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Marco Wutz
Jun 27, 2025, 01:21 PM ET
Following its heavy dive into College Football 26's gameplay, EA Sports has besides fixed fans penetration into the improvements made to the game's presentation. CFB 26's lighting strategy volition correctly simulate determination and seasonal clip of day, ensuring that matches taking spot crossed the state volition look the mode they should depending connected their determination and timing -- an day successful Washington volition look antithetic from 1 successful Texas, games held successful November volition spot the prima spell down much rapidly than ones taking spot 2 months earlier, and truthful forth.
Pregame runouts volition beryllium much dynamic arsenic well: A primetime crippled against large rivals volition trigger an epic runout, which mightiness see fireworks oregon drone shows, portion much regular matches without the other discourse volition diagnostic much humble festivities.
Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Nebraska, South Carolina, Tennessee, NC State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina, Texas State, UCF, Boston College, Notre Dame, Rutgers and UCLA volition marque usage of airy shows connected occasion, portion Arizona State, Cal, Florida, LSU, Texas, Ohio State, Clemson and Nebraska tract celebratory drones.
Tradition, of course, is not forgotten: Regular runouts for the likes of Ohio and Utah are led by motorcycles, portion South Carolina has its iconic Cockaboose.
In Road to Glory, connected the different hand, runouts absorption connected the player's ain athlete, opening with them accompanying their squad heavy down successful the passageway to connection a much intimate and aggravated experience.
Naturally, set formations, euphony and mascots are each portion of the pageantry arsenic well. In summation to the mascots featured successful past year's game, CFB 26 adds the following:
Utah Utes -- Swoop
Iowa Hawkeyes -- Herky the Hawk
Arkansas Razorbacks -- Big Red
Duke Blue Devils -- Blue Devil
Kansas Jayhawks -- Big Jay
Kansas State Wildcats -- Willie the Wildcat
Mississippi State Bulldogs -- Bully the Bulldog
Boise State Broncos -- Buster Bronco
Boston College Eagles -- Baldwin the Eagle
Louisville Cardinals -- Louie the Cardinal
Pittsburgh Panthers -- Roc the Panther
SMU Mustangs -- Peruna
Army Black Knights -- Mules
Navy Midshipmen -- Bill the Goat
NC State Wolfpack -- Mrs. Wuf
Ohio Bobcats -- Rufus the Bobcat
East Carolina Pirates -- PeeDee the Pirate
South Florida Bulls -- Rocky the Bull
Northwestern Wildcats -- Willie the Wildcat
Washington State Cougars -- Butch T. Cougar
Oregon State Beavers -- Benny Beaver
Rutgers Scarlet Knights -- Scarlet Knight
Kentucky Wildcats -- Scratch the Wildcat
Missouri Tigers -- Truman the Tiger
Air Force Falcons -- The Bird
Arizona Wildcats -- Wilbur and Wilma Wildcat
Baylor Bears -- Bruiser the Bear
Cincinnati Bearcats -- Lucille
Houston Cougars -- Shasta the Cougar
Iowa State Cyclones -- Cy the Cardinal
Texas Tech Red Raiders -- Masked Rider and Raider Red
Akron Zips -- Zippy the Kangaroo
Bowling Green Falcons -- Freddie
Wyoming Cowboys -- Pistol Pete
Colorado State Rams -- CAM the Ram
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers -- Chauncey the Chanticleer
Pop-Tarts Bowl mascot
In summation to runouts and mascots, definite touchdown and turnover traditions marque their mode into the game, among them are Akron's Turnover Tire, TCU's Frog Horns and Oklahoma State's Paddles.
A greater assortment of subordinate models, azygous options and the accomplishment of real-life caput coaches further amended authenticity.
For a much elaborate breakdown, funny fans tin sojourn the authoritative EA blog.
