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EA Sports College Football 25 is a video game based on college football, developed by EA Orlando and published by EA Sports. It is a part of the EA Sports College Football game series and the first such game in eleven years since NCAA Football 14 in 2013

Following releasing the series' previous entry in 2013, Electronic Arts (EA) settled a lawsuit by former college football players who argued that their name, image, and likeness (NIL) were used without permission or compensation. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), whose brand was licensed by EA, had a history of resisting attempts to compensate its athletes financially. As a part of the settlement, EA announced it would stop producing college football video games.

The 2021 United States Supreme Court case NCAA. v. Alston deemed the NCAA's precedent of avoiding compensating athletes impermissible. Following the ruling, the NCAA reversed its position, creating rules for likeness compensation. In 2023, after implementing these changes, EA announced that player likenesses would be featured in their next college football game. In February 2024, EA revealed that they would pay each athlete a flat $600 payment and a copy of the game for allowing the NIL to be used; athletes who decline to allow EA to use their identity will be replaced in-game with a generic, auto-generated character and EA would block players from creating and inserting the athlete into the game manually. By early March 2024, EA had secured NIL opt-ins from over 10,000 athletes.

Similarly, the Heisman Trophy and the various bowls will appear in the game. However, the National College Football Awards Association requested that their awards and trophies not be included; the Lou Groza Award is the coalition's only honor to opt into the game. The game is developed using the Frostbite engine.

College Football 25 was pitched to EA Sports by Daryl Holt, their current senior vice president and group general manager, in December 2019, being greenlit for development shortly after. In February 2021, EA publicly announced that the College Football series would return. EA Orlando, developers of the Madden NFL series, were announced to create the game. On February 15, 2024, EA confirmed the game's title as EA Sports College Football 25 and revealed a trailer, promising to provide further information in May 2024.
On February 22, 2024, EA Sports announced that all 134 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) programs would be featured in EA Sports College Football 25. Still, the 128 Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) programs would not be included at launch. That same day, ESPN's lead college football commentary team, Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit, announced they would be featured as commentators. Herbstreit was a commentator in EA's original NCAA Football series until its hiatus after NCAA Football 14. ESPN studio host Kevin Connors confirmed his involvement on X (Twitter) the same day, along with ESPN College Football studio and game analyst Jesse Palmer, Rece Davis, and former College GameDay analyst David Pollack.

On May 16, 2024, EA Sports revealed the main cover of the game, featuring Quinn Ewers, quarterback for the Texas Longhorns, Travis Hunter, wide receiver and defensive back for the Colorado Buffaloes, and Donovan Edwards, running back for the Michigan Wolverines. They officially confirmed the game would release on July 19, 2024, with early access for Deluxe Edition owners starting July 15, ahead of its gameplay reveal trailer the following day. After the trailer's release, EA Sports confirmed that many of its old features from NCAA Football 14 would be brought to College Football 25 such as Team Builder, Road to Glory, and Dynasty. The gameplay deep dive that was released on May 31 unveiled features such as "CampusIQ," the gameplay system, which encompasses three fundamental pillars: "All 22+" which highlights the importance of individual players and their unique abilities, "134 ways to play," meaning that every team has their unique playbook, and "Stories of Saturday," which seeks to encapsulate the raw emotions of these student-athletes as they perform under intense pressure in hostile environments, put, a freshman responding far differently than a senior.

On June 28, 2024, EA Sports revealed its top 25 overall team power rankings; on July 2, 2024, Dynasty was revealed. A 21-minute gameplay trailer premiered on July 8, 2024, featuring YouTuber Bordeaux and cover athlete Donovan Edwards. They played two games, with Edwards winning both. Raw gameplay was revealed soon after, and in addition to the trailer, an Ultimate Team Deep Dive was posted the day after.