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EA Sports CFB 25 Top 25 Offenses and Defenses

EA Sports announced both the Top 25 offenses in EA Sports College Football 25 and the Top 25 defenses. Georgia and Oregon are tied for the highest rated offenses at 94, with Ohio State having the highest rated defense at 96.

There are 16 teams in the Top 25 for both offense and defense are Ohio State (89, 96), Georgia (94, 94), Oregon (94, 90), Alabama (91, 90), Clemson (87, 90), Notre Dame (85, 90), Texas (91, 88), Penn State (87, 88), Utah (87, 88), Florida State (83, 88), Oklahoma (83, 88), Virginia Tech (83, 86), USC (83, 86), LSU (89, 84), Texas A&M (85, 84), and Colorado (89, 84).

The only Group of 5 school in the Top 25 for either offense or defense is Memphis with an 85 overall offense.

2026 5-Star QB Faizon Brandon Sets Commitment Date and Top 4

2026 5-Star QB, Brandon Faizon, has set a commitment date for August 3rd.

Faizon has listed his top 4 as Tennessee, NC State, Florida State, and Alabama. On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine lists Tennessee as the overwhelming favorite at 84.3%, with NC State in 2nd place at 4.6%, Florida State in 3rd at 2.0%, and Alabama in 4th with 1.7%.

4-Star S Hylton Stubbs Decommits from USC

Consensus 4-Star S Hylton Stubbs decommitted from USC’s 2025 class yesterday.

Stubbs was one of three commitments for the Trojans on March 24th, along with 5-stars Justus Terry and Isaiah Gibson, who also decommitted from USC recently.

Stubbs’ On3 composite rating ranks him 56th in the class and 5th at his position.

USC’s 2025 class still has 11 commitments and ranks 15th in the country and 5th in the Big Ten

4-Star Edge Cedric Works Commits to Kentucky

Consensus 4-Star Edge Cedric Works has committed to Kentucky’s 2025 class. Works is now the highest rated member of Kentucky’s class, which ranks 24th in the country and 12th in the SEC.

Works chose Kentucky over Penn State, Cincinnati, Florida, and other offers after taking his official visit to Kentucky this past weekend.

4-Star CB Chris Ewald Commits to Miami

Consensus 4-Star CB Chris Ewald has committed to Miami. The former Michigan commit committed to the Hurricanes over Michigan, Florida State, Auburn, and Georgia, among others.

This marks the 13th commitment for Coach Mario Cristobal and Miami, whose 2025 class ranks 17th in the country and 3rd in the ACC, narrowly behind rival Florida State.

5-Star TE Linkon Cure Announces Commitment Date

Fringe 5-Star TE Linkon Cure, the composite 27th ranked player and consensus 2nd ranked TE in the country, has set a commitment date of July 1st.

Cure has narrowed his decision down to 4 schools, Kansas State, Kansas, Oregon, and Texas A&M.

On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine currently lists Kansas State as the overwhelming favorite at 94.8%, with Oregon at 1.3% and Kansas and Texas A&M both at <1%.

3-Star WR Landon Roldan Commits to Georgia

3-Star WR Landon Roldan committed to Georgia over Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt, among others.

The in-state Roldan committed to Georgia after gaining some attention for running some impressive 40-yard dash times at camps this summer.

This is Georgia’s 17th commitments, as the Bulldog’s 2025 class currently sits 3rd in the country and 2nd in the SEC.

3-Star S Julien Horton Commits to North Carolina

3-Star S Julien Horton committed to North Carolina yesterday over Maryland, Minnesota, Michigan, and others.

Horton’s commitment comes less than a week after decommitting from Maryland following his visit to North Carolina.

North Carolina currently ranks 4th in the ACC for their 2025 class, which has 11 commitments and is currently 25th nationally.

QB Play Will Determine Missouri’s Season

An anonymous opposing coach shared with Lindy’s that he believes Missouri’s ability to repeat the success it experienced last season will largely fall on the right shoulder of QB Brady Cook.

“They put a lot of pressure on defenses because of [Cook]. If he rolls the same way, they can do the same thing. They don’t have the same talented roster of Alabama, Georgia, A&M, or Texas … [b]ut they can still be very good.”

The coach also noted the loss of Cory Schrader will impact the offense a lot given his toughness and relentlessness, but that Luther Burden returning will still be a hugely important talent and difference maker.

Notre Dame and Michigan State Announce Home-and-Home

The Michigan State and Notre Dame rivalry will be renewed as the two programs have agreed to a home-and-home for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.

Notre Dame will host the 2026 contest, and Michigan State will do the honors in 2027.

Since 1949, the winner of the Michigan State and Notre Dame game has received the Megaphone Trophy, with the most recent meeting between the two programs being in 2017.