EA Sports projects the Florida Gators as the gridiron kings of the state this year.
After the release of the new College Football 26 video game this week, we fired up Dynasty mode and simulated the 2025 campaign.
Not only did the Gators crush USF, topple No. 15 Miami and claim an absolute shootout over Florida State, they met the Seminoles again in the Gasparilla Bowl and defeated their archrival for a second time. That’s 4-0 against in-state foes.
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Overall, Florida went 8-5 and finished 11th in the SEC. In our simulation, despite the underwhelming results, Billy Napier remained the head coach in Gainesville.
Other notable takeaways: The Gators fell to 1-3 against ranked opponents and compiled a 3-5 mark in the SEC. Their opponents’ combined record was 97-60.
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DJ Lagway stayed healthy. The sophomore quarterback tossed 31 touchdown passes.
And center Jake Slaughter racked up postseason awards.
Will the real Gators season play out like this? We’ll see.
Here are the full results of our exercise, including game scores, statistical leaders, award winners and the SEC standings.
Florida football schedule
Florida football stat leaders
Florida Gators award winners
Outland Trophy (best interior lineman)
Rimington Trophy (center of the year)
First Team All-American
First Team SEC
Second Team SEC
Freshman SEC
SEC standings
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: College Football 26: We simulated Florida Gators 2025 season. How’d DJ Lagway do?
Reporting by Chris Vinel, Daytona Beach News-Journal / The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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