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On Thursday, EA Sports released its rankings for the Top 25 offenses and defenses in College Football 25 as part of the “Rankings Week” event.
Following the releases of the “Toughest Places to Play” and the “Sights and Sounds Deep Dive,” there was a mountain of anticipation for the first look at the game’s team ratings.
However, when the rankings were out for everyone to see, that anticipation turned into an uproar as fans, media, and everyone in between began poking holes in the numbers.
The biggest issue with the rankings is, without a doubt, Colorado.
Is Deion working with the game developers? How else do we explain their ratings?
Offensively, Colorado comes in tied for fifth nationally with an 89 OVR. Then, and perhaps even more ridiculously, Colorado’s defense showed up as the 20th-best in the game, with an 84 OVR. What are we even doing, EA?
College football analysts took to the keyboards quickly, too, showing us just how ridiculous it is to have the Buffs rated where they are.
Colorado was 99th nationally in yards per play last season and signed the No. 22 class in the country, even when you account for transfers
they’re tied for the fifth-best offense in the game
y’all have let Deion get away with way too much https://t.co/uy4bioKeVM
— Justin Ferguson (@JFergusonAU) June 27, 2024
Colorado’s 2023 offensive numbers (FBS rank out of 133 teams):
• Scoring – 28.2 PPG (No. 57)
• Total – 363.6 YPG (No. 78)
• Pass – 294.7 YPG (No. 14)
• Rush – 68.9 YPG (No. 133)
• Sacks allowed – 56 (No. 132)
But sure, 8th best offense in the country makes sense. https://t.co/02yQMxnot4
— Ben Stevens (@BenScottStevens) June 27, 2024
Colorado and Clemson are glaring errors here.
They literally finished 98th and 99th in yards/play offense last year (78th and 86th in our “vs Expected” yardage stats).
The problem is everyone watched Colorado go for 565 yards vs an overhyped TCU, and didn’t see 255 vs Wash St. https://t.co/NqtIE7Jp2M
— College Football Nerds (@CFBNerds) June 27, 2024
Colorado’s offense last year:
– 363.6 yards per game (No. 82 in the nation)
– 5.24 yards per play (No. 99 in the nation)
– 28.2 points per game (No. 60 in the nation)
– 51 plays of 20+ yards (No. 85 in the nation)
– 39.08% on third down (No. 64 in the nation) https://t.co/d2UWJsTI85
— Barrett Sallee 🇺🇸 (@BarrettSallee) June 27, 2024
EA must really want users to play with Colorado on the game.
— University of Tampering (@Doc_Texas) June 27, 2024
Colorado as the #20 defense is completely indefensible as anything but a marketing move.
Colorado’s 2023 defense (per-play):
110th in total defense
96th in rushing defense
102nd in passing defense
6th worst P5 defense in the entire country “vs Expected” in our metrics https://t.co/8cCvgGy1BI
— College Football Nerds (@CFBNerds) June 27, 2024
Sure, Colorado should be improved in 2024, but somewhere around a Top 10 team? C’mon now, EA.
Source link : https://www.heartlandcollegesports.com/2024/06/27/social-media-roasts-ea-over-colorados-rankings-in-college-football-25/
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Publish date : 2024-06-27 13:53:25
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