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

Colorado's Deion Sanders, North Carolina's Bill Belichick and Miami's Mario Cristobal and three of the key names who have chosen not to be part of the game's release. Colorado's head coach is, instead, Level 40 elite recruiter Kirk Patrick, while North Carolina's coach is a Level 30 "scheme guru" named Hector Luna.