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In a , Arizona will be ranked No. 23 and have an 87 overall rating as a team. The Wildcats are the fourth-highest ranked Big 12 team in the video game behind Utah (10), Colorado (16) and Kansas (22). 

Arizona also has the 15th-best offense in the game with an 87 overall rating; the UA defense was not ranked in the EA Sports College Football 25 release. 

Arizona's finished No. 20 nationally in total offense and averaged 448 yards per contest. The Wildcats' passing attack, led by quarterback Noah Fifita and wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, finished the season eighth nationally with 308.3 passing yards per game in 2023. Arizona returns seven offensive starters from its 10-3 campaign last season.

Fifita said he "can't wait" for EA Sports College Football 25 to release later this month.

"I was a big NCAA (video game) guy growing up," he said. "(NCAA Football 14) was the last game I played with my little brother. We're gamers, we love sports games the most. I'm definitely looking forward to it. We used to create teams — 99 overall (rating) for everything. To not have to create a player anymore is pretty cool." 

The name, image and likeness (NIL) era that started in college athletics three years ago carved the path for EA Sports, a subdivision of Electronic Arts, to revive its wildly-popular college football game, but with a rebranded title, EA Sports College Football 25. The game will be released everywhere for PlayStation and Xbox consoles on July 19, but pre-ordered users will have early access on July 16. The game is priced at $60 and the "deluxe edition" of EA Sports College Football 25 is $100; the "MVP bundle," which includes a copy of Madden 25, is $150.

EA Sports launched an NIL program for the game that will allow college football players at 134 FBS programs nationwide, including independent Notre Dame, to opt in and offer the company their name, image and likeness for the video game. No FCS schools will be included in the game.

Players who opt-in will receive $600 and a copy of the game. Each team can have up to 85 players in the game. Players can opt-in through Learfield’s “COMPASS� name, image and likeness (NIL) app. Players who don’t opt-in, like Texas backup quarterback Arch Manning, will be converted into a generic avatar. Service academy programs — Air Force, Navy and Army — aren’t allowed to receive NIL compensation, but their players are expected to be a part of the game.

"It's a big blessing," Arizona running back Rayshon Luke said in the spring. "As a kid, you dreamed about that. ... Not everyone can make it to the NFL, so this is big to us, because you don't know our next journey. This is very big to us."

Here's a complete look at EA Sports College Football's Top 25 (overall rating): 

1. Georgia (95) 

2. Ohio State (93)

3. Oregon (93)

4. Alabama (92)

5. Texas (92)

6. Clemson (90)

7. Notre Dame (90)

8. LSU (90)

9. Penn State (88)

10. Utah (88)

11. Michigan (88)

12. Florida State (88)

13. Miami (88)

14. Texas A&M (88)

15. Ole Miss (88) 

16. Colorado (87)

17. Oklahoma (87)

18. Wisconsin (87)

19. USC (87)

20. Virginia Tech (87)

21. NC State (87)

22. Kansas (87)

23. Arizona (87)

24. Oklahoma State (87)

25. Iowa (87)

Extra points: 

• Sunday was Arizona's last day as a member of the Pac-12, which is now a two-team league with Oregon State and Washington State. The Beavers and Cougars will face each other in addition to Mountain West teams for the conference schedule. The Arizona football social media accounts posted photos of a UA football jersey with a Big 12 patch and a helmet with a Big 12 decal. 
• Three-star 2025 Chandler wide receiver Gio Richardson will announce his college decision on Thursday, and the Basha High School star will choose between Arizona, Kansas State and Arizona State. The 5-11, 170-pound Richardson took an official visit to the UA last month.