EA Sports’s much awaited College Football ’25 is about to make its global premiere on July 19, coinciding with the 2024 football season. College football fans have been eager to see how their favorite teams compare as EA Sports has been releasing game teasers this past week leading up to the debut. In order to determine a team’s position in the overall college football landscape, the creators collaborated with Pro Football Focus (PFF) to examine and assess hundreds of players, statistics, and game footage.

The top 25 offenses that will play in the game were revealed by EA Sports, and Florida State was included despite being shockingly ‘offensive’ at No. 22 (83 OVR) for the defending ACC Champions. They are ranked behind SMU (No. 21, 85 OVR) and just ahead of Oklahoma, who took the No. 23 place (83 OVR).

Teams that were placed higher than the Seminoles were Miami (7), Colorado (8), Clemson (10), Utah (11), Kansas (14), Arizona (15), Memphis (19), and UCF (21), raising concerns about how closely the virtual and real worlds would resemble each other when the game is released.

The Noles have strengthened their roster and added talented players, including running backs Roydell Williams and All-American returner Jaylin Lucas, wide receivers Malik Benson and Jalen Brown, and quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, to go along with a very strong veteran offensive line. However, they lost ten players to the 2024 NFL Draft.

Uiagalelei ran for 216 yards and six touchdowns on the ground in addition to throwing for 2,638 yards and 21 touchdowns last season. Lawrance Toafili, the running back who won the MVP award in the ACC Championship Game, is also returning for Florida State. He split reps with Trey Benson, an Arizona Cardinal, last season, and finished with 649 yards from scrimmage and five touchdowns.

Currently, the rankings are only applicable to head-to-head matches and are not fixed in stone. On Friday, the complete team rankings are expected to be made public.