This is a major improvement for College Football 26 Coins those who play on higher difficulties. Heisman mode, for example, no longer feels unfair — it feels challenging in a strategic sense. You’re forced to vary your playcalling and stay unpredictable.

Road to Glory: Mini-Season, Max Pressure

Road to Glory now gives players more agency. You’ll choose your top 10 schools and play through a condensed five-week high school season, hitting specific “moments” in each game. Each moment has both a standard goal and a bonus goal — perform well, and you’ll earn points toward your “tape score.”

This score determines how interested schools are in recruiting you. Better play means better offers. But slip up, and you could see your tape score fall — especially if another player signs at your position.

You’ll also receive challenge offers from specific schools that give you score boosts if completed. It’s a clever and fun way to replicate the tension of real-life recruiting. And the system is dynamic — you can commit early or wait for better offers, but both routes come with risk.

Dynasty Mode: More Depth, Better Tools

Dynasty remains a cornerstone mode and has been made even better. Recruiting has been overhauled visually — your team needs are now visible directly on the recruiting board, along with visit readiness and prospect rankings. This makes navigating recruiting easier and far more intuitive.

Another welcome change is variable visit costs. Instead of all visits costing 40 hours, local recruits now require fewer resources — giving small programs a fighting chance and encouraging players to focus on pipeline states.

Real coaches and coordinators are now integrated into Dynasty, complete with attributes and skill trees. You can even begin your career as one of these real coaches, inheriting their full suite of College Football 26 Ultimate Team Coins abilities.