Freshman CPU vs CPU Sliders

["The dude abides"]

After observing multiple games with each difficulty, I decided that CPU vs CPU games play the best on Freshman. I've been pleasantly surprised to see that nothing is taken off the table due to playing/observing at the lowest difficulty setting.

While this is the best football game EA has produced, I'd say the biggest issue is the inflated ratings across the board. Since we can't edit ratings, I decided to drop all slider settings equally to see how it would play out. Below, I'll post details of the games I've observed.

*Credit to CoachGunns and the members that contributed to his thread. I'm using some of their same settings

Quarter Length: 15 minutes
Accelerated Clock: On
Minimum Play Clock Time: 15 seconds

Passing type: user preference

Injuries: 50
Fatigue: 100
Player Speed Parity Scale: 50

QB Accuracy: 30
Pass Blocking: 30
WR Catch: 30

Run Blocking: 30
Ball Security: 30

Defense Reaction: 30
Interceptions: 30
Pass Coverage: 30

Tackling: 30

Special Teams: All default / 50

I did change FG power to 40 over the last two games. More testing is needed but for whatever reason, maybe it's just me, I feel changing ST sliders somehow impacts gameplay.

Penalties are user preference. I know it may seem strange, but for testing I moved all of my penalty sliders to 40 in order to reflect the drop in other sliders across the board.

I do recommend turning intentional grounding and roughing the kicker off. I've seen back to back roughing the kicker penalties on the same drive in multiple games.

Auto Subs (credit to CoachGunns)

QB out: 60
QB in: 80
RB out: 88
RB in: 96
WR out: 84
WR in: 89
TE/FB out: 84
TE/FB in: 89
OL out: 60
OL in: 80

DE out: 88
DE in: 96
DT out: 88
DT in: 96
LB out: 84
LB in: 89
CB out: 60
CB in: 80
S out: 60
S in: 80

Version Two: Designed and tested for Play Now

Difficulty: Freshman
Quarter Length: 13 minutes
Accelerated Clock: On
Minimum Play Clock Time: 16 seconds

Passing type: Placement w/ Large lead
All helper items turned off.

Injuries: 45
Fatigue: 85
Player Speed Parity Scale: 70

*The player speed parity is crucial for this set. I was seeing far too many RAC yards while testing version 1. Moving this slider to 70 has helped tremendously.

Offensive settings: 30 (same as v1)
Defensive settings: 30 (same as v1)
Special teams: 45 for FG power and KO power. The rest are default.

Auto Subs: default 60/80

Penalties: Default with roughing the kicker and intentional grounding turned off.

I now make changes manually if a RB is getting too many carries. I'll also mass sub late in the game when appropriate.

["The dude abides"]

Temple vs Navy

QBs
Temple: 69% Navy: 81%
Drops
Temple: 6 Navy: 0

Defense
Sacks
Temple: 2 Navy: 2
TFL
Temple: 15 Navy: 2
PD
Temple: 1 Navy: 9
INT
0 for both
FF/FR
0 for both

*Navy blocked a punt in the 4th resulting in a safety

*Navy returned a kickoff in the last minute 65 yards to set up the game winning FG

["The dude abides"]

Notre Dame vs USC

QBs
ND: 60% USC: 60%
Drops
ND: 7 USC: 8

Defense
Sacks
ND: 1 USC: 2
TFL
ND: 14 USC: 8
PD
ND: 4 USC: 7
INT
ND: 2 USC: 1
FF/FR
ND: 3/0 USC: 4/3

["The dude abides"]

Akron vs Ohio State

QBs
Akron: 50% OSU: 70%
Drops
Akron: 11 OSU: 2

Defense
Sacks
Akron: 1 OSU: 1
TFL
Akron: 14 OSU: 11
PD
Akron: 4 OSU: 9
INT
Akron: 1 OSU: 1
FF/FR
Akron: 2/1 OSU: 1/1

["The dude abides"]

Kennesaw State vs Jacksonville State

QBs
Kenn: 66% Jax: 62%
Drops
Kenn: 7 Jax: 9

Defense
Sacks
Kenn: 1 Jax: 0
TFL
Kenn: 5 Jax: 14
PD
Kenn: 8 Jax: 3
INT
Kenn: 3 (1 TD) Jax: 0
FF/FR
Kenn: 2/1 Jax: 0/0

["The dude abides"]

Baylor vs Utah

QBs
BU: 47% UU: 76%
Drops
BU: 8 UU: 1

Defense
Sacks
BU: 0 UU: 4
TFL
BU: 15 UU: 10
PD
BU: 1 UU: 10
INT
BU: 0 UU: 4 (1 TD)
FF/FR
0 for both

["The dude abides"]

Auburn vs Miss State

QBs
AU: 69% MSU: 47%
Drops
AU: 6 MSU: 8

Defense
Sacks
AU: 3 MSU: 1
TFL
AU: 11 MSU: 10
PD
AU: 9 MSU: 4
INT
0 for both
FF/FR
AU: 1/1 MSU: 1/1

["The dude abides"]

Virginia vs Florida State

QBs
UVA: 61% FSU: 77%
Drops
UVA: 5 FSU: 3

Defense
Sacks
UVA: 3 FSU: 7
TFL
UVA: 10 FSU: 18
PD
UVA: 3 FSU: 3
INT
0 for both
FF/FR
UVA:2/2 (1 TD) FSU: 0/0