I simulated Tennessee football vs. NC State on College Football 25

With Tennessee and NC State meeting in real life on Saturday, I fired up EA Sports' College Football 25 video game to see how it would predict things would go.

I placed both teams inside the neutral site in Charlotte, took my hands off the controller and watched how the simulation unfolded.

Here's what happened.

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SCORING SUMMARY

Tennessee vs. NC State CFB25 Simulation

Team	1	2	3	4	FINAL

NC State	0	3	7	0	10
Tennessee	7	10	7	7	31

First Quarter

7:00: (Tenn) Chas Nimrod 25-yard pass from Nico Iamaleava

Second Quarter

7:16: (Tenn) 31-yard field goal

0:40: (Tenn) Mike Matthews 14-yard pass from Nico Iamaleava

0:00: (NCST) 53-yard field goal

Third Quarter

7:09: (NCST) Grayson McCall nine-yard run

3:20: (Tenn) Chris Brazzell II 32-yard pass from Nico Iamaleava

Fourth Quarter

9:27: (Tenn) Dylan Sampson 16-yard run

TEAM STATS

Team Stats in Tennessee vs. NC State CFB25 Simulation

NC STATE	STAT	TENNESSEE

10	Score	31
17	First Downs	21
281	Total Offense	423
17 \| -1 \| 1	Rushes \| Yards \| TDs	28 \| 173 \| 1
-0.1	Yards Per Rush	6.2
22 \| 27 \| 0	Comp \| Att \| TDs	13 \| 17 \| 3
10.4	Yards Per Pass	14.7
282	Passing Yards	250
4/8 (50%)	3rd Down Conv.	9/10 (90%)
0/1 (0%)	4th Down Conv.	0/0 (N/a)
1 \| 0 \| 50%	Red Zone TD \| FG \| %	2 \| 1 \| 60%
0	Turnovers	0
0	PR Yards	5
88	KR Yards	46
369	Total Yards	474
0 \| 0 yards	Penalties	1 \| 10 yards

PLAYER STATS

Passing Stats Tennessee vs. NC State CFB25 Simulation

Player	YDS	COMP%	TD	INT	RATING

(Tenn) N. Iamaleava	250	76	3	0	258.2
(NCST) G. McCall	282	81	0	0	169.2

Rushing Stats Tennessee vs. NC State CFB25 Simulation

Player	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD

(Tenn) D. Sampson	21	137	6.5	1
(Tenn) N. Iamaleava	7	36	5.1	0
(NCST) G. McCall	9	-5	-0.5	1
(NCST) J. Waters	6	6	1.0	0
(NCST) K. Concepcion	2	-2	-1.0	0

Receiving Stats Tennessee vs. NC State CFB25 Simulation

Player	REC	TDS	AVG	TD	LONG

(Tenn) S. White	4	52	13.0	0	16
(Tenn) B. McCoy	3	89	29.6	0	62
(Tenn) C. Brazzell II	2	42	21.0	1	32
(Tenn) D. Thornton Jr.	1	25	25.0	1	25
(Tenn) C. Nimrod	1	25	25.0	0	25
(Tenn) M. Matthews	1	14	14.0	0	14
(Tenn) D. Sampson	1	3	3.0	0	3
(NCST) N. Rogers	5	99	19.8	0	27
(NCST) D. Collins	5	57	11.4	0	22
(NCST) J. Waters	4	26	6.5	0	13
(NCST) K. Concepcion	4	55	13.7	0	21
(NCST) J. Joly	3	38	12.6	0	21
(NCST) W. Grimes	1	7	7.0	0	7

Defensive Stats Tennessee vs. NC State CFB25 Simulation

*Jourdan Thomas is out for the season in real life but still active in the video game // ** Arion Carter did not opt into the game and was replaced by a generated player

Player	TACKLES	TFL	SACK

(Tenn) J. Pearce Jr.	9	6	3
(Tenn) Jo. Thomas*	8	4	0
(Tenn) A. Carter**	7	0	0
(Tenn) A. Turrentine	6	0	0
(Tenn) K. Pili	6	0	0
(Tenn) J. McCoy	5	0	0
(Tenn) K. Perry	3	0	0
(Tenn) R. Gibson III	3	1	0
(Tenn) Ja. Thomas	2	1	0
(Tenn) O. Thomas	2	0	0
(Tenn) J. Josephs	1	1	1
(Tenn) B. Carter	1	0	0
(Tenn) D. Bailey	1	0	0
(Tenn) T. West	1	0	0
(Tenn) C. Charles	1	0	0
(Tenn) B. Eason	1	1	0
(NCST) C. Fordham	9	2	0
(NCST) D. Boykin	9	0	0
(NCST) B. Cisse	7	0	0
(NCST) J. Carter	6	1	0
(NCST) N. Campbell	6	0	0
(NCST) A. White	6	0	0
(NCST) K. Palmer	4	0	0
(NCST) K. McBride	3	1	0
(NCST) T. Price	3	1	1
(NCST) W. Grimes	3	0	0
(NCST) G. McVay	2	0	0
(NCST) S. Brown	2	0	0
(NCST) D. Betty	2	0	0
(NCST) N. Potter	1	0	0
(NCST) T. Cooley	1	0	0
(NCST) D. Marshall	1	0	0
(NCST) D. Vann	1	1	1
(NCST) K. Raphael	1	0	0
(NCST) W. Wright	1	0	0

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