That OG ps2/original xbox NCAA was craccccck!!! Take a small school, HBCU, or a create-a-school and start off in Division 2/small conference, recruit you ass off, win games, then get invited to a D1- P5 conference and then struggle a bit, then win on that level, to bowl games, then finally to the NCAA National Championship Game...
Either that or a big school will hire you
That game had all the stages down pat. You only got 2 star recruits maybe a 3 star if you're lucky early on in Dynasty. Until you're turning away 5 stars because your loaded with top tier talent.
Hell the off season recruiting and signing was just as fun as the actual season playing the games
-They better have some schools in this new game