With mixed reviews from college football fans across the country, EA Sports College Football 26 officially dropped the top 25 overall teams in the video game that drops on July 10.
Among those top-rated teams in this year’s edition was the Texas A&M Aggies, who are the No. 8 program in the game with a team ranking of 88 overall. The school ranks as the fourth-best overall team in the Southeastern Conference, with Alabama ranked No. 1, Texas at No. 2, and Georgia at No. 6 in the official ratings before the 2025-2026 campaign begins.
While Aggie fans are tired of seeing the team ranked high each preseason, resulting in disappointing results, the 2025 preseason just feels different.
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While EA Sports provided overalls for each program in the top 25, the company released the best offensive and defensive units in this year’s edition. Texas A&M ranks at No. 12 in both categories with a 90 overall defense and an 89 overall offense.
Here is the full list of team overalls in the 2026 edition:
Team Overalls
- Alabama Crimson Tide – 89 overall
- Texas Longhorns – 88 overall
- Ohio State Buckeyes – 88 overall
- Penn State Nittany Lions – 88 overall
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish – 88 overall
- Georgia Bulldogs – 88 overall
- Clemson Tigers – 88 overall
- Texas A&M Aggies – 88 overall
- Oregon Ducks – 86 overall
- LSU Tigers – 86 overall
- Miami Hurricanes – 86 overall
- Florida Gators – 86 overall
- Texas Tech Red Raiders – 86 overall
- Arizona State Sun Devils – 85 overall
- Michigan Wolverines – 85 overall
- Ole Miss Rebels – 85 overall
- Oklahoma Sooners – 85 overall
- Indiana Hoosiers – 85 overall
- SMU Mustangs – 84 overall
- Tennessee Volunteers – 84 overall
- Missouri Tigers – 84 overall
- Auburn Tigers – 84 overall
- Duke Blue Devils – 84
- South Carolina Gamecocks – 82 overall
- Illinois Fighting Illini – 82 overall
Much to the chagrin of Aggie fans, the rankings also faced much backlash from fans in the replies of the official drop, specifically regarding the game’s top 10 teams. The Crimson Tide ranked as the best overall team is extremely generous considering the program did not reach the College Football Playoff last year and head coach Kalen DeBoer is in just his second season at the helm, with many questions about who will step up at the quarterback position.
As you can imagine, those same feelings toward Alabama were made against the Aggies being at No. 8 on this list, after finishing the season with a loss in the Las Vegas Bowl to the USC Trojans. The ratings in the game will be adjusted accordingly to how the season progresses, however.
With potentially one of the best running back rooms in the country featuring a healthy Le’Veon Moss, Rueben Owens and Amari Daniels, sophomore quarterback Marcel Reed and wideouts like NC State transfer KC Concepcion, the Aggies’ offense could lead this team to become one of the best in the SEC this season. The 89 overall ranking is justifiable, but the concerns on defense leave me with questions on how EA Sports formulated the rankings.
Regardless, the EA Sports College Football 26 video game will release in 13 days on Xbox and PlayStation. The standard edition is $69.99, with the deluxe and MVP editions costing $99.99 and $149.99, respectively.
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