EA Sports College Football 25 RPO Explainer Guide

[NinjaGigolo]

Whether you've played Madden in the last couple years or this is your first football game...

Written By: Chase Becotte

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[lostnite66]

I couldn’t do it right, either. Gonna try to figure it out in practice mode.

[SlyBelle]

Yep me, too, struggle with option plays too my brain and stick skills just not good enough to make these quick decisions. I know game just released, but was there any pre release videos that had tutorials on these plays?

[Momoney168]

Quote: Originally Posted by NinjaGigolo

How in the world do you run an RPO in this thing? I guess I’m dense, because I can’t seem to do what I want with the ball

If it’s the same as Madden the run is automatic. If you want to pass instead you have to press it right after the snap.

[ChaseB]

It depends on the RPO type in terms of how much time/options you might have, but ultimately you're going to automatically hand it off in most instances if you don't press a receiver button in time.

You can delay it on some of them by tapping X (I tap it multiple times) and it will keep the ball in the RB's belly longer. Stuff like "Walk Alerts" I think are a usual catch all for those instances.

Something like just straight up "RPO Alert" you won't have same amount of time to delay.

Looking on the play arts themselves, obviously ones with longer routes are more likely to be ones you can delay as well (though there are exceptions).

[WillieAshburn]

For PS5, tap the X button prior to the handoff and the QB will keep the ball. You can then choose to run, throw, etc.

[jello1717]

On a related note…

I hadn’t played a football game since NCAA14 til last week when I downloaded a free Madden24 from Gamepass to try to prepare me for playing CFB25.

In Madden there is a skills trainer which is basically a tutorial that teaches you how to do most things in the game (i.e. running RPOs, read options, throw bullet passes or touch passes, throw it high or low, etc, etc). For someone new to next gen football games it was really, REALLY helpful. I looked for that in CFB25, but couldn’t find anything like it. There are a bunch of mini games, but it didn’t seem to be helpful.

TLDR: Is there a tutorial like mode in CFB25 similar to the skills trainer in Madden?

[Lelo34]

Quote: Originally Posted by jello1717

On a related note… I hadn’t played a football game since NCAA14 til last week when I downloaded a free Madden24 from Gamepass to try to prepare me for playing CFB25. In Madden there is a skills trainer which is basically a tutorial that teaches you how to do most things in the game (i.e. running RPOs, read options, throw bullet passes or touch passes, throw it high or low, etc, etc). For someone new to next gen football games it was really, REALLY helpful. I looked for that in CFB25, but couldn’t find anything like it. There are a bunch of mini games, but it didn’t seem to be helpful. TLDR: Is there a tutorial like mode in CFB25 similar to the skills trainer in Madden?

Yeah there is. It's set up like a test where you're aiming for bronze, silver or gold, but it's really a trainer.