NCAA Football 11

NCAA Football 11
Tim Tebow on the cover of NCAA Football 11.
Developer(s)	EA Tiburon, EA Canada
Publisher(s)	EA Sports
Platform(s)	iOS, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s)	July 13, 2010
Genre(s)	Sports, American football simulation
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer, online
Rating(s)	Apple: 4+ ESRB: E

NCAA Football 11 is a college football video game created by EA Sports and developed by EA Tiburon. It was released on July 13, 2010 for the PlayStation 2 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. A handheld version was released for the Nintendo DS and iOS on June 24, 2010.

New features

On February 26, 2010, the first features for the game were announced.^[1]

• Dynasty Wire, a web based story generator created for Online Dynasty play.
• New momentum based locomotion engine, creating more realistic movements.
• Team-specific entrances into the game.
• Real Assignment AI and a new blocking system.
• Helmet numbers for teams such as Alabama.
• On-field referees.
• Pro-Tak gang tackling.
• Auto-saves.
• Formation substitutions.
• Improved equipment such as helmets, towels, hand warmers, sleeves, and knee braces.^[2]
• Dynamic conference logos (for Team Builder play and Custom Conferences).
• Auto loading rosters.
• Single bowl season (for Online Dynasty play).
• New team mascots.^[3]
• Improved lighting.^[4]
• ESPN style presentation and commentary featuring Brad Nessler, Kirk Herbstreit, and Erin Andrews.^[5] Lee Corso will no longer provide commentary for the game.^[6]
• Improved recruiting system (for Dynasty Mode play).

Team Rankings

Rank	Team
1	Alabama Crimson Tide
2	Ohio State Buckeyes
3	Texas Longhorns
4	Oregon Ducks
5	Boise State Broncos
6	Florida Gators
7	Virginia Tech Hokies
8	TCU Horned Frogs
9	Nebraska Cornhuskers
10	Iowa Hawkeyes
11	Wisconsin Badgers
12	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
13	USC Trojans
14	Miami Hurricanes
15	Oklahoma Sooners
16	Pittsburgh Panthers
17	LSU Tigers
18	Penn State Nittany Lions
19	Oregon State Beavers
20	Arkansas Razorbacks
21	Florida State Seminoles
22	North Carolina Tar Heels
23	Utah Utes
24	Cincinnati Bearcats
25	Houston Cougars

Demo

A demo was released on June 14, 2010 at the Xbox Live Marketplace (Xbox 360) and PlayStation Store (PlayStation 3). It included four different matchups to play with as well as alternate uniforms for use in the full game. These matchups are the "Red River Rivalry" with Oklahoma and Texas in the Cotton Bowl and the "Sunshine Showdown" with Florida at Florida State, along with Miami at Ohio State and Missouri at Clemson.

Cover

On April 8, 2010, former Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow was announced as the cover athlete for all three game platforms. The return to a single cover athlete breaks the trend that was seen in the previous two installments of the series where a different cover athlete was chosen for each platform.^[7]

Marketing

In July 2010, Time Warner announced that it would offer a copy of NCAA Football 11 and a copy of The Greatest College Bowl Game Moments DVD free with a paid subscription to Sports Illustrated.^[8]

See also

• NCAA Football series
• Madden NFL 11

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^ "NCAA Football 11 First Look". http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?id=4949103. Retrieved 27 February 2010. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "You asked for it, you got it... Part two". http://ncaafootball.easports.com/blog.action?blogId=blog2. Retrieved 6 March 2010. 
3. ^ "EA SPORTS NCAA Football's Photos - New Mascots". http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=152067&id=90440037279&ref=mf. Retrieved 14 March 2010. 
4. ^ "Screens and Lighting". http://ncaafootball.easports.com/blog.action?blogId=ScreensAndLighting. Retrieved 4 April 2010. 
5. ^ "ESPN in NCAA Football 11". http://www.pastapadre.com/2010/04/08/espn-in-ncaa-football-11. Retrieved 9 April 2010. 
6. ^ "NCAA Football 11 – Features". http://ncaafootball.easports.com/features.action. 
7. ^ "EA Sports Announces Tim Tebow as NCAA Football Cover Athlete". http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1082609p1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-08. 
8. ^ "NCAA Football 2011/Sports Ilusstrated". Sports Illustrated. Time Warner. https://subs.timeinc.net/SI/si_eafootball0610.jhtml?experience_id=301704&source_id=4&_requestid=134739. Retrieved August 10, 2010.