EA Sports College Football 26, which has been highly anticipated by many fans, has officially started its pre-release promotion. The first round of information is mainly about the game cover and release details. Let’s analyze some of the information that has been released.

Deluxe Edition

This year’s Deluxe Edition cover looks very similar to last year’s CFB 25 cover, both with multiplayer lineups, but on a larger scale and with more relevant information.

In addition to current players, the cover also invites many former players like Tim Tebow, Denard Robinson and well-known coaches Ryan Day, Marcus Freeman, Kirby Smart, etc., and also incorporates many team mascots, including Oregon Ducks, Georgia Bulldog, etc.

On the one hand, it may be to show the deep history, legendary figures, famous coaches and beloved mascots of College Football. On the other hand, does this indicate that CFB 26 will arrange for these coaches to return to the field?

If true, how to obtain these coaches? Is it obtained by completing tasks and using points, or directly using NCAA 26 Coins?

Does the integration of mascots mean that they will restart Mascot Mode?

However, many players are not interested in Mascot Mode, and the game is already very functional at this stage, so I don’t think EA CFB 26 will spend a lot of time and effort to integrate this mode into the game.

Standard Edition

The cover of the Standard Edition is basically the opposite of the Deluxe Edition. There are only two players who are considered being one of the most outstanding freshmen in College Football history. They are wide receiver Ryan Williams from Alabama and wide receiver Jeremiah Smith from Ohio State.

Both of them have shown amazing talent and performance in their respective games, and from the statement of CUT 26, we can guess that choosing these two players who are about to enter the sophomore as the cover characters of the Standard Edition may be to celebrate the arrival of the sophomore season.

Both cover players are considered having Hall of Fame careers, which may be the key factor in choosing them, especially Ryan Williams, who can play very well on the field at the age of 17.

Before this, fans speculated whether he would score 100 points or even higher in College Football 26. If he is really a strong player, many people will use CUT 26 Coins to get him after the release. Now that he is on the cover of Standard Edition, more people think that the speculation may be true.

Last year, the cover players of CFB 25 were all backs, focusing on showing jersey numbers and names, but this year, all the cover players are facing the camera, and the players can show their faces. EA CFB 26 has solved a series of problems such as name and portrait rights that once caused the series to stop, so it is now legal to use player images.

CFB 26 will release a series of new trailers today. Players around the world are eagerly looking forward to this important moment, hoping to get more detailed information about gameplay, new features, team rosters, in-depth modes, etc.

And EA Sports College Football 26 has been confirmed to be officially launched on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S platforms on July 10, 2025. By then, players can use CFB 26 Coins to obtain players and immersively experience the real stadiums from 136 FBS-level universities and feel the authentic passion of college football.