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Marco Wutz
Jul 31, 2025, 10:23 AM ET
Ultimate Team remains a halfway portion of astir EA Sports games and Madden NFL 26 won't beryllium an exception. For the upcoming iteration's Ultimate Team mode, EA seems to beryllium implementing a fewer learnings from crossed its catalog, which besides prominently diagnostic successful EA FC 26 -- and 1 of these is to cater to some solo and online players.
For MUT, this means that each large contented driblet volition not lone diagnostic a head-to-head mode, but besides 1 allowing players to summation rewards from playing against the AI.
Additionally, large changes to solo play are aimed astatine making this mode of experiencing MUT much attractive. The reward operation for solo play has been reworked wholly to connection the players much meaningful progression. The caller Solo Champions mode volition diagnostic a 12-game gauntlet each week successful which players request to tackle challenges with escalating difficulty. This gauntlet volition beryllium the superior stomping crushed for solo players' Ultimate Team and supply the indispensable rewards to advancement it further.
On apical of Solo Champions, The League volition connection solo players the accidental to shine. In this mode, players instrumentality connected a afloat NFL play comprising fractional games. Winning 10 of these means getting into the playoffs, wherever each contention volition beryllium a afloat crippled -- arsenic is the Super Bowl.
Solo seasons volition beryllium replaced with The Run, which offers 4 levels with 5 challenges each.
EA Sports has promised a higher update cadence for solo modes successful Madden 26, which should support things caller on the way. Players tin besides instrumentality portion successful competitory campaigns, which volition diagnostic online leaderboards, by playing solo modes, arsenic reaching objectives determination volition make points to enactment them connected the board.
These changes travel alongside quality-of-life improvements, a paper redesign, and galore different adjustments to MUT.
