WVU Football Teases College Football 25 with Hype Video

The WVU football program joined in on the excitement about the release of College Football 25 on Monday. West Virginia posted a video on X (formerly Twitter) showing the Mountaineers in the video game along with highlights from WVU’s 2023 season.

Fans who pre-ordered the game are now able to play as Garrett Greene, Jahiem White and rest of the West Virginia Mountaineers in the much-anticipated return of the EA Sports game.

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— West Virginia Football (@WVUfootball) July 15, 2024

As for where WVU stands in the game….

EA Sports College Football 25 game showed WVU respect in terms of financial gain, but did it offer the same respect for the team’s rating in the game itself?

While the answer to that question might be up for debate, the ratings were leaked on June 1. West Virginia owns a rating of 82, according to the current unofficial ratings that are circulating around social media.

In reality, a video game rating does not actually mean anything and what happens on the actual field is far more important for the future of WVU football. It’s also more beneficial to earn Tier 2 status for school’s payout than a favorable rating in the game itself.

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With all of that said, it’s also possible WVU head coach Neal Brown will use the team’s rating as more motivation.

More About the Game’s Release

The long-awaited college football video game will be released to everyone on July 19 with both standard and deluxe covers. The standard edition is available for pre-order $69.99 while the deluxe edition is available for $99.99.

The deluxe edition perks include three-day early access to the game, 4,600 college football points, alma mater ultimate team pack, cover athlete ultimate team pack, “bring glory home” ultimate team pack and Heisman hopeful ultimate team pack.

The standard edition also includes the alma mater ultimate team pack, cover athlete ultimate team pack and the  “bring glory home” ultimate team pack.

It’s been over a decade since the last edition of the game, but the wait is just about over.

An NIL Ruling Made Return of Game Possible

A Supreme Court ruling in the case of NCAA v. Alston, which directly led to the NCAA policy allowing for NIL compensation, was perhaps the biggest catalyst in the return of the game.

Once NIL requirements were satisfied, EA announced that every FBS football player would receive $600 and a copy of the game, which retails at $69.99, for using their name, image and likeness. There were some opt-outs, highlighted by Texas quarterback Arch Manning, but it appears as though every Pitt Panther will be in the game. However, if a player does opt-out, a created player will not be able to be named after said player.

EA Sports worked with One Team Partners to deal with NIL rights and CLC, which is the country’s top college trademark licensing company, allowing over 15,000 current student-athletes to make merchandise deals.

The Compass CLC app allowed all student-athletes to opt in or out of their NIL of the upcoming video game.

There will likely be new game modes added to EA Sports College Football 25, but the usual modes of Dynasty, Road Glory and Ultimate Team will be available.

For a related story, WVU legend and media mogul Pat McAfee is hyped about playing as Greene and WVU in the game.