Top EA Sports College Football 26 Video Game Reviews

EVERY NCAAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL 26 GAME REVIEWS ‘College Football 26’ review: Does EA deliver in its second year? This is so much more than a yearly entry. By James Dator Jul 10, 2025, 10:00am EDT 0 Comments / 0 New Share this storyShare this on Facebook (opens in new window) Share this on Twitter (opens in new window) ShareAll sharing options James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL. My biggest fear upon booting up College Football 26 was that the studio would rest on its laurels. The inaugural iteration was an absolute triumph, serving as a glowing love letter to to the sport which blended on-field realism with the atmosphere that makes college football unlike anything else. It would have been easy to simply run it back, rework the rosters, retool some animations and call it a day — but that hasn’t happened here. Advertisement Skip Ad Now, with over 30 hours in the game, I can safely say that College Football 26 is the best football game ever made. As someone who has played every game since Tecmo Bowl that’s high praise, but the developers deserve it. It’s clear now that last year’s game wasn’t an end result, but a first step. College Football 26 is a refinement of everything that was great about last year’s game, with the dial turned up even more. The peerless presentation returns with an expansion to add more unique emphasis to smaller schools. Of course, the major players in college football weren’t left out, with Virginia Tech’s iconic “Enter Sandman” entrance being fully realized, and every bit as goosebump inducing as it is in real life. This extends to Michigan, where fans will sing “Mr. Brightside” from the stands making the Big House feel more real that ever. On top of these two presentation elements comes a revamped school band system which makes more of an impact than I would have predicted. School fight songs are obviously still present as you’d expect, but in addition there are dozens of Top 40 hits which have been imagined in marching band form. From “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus to Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” you might not care for the songs being played — but it adds to the air of atmosphere that better replicates game day. None of this would matter if the on-field play didn’t back it up. In this regard there have been major overhauls both obvious, and more difficult to put your finger on. Playbooks have been drastically expanded, adding over 2,800 new plays and 45 new formations. It helps flesh out how different each team plays, especially those who use varied offensive formations and trick plays. Sports titles often boast about the number of new animations added to their games, and College Football 26 is no different — but for the first time in a while these are serious, impactful decisions that better replicate football. Players will now extend out with the ball when close to the sticks in order to try to get a first down, receivers will high-point the ball in contested catch situations, and diving tackles are effective for the first time in, well, forever. Now if a player has daylight there’s a small, but meaningful chance a dive tackle from behind can result in an ankle tap that will trip up the runner. These might all seem small, but in totality they contribute to the realism of the game. In addition there’s far fewer examples of player models clipping through each other, with contact being more contextual, and resulting in players contorting their bodies as they get tangled up at the line of scrimmage or in the air. One of my favorite examples of the overhauled animation system came while playing in the Red River Showdown. I tossed a back-shoulder pass to my receiver, but he was slightly out of position. After high-pointing the ball he moved his hands to make the catch at an awkward angle, rather than seeing the ball teleport into his hands to fit a canned animation. This extends to defensive backs as well, and massive improvements have been made to DB play in College Football 26. Now players simply can’t make interceptions of passes they don’t see. No more teleporting INTs, no magical, nonsensical picks. The best you can do if you’re playing the man and not the ball is time your jump right to bat it away. Conversely, playing DB means you can now choose to play the ball, and not the man — and any throws a defensive back has eyes on has a much greater chance of being intercepted. Another interesting element is Wear and Tear 2.0, which uses physics data from where players are being hit to simulate their potential for injury. For the first time hospital throws are punished in a major way on offense, and it’s not uncommon to see receivers be in risk of injury early if you throw over the middle too often with a safety lurking to deliver a big hit. This extends into the injury system, which now allows you to choose basic treatments for a player on the fly, rather than simply sub them in or out. A tweaked ankle can be treated with light tape, or heavy tape for example, which determines how many plays a player will miss, but also how safe they’ll be upon return. While this system isn’t fully explained, it adds an element of realism to how teams manage moments in-game. There’s no better way to say it other than everything just feels right. Football unfolds as you’d expect it to, and there are fewer “WTF” moments than in any past game. It’s a monumental achievement for the engine, and something I pray carries over to Madden this year. The smallest improvements this year have been made to Dynasty and Road to Glory. Recruiting is largely the same outside of a few core changes. It now takes less hours to scout local players and have them for visits, which accentuates prioritizing nearby three and four star recruits, rather than simply trying to sway five stars all around the country. This also means more local recruiting battles in state, particularly in packed regions. Road to Glory is largely the same, other than a few new decisions to make along the way. The ability to create a high school is now available, meaning you can realistically recreate where you went to school and use that as a jumping point, rather than one of the default schools. It’s small, but will mean a lot to people who enjoy that minutia of the game. I’d still like to see the roster of selectable positions expand to allow for players to be offensive linemen, or for sickos like me to create a 28-year-old Australian punter who came to college football after working as a roofer in Melbourne. College Football 26 is an absolute triumph. Developers saw the love (and criticism) towards elements of last year’s game and chose to improve almost every aspect for this year. Football has never felt more realistic, and there’s something magical about finally seeing a yearly sports release which doesn’t just made minor changes, but truly iterates on what was brilliant to take the game to an entirely other level New College Football Video Game Is A Disaster That Is Enraging To Play | REVIEWIs "College Football 26" worth buying? David Hookstead PublishedJuly 8, 2025 9:56 AM EDT•UpdatedJuly 8, 2025 9:56 AM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link "College Football 26" is an absolute waste of your time and money. There was a time back when I was in college when playing the "NCAA Football" series was one of my favorite hobbies. My college roommates and I would fire up the console and engage in epic battles and trash talk. There were few things better than crushing the game for hours. Unfortunately, the game disappeared for more than a decade before EA Sports returned with "College Football 25" last year. The return was a massive success, and "College Football 26" dropped Monday for its early release. Words of caution. Don't buy it. "College Football 26" is a buggy piece of trash.I purchased "College Football 26" early for $100 so that I could play it three days early. I was super-excited when I finally got the chance to check it out on Monday night. It was horrible. Now, to be clear, I'm not a video games guy. Not at all. I only play college football video games, and I bought a PS5 last year (that was later damaged in the flood that wiped out my home) just to play "College Football 25." So, I'm far from a gamer bro, but I do love the college football series. Instead of enjoying the early release, I wanted to throw a controller through my TV all of Monday night. "College Football 26" is visually gorgeous, and when the game works, it's actually a ton of fun. However, it rarely worked for me. The game is so damn buggy that hitting the button to simply snap the ball often didn't work. Yes, you read that correctly. I couldn't even get the ball to be snapped in dynasty mode after playing just a couple of games. I was getting multiple delay of game penalties because the stupid game wouldn't even let me snap the game. At first, I thought my controller must have a problem. I turned on a different controller. Still didn't work. Then, I rebooted the PS5 to see if that was the issue. Nope. Still not functioning properly. "College Football 26" didn't work after I bought it with its early release. (Credit: EA Sports) Eventually, I just turned it off and decided to do something else with my time after lighting $100 on fire. I've never experienced a more frustrating time playing a video game. How the hell am I supposed to play the game…..if I can't even snap the football. Life isn't easy for working-class guys. We enjoy simple things and when we splurge on something, we expect it to work. Unfortunately, I threw my money down the drain for a buggy piece of trash game that I played a total of three games on before rage-quitting and giving up. I have no idea how bugs like this are even possible. You'd think EA Sports would have mechanisms in place to make sure the game actually worked. I guess not The Video Game: CFB 26 is so real, it hurtsLast night at 1 a.m., my daughter was semi-sarcastically cheering her heart out for a two-star center from Hawaii to finally agree to take his talents to the University of Delaware for the next 10 months or so. Why was she so invested? Because his name is “Junior Mama.” We simply couldn’t miss on a guy with that name. Advertisement And why just 10 months or so? Because on default settings, College Football 26’s transfer portal is absolutely merciless toward small schools — making Dynasty mode feel like a Dark Souls-ass challenge for the first time in series history, pleasing those of us who want roster management to deliver fighting-for-my-life panic sweats. (You can tone down the max number of players who can leave each school per season.) My other favorite stuff so far in the game that releases on Thursday: Menu music is vastly improved. Band covers of songs by stars like the late Rich Homie Quan have replaced last year’s eternal drumline gauntlet. Generally, all the new presentation stuff is fantastic. Road to Glory (the mode where you’re one athlete, not a whole team) is actually fun now, at least once. Central Pennsylvania two-star QB Caleb Jenkins flunked out of Arizona State, then became a model citizen at Marcus Freeman’s (!) Wisconsin. Never was a big fan of this mode, but its new high school recruitment phase provides enough depth. Having real coaches adds both Ha Ha Jim Mora Finally Made It To Washington comedy and so much more immersion than I’d expected. Hiring current Arizona head coach Brent Brennan as OC wouldn’t dazzle Texas or Ohio State fans, but giving him a landing spot after his 2027 firing felt like a massive windfall for my poor Blue Hens. My single biggest complaint from last year’s game was its lack of historical record-keeping. It now has an 1869-2024 record book that updates after each of your seasons. (It includes such minutiae as the New Mexico schools splitting 1938’s Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association title. And yes, it was that Woodrow Wilson who coached Princeton’s 1878 title season.) And the stuff I hope can be fixed, in this life or the next: In light of how hyper-realistically brutal the portal is, schools should be allowed to add more than 35 players per season, just like real-life 2023 Arizona State, 2024 Louisville, etc. It took me years to get Delaware up to 85 guys on scholarship. Despite EA saying defensive backs will no longer magically whirl their way to no-look pass breakups, I’ve seen a few. I’m already over both announcer crews (again), muting them both due to the yelling-at-cloud nagging of David Pollack. Recruits having dynamically shifting preferences is a good change, but if one writes me off because of my 0-2 start and then comes back around once I’m 4-2, I shouldn’t have to re-offer him a scholarship. Also, yes, by year five of Dynasty, half your roster will once again be old-looking guys with perplexing facial hair and name/ethnicity combos. Overall, this game made a thousand little improvements, and for now, I’d end this mini-review by giving it a A-. Oh right, that includes the gameplay itself. The actual football parts are noticeably better in just about every way, from having much fuller control over substitutions to RECEIVERS ACTUALLY COMING BACK TO THE BALL 🍾🙌📈. Almost forgot about those parts

Ohio State Football Match Up Preview 2025

Great article on Ohio State's Football Matchups for this year from Elevenwarriors Dan Hope 2025 Season Preview: Ranking Ohio State’s 12 Regular-Season Games from Easiest to Most Difficult By Dan Hope The difficulty of Ohio State’s 2025 regular-season schedule can be broken down into four tiers. Three games should be easy blowout victories for the Buckeyes unless they badly underperform. Four other games look like they should be comfortable wins for Ohio State, too, though they won’t necessarily be cakewalks. Three games stand out above the rest as the three biggest tests that could make or break Ohio State’s season, but a pair of road games in the first half of the season should also be circled as challenges the Buckeyes can’t overlook. In order to assess the projected difficulty of Ohio State’s 12 regular-season games, I asked Eleven Warriors staffers to rank the 12 games on the schedule from the one they’re most confident the Buckeyes will win to the one they’re most concerned the Buckeyes could lose. From there, I averaged out their rankings – nine staffers voted in total – to rank each game in order from easiest to most difficult, then grouped them into tiers based on gaps in the voting. Tier 1: Easy Wins 1. Grambling State (Sept. 6, Home) Average Ranking: 1 High Rank: 1 Low Rank: 1 2. Ohio (Sept. 13, Home) Average Ranking: 2.2 High Rank: 2 Low Rank: 3 3. Purdue (Nov. 8, Away) Average Ranking: 2.8 High Rank: 2 Low Rank: 3 Our entire staff agreed that the second game of the season against Grambling State will be Ohio State’s easiest win of the year. It should be; Grambling is an FCS team and not even a good one, going just 5-7 last year. The staff also unanimously agreed that Ohio State’s next two easiest games, in one order or the other, will be its non-conference finale against the Ohio Bobcats and its November road game at Purdue. While beating a MAC team should theoretically be easier than fending off a conference foe, Ohio could very well be a better team this season than Purdue, which is projected to be the Big Ten’s worst team for the second straight year after going 1-11 last season. Tier 2: Should Be Comfortable Wins 4. Rutgers (Nov. 22, Home) Average Ranking: 4.4 High Rank: 4 Low Rank: 5 5. UCLA (Nov. 15, Home) Average Ranking: 5 High Rank: 4 Low Rank: 7 6. Minnesota (Oct. 4, Home) Average Ranking: 5.9 High Rank: 4 Low Rank: 7 7. Wisconsin (Oct. 18, Away) Average Ranking: 6.7 High Rank: 6 Low Rank: 7 Ohio State will be a heavy favorite to win three of its four Big Ten home games, as the Buckeyes’ home contests against Rutgers, UCLA and Minnesota all rank in the upper half of games we’re most confident the Buckeyes will win this season. Unsurprisingly, Rutgers ranked in the top five on everyone’s ballot as the Buckeyes have won all 10 of their games against the Scarlet Knights (all since 2014) by at least three scores. Greg Schiano has turned Rutgers into a respectable program rather than the punching bag it was during its early Big Ten years, but the Scarlet Knights still don’t have the horsepower to beat the conference’s elite teams. I put UCLA seventh on my ballot since the Bruins at least have a dynamic quarterback now in Nico Iamaleava, but considering his struggles with a better team around him in a cold Ohio Stadium last December, I can see why most of our staff ranked the Bruins’ cross-country November trip to the Shoe as one of their five most confident wins of the season. Minnesota has a better all-around team than Rutgers and UCLA, albeit with an unproven quarterback (Drake Lindsey), but there’s still a clear difference in talent between the Golden Gophers and the Buckeyes, who have beaten Minnesota 13 straight times dating back to 2001. The difficulty could turn up a bit when Ohio State travels to Wisconsin to play the Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium, a notoriously tough road environment. That said, Ohio State has won 10 straight games against Wisconsin, which is projected to be a bottom-half team in the Big Ten this year. Given that, no one staff ranked the Wisconsin trip among Ohio State’s five toughest games, though no one ranked it among the Buckeyes’ five easiest wins either. Tier 3: Challenging Road Tests 8. Washington (Sept. 27, Away) Average Ranking: 8.4 High Rank: 8 Low Rank: 9 9. Illinois (Oct. 11, Away) Average Ranking: 8.7 High Rank: 8 Low Rank: 10 Our staff unanimously agreed that Ohio State’s first two road trips of the season rank among the Buckeyes’ five toughest games of the year, with all but one staffer ranking Illinois and Washington as the fourth- and fifth-toughest opponents of the season. A slight majority of staffers are more confident Ohio State will beat Washington than Illinois, but both games have the potential to present real challenges. Washington could have one of the Big Ten’s best offenses this season with quarterback Demond Williams Jr., running back Jonah Coleman and wide receiver Denzel Boston all ranking among the conference’s top players at their positions. The Huskies’ defense should also be improved this season. Husky Stadium is one of college football’s loudest stadiums, and Ohio State lost to Oregon in its West Coast road trip last season. Denzel Boston Washington’s offensive weapons, led by wide receiver Denzel Boston, make Ohio State’s trip to Husky Stadium a potentially dangerous game. (Photo: Steven Bisig – Imagn Images) Illinois is a popular College Football Playoff pick as the Illini return 16 starters from a team that went 10-3 last season. If the Fighting Illini can beat Indiana on the road in September, there’s a good chance they’ll be 6-0 when they host the Buckeyes in the first Illibuck game since 2017. This matchup has some 2024 Indiana vibes – that being a game where Ohio State takes offense to game-week upset predictions and exerts its talent advantage in a decisive win – but the trip to Champaign could be a dangerous one if the Buckeyes don’t bring their A-game. Tier 4: The Big Three 10. Penn State (Nov. 1, Home) Average Ranking: 10.6 High Rank: 10 Low Rank: 11 11. Michigan (Nov. 29, Away) Average Ranking: 11 High Rank: 9 Low Rank: 12 12. Texas (Aug. 30, Home) Average Ranking: 11.3 High Rank: 10 Low Rank: 12 Ohio State’s regular-season schedule is headlined by games against the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the preseason AP poll and a team that’s beaten the Buckeyes four years in a row. Even though Penn State is a popular pick to make the national championship game among our staff, none of us chose the Nittany Lions as the most likely team to beat Ohio State during the regular season. Ohio State has won eight straight games against the Nittany Lions, and getting them at home will only help the Buckeyes’ chances of extending that winning streak in the Jim Knowles Revenge Game. Five of nine staffers picked The Game as the game they’re least confident Ohio State will win, undoubtedly scarred by the Buckeyes’ results against Michigan over the past four years. The Wolverines aren’t projected to be as good as the Nittany Lions or Longhorns, but they are expected to be better – at least on offense – than they were when they beat Ohio State in Columbus last year. Winning the national championship last season should empower Ryan Day and his team to coach and play more confidently against their rival than they have in recent years, but it’s still the biggest roadblock the Buckeyes must overcome, and they’ll have to do it in Ann Arbor. Averaging out the staff’s ballots, however, Texas slightly edged out Michigan as the toughest game on Ohio State’s 2025 schedule. The Longhorns will enter the season opener as the nation’s top-ranked team, presenting a massive test right out of the gates for an Ohio State team that has just eight returning starters from last year’s national championship run. As such, all but one member of our voting panel picked the Texas game as one of Ohio State’s two most likely losses of the season, factoring in the likelihood that the Buckeyes will be a better team later in the season than they will be out of the gates with a first-time starting quarterback.

Ohio States Jeremiah Smith

Great Article on Ohio States Jeremiah Smith from the New York Times.

Ohio State’s superstar wide receiver Jeremiah Smith: ‘I’m not finished’ Manny Navarro 48 July 1, 2025Updated 8:23 am EDT FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Shedeur Sanders, Cam Newton, Robert Griffin III and Geno Smith — a recent NFL Draft pick, a former NFL MVP, a Heisman Trophy winner and the starting quarterback for the Las Vegas Raiders — were among the most recognizable faces at the OT7 Playoffs this past weekend at St. Thomas Aquinas High. Advertisement And yet, there’s little doubt who was the hottest star among the stars. It was Jeremiah Smith, the 19-year-old Ohio State receiver who shares the cover of the soon-to-be-released EA Sports College Football 26 video game. The moment the 6-foot-3, 225-pound All-American and national champion stepped out of a black Lamborghini — rented for the weekend — he was immersed by fans eager to take selfies and simply be in his presence. As one fan noted before he snapped a photo with Smith, “It’s not often you get a chance to see a football player in person with a 99 rating in a video game.” “This is all a blessing,” said Smith, who grew up in South Florida and became the No. 1 high school recruit in the country at Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna Preparatory School. “The season I had last year was a blessing. I just won a national championship, contributed to a top team. I mean, all of this has been surreal. I’m just soaking it all in, but I’m not finished.” The truth is, there probably isn’t a brighter young star in the college game right now than Smith, a rising sophomore who is third in betting odds behind Texas quarterback Arch Manning and LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier to win the 2026 Heisman Trophy. Over 16 games in his debut season, he caught 76 passes for 1,315 yards and 15 touchdowns and won MVP honors at the Rose Bowl. At times, he made it look too easy — far easier than his father expected. “He did exceed expectations I had,” Chris Smith said. “My expectations were just going to school, getting in when he can, earning his steps as a freshman. I didn’t know he was going to take over.” Jeremiah Smith averaged 17.3 yards per catch as a freshman. (Adam Cairns / Imagn Images) How does it feel to hear people say his son is the best player in college football? “It’s surreal, but we take it with a grain of salt,” he said. “There’s more football to play. I always tell him never to get big-headed. Just keep working. You can be up top one day and down the next. Stay even keel.” Advertisement That can be a challenge with all the attention and business opportunities Smith receives. Companies have not stopped lining up to sign the Buckeye to be a brand ambassador. He attended the OT7 Playoffs — broadcast by NFL Network — in part to meet with brand reps and take photos. Nike, which has a $252 million partnership with Ohio State, pushed hard to sign Smith, but he inked a deal with Adidas last week. Top NCAAF Stories From the SEC to the Ivy League: QB Dante Reno returns home to play for his dad at Yale Recruiting reset: Taking stock of blue-chip quarterbacks in Class of 2026 Is Georgia Tech getting good again at just the right time? “I’ve been wearing Adidas since I was a young kid, 11, 10 years old,” Smith said. “To be a part of the brand is something special.” Smith humbly admitted he’s lost count of how many companies have hired him to promote their products. But his dad, who has owned a cleaning and moving company in South Florida since 2015, was able to help out. The list includes American Eagle Outfitters, Battle Sports, DSW, Red Bull, Lululemon and Chipotle. Smith said he does all of his photo shoots for those companies when he’s not in school. So, what was the hardest part of Smith’s first year in college? “Learning that playbook,” he said. “Coming in, they threw everything at me so fast. We had installs every week. Toward the end of the year is when everything started to slow down for me.” Ohio State’s 2024 season was a roller coaster. The regular season ended with a deflating fourth consecutive loss to rival Michigan. But the Buckeyes and Smith followed up with a magical run through the expanded College Football Playoff, crushing Tennessee and Oregon before crossing the finishing line with victories over Texas and Notre Dame. Smith tweaked his hip flexor in the win over Tennessee but responded the following week with his best game (seven catches, 187 yards, two touchdowns) in the Rose Bowl win over top-seeded Oregon. Despite winning the title, Smith has not gotten over the loss to Michigan. Advertisement “I’m not a sore loser, but I hate losing, and losing to that team up north was pretty crazy,” Smith said. “In the end, I think it really helped us play the way we did in the playoffs. But I didn’t want to go to Ohio State and lose to that team up north. I just hate them. Just something about them. For the next two years, I promise you, I will not lose to them. I can’t lose to them in the next two years.” Ohio State and Texas — the favorites to win the 2026 national championship — open the season against each other in Columbus on Aug. 30. The Buckeyes had 14 players drafted off the national championship team, including quarterback Will Howard, receiver Emeka Egbuka and running backs Quinshon Judkins and TreVeyon Henderson. With so many veterans gone from the offense, Smith said he’ll be more comfortable taking on a more vocal role in the locker room in his second season. As for Ohio State’s new starting quarterback, Julian Sayin, Smith said he’s fully confident the redshirt freshman is ready to ascend into the spotlight. “That arm is different,” Smith said. “He can make any and every throw. Just a smart quarterback. Like me, he’s a little quiet. But he’s starting to come out of (his) shell. He’s definitely going to be a guy. It’s going to be scary for opponents.” Returning home to South Florida to be around friends and family is something Smith always looks forward to. But he doesn’t regret his decision to leave home for college. “People always joke around and say you should’ve stayed home, played for Miami and put on for my city,” Smith said. “But deep inside, I know they’re happy for me at the end of the day. No regrets.” His parents and younger brother, Angelo, a three-star safety in the 2027 cycle, made it to all 16 Ohio State games last year, often taking early Saturday morning flights to get to those Big Noon Kickoff games. Advertisement Smith has his own apartment in Columbus and a private chef who makes all of his meals. He likes to keep to himself, but when he does go out, Smith drives his Mercedes-AMG GLE around town. For the most part, though, Smith said, he plays video games on his PS5 when he isn’t studying, training or practicing. His focus is always on the future. “I changed my eating habits — just eating healthy food, salmon, rice with vegetables,” Smith said. “I’m at 225 pounds now. I was at 205 or 208 when I got there. Body fat, I think I’m second lowest on the team. I just did 20 reps of 225 pounds on the bench and ran 22 (miles per hour) in a game.” There’s little doubt NFL teams can’t wait to get their hands on him. Smith, though, said he’s having a great time in college and is in no rush to get to the NFL — even if some believe he would have been a top-10 pick this year if eligible. He said he’s invested most of the NIL money he’s made to this point. When he does spend, it’s mostly on clothes and shoes. “He’s been very responsible,” Chris Smith said. “He still wanted things. He’s still a kid. But in all honesty, he’s done more good with his money than bad. Hopefully, if God keeps blessing him, pouring in his cup, he can pour in other cups.” Smith’s major at Ohio State is Sports Industry. He wants to get into coaching when his playing career is over. But he’s planning on that being a long time from now. “I still have a lot of work to do,” Smith said. “I’ve got two, three more years left of college. I’ve still got to go to the pros — hopefully by the grace of God. I’ve just got to keep it going. Just because I had one great year, I can’t get comfortable and depend on that. I want to do this year in and year out.” What about winning the Heisman? “I’m just trying to win another natty — that’s what I’m focused on,” Smith said. “All the other individual accolades will come after that.” (Top photo: Manny Navarro / The Athletic

2024 College Football Stat Leaders

College Football Stats for Passing, Receiving and Rushing after 11 weeks Passing Yards 1 team logo Cam Ward MIAMI QB 1 3494 YDS Rank Team Player YDS 2 team logo MISS Jaxson Dart QB 3409 3 team logo TCU Josh Hoover QB 3233 4 team logo CUSE Kyle McCord QB 3153 5 team logo NTEXAS Chandler Morris QB 3087 Click on Link for complete list Complete Passing Yards Leaders Rushing Yards 1 team logo Ashton Jeanty BOISE RB 2 1734 YDS Rank Team Player YDS T2 team logo UCF RJ Harvey RB 1328 T2 team logo IOWA Kaleb Johnson RB 1328 4 team logo TULANE Makhi Hughes RB 1209 5 team logo TXTECH Tahj Brooks RB 1184 Click on Link for Complete List Complete Rushing Yards Leaders Receiving Yards 1 team logo Nick Nash SJST WR 3 1156 YDS Rank Team Player YDS 2 team logo ARIZ Tetairoa McMillan WR 1066 3 team logo BGREEN Harold Fannin Jr. TE 1033 4 team logo MISS Tre Harris WR 987 5 team logo TCU Jack Bech WR 982 Click on Link for Complete List Complete Receiving Yards Leaders