Much has changed over the first seven weeks of the 2025 college football season. Just one team ranked top-five in the AP Top 25 preseason poll is still top-five midway through the year, and multiple preseason favorites for the College Football Playoff have seen their chances of making the tournament deteriorate.
While there have been a number of pleasant surprises so far this season—such as Georgia Tech's undefeated start or the continued success of Indiana—multiple teams have also fallen greatly short of expectations.
