Year 2 of the 12-team College Football Playoff era in the 2025 season. In the way-too-early top 25, you shouldn't need formal introductions. We are referring to the stars of tomorrow, today. Arch Manning (finally) takes over at quarterback for Texas as the Longhorns sit as out preseason No.

A day after the title game, new odds were released, and more way-too-early top 25 polls were dropped. One of them was from Bill Bender of Sporting News, and he had Texas at No. 1 with Ohio State at No. 2. The rest of the top 10 were Georgia, Penn State, Oregon, Notre Dame, Clemson, Alabama, LSU and Miami (FL).

It's never too early to look ahead to the next college football season. Here's a look at the top matchups of a loaded schedule to start 2025:

It would help the fans’ enjoyment of the game,” said ESPN's Chris Fowler, who called Ohio State's win over Notre Dame on Monday night. “You need some centralized scheduli

Texas football is experiencing the kind of success they haven't had since the Mack Brown era after recording two consecutive 10-win seasons.