How each Top 25 college football team landed its starting quarterback
As we learn every year, and more so in this era of player movement, the path to becoming…
Predicting the College Football Playoff bracket: Why Bruce Feldman likes Clemson in 2025
A good lesson from the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff is that it’s a long,…
Our experts’ College Football Playoff, Heisman and national title predictions for 2025
Texas is atop the preseason college football polls, and it’s also The Athletic staff’s favorite to win its…
AP All-America team highlights Texas, Penn State’s college football stars
Texas and Penn State, the top two teams in The Associated Press preseason Top 25, each had three…
ESPN’s 2025 preseason college football All-America team
Go ahead and pinch yourself. We have actual college football in less than two weeks. The 2025 season…
College football’s top 100 transfers: What we’re hearing about 2025’s hottest newcomers
By Bruce Feldman, Sam Khan Jr. and Manny Navarro The method in which college football teams are assembled…
Mandel’s Mailbag: Best Week 1 ever? Most intriguing College Football Playoff scenarios?
I don’t generally make much out of the preseason coaches poll, seeing as the AP’s version replaces it…
College football preseason Coaches Poll: Who’s overranked and underrated in the top 25?
The SEC landed nine teams in the USA Today 2025 preseason college football Coaches Poll to lead all…
College football Freaks List 2025: Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith tops a list of 101
Even though I’ve been reporting the Freaks List since 2005, I am still blown away numerous times while…
What if college basketball ran conference realignment? We sorted all 364 teams to find out
Money drives nearly everything. In college sports, that means football is the overarching power under which all other…