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We’re less than two weeks away from the official release of EA Sports College Football 25, and it’s safe to say that it’s the most-anticipated sports video game in a long time. The franchise took an 11-year hiatus due to legal issues involving NIL, but those have been revolved, with the game coming out officially July 19
On Monday, EA Sports released a huge deep dive into the much-anticipated return of Dynasty Mode. I speak for many when I say we’re all itching to take over a program and return it to glory.
Here are five programs that will be fun rebuilds in EA Sports College Football 25
Nebraska
The Cornhuskers were arguably the best program in all of college football in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s and have fallen on hard times since their last national championship appearance in 2001. But, the fans remain as passionate as ever, and are anxious to see Nebraska back on top, or at the least a top-25 team annually.
The big challenge to rebuilding this school is going to be re-establishing recruiting territory in the areas where Nebraska used to pull kids from out of region, namely Dallas and Southern California. Do that, and you could have Memorial Stadium rocking.
Plus, it’s a chance to restore Nebraska’s option offense that it ran for decades while it was running the sport. That will add a unique challenge and play style to your dynasty experience.
Miami (FL)
This rebuild is in a similar vein to Nebraska, but probably with less difficulty given the location. The ‘Canes had stretches of dominances from the early 80’s until the early 2000’s, but haven’t been able to replicate the magic. Considering all of the talent in south Florida, it’s truly remarkable they haven’t been elite in over 20 years now.
There’s a lot of appeal to bring back the swagger this program once had, and put a fence about arguably the nation’s most fertile recruiting territory once again.
Boise State
If you’re someone who likes to start out with a smaller school, G5 Boise State could be a great fit. The Mountain West program was knocking on the door of playing for a national title and seemed destined for a major conference invite in the late 2000’s and early 2010’s. While things haven’t gone completely wrong since then, they’re no longer the program that crashes the New Year’s Six and seemingly have missed out on getting into a power conference.
That is, until you take over. Bringing the blue turf back to glory would be awesome, and you could get that power conference invite.
Georgia Tech
For much of the history of college football, the Georgia Tech-Georgia rivalry was much closer than it is now, but the Dawgs have won 20 of the last 23 games and have become the dominant program not just in the state, but in all of college football recently.
Meanwhile, Georgia Tech is yearning to get back to the heights of their split national title in 1990, but it hasn’t happened for them since. There are academic restrictions by one of the nation’s best schools, but there’s so much talent in the metro Atlanta area that you could keep enough of it home to become an ACC contender in just a few years. Plus, wouldn’t it feel great to knock off Georgia?
Washington State/Oregon State
Yes, this is technically six, but a rebuild of the only two schools left behind in the old PAC 12 will offer similar challenges and similar rewards. Imagine how fun it will be to use their in-state rivals who got lifeboats as the measuring stick as you build your program up, and then beat those schools in the annual rivalry game.
It’s going to be challenging, though. The recruiting territory isn’t great, and they’re going to have less resources than many of the programs that tap into the state both schools need to recruit well in California. But, as far as Power 5 schools go, one of these two schools may be the ultimate rebuild.