In or out? A verdict on which of the College Football Playoff qualifiers will be back in the bracket next season.

Week 1 of the 2025 college football season features a loaded slate, including LSU at Clemson, Notre Dame at Miami and Alabama at Florida State, among others. LSU-Clemson could be a top-five matchup, as could the biggest headliner: Manning and Texas visiting Ohio State in a matchup of the 2024 national champion and our early 2025 favorite.

For the last two seasons, former Arizona tight end Rob Gronkowski has served as a master of ceremonies for the LA Bowl in Inglewood, Calif. Although the public associates him far more closely with his NFL career, the partnership keeps Gronkowski connected to the college game.

Ohio State reigned supreme in the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff, defeating Tennessee, Oregon, Texas and Notre Dame on its road to glory. Like most things in college sports right now,

Many overreacted when the Vols were dominated by Ohio State in the first round of the College Football Playoff, but it turned out that the Buckeyes were simply superior to everyone in the 12-team field.

When Texas travels to Ohio State for a Cotton Bowl rematch to kick off the 2025 season, it'll mark a historic season-opener.

NFL Draft declaration deadline is in the rearview mirror, which means the crop of prospects for April's event is set. A total of 71 college players will forgo their remaining eligibility and test the professional waters.

Now that it’s all over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are the college football national champions, it can be definitively said: Expanding the College Football Playoff worked.

Despite the drop in viewership, the CFP National Championship remains one of the biggest sporting events of the year, with millions of fans tuning in. However, with changing viewer habits and increasing competition, the CFP must continue to evolve to maintain its stronghold in the sports landscape.

One of those teams is the South Carolina Gamecocks. They finished the 2024 season with a record of 9-4, their highest number of wins since 2017. South Carolina was among the first teams left out of the College Football Playoff, finishing ranked No. 15 in the final CFP standings.

This season, the College Football Playoff, or CFP, expanded from four teams to 12 teams for the first time in the sport’s history. The anticipation and buildup to this brand-new format was at an all-time high,