NCAA Football 14

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NCAA Football 14
NCAA Football 14 Cover.jpg
NCAA Football 14 game artwork featuring Denard Robinson.
Developer(s) EA Tiburon
Publisher(s) EA Sports
Director(s) Jeffrey Luhr
Producer(s) Jason French
Series NCAA Football
Platform(s) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
ReleaseJuly 9, 2013
Genre(s) American football simulation
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

NCAA Football 14 is an American football video game published by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. Part of the NCAA Football series, it is the successor to NCAA Football 13 . Despite the game's positive critical and commercial reception, no sequel was produced the following year. Due to legal issues surrounding the game's use of college player likenesses, NCAA Football 14 was the last installment of the NCAA Football series until EA Sports College Football 25 . The game remained popular for over a decade after its release. Unofficial roster updates were released reflecting subsequent seasons. Fans also created the unofficial College Football Revamped mod, updating the graphics, uniforms, and presentation to match modern times. [1] [2]

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Development

NCAA Football 14 is part of Electronic Arts's NCAA Football video game series. Part of the game's development focused on improving its user interface and presentation, with a mantra to "keep things fast" and "keep things moving". The changes included a streamlined main menu (replacing a graphically intensive menu design modeled upon the ESPN College Football graphics package), a shorter pre-game segment, more varied in-game vignettes, and a new halftime show with ESPN's Rece Davis and David Pollack. The game featured Kirk Herbstreit and Brad Nessler as commentators. [3]

On March 10, 2013, it was announced that former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson would be the cover athlete for the game. [4] A fan vote beginning on December 5, 2012, allowed fans to choose what teams would be represented on the cover. After it was narrowed down to 32, a second round of voting narrowed it down to 16. A third round reduced it to 8 teams with players. Players also vying for the cover were Eddie Lacy, Kenjon Barner, Jarvis Jones, EJ Manuel, Ryan Swope, Andre Ware, John Simon, and Tyler Eifert. [5]

Reception

NCAA Football 14 has an aggregate score for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions on Metacritic of 77. The aggregate score on Gamerankings for the PS3 version is 77.27%, and for Xbox 360 it is 78.42%.

The game received mixed to positive reviews. GameSpot gave the game a 6/10, praising the on-field action but criticizing the unnecessary experience system, the recruiting process, and the lack of significant changes from NCAA Football 13. IGN, who gave the game a 7.4/10, had similar comments, praising the fun running game and improvements to Dynasty Mode, but criticizing online servers, the dated visuals, and the "generic" feel to the game. [7]

NCAA Football 14 was a commercial success, selling over 1 million copies. [1]

Due to the 11-year gap between this game and EA Sports College Football 25, the game remained popular throughout the years, with various mods and unofficial roster updates. Fans remained hopeful a new college football game would be produced, but not until real-life NCAA regulations over key issues were changed (name, image, and likeness being paramount) would another college football game be feasible.

New features

On July 5, 2013, the new features for the game were announced. [8]

New teams

Three new NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams were added to NCAA Football 14: Georgia State, Old Dominion, and South Alabama. South Alabama joined the FBS in 2012 but had been left out of NCAA Football 13. [9] Georgia State and South Alabama joined the Sun Belt while Old Dominion was soon to join Conference USA. This brought the total number of teams in the game up from 123 to 126.

Teams and ratings

TeamOverallOffenseDefense
Air Force 706871
Akron 636165
Alabama 999999
Arizona 868688
Arizona State 848683
Arkansas 888887
Arkansas State 777976
Army 727273
Auburn 888890
Ball State 798673
Baylor 909088
Boise State 869082
Boston College 868685
Bowling Green 747575
Buffalo 798178
BYU 838483
California 848683
Central Michigan 727271
Cincinnati 818183
Clemson 939590
Colorado 798178
Colorado State 727473
Connecticut 818480
Duke 797978
ECU 848683
Eastern Michigan 656865
Florida 909092
Florida Atlantic 757776
FIU 797780
Florida State 919392
Fresno State 818478
Georgia 919588
Georgia State 606060
Georgia Tech 868388
Hawai'i 777776
Houston 848683
Idaho 636761
Illinois 838680
Indiana 818382
Iowa 888890
Iowa State 818183
Kansas 798378
Kansas State 869183
Kent State 747575
Kentucky 848483
Louisiana Tech 747573
Louisville 909388
LSU 939392
Marshall 747773
Maryland 868685
Memphis 707270
Miami 909188
Miami University 727471
Michigan 919192
Michigan State 919093
Mid Tenn State 747575
Minnesota 797980
Mississippi State 889085
Missouri 889087
Navy 747475
NC State 848485
Nebraska 889185
Nevada 757773
New Mexico 656766
New Mexico State 656865
North Carolina 919190
North Texas 727275
Northern Illinois 798378
Northwestern 868687
Notre Dame 939393
Ohio 798376
Ohio State 959792
Oklahoma 919788
Oklahoma State 919392
Old Dominion 707468
Ole Miss 909188
Oregon 959992
Oregon State 848683
Penn State 838385
Pittsburgh 777780
Purdue 848485
Rice 757576
Rutgers 848682
San Diego State 848483
San Jose State 778176
SMU 818378
South Alabama 686770
South Carolina 888690
Southern Miss 747275
Stanford 919193
Syracuse 818380
TCU 848685
Temple 818182
Tennessee 868488
Texas 939593
Texas A&M 919588
Texas State 686770
Texas Tech 869083
Toledo 818478
Troy 757575
Tulane 727768
Tulsa 798475
UAB 686868
UCF 838682
UCLA 868687
UL Lafayette 778175
UL Monroe 757975
UMass 616165
UNLV 727570
USC 919590
USF 848187
Utah 868487
Utah State 757775
UTEP 757773
UTSA 686870
Vanderbilt 838482
Virginia 848683
Virginia Tech 939195
Wake Forest 838385
Washington 919190
Washington State 798180
West Virginia 848383
Western Kentucky 757278
Western Michigan 707271
Wisconsin 888888
Wyoming 757775

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