EA Sports’ College Football 25 is finally here! ... Manny Navarro writes a letter to the past to recap the change we’ve seen in college football since EA’s last game. Advertisement.

Over the past few years, EA Sports has worked to acquire the rights for “at least 120 FBS schools,” plus the 10 FBS conferences and the College Football Playoff.

EA Sports’ foray into college football came in June 1993, with the release of Bill Walsh College Football, the second edition of which came out the following year.

In a first-of-its-kind decision, roughly 11,000 college football players will be paid to have their names appear in EA Sports “College Football 25.” Newsletters Games Share a News Tip ...