Where Notre Dame ranks in EA Sports offensive, defensive power rankings
EA Sports released power rankings for the top 25 offensive and defensive teams in the college Football 25 video game being released next week. Notre Dame came in at No. 17 offensively with an overall rating of 84. The Fighting Irish’s defense logged a rating of 80 overall, which checked in at No. 6.
Here are the full lists.
EA Sports College Football 25 Offensive Power Rankings
- Georgia – 94 OVR
- Oregon – 94 OVR
- Alabama – 91 OVR
- Texas – 91 OVR
- Ohio State – 89 OVR
- LSU – 89 OVR
- Miami – 89 OVR
- Colorado – 89 OVR
- Missouri – 89 OVR
- Clemson – 87 OVR
- Utah – 87 OVR
- Penn State – 87 OVR
- Ole Miss – 87 OVR
- Kansas – 87 OVR
- Arizona – 87 OVR
- NC State – 87 OVR
- Notre Dame – 85 OVR
- Texas A&M – 85 OVR
- Memphis – 85 OVR
- SMU – 85 OVR
- UCF – 85 OVR
- Florida State – 83 OVR
- Oklahoma – 83 OVR
- Virginia Tech – 83 OVR
- USC – 83 OVR
EA Sports College Football 25 Defensive Power Rankings
- Ohio State – 96 OVR
- Georgia – 94 OVR
- Oregon – 90 OVR
- Alabama – 90 OVR
- Clemson – 90 OVR
- Notre Dame – 90 OVR
- Michigan – 90 OVR
- Texas – 88 OVR
- Penn State – 88 OVR
- Utah – 88 OVR
- Florida State – 88 OVR
- Oklahoma – 88 OVR
- Iowa – 88 OVR
- Virginia Tech – 86 OVR
- Wisconsin – 86 OVR
- USC – 86 OVR
- Auburn – 86 OVR
- LSU – 84 OVR
- Texas A&M – 84 OVR
- Colorado – 84 OVR
- Oklahoma State – 84 OVR
- Louisville – 84 OVR
- North Carolina – 84 OVR
- Kansas State – 84 OVR
- Florida – 84 OVR
Blue & Gold says…
EA Sports is high on Ohio State, Georgia, Alabama and Oregon. All four of those programs have real estate in the top five of both lists. Notre Dame is knocking on the door of defensive top five, but what held the Irish back in 2023 is what EA Sports believes prevents them from being elite in 2023; the offense is good, not great.
All eyes are on Notre Dame’s season-opening matchup against Texas A&M, which is 65 days away. EA Sports would lead you to believe the Irish have a slight edge in that game because of the two teams’ defenses. Notre Dame’s is one of the best in the country with its overall rating of 90. The Aggies’ defense is closer to that top 25 floor with an overall rating of 84. Both teams have an offensive rating of 85.
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These are the only units on the 2024 Notre Dame schedule that made EA Sports’ rankings…
Defense
Florida State — No. 11, 88 OVR
USC — No. 16, 86 OVR
Texas A&M — No. 18, 84 OVR
Louisville — No. 22, 84 OVR
Offense
Texas A&M — No. 18, 85 OVR
Florida State — No. 22, 83 OVR
USC — No. 25, 83 OVR
