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This year, the third annual NCAA Football Community Wish List Tournament sees several changes made at the request of the community to help further highlight the top community requests for each major game area. The tournament will be held in four different areas of focus: Gameplay, Online Dynasty, Presentation & In-game Atmosphere, and Features/Other.

While there is no guarantee the winning items will appear in NCAA Football 13, the development team has stated in the past that they follow the tournament and strong showing by particular items have helped get them into the franchise.

Continue on to learn more about the Tournament and to vote and submit your ideas for upcoming brackets. ...

Here is the latest news on NCAA Football Title Update #3, courtesy of EA SPORTS and NCAA Football Community Manager Justin Dewiel:

From the NCAA Football development team - Title Update #3 addressing the "No Huddle" issue has made it through first party certification and will be available Friday (10/7). This update was rushed out to get [the no-huddle issue corrected] as quickly as possible, so the "No Huddle" is the only thing addressed.

The team is also still working on the transfer fail issues and tracking down the specific issues based on your feedback. Thanks again for taking the time to provide as much information as possible.

If you are experiencing the Transfer Failed issue in your Online Dynasty, visit this thread for more information and share details with the dev team. ...

The second patch for NCAA Football 12 is now available on both the Playstation 3 and X-Box 360. The updated patch notes have been released by EA in a new blog. Continue below after the break for the details of what is included in the patch.

UPDATE - Info on title update #3 and "Transfer Failed" issues can be found here.

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The seventh year of the EA SPORTS NCAA Football Challenge is underway.

The videogame tournament tour featuring EA SPORTS™ NCAA Football 12 will make its way across the country from September through December, stopping at 36 locations, including:

• 16 campuses
• 12 college football gamedays
• Multiple BEST BUY stores and other retailers
• One BCS bowl game

At each stop, gamers and fans will have a chance to play the newest edition of the EA SPORTS NCAA Football franchise, and win cool prizes from NCAA Football, EA SPORTS, Reese’s® Peanut Butter Cups and Best Buy!

Best of all - winners from the campus tournaments will earn their spot on a trip to the 2012 Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO to compete for the national title and grand prize of $10,000!

If you attend or compete in any events in your area, make sure to share your experience here with the community. ...

- The new issues emerging from NCAA Football game update #2 (as well as those not fixed in the update) are now being posted at gaming news sites around the web including Joystiq.

- In a follow-up to the recently announced NCAA Football fellowship, EA looks to former players for more authenticity in games.

- "LeGrand Bowl" takes place this Sunday on the campus of Rutgers University.

- The EA jobs site is currently listing openings at EA Tiburon on the NCAA Football team (Executive Producer and Tools & Pipeline Lead), extensive positions for their NBA (sim) title, and also a large number of openings for a new IP. Any guesses? ...

Mid-day Wednesday, the EA SPORTS NCAA Football Twitter account announced two Online Dynasty related fixes they were able to address via server side updates.

UPDATE: Through our server side updates, we were able to fix the score changing issue that some of you were experiencing in your dynasties. We were also able to clear up the problem where guys were getting transfer failed notifications when uploading bowl game results. ...

Are you a former college football player who didn't quite make the NFL cut?

If so, EA Sports has a new fellowship opportunity that might just get you started on a new career.

The program is looking for two post-graduate former football student-athletes to work at the EA Tiburon studio in Orlando so they can learn the ins and outs of game development, working on future versions of the "NCAA Football" franchise. The paid fellowship kicks off in January 2012 and will last 16 weeks.

UPDATE - The inaugural selections for the fellowship are former MIT QB Richard Mancuso and former Colorado State OL Clint Oldenburg. Congrats to both individuals. ...

EA SPORTS has posted a new blog detailing Game Update #2 for NCAA Football 12.

UPDATE - From the NCAA Football 12 Twitter account:

Title Update #2 Update: We have made it through internal certification and now we're waiting on approval from Sony/Microsoft. The update is hitting a bit later than expected because we addressed a few additional stability issues that will improve the experience.

Continue on to see the announced game update contents. ...

EA SPORTS and Lowe's have teamed up for the NCAA Football 12 Pick 'Em on Facebook.

Each week, pick the winner of ten match-ups to win prizes such as copies of NCAA Football 12, gaming consoles, and more. New match-ups are listed each Monday at 12 PM ET. Week one match-ups are now available for picks.

- Click on the appropriate fantasy game title to join The Gaming Tailgate groups on ESPN.com for College Showdown, College Pick 'Em, and College Challenge. ...