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EA Sports CFB 26 Ratings Rundown: USC

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Sam Dunn | Last updated Jul 7, 2025 9:00 AM ET

For dedicated sports gamers and borderline-pathological college football fanatics alike, calendars have been marked for July 10, 2025 for months. From Sun Devil Stadium to the City of Angels, from Doak to DKR, from the Plains to Pasadena, EA Sports College Football 26 is upon us.

As the second edition of the Electronic Arts bestseller that experienced a resurrection after an 11-year break, fans are surely gearing up for technical enhancements, revamped features in game modes like Dynasty -- oh, the CROOTIN'! -- and aesthetic flourishes that immerse one and all in the inimitable pageantry of college football game days.

But more importantly, there's more pressing business right this second: poring over CFB 26's player ratings -- especially if you're a fan of the USC Trojans, who enter year four under head coach Lincoln Riley aiming to put the Big Ten on notice after an up-and-down 2024 campaign.

Let's see some numbers, then, shall we? Whether you pray facing Jayden Maiava, consider UCLA a remedial school for troubled youths, or call into The Paul Finebaum Show insisting that Keeshawn Silver can deadlift a Cybertruck, check out USC's team scores and their College Football 26 player ratings.

USC EA Sports College Football 26 Ratings

All data via TeamCrafters as of July 6, 2025.

TEAM RATINGS

OFFENSE: 85
DEFENSE: 84
SPECIAL TEAMS: 82
OVERALL: 82

PLAYER RATINGS (Top 20)

1. WR Makai Lemon: 90
2. WR Ja'Kobi Lane: 89
t-3. CB D.J. Harvey: 88
t-3. FS Kamari Ramsey: 88
t-5. HB Eli Sanders: 87
t-5. TE Lake McRee: 87
t-5. HB Waymond Jordan: 87
8. QB Jayden Maiava: 86
9. ROLB Eric Gentry: 84
10. DT Keeshawn Silver: 83
t-11. HB Bryan Jackson: 81
t-11. LE Anthony Lucas: 81
t-11. CB DeCarlos Nicholson: 81
t-11. LT Elijah Paige: 81
t-11. CB Marcelles Williams: 81
t-16. LG D.J. Wingfield: 79
t-16. CB Prophet Brown: 79
t-16. SS Bishop Fitzgerald: 79
t-16. WR Prince Strachan: 79
t-16. RE Kameryn Fountain: 79