Week 1 of the 2025 college football season features a loaded slate, including LSU at Clemson, Notre Dame at Miami and Alabama at Florida State, among others. LSU-Clemson could be a top-five matchup, as could the biggest headliner: Manning and Texas visiting Ohio State in a matchup of the 2024 national champion and our early 2025 favorite.

For the last two seasons, former Arizona tight end Rob Gronkowski has served as a master of ceremonies for the LA Bowl in Inglewood, Calif. Although the public associates him far more closely with his NFL career, the partnership keeps Gronkowski connected to the college game.

In or out? A verdict on which of the College Football Playoff qualifiers will be back in the bracket next season.

One of those teams is the South Carolina Gamecocks. They finished the 2024 season with a record of 9-4, their highest number of wins since 2017. South Carolina was among the first teams left out of the College Football Playoff, finishing ranked No. 15 in the final CFP standings.

Here's the complete schedule for the College Football Playoff for the 2025-26 season, including game dates, how to watch and teams. This is the second year of the 12-team playoff.

One of the best parts about sports is every season is different. While many of the best and worst teams in each sport will largely be the same year over year fo

It's never too early to look ahead to next season's College Football Playoff despite the Ohio State Buckeyes capturing the National Championship just weeks ago.

The best game of the 2024 college football season is a historic upset that sent shockwaves throughout the sport, according to ESPN's rankings. Bill Connelly, the founder of the SP+ computer model, ranked the top 100 games of the season following Ohio State 's march to a national championship in the first 12-team College Football Playoff.

Ohio State reigned supreme in the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, defeating Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame on its road to glory. Like most things in college sports right now,

Below is a closer look at 12 college football teams we are most excited to watch in 2025:

These are the college football programs with the most College Football Playoff wins and appearances since the format began in 2014.

Joel Klatt had a very egregious ranking for Penn State ahead of the 2025 college football season: No. 1 overall.