College Football 27 Delivers Elite Gameplay — But There’s One Shocking Flaw You Can’t Ignore

The biggest add is dynasty blueprint, allowing you to decide how to construct a program however you want. It makes for a unique experience for every dynasty done, and makes it more challenging to turn bottom feeders of the sport into a powerhouse: a welcome challenge for fans of the series.

There’s also the introduction of NIL, where top recruits want some payment to play for your school. It was needed to more accurately reflect contemporary recruiting, and requires the player to actually think about which recruits they want on their team. NIL funds depend on the program and how much you decide to allocate in spending.

It’s a genius idea, although there are some kinks with it that need to be patched: Some of the spending doesn’t make sense, or top recruits aren’t getting picked up by schools (causing several teams end up getting worse as the dynasty years roll on).

A small wrinkle of dynasty is an updated home screen with storylines being more fleshed out and better knowledge of game previews and what’s going on around the country.