Question for the board - How does EA determine player ratings?

[WallaceNails]

I dont know if Adam or anyone has answered this before, so please help.

Does EA have an outside scouting service help with individual player ratings? That was my belief, has anyone heard differently?

[RoyceBrown]

Quote: Originally Posted by WallaceNails

I dont know if Adam or anyone has answered this before, so please help. Does EA have an outside scouting service help with individual player ratings? That was my belief, has anyone heard differently?

You really don't want to know

But do know that Rivals & Scout.com play a large roll in the creation of the baseline recruits, then mostly spring depth charts (if provided), spring prospectuses (when available), stats from prior seasons, info from yearly publications (mostly Phil Steele), knowledge from watching many many games, spring practice video/notes, info from various community members and a whole lot of guess work.

The biggest issue lies in how to rate a former stud recruit who has yet to perform for his team, versus some lesser rated recruit who has actually played. If your familiar with Phil Steele's PS Ranking, a similar methodology is employed.

So inherently a school like Michigan will have more highly rated players, despite performing worse on the field then a school like Kansas (who has far lesser quality recruits). Is it fair? No entirely. Is it what everyone must deal with? Absolutely.


You're expecting WAY WAY WAY too much if you think EA is linked up with any type of actual scouting services or anything that complicated. The entire process is much more elementary then that.

The process also includes any random producer at Tiburon throwing in their worthless 2 cents regarding their favorite team(s). Hence the reason you see so many 99OVR rated players, and absolutely astronomical speed ratings on some players.

[Pared]

This is a secret. They can't discuss this with you. Just "one of those things."

[deucepoppi17]

I think they guess for the most part. But i do know they use the Rivals 100 for the top freshmen and then add the next highest rated freshmen if they can fit them in.