Summary

• College Football 25 adds Pipelines to Dynasty mode, offering a unique way to scout players based on regions.
• Coaches in the game must navigate the recruitment process carefully, using social media, families, and pitches to sway prospects.
• The game emphasizes realism and progression, offering players to start at lower division schools and work their way up to head coach.

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For those who have never played it, College Football 25's Dynasty mode will feel fairly different from Madden's. For the most realistic experience, most will start as a coordinator for a lower division school and have to work their way up to head coach with their program. This path adds a natural progression system that Madden lacks and helps prolong the experience. There is also the option to just become the head coach at one's favorite school, but this takes away the immersion and progression that was created.

How Recruitment Pipelines Work In College Football 25

Scouting The Country For The Best Talent

Pipelines are how coaches will go about scouting incoming talent for their school. Pipelines are regions that players can be recruited by, usually broken apart by the state, but sometimes there are multiple states. These Pipelines have been created to be similar to how they work in real life, with certain regions being better at producing specific positions. An example given by the developers is how Southern California is known for quarterbacks who lead some of College Football 25's best offensive teams.

Coaches can recruit players from any Pipeline, but when created they will have a primary option they are best at. In this regard, being at a school that matches the primary Pipeline will make it easier to recruit talent. However, other factors around the school and what other offers are being made to recruits will impact the results. A scheme is also important, as in College Football 25, finding players that fit offensive and defensive plans is more crucial than in Madden.

Overall, Pipelines has used data from the last 10 years to create a recruitment system that is as immersive as possible. Some recruits will choose to ignore schools from outside their preferred Pipelines, and small schools without access will have a harder time recruiting. Though not an equal field like Madden, it adds a layer of challenge and complexity that the professional franchise has lacked for many years.

The Recruitment Process In College Football 25

An Immersive And Rewarding Challenge To Master

After finding players through the Pipeline, there are a few more steps to get them to commit to a school. College Football 25 leans heavily into realism when recruiting Pipeline players. Every week a coach will have a set amount of time they can use to learn about the player and show interest. This can be done through regular scouting, social media interaction, ing the players' families, and sending scholarship offers. This step is important to learn if the player fits a program and then show how much a program wants them.

After showing enough interest to become a top-five recruit option, pitches can be sent out. These pitches will vary in difficulty based on how eager the recruit is to come to that school. Coaches can choose a Low Sell or Hard Sell and then one of 20 pitches, reasons to come, like playing time or scheme, to try and sway the recruit. A Low Sell will not reward as much progress nor detract if the wrong pitch is used. However, a Hard Sell can heavily sway a coach's favor or completely lose the recruit if wrong.

The final step once a recruit is interested enough is having them visit the school. Once there, the coach can pick from a list of activities to make the best visit possible. However, this will be heavily influenced by how the school is naturally, which makes knowing the recruit extremely well a priority. College Football 25 also added some new features to make visits more strategic but rewarding, like having multiple recruits at once. A good visit will almost ensure the recruit chooses the coach's school and could even be the first step toward being one of the top 100 players in College Football 25.

Overall, the recruitment process is a complex system that is important to master in College Football 25. Its immersion will make continuous success an actual accomplishment, whereas when compared to Madden, a team almost always had star talent to rely on. This makes the realistic challenge of ing from a first-time coordinator to a top-tier coach even more engaging and rewarding. Thus, the first step is to understand how scouting Pipelines work in EA Sports College Football 25 and how they affect the overall recruitment process in order to do well in Dynasty Mode.