Higgins, Singleton talk early look of EA Sports’ College Football 25.
Jayden Higgins and J.R. Singleton got an early chance to play EA Sports’ new College Football 25 video game. Here’s what they thought.
After over a decade of waiting, the EA Sports College Football 25 video game released Monday.
OU football had two players ranked in EA Sports College Football 25’s top 100 players ranking released last week.
Veteran defensive returners linebacker Danny Stutsman and defensive back Billy Bowman Jr. were ranked as the No. 52 and No. 94-ranked players, respectively, in the video game that releases July 19. Stutsman is rated 91 overall, while Bowman came in at 90 overall.
Stutsman’s ratings included 81 speed, 91 acceleration, 78 strength, 97 awareness and 88 jump. Bowman boasts 94 speed, 97 acceleration, 65 strength, 88 awareness and 93 jump in the game.
Stutsman ranks as the No. 2 middle linebacker in the game behind Iowa’s Jay Higgins, while Bowman is ranked as the fourth-best strong safety. 29 of the top 100 players play in the Southeastern Conference.
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Bowman and Stutsman are two of the three players who will represent the Sooners at SEC Media Days Tuesday in Dallas.
Here’s a look at the top 10 OU football players in the game by their rating:
Danny Stutsman, MLB, 91 overall
Billy Bowman Jr., SS, 90 overall
Deion Burks, WR, 88 overall
Woodi Washington, CB, 87 overall
Jalil Farooq, WR, 87 overall
Gavin Sawchuk, HB, 86 overall
Nic Anderson, WR, 86 overall
Gentry Williams, CB, 85 overall
Damonic Williams, DL, 85 overall
Jackson Arnold, QB, 85 overall
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In EA Sports College Football 25’s top 25 overall team rankings, OU is ranked No. 17 with a rating of 87 overall. The Sooners rank behind six SEC teams including Georgia (No. 1), Alabama (No. 4), Texas (No. 5), LSU (No. 8), Texas A&M (No. 14) and Mississippi (No. 15).
In addition, OU has the No. 23-ranked offense and No. 12-ranked defense in the game.
The Sooners’ Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium ranked as the eighth toughest place to play in EA Sports College Football 25’s rankings. OU’s home stadium ranked behind Texas A&M’s Kyle Field, Alabama’s Bryant-Denny Stadium, LSU’s Tiger Stadium, Ohio State Ohio Stadium, Georgia’s Sanford Stadium, Penn State’s Beaver Stadium and Wisconsin’s Camp Randall Stadium.
The game factored in historical stats such as home winning percentage, home game attendance, active home winning streaks, team prestige and more with rankings subject to change in later iterations of the game. The Sooners own college football’s second-longest streak of home sellouts with 152. Known as the “Palace on the Prairie,” the stadium seats a capacity of 80,126.
Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium will celebrate its 100th season in 2024.
The much-anticipated video game was only released on next-gen consoles.
