WVU Football Evident on EA Sports’ College Football 26 Cover

As fans anxiously anticipate the release of College Football 26, EA Sports unveiled a couple covers for the game on Tuesday. WVU fans were pleased to see their Mountaineers represented, even ever so slightly, on one of the covers.

The first thing most fans do when they see a new video game is look to see if their team is represented. And to the delight of Mountaineer Nation, the WVU logo is evident.

A WVU fan and a West Virginia flag are both noticeable in the corner of a cover.

EA COLLEGE FOOTBALL 26 COVERS ARE HERE 🔥 @EASPORTSCollege pic.twitter.com/Va1YDJ2wzl

— ESPN (@espn) May 27, 2025

And while some may wish WVU was even more present, some Power Four programs were completely omitted all together. In fact, Pitt, West Virginia’s Backyard Brawl rival, is nowhere to be found at all.

College Football 26 will be officially released to the general public on July 10. This year’s game marks a continuation in the new era of EA Sports’ College Football series.

WVU players huddle up before the fourth quarter against UNC at the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Dec. 27, 2023, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. (Mitchell Northam / WV Sports Now)

EA Sports brought back the popular video game in 2025 after a decade long hiatus. A ruling allowing player’s names to be used with an NIL payment made the return of the video game possible in this era of the sport. Schools are also able to profit from the game.

Find more coverage of the return of the EA Sports College Football video game series at WV Sports Now.