We’ve yet to reach the halfway point of the 2025 season and the No. 1 (Penn State), No. 2 (Texas) and No. 3 (Clemson) teams in Sports Illustrated’s preseason Top 25 have two losses, are unranked in the AP poll and in danger of missing the College Football Playoff. We could lick our wounds, or we could thank college football for its chaos and continue to celebrate the best games of the week—even if the matchups aren’t what we thought they might be.
Let’s go with the latter.
