Named Rosters Already Available For NCAA Football 12

At more than 6000 names, all of which must be manually entered, custom rosters for NCAA Football is annually one of the biggest community projects in sports gaming. Accurately named files were available yesterday – the day of release – for both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions.

The files are accessible by going to the Team Management menu item, selecting Roster Share, then Download Roster, and then hit A/X for Download Roster again. At the prompt, enter one of these tags.

• (for 360) Patrick Morty
• (for PS3) gamingtailgate

As a bonus, all of the rosters also contain the accurate coach names for each school – the head coach, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator.

Looking through it, embattled Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has been removed from the Buckeyes’ lineup, and Russell Wilson (above) is now quarterback for Wisconsin instead of N.C. State. Both players’ movements came after EA Sports finalised the roster that ships on the disc.

Refinements for greater accuracy are expected in the coming week. Names to know there are Fairdale Kings and Operation Sports; FK’s file usually gets announced there first. It was out five days after release last year.

But for many, these are good enough to get a realistic dynasty started. They also transfer to online multiplayer.

NCAA Football 12 Rosters Available (360, PS3) [Operation Sports]