EA Sports College Football 26 received a new update just a few days after the game’s launch on July 10. The new EA Sports College Football 26 update addresses some lingering issues that have affected the game since launch, including one that negatively impacts the performance of linebackers.
After more than a decade of inactivity, the College Football series returned with the release of last year’s EA Sports College Football 25. Although some fans were initially skeptical about the series becoming yearly once more, EA put an end to fears about another hiatus when the company announced EA Sports College Football 26 back in January. EA Sports College Football 26 was released on July 10 to positive critical reception, with the game now sitting at an 85 Metascore on Metacritic at the time of this writing. Although critical reviews of the game are mostly positive thus far, players have run into various technical issues, and EA has begun to release various updates to address the problems that players have encountered.
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EA released the July 15 Title Update for EA Sports College Football 26, along with patch notes that outline the number of bug fixes and adjustments. According to EA, the update makes improvements to online stability, and there were adjustments made to gameplay and EA Sports College Football 26’s Road To Glory mode. An issue that caused linebackers to run slower than intended when defending running plays has been fixed, and EA confirms a fix was applied to a bug that caused a blocked kick to not play out when using a left-footed kicker. Another issue that prevents players from snapping the ball after inputting a specific button combination was also fixed. Moreover, a bug that caused wide receivers to get a speed boost when calling specific Reverse Pass plays was addressed.
EA confirmed that the College Football developers reduced the size of the timing window for “Perfectly Timed” stiff-arms and increased the catch chance of interceptions. Additional adjustments to these mechanics will be introduced in a future update for EA Sports College Football 26, as the team is investigating a balancing fix for stiff-arms and more improvements for catch drops.
Lastly, the July 15 update makes two notable adjustments to team and user Per Play Grading events in Road to Glory. The developers reduced the positive and negative impacts of team Per Play Grading events for MIKE and CB, while the positive and negative impacts of user Per Play Grading events were increased. The EA Sports College Football developers will likely make more balancing changes in a future update.
This update contains improvements to online stability and the following:
Gameplay:
- Addressed an issue causing linebackers to run slower than intended when defending running plays.
- Addressed an issue where a blocked kick wouldn’t play out when using a left-footed kicker
- Addressed a rare issue where you were unable to snap the ball occasionally after inputting a specific button combination.
- Addressed an issue where the WR would get a speed boost when calling specific Reverse Pass plays.
- Tuning to reduce size of timing window for ‘Perfectly Timed’ stiff-arms; we are investigating a more comprehensive fix to better balance the stiff-arm mechanic in a future title update.
- Tuning to increase catch chance for INT’s; we are investigating additional improvements for catch drops in a future title update.
Road To Glory:
- Reduced the positive/negative impacts of team Per Play Grading events for MIKE and CB.
- Increased the positive/negative impacts of user Per Play Grading events for MIKE and CB. (coverage, interceptions, forcing a fumble, touchdowns, etc.)
EA Sports College Football 26
- Released
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July 10, 2025
- ESRB
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Everyone / In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items), Users Interact
- Engine
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Frostbite
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer, Online Co-Op, Local Co-Op
