The best College Football 26 sliders and how to use them

College Football 26: two players jumping in mid-air trying to catch a ball.

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College Football 26 sliders enable you to adjust elements of the Gridiron sim such as QB Accuracy or CPU Interceptions to make it even more realistic – or difficult. Run blocking and QB intelligence are much improved for College Football 26, but that shouldn't stop you tweaking the foundations, which is where the numbers below come into play. Boost your NCAA authenticity with GR’s College Football 26 sliders guide.

How to input College Football 26 sliders

The College Football 26 home screen and settings menu — (Image credit: EA)

Using Sliders to tweak your gameplay experience is delightfully simple. Jump into the main menu, then move your way across the top bar to Settings. Select Game Settings, then match the headings on the list below to the tabs in the horizontal menu bar. If a value isn’t listed here, keep it at default.

Best College Football 26 sliders for realism

The sliders settings menu in College Football 26 — (Image credit: EA)

The best College Football 26 sliders produce realistic stats with a significant gameplay challenge – and extra realism, in terms of match flow. The key element here is to personalise them as you play – so if you're struggling to kick three-pointers, give FG Power and FG Accuracy a boost.

Game Options

Difficulty: All-American
Quarter Length: 11 Minutes
Play Clock: On
Accelerated Clock: On
Minimum Play Clock Time: 17 Seconds
Defensive Ball Hawk: Off
Defensive Heat Seeker Assist: Off
Injuries: 20
Fatigue: 55
Player Speed Parity Scale: 50

Player Skill

QB Accuracy: 40
Pass Blocking: 50
WR Catching: 45
Run Blocking: 50
Ball Security: 45
Reaction Time: 50
Interceptions: 40
Pass Coverage: 50
Tackling: 45

Penalties

Offside: 55
False State: 85
Offensive Holding: 80
Facemask: 45
Illegal Block in the Back: 50
Roughing the Passer: 45
Defensive Pass Interference: 60

CPU Skill

QB Accuracy: 35
Pass Blocking: 50
WR Catching: 45
Run Blocking: 50
Ball Security: 45
Reaction Time: 50
Interceptions: 40
Pass Coverage: 50
Tackling: 45
FG Power: 50
FG Accuracy: 45
Punt Power: 55
Punt Accuracy: 55
Kickoff Power: 55

College Football 26 sliders credits

Sliders like QB Accuracy transform the College Football 26 experience — (Image credit: EA)

The sliders above are based on an initial set from Operation Sports legend Matt 10, with additional tweaks made as we assembled the College Football 25 best teams and College Football 26 best playbooks guides throughout the game's launch weekend.