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Trimmings: Penn State in EA Sports' CFB 26: Separating virtual and reality with the Nittany Lions

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Wide receiver Devonte Ross. (Credit: Ryan Snyder | Blue White Illustrated)

Penn State is one of the top-rated teams in the recently released EA Sports College Football ’26, but does it actually mirror the roster? While the game has gotten so much more involved since its return last summer, it’s still not hard to pick holes in the parallels between real life and video game fantasy. What did they get right and wrong?