College Football 26 is here. Nearly a year after the game made its triumphant return in 2024, EA Sports is set to release a new edition of the video game. The college football videogame landscape was dormant for 11 years after legal actions around NIL forced EA Sports to shutter its NCAA Football operation.

"In a memo sent to college conference offices from the College Licensing Company (CLC), dated June 26, 2025, CLC put out a request for proposal (RFP) to create a college basketball video game in November 2024. According to the memo, five companies expressed formal interest, and three filed formal bids.

At the same time that football fans tuned in for a gameplay showcase of CFB 26, EA Sports teased the return of its college basketball series that has been shelved since 2009. There are no other details on the game previously released as NCAA Basketball and NCAA March Madness,