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After selecting your position, star level, and archetype for your Road to Glory player, you&#39;ll start your journey in high school with the new moments system. 

Each week, you&#39;ll choose a limited number of moments to complete and earn tape scores. 

These moments have different multipliers based on what schools value, so you&#39;ll need to strategically select them to accumulate enough tape score for scholarship offers. 

Avoid waiting too long, or you&#39;ll end up with schools that have passed you by.

Once you&#39;ve picked your moments, you&#39;ll load into the game and aim to achieve your drive goals. You&#39;ll have a limited number of retries, so choose moments that challenge you but aren&#39;t too conservative, or you might end up as a walk-on at your preferred school. 

Experiencing running on the field for the first time is something special, so I&#39;ll leave that excitement for you to discover.

Your recruiting board shows how close you are to earning a scholarship offer. 

For example, Rutgers might have offered you, while Ole Miss is still out of reach. Some moments carry multipliers for specific schools, so focusing on maximizing tape scores for a particular school can help you catch up in time.

You can reorder the board by holding R2 or RT and remove schools by holding the triangle or Y button. If you know the substitution you want to make, click X or A to swap them directly.





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How to get Scholarship Offers in College Football 26 Road to Glory


In Road to Glory mode, you&#39;ll start at a screen where you can import a High School Team Builder. 

However, this is the end goal, not the starting point. 

First, you&#39;ll need to download a Team Builder since the download center is initially empty.

To do this, go to the main menu and select the &quot;Create and Share&quot; section to access the download center. 

Once the game is available and teams are uploaded, you can search for and download your preferred team or a community creation. 

After downloading, you can import the team at the starting screen.





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Your College Football 26 Road to Glory journey begins in two ways:

**1. You can start as a High School Recruit**

- Play through key moments.
- Build your recruiting tape and earn scholarship offers.


**2. You can jump Straight into College:**

- Turn off High School and start directly in College.
- You will find this option when launching Road to Glory by checking the settings box.

## **In College you can:**

- **Choose Your Star Rating:** Elite, Blue Chip, Contributor, or Underdog.
- **Pick Your Position and Archetype:** Each has unique traits and strengths.
- **Define Your Player:** Who you are and what you bring to the game.

## **Your College Life:**

- Manage your time effectively each week.
- Coach Trust will get you on the field.
- Coach Happiness will keep you there.


If you play well, and lead, you will move up the depth chart. If you struggle or slack off, your coach will let you know.
## **On the Field:**

- Every rep and snap is graded.
- Execute well to grow faster.
- Watch out for wear and tear over time


**Achievements:** 

Track your achievements in the Trophy Room and reflect on your college career.
## **NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) Offers:**

- Earn skill points through the right deals.
- Decide between training harder or building your brand.

## **Transfer Portal:**

Transfer portal is available for changes like coaching moves or better opportunities.

- Offers will depend on your performance.
- You can choose to stay loyal or explore new options.

## **Legacy:**

- Export your player to Madden NFL 26 Superstar mode.
- Continue the journey from college legend to pro.


From Friday nights to campus lights, walk-on to national star, your road to glory awaits.



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Getting started with College Football 26 Road to Glory


Before you had offers. Before the lights, the crowds, the college dreams. You had this: your high school tape.

Welcome to Year 2 of Road to Glory and the start of your recruiting journey. This tape? It’s your shot to impress. Every snap, every challenge, every play matters. College scouts are watching, so make it count.

If you created a high school team in Team Builder, now’s the time to bring them in. Load up your squad, rep your colors, and make the journey yours, from the very first snap.

Every player&#39;s path starts somewhere. Your first decision? Do you want the stars handed to you or are you ready to fight for them? Elite. Blue Chip. Contributor. Underdog. You set the stakes in the climb that comes with it.

Next, choose your position: Quarterback, halfback, wide receiver, mike linebacker, or cornerback. It&#39;s your game. Play it your way.

Next up, it&#39;s time to define how you play by choosing your archetype. This year, Road to Glory has even more options to match your style. At quarterback, you might stand tall as a Pocket Passer, or keep them guessing running the option as a Pure Scrambler. At cornerback, you can jam routes as a Bump and Run CB, or lock down the edge as a Boundary Corner. Every archetype has its strengths. Pick one that fits how you want to win.

Then it&#39;s time to bring your player to life. Build your look, rep your number, and make the name on the back of your jersey mean something.

Now, it’s time to build your dream board. Your Top 10 colleges. These are the programs you&#39;re chasing. The schools you want to impress. Pick your favorites: the powerhouses, the underdogs, or the schools that just feel like home.

Before each game, your coach sets the tone with a handful of key moments that could define your tape. These aren&#39;t just plays; they&#39;re opportunities. Nail them, and they make your reel. Every moment adds to your Tape Score, and that’s what scouts care about. That&#39;s what gets you seen.

Some schools might want a little extra proof. They’ll ask for a Highlight Moment—a tougher challenge where you’ve only got one shot. Pull it off, and it could boost your offer. Come up short, and their interest might fade.

Every week, things shift. Some schools start showing more interest; others go quiet. As your Tape Score builds, so does the pressure to focus. You’ll cut your school list from ten to your top three.

But here’s the thing: if a school’s not interested, that offer might not look like you expect. Stick with them, and you might end up a walk-on or buried third string. So choose wisely. Play where you’re wanted or prove them wrong.

You&#39;ve narrowed it down to your top three schools. Now pick the one you&#39;ll call home. One hat, one decision, and one step closer to winning a national championship.

And with that, your tape is done and your high school journey is over. Now the real work begins, and your road to glory is just getting started.

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When choosing the right offer for your player in college football 26 road to glory there&#39;s a few things you may want to consider in the process
## **Choosing the best offer for you** 

Picking the right program for your playstyle can seem difficult but there&#39;s a few things to pay attention to throughout the recruitment process to insure you don&#39;t make a mistake on your path to stardom. As you play through your senior season in high school you will gain tape score that’ll help you earn scholarship offers along the way. Once the offers start to roll in you can adjust your top 10 schools based on your preference, You’ll want to make sure these key details make sense for you leading up to your big decision. Does your player fit into the offensive or defensive scheme, what’s your projected role to assess potential playing time, and the playcall balance.
## **Coach trust &amp; Playing time** 

Once you make your college decision you’ll arrive on campus now you can check out where you are on the depth chart. Some positions you won&#39;t need to be #1 but for a position like quarterback anything outside of the starting role you will need to coach trust for more playing time. This can be done in weekly practices or even in game if given the chance to play.
## **Upgrading with training XP** 

You’ll be given energy to spend in the weekly agenda section. Where it can be applied in multiple areas of your players development but specifically for player upgrades you can spend energy on training xp this will accelerate your ability to acquire skill points much faster use them to upgrade your players attributes &amp; physical abilities. Be careful with using your energy all in one place. With every increase to training you’ll take a hit on your players health so keep that in mind! Earn more skill points + coach trust throughout the season from playing in games and training develop your players skillset to help master your craft on your road to becoming a college football legend!  


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Choosing a school, Coach trust, and upgrades/XP


Here&#39;s a few tips for creating your very own unique player in college football 26 Road To Glory also choosing the position that best suits your playstyle!
## **Choosing your Journey**

You’ll first need to choose how you start your career ranging from an elite, blue chip, contributor, or underdog prospect.
## **Choosing your position**

Choose what position you&#39;re going to play on the field. You could lead your team as a quarterback, be the heartbeat of an offense as a halfback, be an absolute game changing weapon as a wide out. You can also Command your defense as the mike linebacker, or become the shutdown cornerback you’ve always dreamed of!
## **Picking your archetype**

The archetype system has been reworked for each position so you can check out potential ratings and physical abilities that best suit the experience you&#39;re looking to have. 
## **Customize your player before hitting the field** 

Get into the customization of your star starting with your players info where you can now choose the name of your high school and school mascot! Continue to edit your player to your liking and prepare for your senior season debut.
## **Tape Score &amp; picking your top 10** 

Answering questions from your local tv reporter and your head coach. From there you can add up to 10 schools to your recruiting list earning tape score from your performance on the field. Every game you play you’ll have to choose 4 drive goals to earn more tape score upon completion each school has a set amount of score needed to receive a scholarship offer.
## **Get on the field and prove yourself!**

Now you&#39;re ready to hit the field and earn your way. Remember that you can also lose offers if your play on the field starts to slip so be sure to bring your A game every single week!


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How To Create a Player in CFB 26 Road To Glory


You lit up College Football. Now, it’s draft season, and the next chapter of your career is calling.

Transfer your player from Road to Glory in College Football 26 to Superstar in Madden NFL 26, and take your shot at the pros.

When you finish Year 3 or Year 4 of your college football career, your player becomes draft-eligible. Head to the Road to Glory menu in College Football 26, open the Actions tab, and choose Leave for the NFL. Then, Export Player to Madden. This is where your college legacy ends, and your NFL draft journey begins.

Next, start Madden NFL 26 and enter Superstar mode. Select the position your player held in College Football 26, then hit Import to begin your pro journey. The campus chapter is now officially closed, and Canton is calling.

Your position, overall rating, and college accomplishments like Heisman wins or title runs all carry over into Superstar. To transfer your college stats to Madden, make sure you finish your Road To Glory career. Remember, you only get one import per save, so bring your best version forward.

Before you hit the Madden NFL 26 Combine, it’s time to fine-tune your game. You’ll start with a base pool of Creation Points. If you&#39;ve imported a player from College Football 26, your college OVR can earn you up to five bonus points. The higher your OVR, the more points you’ll bring into Superstar. Every point gives you an edge. Spend them all and lock in.

Next, it’s time to showcase your skills at the NFL Combine. Run the drills. Impress the scouts. Let the league know who you are. 

Your Combine performance affects your draft position, so make it count.

From campus legend to NFL rookie, this is your moment. Your journey to becoming a Superstar starts now.





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