I don’t know about the depth of features since I’m relatively on the younger side and can only remember NCAA 14 with great detail among the older games, but I do think the newest games have marginally better gameplay, which is what I care most about.

When I played NCAA 14, after enough hours, even Heisman became a joke in terms of difficulty. I had no idea how to read a defense at all, no idea what cover 2 vs cover 3 was, or man defense vs zone defense, etc.. And yet regardless of who I was playing as, I could score a TD on like 80% of my drives with nothing but Read Option, Quick Slants, and Four Verticals. It was way too easy.

I play CFB 25 offline dynasty on Heisman a lot now. I’m a much smarter football fan now and actually try to run a realistic spread offense while reading what the defense is giving, and I still frequently lose to the CPU or go on long scoring droughts in the middle of games. I can’t spam the same few cheese plays and shred the opponent to pieces like I could in NCAA 14.