NCAA Football 14 [Guide]

In what is likely to be the last EA game with the NCAA license, welcome to
NCAA Football 14! This comprehensive guide will let you know everything there
is to know about this year’s edition of college footballs premiere video game
franchise.

NCAA Football 14
Written by Dalton “HorrorSpooky” Cooper and Trade
Copyright 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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01. Teams
02. Play Now

Nike Skills Trainer
Exhibition
Practice
Coach
One-Button Mode
Mascot Mash Up

03. Ultimate Team
04. Dynasty
05. 2013 Season
06. Road to Glory
07. Xbox Live
08. Team Management
09. My NCAA Legacy
10. Achievement List
11. Conclusion

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EXPLANATION OF ACRONYMS
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OVR – Overall
QB – Quarterback
HB – Halfback
WR – Wide Receiver
TE – Tight End
LE – Left End
RE – Running End
DT – Defensive Tackle
LOLB – Left Outside Linebacker
MLB – Middle Linebacker
ROLB – Right Outside Linebacker
CB – Cornerback
FS – Free Safety
SS – Strong Safety

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01. Teams
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As soon as you boot up NCAA Football 14 for the first time, you are prompted to
choose your favorite team. These are all the teams included in the game. The
number that is located to the right of each team name is their OVR rating in
NCAA Football 14 by default.

Air Force – 70
Akron – 63
Alabama – 99
Arizona – 86
Arizona State – 84
Arkansas – 88
Arkansas State – 77
Army – 72
Auburn – 88
Ball State – 79
Baylor – 90
Boise State – 86
Boston College – 86
Bowling Green – 74
Buffalo – 79
BYU – 83
California – 84
Central Michigan – 72
Cincinnati – 81
Clemson – 93
Colorado – 79
Colorado State – 72
Connecticut – 81
Duke – 79
ECU – 84
Eastern Michigan – 65
Florida – 90
Florida Atlantic – 75
Florida State – 79
Fresno State – 91
Georgia – 81
Georgia State – 60
Georgia Tech – 86
Hawai’i – 77
Houston – 84
Idaho – 63
Illinois – 83
Indiana – 81
Iowa – 88
Iowa State – 81
Kansas – 81
Kansas State – 86
Kent State – 74
Kentucky – 84
Lousiana Tech – 74
Louisville – 90
LSU – 93
Marshall – 74
Maryland – 86
Memphis – 70
Miami – 90
Miami University – 72
Michigan – 91
Michigan State – 91
Mid Tenn State – 74
Minnesota – 79
Mississippi State – 77
Missouri – 88
Navy – 74
NC State – 84
Nebraska – 88
Nevada – 75
New Mexico – 65
New Mexico State – 65
North Carolina – 91
North Texas – 72
Northern Illinois – 79
Northwestern – 86
Notre Dame – 93
Ohio – 79
Ohio State – 95
Oklahoma – 91
Oklahoma State – 91
Old Dominion – 70
Ole Miss – 90
Oregon – 95
Oregon State – 84
Penn State – 84
Pittsburg – 77
Purdue – 84
Rice – 75
Rutgers – 84
San Diego State – 84
San Jose State – 77
SMU – 81
South Alabama – 68
South Carolina – 90
Southern Miss – 74
Stanford – 91
Syracuse – 81
TCU – 84
Temple – 81
Tennessee – 86
Texas – 93
Texas A&M – 91
Texas State – 68
Texas Tech – 86
Toledo – 81
Troy – 75
Tulane – 72
Tulsa – 79
UAB – 68
UCF – 83
UCLA – 88
UL Lafayette – 77
UL Monroe – 75
UMass – 61
UNLV – 72
USC – 91
USF – 84
Utah – 86
Utah State – 75
UTEP – 75
UTSA – 68
Vanderbilt – 83
Virginia – 84
Virginia Tech – 93
Wake Forest – 83
Washington – 91
Washington State – 81
West Virginia – 84
Western Kentucky – 75
Western Michigan – 72
Wisconsin – 88
Wyoming – 75

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02. Play Now
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The game modes that you will probably spend the most time with can be found
right here in “Play Now”. In this section of the guide, you will find basic
information for all of the different game modes that can be found here.

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NIKE SKILLS TRAINER
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NOTE: Nike Skills Trainer can also be accessed directly from the main menu.

A serious of mini-games and situations meant to teach you the basics of how to
play the game.

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RUNNING
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Acceleration Burst – 5/10 (Bronze), 7/10 (Silver), 9/10 (Gold)
The Option – 4/10 (Bronze), 7/10 (Silver), 9/10 (Gold)
Triple Option – 5/10 (Bronze), 7/10 (Silver), 9/10 (Gold)
Shovel Option – 5/10 (Bronze), 7/10 (Silver), 9/10 (Gold)
Oklahoma Offense – 5/10 (Bronze), 7/10 (Silver), 9/10 (Gold)
Stumble Recovery Tutorial (Video)
Avoidance Tutorial (Video)

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PASSING
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Pass Trajectories – 5/10 (Bronze), 7/10 (Silver), 9/10 (Gold)
Total Control Passing – 6/10 (Bronze), 8/10 (Silver), 10/10 (Gold)
User Catching – 4/10 (Bronze), 6/10 (Silver), 8/10 (Gold)

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DEFENSE
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Ball Hawk – 4/10 (Bronze), 6/10 (Silver), 8/10 (Gold)
Oklahoma Defense – 6/10 (Bronze), 8/10 (Silver), 10/10 (Gold)

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PRE-PLAY
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Offensive Hot Routes – 8/15 (Bronze), 11/15 (Silver), 13/15 (Gold)
Defensive Hot Routes – 5/10 (Bronze), 7/10 (Silver), 9/10 (Gold)
Offensive Audibles – 4/8 (Bronze), 6/8 (Silver), 8/8 (Gold)
Defensive Audibles – 4/8 (Bronze), 6/8 (Silver), 8/8 (Gold)

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EXHIBITION
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Basic head to head exhibition. There are a variety of options available to you
as you go into each different exhibition game. After choosing the teams, you
can edit and customize a number of other things going into the game.

NOTE: The stadiums are listed in alphabetical order according to the name of
the team that represents each stadium, as opposed to the names of the actual
stadiums themselves. The following list is structed exactly how you will see
the stadiums in-game.

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STADIUMS
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Falcon Stadium
Infocision
Bryant-Denny
Arizona
Sun Devil
DW Reynolds Razorback
Liberty Bank
Michie
Jordan-Hare
Scheumann
Floyd Casey
Bronco
Alumni
Doyt L. Perry
UB
Lavell Edwards
California Memorial
Kelly/Shorts
Nippert
Clemson Memorial
Folsom
Lubick Field at Hughes
Rentschler Field
Wallace Wade
Rynearson
Dowdy-Ficklen
FIU
Ben Hill Griffin
FAU
Doak Campbell
Bulldog
Sanford
Georgia Dome
Bobby Dodd
Aloha
Robertson
Kibbie Dome
Memorial (Illinois)
Memorial (Indiana)
Kinnick
Jack Trice
Memorial (Kansas)
Bill Snyder Family
DIX
Commonwealth
Joe Aillet
Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium
Tiger
Joan C. Edwards
Byrd
Liberty Bowl Memorial
Miami
Fred C. Yager
Michigan
Spartan (Michigan)
Johnny “Red” Floyd
TCF Bank
Davis Wade
Faurot
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial
Carter-Finley
Memorial (Nebraska)
Mackay
University
Aggie Memorial
Kenan Memorial
Apogee
Huskie
Ryan Field
Notre Dame
Peden
Ohio
Gaylord-Oklahoma Memorial
Boone Pickens
Foreman Field
Vaught-Hemingway
Autzen
Reser
Beaver
Heinz Field
Ross-Ade
Rice
High Point solutions
San Diego
Spartan (California)
Gerald J. Ford
Ladd-Peebles
Williams-Brice
M.M. Roberts
Stanford
Carrier Dome
Amon G. Carter
Lincoln Financial Field
Neyland
DKR-Texas Memorial
Kyle Field
Bobcat
Jones AT&T
Glass Bowl
Veterans Memorial
Mercedes-Benz
Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman
UAB
Bright House Networks
UCLA
Cajun Field
Malone
UMass
Sam Boyd
USC
Raymond James
Rice-Eccles
Romney
Sun Bowl
Cajun Alamodome
Vanderbilt
Scott
Lane
BB&T
Husky
Martin
Milan Puskar
L.T. Smith
Waldo
Camp Randall
War Memorial
Lane Alamodome
Mercendes-Benz Superdome
Amon G. Carter Stadium
Cowboys
Liberty Bowl Memorial
Beef O’Brady’s Bowl
Bank of America
UAB
Capital One Bowl
Russell Athletic Bowl
Georgia Dome
University of Phoenix
Fight Hunger Bowl
Everbank Field
Ladd-Peebles
Aloha
San Diego
Bronco
Independence
Sun Devil Stadium
Sam Boyd Stadium
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
Military Bowl
Music City Bowl
University Stadium

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TIME AND WEATHER
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The time that a game takes palce as well as the different weather options can
also be edited. There are various default Conditions that can be chosen as
well if you so wish. Here are the choices:

—>WEATHER CONDITIONS<—
Live Feed
Clear
Partly Cloudy
Overcast
Foggy
Light Rain
Medium Rain
Heavy Rain
Light Snow
Medium Snow
Heavy Snow

—>WIND CHOICES<—
Calm
Light Breeze
Moderate
Very Windy

By default, the wind conditions will always be “Calm” and the temperature will
be set at 75 F unless changed to be otherwise.

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DIFFICULTY
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Both the Offensive and Defensive skills can be adjusted. This is a new feature
in NCAA Football 14 as previously, you were only able to edit the Defensive
Skill of the opposing team.

Here are the available difficulty levels, from easiest to hardest:

Freshman
Varsity
All-American
Heisman

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QUARTER LENGTH
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Finally, the length of the quarters can be adjusted as well. You can have the
length of each quarter be from 1 minute to 15 minutes.

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PRACTICE
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All of that information listed above pertains to the Practice Mode. The only
real difference is that you play against people on your own team for practices.

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COACH
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Exhibition from the sidelines. Make the plays and hope your team pulls through.
This is very similar to the same modes as seen in the Madden games and of
course, it is identical to the mode as found in previous versions of NCAA
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ONE-BUTTON MODE
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In this game mode, all the passing is done with one button. This makes it much
easier to complete passes as it will only allow you to throw the ball to
someone that is extremely likely to catch it. It’s basically an extremely
streamlined and easier version of the core game.

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MASCOT MASH-UP
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Play football with the mascots of the schools. Once again, the mascots that
are listed below are listed in order of their team name as opposed to their
actual name. This is the way they appear as listed in-game.

NOTE: Every mascot has an OVR rating of 99

The Falcon
Zippy
Big Al
Wilbur Wildcat
Sparky
Big Red
Black Jack
Aubie
Bruiser
Buster
Baldwin
Freddie Falcon
Cosmo
Oski
The Bearcat
The Tiger
Chip
Cam the Ram
Jonathan
Blue Devil
Pee Dee
Albert
Timeout
Hairy Dawg
Buzz
Shasta
Herky Hawkeye
Cy
Big Jay
Willie Wildcat
The Wildcat
Cardinal Red
Mike the Tiger
Marco
Testudo
Sebastian
Sparty
Goldy Gopher
Bully
Truman the Tiger
Billy
Mr. Wuf
Herbie Husker
Rameses
Scrappy
Willie
The Leprechaun
The Bobcat
Brutus Buckeye
Boomer
Pistol Pete
The Duck
Benny Beaver
Nittany Lion
Roc the Panther
Purdue Pete
Sammy
Scarlet Knight
South Paw
Cocky
The Tree
Otto
Superfrog
Smokey
Hook’em
Raider Red
Rocky
Blaze
Knightro
Joe Bruin
Rocky
Swoop
Mr. C
The Cavalier
Hokie Bird
The Deacon
Harry
Butch
The Mountaineer
Big Red
Buster
Bucky Badger

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03. Ultimate Team
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Using in-game cards, players are able to create their Ultimate Team. These
cards are distributed via trading card packs that are purchased with in-game
coins.

Going into this mode for the first time, the player is prompted to choose
their favorite team in order to get their starting deck.

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04. Dynasty
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Dynasty is the main game mode in NCAA Football 14. In this mode, you are able
to recruit new players to your college, manage the team, and more as well as
play all the games. The goal is to win trophies and obviously become the best
school in the nation.

Dynasty Mode can be played online as well through PlayStation Network or Xbox
Live.

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05. 2013 Season
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Want to play through the 2013 college football schedule? Well then you’re in
luck, as this what this game mode is for.

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06. Road to Glory
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Those that don’t want to just focus on the team aspect of the game can use an
individual player instead. This is called Road to Glory. Players are able to
create their own student and customize them, then play through college football
seasons as their created player with the ultimate goal of earning the Heisman
Trophy.

That being said, you can also choose from these former college athletes to
play through this mode as well if you don’t want to go with your own created
player (once again listed in the order they appear in the game as opposed to
alphabetical order):

Robert Griffin III
Barry Sanders
Doug Flutie
Herschel Walker
Desmond Howard
Charlie Ward
Marcus Allen
Andre Ware
Eddie George
Carson Palmer
Archie Griffin
Tim Brown
Jim Plunkett
Tim Tebow
Mark Ingram
Matt Leinart

Existing players are also an option, but they lack names so I can’t list them
here. Using an existing player is not recommended because it will make you
ineligible for the leaderboards.

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07. Xbox Live
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An easy way to jump right into the online game. You can create your own
private match, join a match, hang out in a game lobby, or check the
leaderboards all from this menu.

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08. Team Management
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From here, players can:

-Create custom playbooks
-Purchase new uniforms
-Improve their team
-Create a player
-Share their roster online
-Edit coaches
-Edit rosters
-Check depth charts

As of the time of this writing, only one Uniform Pack is available for
download. It is unknown at this time if EA Sports plans to continue releasing
uniform packs for this game.

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09. My NCAA Legacy
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EA Sports Highlights and ESPN Instant Classic games are stored in the “My NCAA
Legacy” section.

Ina ddition, trophies earned throughout the game are also stored here. The
ultimate goal would to be fill the trophy case, obviously.

These are the trophies that can be earned in the game:

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CHAMPIONSHIPS
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BCS National
ACC
Big Ten
Big 12
American
C-USA
MAC
Mountain West
PAC-12
SEC
Sun Belt

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BOWLS
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Alamo
Autozone Liberty
AT&T Cotton
Fiesta
Capital One
Gator
Godaddy.com
Holiday
Meineke Car Care
Famous Idaho Potato
Independence
Buffalo Wild Wings
Las Vegas
Little Caesars Pizza
Music City
New Orleans
Orange
Outback
Chick-Fil-A
Rose
Fight Hunger
Armed Forces
Poinsettia
Allstate Sugar
Sun
Russell Athletic
Hawaii
Belk
BBVA Compass
New Mexico
Beef O’Brady’s
Military
Heart of Dallas

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AWARDS
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60-Year Dynasty
Four-in-a-Row National Champs
Three-in-a-Row National Champs
Back-to-Back National Champs
Heisman Memorial Trophy
Coach of the Year
Maxwell Award
Davey O’Brien Award
Doak Walker Running Back Award
Biletnikoff Award
Outland Trophy
Chuck Bednarik Award
Rotary Lombardi Award
Linebacker of the Year
Jim Thorphe Award
Lou Groza Place-Kicker Award
Ray Guy Award
Returner of the Year
John Mackey Award
Rimington Trophy
Bronko Nagurski Trophy
Walter Camp Award
Broyles Award

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RIVALRIES
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Bayou Bucket
Apple Cup
Beehive Boot
Bronze Boot
Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy
Commonwealth Cup
Cy-Hawk Trophy
Floyd of Rosedale
Fremont Cannon
Golden Boot
Golden Egg Trophy
Golden Hat
Governor’s Cup
Governor’s Cup (2)
Governor’s Victory Bell
Illibuck
Ireland Trophy
Iron Skillet
Jeweled Shillelagh
Keg of Nails
Land Grant Trophy
Little Brown Jug
Battle of I-25 Trophy
Marching Drum
Megaphone
Missouri-Nebraska Bell
ODK – FOY Sportsmanship Trophy
Old Oaken Bucket
Paul Bunyan Trophy
Paul Bunyan’s Axe
Peace Pipe
Purdue Cannon
Seminole War Canoe
Shillelagh Trophy
Silver Spade
Stanford Axe
Telephone Trophy
Territorial Cup
Textile Bowl Trophy
Tiger Rag
Victory Bell
Victory Bell (2)
Victory Bell (3)
Wagon Wheel
Williams Trophy

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10. Achievement List
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Complete list of all the achievements in NCAA Football 14. The PS3 version of
the game has Trophies instead of achievements, but they are interchangeable for
the most part. The only difference is that the trophies are ranked on a scale
of bronze to gold, whereas the achievements have numeric values. Furthermore,
earning all of the trophies in NCAA Football 14 will earn you the “Platinum
Trophy” when playingon the PS3 version of the game.

For the sake of simplicity, the achievements are listed only in the Xbox 360
format:

All Too Easy (10G)
And the Winner Is… (15G)
Best Class Ever (15G)
Change Your Mind (10G)
Dream Job (20G)
Dual Threat Coach (100G)
Earn My Trust (20G)
End of the Rainbow (15G)
Face off (20G)
Future Star (15G)
Get My Good Side (10G)
Go for Broke (15G)
Go Outside (70G)
Gold Digger (15G)
Halfway There (50G)
High School Champ (15G)
Hoarder (20G)
Hometown Hero (50G)
Keep ‘em Honest (10G)
Last Place Winner (10G)
Let’s Do It Again (20G)
Living Legend (50G)
My Two Cents (15G)
NCAA Ultimate Team Fanatic (20G)
Now I am thE Master (15G)
One to Remember (20G)
Perfect Match (10G)
Pick Up 20 (15G)
Pop the Clutch (20G)
Put Your Helmet On (15G)
Start the Journey (10G)
Take What’s Mine (15G)
Thief (20G)
This One Is Hard 3.0 (50G)
Tire Fire Offense (30G)
Top of the Class (50G)
Unstoppable (15G)
Way Too Easy (10G)
Welcome to the Club (70G)
Who’s the Big Winner? (10G)
You’re but the Learner (15G)

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11. Conclusion
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I hope this guide helped you when playing NCAA Football 14!

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