EA Sports College Football 25 Top Defenses

[Steve_OS]

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[padsfan92]

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Colorado, UNC and USC as top 25 defenses is EGREGIOUS. Iowa should at minimum be top 5

[patsfan1993]

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22nd in def 3rd down %
124th in def 1st allowed
121st in ppts per game allowed
53rd in sacks
81st In tackle for loss
127th in total yards

Even though 2024 ratings is a projection there is no way to justify Colorado going from that to where they have them rated going into the season.

[georgiafan]

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Colorado and last year 120 Something ranked defense being ranked 20th is so wrong you can’t help but laugh lol

[TuffJuff]

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Ok this defense list is absolutely terrible

[dylanrocks83]

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Question: what weight is given to starters vs. backups in these ratings? Or if a team has great starters but no depth, would that matter as much as a team being pretty solid throughout the depth chart?

[Dawgfan1]

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More of the same with the offenses. Probably worth noting that with this being a video game, this is more of a list of the most talented units, not the best. That tends to favor teams with perhaps a lot of talent brought in, but will probably not gel very well together, like Colorado. And a defense like Iowa's will probably get dinged because while they play well together, they're just not as individually talented as defenses like Ohio State and Georgia. No strong opinions though, none of these teams have played a snap yet. I just like the high range of overall ratings from just 1 to 25.

[fballturkey]

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More of the same with the offenses. Probably worth noting that with this being a video game, this is more of a list of the most talented units, not the best. That tends to favor teams with perhaps a lot of talent brought in, but will probably not gel very well together, like Colorado. And a defense like Iowa's will probably get dinged because while they play well together, they're just not as individually talented as defenses like Ohio State and Georgia. No strong opinions though, none of these teams have played a snap yet. I just like the high range of overall ratings from just 1 to 25.

I’m impressed they correctly identified that Iowa’s defense is not actually that good and they perform very poorly against good teams.

VT at 14 is pretty funny and that’s coming from a VT fan.

[BallinVol]

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I’m impressed they correctly identified that Iowa’s defense is not actually that good and they perform very poorly against good teams.

VT at 14 is pretty funny and that’s coming from a VT fan.

That's a fair assessment about Iowa. They do have a solid defense, however, Tennessee beat them 35-0 in the bowl game, so it does speak wonders of the opponents they face in the Big Ten.

[Ky3217]

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The CFB ratings person a Colorado fan like how Madden’s is a Cowboys fan? Lmao

[TarHeelPhenom]

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I'm going to take off my blue tinted glasses for a minute here lol...

Looking at both the Top 25 Offenses and Defenses lists and...

...they have the Tar Heels bass ackwards lol! We've had Top 25 offenses for the past 5 years, including years in the Top 10, while our defenses have been among the worst in college football the last 3 years. Yet, we are not among the Top 25 offenses and are ranked #23 in defense.


On the flipside, NC State is ranked #16 in offense, and not ranked in defense. That's backwards too.

[Ziza9Noles94]

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The Colorado and SC (no offense to anyone) ones are...yeah huh?

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[KSUowls]

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I’m impressed they correctly identified that Iowa’s defense is not actually that good and they perform very poorly against good teams.

VT at 14 is pretty funny and that’s coming from a VT fan.

How much of that is because of the abysmal offense though?

Penn State scored 31, but Iowa's offense only had 76 yards combined offense. Resulting in the defense being on the field for 45 minutes.

Michigan scored 26, Iowa's offense only had 150 yards.

In both cases, Iowa's defense held those opposing, good, offenses well below their season averages in yards per pass and rush attempt. Their own offense just didn't do them any favors which resulted in them being on the field all game and Mich/PSU scoring on volume of opportunities. The only offense that you can really say that they struggled with was Tennessee.

#13 overall seems like it's probably close to right, maybe even underrated (I don't know who they lost on defense).

[TuffJuff]

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That's a fair assessment about Iowa. They do have a solid defense, however, Tennessee beat them 35-0 in the bowl game, so it does speak wonders of the opponents they face in the Big Ten.

Yeah and they are tied with 5 other teams at 88 overall. So they could be listed at 8 instead of 13 and i don’t think think people would be complaining.

[GoDucks1224]

EA Sports College Football 25 Top Defenses

How much of that is because of the abysmal offense though?



Penn State scored 31, but Iowa's offense only had 76 yards combined offense. Resulting in the defense being on the field for 45 minutes.



Michigan scored 26, Iowa's offense only had 150 yards.



In both cases, Iowa's defense held those opposing, good, offenses well below their season averages in yards per pass and rush attempt. Their own offense just didn't do them any favors which resulted in them being on the field all game and Mich/PSU scoring on volume of opportunities. The only offense that you can really say that they struggled with was Tennessee.



#13 overall seems like it's probably close to right, maybe even underrated (I don't know who they lost on defense).

People severely underestimate the impact a bad offense has on your defense. Nebraska was great on defense last year. But their offense was so bad they were on the field all game, and as a result they got exhausted. The amount of games Iowa won is purely a testament to how good their defense was to prop up an absolutely putrid offense.