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College Football Playoff Predictions: Imagining Eight Experimental Scenarios for 2025

From our best guess to how the playoff will unfold to borderline absurd brackets, here is how the season could play out under very different circumstances.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 4 Ohio State

The Buckeyes have the best player on both offense and defense as they try to repeat as national champions.

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Predicting Every 2025 College Football Game for Power 4 and Notre Dame

From Week Zero through rivalry weekend, we forecast each league’s order of finish and every result for 68 teams’ schedules.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 5 Notre Dame

The core from the 2024 title runner-up returns as questions around Marcus Freeman and the program fade.

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The Ultimate Weekly 2025 College Football Road Trip

If you want to see all the games, stadiums and cities that make the sport special, here’s at least one game for each week of the season to hit.

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Big Ten Reportedly Floats Doubling College Football Playoff in Size

The conference's new idea would include 24 to 28 teams.

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Group of 5 and Independents Football Preview: Notre Dame, Boise State Ready to Make Noise

Don’t overlook James Madison, Toledo, Tulane and others from the smaller-conference ranks as potential CFP participants.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 6 Georgia

The Bulldogs loaded up after a one-and-done CFP appearance last season and put the ball in returning QB Gunner Stockton’s hands.

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SEC Football Preview: Loaded and Ready to Strike Back

Three elite teams with a host of other potential contenders lurking give the conference an edge in trying to take back the CFP glory.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 7 Alabama

The Tide may look different under second-year coach Kalen DeBoer, but still boast one of the best returning rosters in the sport in 2025.

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Big Ten Football Preview: Third Straight National Title Could Be on the Horizon

Penn State eyes the same track as back-to-back champs Ohio State and Michigan as the conference further separates itself from the pack.

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Big 12 Football Preview: Conference Will Be Unpredictable Again

Parity reigns supreme in a league short on elite teams but long on fun with every program capable of pulling the upset (or getting upset) each Saturday.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 9 LSU

Brian Kelly desperately needs a good season start, and the Tigers have the depth and talent to provide just that.

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ACC Football Preview: Chaos Beyond CFP Hopefuls Make for Unpredictable League

The ACC looks again to be top heavy, but what the league lacks in depth it more than makes up for in contenders and storylines.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 10 Indiana

The Hoosiers expect to follow up a breakout season with another trip to the College Football Playoff behind a standout defense and new quarterback.

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College football latest: AP Top 25 preseason rankings drop with Texas on top

The Associated Press preseason Top 25 college football poll is out and it's topped by Texas for the first time in an opening poll

The Independent UK

Texas is No. 1 in preseason AP Top 25 for first time, edging Penn St, Ohio St; 10 SEC teams ranked

Texas is No. 1 in the Associated Press preseason Top 25 for the first time

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 11 Oregon

The Ducks have become a legitimate title contender and coach Dan Lanning is ascending to elite territory.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 12 Illinois

The Illini aim to break through to the national spotlight after posting their first double-digit win season since 2001 last year.

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The 25 Best College Football Quarterbacks of the Past 25 Years

Joe Burrow is in the top spot with several records among a decorated list of Heisman Trophy and national title winners.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 15 Miami

The Hurricanes welcome in transfer quarterback Carson Beck who follows NFL top draft pick Cam Ward in what hopes to be a playoff-caliber season.

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The 25 Best College Football Teams of the Past 25 Years

Defensive and offensive juggernauts, back-to-back champions and a season so good that even though it’s vacated in the record books, it still makes our list.

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CFP Expansion Division Stems From Stronghold ESPN Has Over Games

A Big Ten push for more play-in games with other TV partners has roots in the Playoff extending its media rights deal with just one network.

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Sports Illustrated’s College Football Preseason Top 25: No. 21 Boise State

Ashton Jeanty may be gone, but the Broncos remain the favorite to win the Mountain West and make the College Football Playoff.

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Sources: Big Ten’s Four-Bid CFP Push Tied to TV Revenue Proposal

If commissioner Tony Petitti’s 4-4-2-2-1 format is adopted, the league could add two games alongside its title matchup for broadcast partners.

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