Five Reasons to Be Excited for NCAA 13: #5 Dynamic Conference Prestige

[MMChrisS]

In previous NCAA Football games, each conference's prestige rating was predetermined and would never change, regardless of how teams were performing throughout the course of a dynasty.

In NCAA Football 13, every conference's prestige will now rise or fall depending on how its members perform during the season. Specifically, the prestige rating will be determined by the BCS ranking of the top six schools in each league.

That means smaller groups like the Mountain West or Conference USA can eventually bolster their recruiting power and start earning higher-rated recruits if their teams are consistently finishing in the top 25.

Likewise, just because the SEC, Big 12, Big Ten, or Pac-12 begin the dynasty as the highest rated leagues, that doesn't mean they will stay at the top forever. Another disappointing season from Michigan or Ohio State could drop the Big Ten's prestige down a notch, lowering the entire conference's chances of bringing in top recruits.

Dynamic conference ratings should make NCAA Football 13's Dynasty Mode more interesting and unpredictable, as the balance of power will be constantly changing across the various leagues.

Do you think dynamic conference prestige will add or subtract to the game? Are you worried it might be overdone?

[SafetyGreen]

Yeah this is awesome.

[Ramminyou]

Did you mean to post a pic of the Championship Contender pitch?

[Ziza9Noles94]

Awewsome addition that hopefully means the same handful of teams won't still be dominating by years 7 or 10.

[Jadakiss88]

This is actually a small addition that will make a big difference for players that go deep in their dynasty and online dynasties. This should have been the case years ago. I am waiting to see how it all falls into play but if it plays out how it's suppose to it will be a great addition.

[jfsolo]

This is definitely a big time improvement for Dynasty mode this year.

[nightcreeper]

i cant wait

[xenocide78]

This is huge for dynasty mode. In one of my dynasties we play with all 12 teams from C-USA and consistently have 4+ teams end the season in the top 25 and this past season (our 5th) had someone finish #2 overall with an undefeated record at the end of the season. What is our Conference Prestige? I believe a D, but maybe a C.

This will have such an important impact on dynasty and the ability to truly build a team/conference up.

[LionsFanNJ]

This is really exciting, especially for us that move around conferences.

[tHurley2010]

Definitely a reason to be excited about NCAA 13. I'm curious to see if after about 5 years say there's a shift in power from the SEC to the Big East (I know probably won't happen IRL), will a lot of the generated recruits instead of having LSU, Alabama, and Florida as their Top 3 schools have Rutgers, UConn, etc... as some of their top schools because recruits want to play in the best conference in the land?

Not saying that all recruits should suddenly switch their Top 3 based on conference prestige (because there are definitely other factors), but that we should see more recruits wanting to go to schools in the best conference in the nation.