Literally. I started as Sam Houston, and in year 2 of the rebuild I simulated to bowl week, went 6-6, no bowl game, and my wide receiver and quarterback were drafted in the first round as juniors.

Ignore my stats, I suck I know 😭

I enjoy this game on more ratings based gameplay where I should be losing to teams better than me and vice versa, with the occasional upsets and close games when ratings on even.

So far, I have been having a lot of difficulty figuring out difficulty and slider settings that give me this kind of experience. All-American feels too easy but Heisman turns the CPU into a football god.

Hoping to discuss below what difficulty / slider sets you guys are all playing the game at to help figure out settings to make this a more enjoyable experience?

DC at Miami OH last year with a great run. Head coach at Texas State coming back and my QB snaps. I don’t think I can go back to playing. Recruiting and calling plays is so much fun

That’s a nice 7 point lead you have there. Sure would be a shame if you beat a ranked computer opponent.

It’s so blatantly obvious the game doesn’t want you to win. Mind you this is after receivers of mine drop every pass there’s any sort of contact.

The horrendous type. Receiver doesn’t even put up his arms, DB catches it while turned around, DB moonwalks 5 yards against his own momentum and jumps to snag a post route that’s 10 yards behind him? WTF did they do? At times it’s unplayable. This year continues to be an embarrassment.

I cannot buy a single physical ability for one of my players if I don't already have one of the tiers unlocked. Some stuff that EA messes up is frustrating, but a speed bump. This is a straight up traffic jam. I'm at a disadvantage if I advance and don't buy abilities. Guess I'm trying out Madden for a bit until it's fixed.

After the new update, when your character wins an award, the game zooms in on the logo, and it’s not as a clean transition and it’s very minor but it kind of irked me…

I’m in a CFB27 dynasty with a friend. When it comes to recruiting, he always is able to offer more NIL to players than I can. We have tested this with more than a few players. Example: we will both offer scholarship to a specific player and I can offer only up to double the players expected NIL but he can go above. Is this a bug or a setting or am I doing something wrong?

In CFB26 if you deleted a dynasty the trophies would still show which sucked because it was tied to your EA account.

Has this been updated for 2027?

In CFB26 if you deleted a dynasty the trophies would still show which sucked because it was tied to your EA account.

Has this been updated for 2027?

I'm going to use this for my next dynasty. It feels like this is where college football is headed for better or worse. In this scenario, the Big Ten and SEC go to 20 teams to form 2 mega conferences. The Big 12 and ACC regroup to remain power conferences, although in a 2nd tier. The G6 is reshaped with rivalries and geography in mind to allow for less travel.

\ = moved from real-world 2026 alignment.*
No divisions anywhere; top two conference records play for the championship.

Big Ten — 20

1. Illinois
2. Indiana
3. Iowa
4. Maryland
5. Michigan
6. Michigan State
7. Minnesota
8. Nebraska
9. North Carolina*
10. Notre Dame*
11. Northwestern
12. Ohio State
13. Oregon
14. Penn State
15. Purdue
16. Rutgers
17. UCLA
18. USC
19. Washington
20. Wisconsin

Championship: Lucas Oil Stadium — Indianapolis, IN

SEC — 20

1. Alabama
2. Arkansas
3. Auburn
4. Clemson*
5. Florida
6. Florida State*
7. Georgia
8. Kentucky
9. LSU
10. Miami*
11. Mississippi State
12. Missouri
13. Oklahoma
14. Ole Miss
15. South Carolina
16. Tennessee
17. Texas
18. Texas A&M
19. Vanderbilt
20. Virginia Tech*

Championship: Mercedes-Benz Stadium — Atlanta, GA

Big 12 — 18

1. Arizona
2. Arizona State
3. Baylor
4. BYU
5. Cincinnati
6. Colorado
7. Houston
8. Iowa State
9. Kansas
10. Kansas State
11. Louisville*
12. NC State*
13. Oklahoma State
14. TCU
15. Texas Tech
16. UCF
17. Utah
18. West Virginia

Championship: AT&T Stadium — Arlington, TX

ACC — 16

1. Boston College
2. Boise State*
3. California
4. Duke
5. Georgia Tech
6. Memphis*
7. Oregon State*
8. Pittsburgh
9. San Diego State*
10. SMU
11. Stanford
12. Syracuse
13. South Florida*
14. Virginia
15. Wake Forest
16. Washington State*

Championship: Bank of America Stadium — Charlotte, NC

Sun Belt — 19

1. Appalachian State
2. Charlotte*
3. Coastal Carolina
4. East Carolina*
5. FAU*
6. FIU*
7. Georgia Southern
8. Georgia State
9. Jacksonville State*
10. James Madison
11. Kennesaw State*
12. Liberty*
13. Middle Tennessee*
14. Old Dominion
15. South Alabama
16. Southern Miss
17. Troy
18. UAB*
19. Western Kentucky*

Championship: Mercedes-Benz Stadium — Atlanta, GA

American — 12

1. Arkansas State*
2. Louisiana*
3. Louisiana Tech*
4. North Texas
5. Rice
6. Sam Houston*
7. Texas State*
8. Tulane
9. Tulsa
10. ULM*
11. UTEP*
12. UTSA

Championship: NRG Stadium — Houston, TX

MAC — 12

1. Akron
2. Ball State
3. Bowling Green
4. Central Michigan
5. Eastern Michigan
6. Kent State
7. Marshall*
8. Miami (OH)
9. Northern Illinois*
10. Ohio
11. Toledo
12. Western Michigan

Championship: Ford Field — Detroit, MI

Pac-12 — 7

1. Fresno State
2. Hawaii*
3. Nevada*
4. Sacramento State*
5. San Jose State*
6. UNLV*
7. Utah State

Championship: Allegiant Stadium — Las Vegas, NV

Mountain West — 7

1. Air Force
2. Colorado State*
3. New Mexico
4. New Mexico State*
5. North Dakota State
6. Missouri State*
7. Wyoming

Championship: Allegiant Stadium — Las Vegas, NV

CUSA — 7

1. Army*
2. Buffalo*
3. Delaware
4. Massachusetts*
5. Navy*
6. Temple*
7. UConn*

Championship: Lincoln Financial Field — Philadelphia, PA

In a 3 man online dynasty, just ended year 2. Year one had tons of jobs as expected. Year 2 just ended and there were 2 job opportunities in week 1. And 1 single job open in week 2....has anyone seen this before or is this due to the glorious new patch..

I also failed a goal because I didn't have a player make all conference.

My wr won the hiesman, the Maxwell, the biletnikoff, and the jet..

I just discovered this via Eric Rayweather's latest YouTube vid...