Miami (Fla.)'s Mario Cristobal and Iowa's Kirk Ferentz also aren't in "College Football 26," with those two, Bill Belichick and Deion Sanders being replaced by random characters.

Bill Belichick went decades without appearing in Madden football video games. He's keeping the streak alive by declining to appear in CFB 26

Bill Belichick joined a lengthy list of NCAA coaches that won't be featured in the upcoming College Football '26 video game.

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If you're playing the new College Football 26 from EA Sports that's finally out, you'll notice two coaches who aren't real people who are running their respective teams. According to The Athletic's Chris Vannini, with screenshots: North Carolina is coached by a guy named Hector Luna, while Kirk Patrick is the head coach at Colorado.

College football fans eager to jump into the virtual gridiron of EA Sports' "College Football 26" this Thursday are about to face a stunning reality: two of the biggest names in t

Fear not, because there is a Belichick whose likeness is portrayed. Ben Haumiller, the principal game designer for College Football 26, said on Split Zone Duo in June that you can have Tar Heels defensive coordinator Steve Belichick on staff:

While you can—of course—compete in EA's newest product with both the North Carolina Tar Heels and the Colorado Buffaloes, their head coaches in Belichick and Sanders are among a handful who aren't featured in the video game. According to CFBudge on X (formerly Twitter), here's the full list of coaches who aren't in College Football 26: