EA Releases College Football 25 Team Builder Along With Full Details on How to Get Custom Teams in Your Game

With College Football 25 set for wide release on Friday, EA has released its promised Team Builder feature that will allow players to create their own custom teams.

EA detailed the new feature in a lengthy post, including how it incorporates alternates, stadiums, and more. The Team Builder tools are accessible via browser, with custom teams available to be downloaded in-game. If you’re not feeling particularly creative, you can also download creations made by your friends or other creators.

Custom teams are compatible with College Football 25’s Dynasty Mode, meaning you can create your own school and build them into a collegiate superpower like Michigan or Georgia. Up to 16 custom teams can be imported per dynasty, where they will replace an existing team of the commissioner’s choice.

Team Builder was a heavily-requested feature by fans, who remembered it fondly from previous iterations of the NCAA franchise. EA responded by going as far as to hire one of its original architects, senior engineer Chris Markuck, who returned to help lead development on College Football 25’s version of Team Builder.

According to Circana’s Player Engagement Tracker, on July 17th, EA Sports College Football ranked #3 in US daily active users on Xbox Series (behind only Call of Duty HQ and Fortnite) and 4th on PS5 (COD, Fortnite & GTAV).

…and it’s still just in early access.

Phew.

— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) July 18, 2024

Elsewhere, College Football 25 is off to a very strong start, ranking at #3 for US daily active users on Xbox and #4 on PS5. EA servers were slammed by as many as 700,000 fans, with more to come once it leaves early access. Fan feedback has been mostly positive, though our current review-in-progress is currently a bit more mixed on the experience.

“Right now, EA College Football 25 feels like a college quarterback who left school for the NFL too soon, got drafted way higher than he should have because a team was desperate, started under intense scrutiny from a fanbase and an owner who are tired of losing all the time, and then flamed out of the league because he just wasn’t ready for prime time,” we wrote.

Stay tuned for our full review, and make sure to check our complete guide to College Football 25.

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