A total of 128 FCS programs were not included at the launch of EA Sports College Football 25.
The number comes from the structure of college football’s top division at the time. EA confirmed that all 134 Football Bowl Subdivision programs would appear in the game, but the 128 Football Championship Subdivision programs would not be included at launch. FBS and FCS are separate levels within NCAA Division I football, so the figures refer to different groups of schools.
This detail is commonly mixed up with the 134 FBS total. The 134 number describes the teams that were represented in College Football 25; 128 describes the FCS programs left out. The wording “at launch” also matters: it left open the possibility of future additions, but the original release did not contain licensed FCS teams as a comparable division.
College Football 25 was the first game in EA’s revived series and launched in July 2024 after more than a decade without a new college-football title.