Top Five EA NCAA Football Games of All Time

[ChaseB]

Christian McLeod's obsession with college football takes center stage here as he reminisces about what he believes are EA's five best NCAA football games ever.

In a matter of weeks, college football gamers everywhere will be playing EA's latest pigskin title NCAA Football 12. In the meantime, we at least get to dig into a demo.

Here at Operation Sports, I'm trying to pass the time just like all of you. So I decided to analyze EA's college football legacy by ranking the top five games that have made the current NCAA Football series such a mainstay in today's sports gaming culture. Did your favorite make the list? Read on to find out.

Click the link below to see if your power rankings match up with Christian's. If they don't, then clearly Christian's opinion is wrong.

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[NoDakHusker]

I fully agree with this list, quite a blast from the past a few of those are.
Good read!

[druez]

I like the idea of having two seperate modes. Road to Glory should only allow you to control your player and not the whole team. It is you playing a "role" on a team. I have full blown dynasty mode if I want to controll everything and everybody.

I think its good to have both approaches to the game.

BTW Congrats on your boy!!!! Baby = less gametime. I know this.

[Retropyro]

I really do miss the ability to have your Road to Glory player move on to become a coach in your dynasty. I don't understand why that was removed.

[TDenverFan]

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I wish I'd tried NCAA 04 and 06, instead I got Madden... Oh well...

[robbiedizzle]

I also was obsessed with getting my team on those mags. I miss that.

[acts238shaun]

My fav last gen was NCAA07...besides hat this list is spot on!

[sportzbro]

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Quit making me miss my old xbox, Chase.

Its really a toss up between 06 & 04. I remember sitting on 04 for three days straight playing a dynasty with minimal food & no shower lol (I was around 14 I think). Probably played 400-500 user games until 05 came out.

06 is my all-time favorite though. It just had everything to keep me playing... the best gameplay, presentation, and a FULL dynasty mode (SI, heisman presentation, simple recruiting, etc.). Sadly, I don't think the series will be that good for a loooooong time.

[sportznut02]

Great list I would not change a single thing on the top 5. I have had every game in this series stating back to Bill Walsh`s College Football.

[illwill10]

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This is making me my Ps2. I either hid it perfectly(I had to or they would mess with it) or it got stolen. I remember letting my cousin play it and they saved over a game I was like 10 missions away from beating it(GTA 3). I was pissed, I stopped playin it. I still look for it sometimes.
There are some games I want to play again. I never played Dynasty in NCAA

[bigdoc85]

All the more reason to keep that PS2 around.

[GrnEyedBanditTN]

I still own 04 and 07... I have the original 60GB PS3 and can still play them. 07 was my last PS2 purchase. 04 is special to me because it was the last year the school (East TN State U aka ETSU) I played at had football. I wore people out w/ Tenn on 99. Also rocked w/ Memphis because of my Cousin playing WR there at the time.

[coogrfan]

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What, no NCAA 2005?

[ryan]

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I liked NCAA 2000 as that was the first time I saw FCS teams on there WITH their own stadiums coupled with neutral site stadium

game play was cheesy and recruiting was spotty but it felt like something....

Next Gen was never kind to FCS outside of a few fight songs

[DoomsDayD1978]

2004 was great! Definitely no complaints with it being #1 on the list. My fondest memory of 04 was being ranked #2 online 51-4 after the first month behind a guy who was 58-0. This was long before random online play was a worthless waste of time due to all the glitchery and cheese. You could play almost anyone randomly and get a good game in. That alone, led to countless hours of online play.
(Sidenote: I remember the guy who was ranked #1, got caught by EA for having 2 PS2's...lol)