Although not as popular as its college football franchise that was revived last year, EA was among the industry's leaders in basketball gaming in the early 2000s. Its NCAA Basketball games (with earlier iterations named NCAA March Madness) were discontinued in 2009.

EA Sports College Football 26 ranks Michigan football as the 15th best team overall. Michigan plays two other ranked teams in the game: #17 Oklahoma and #3 Ohio State. The game, a potential barometer for the upcoming season, releases on July 10th (July 7th for the deluxe edition).