David Pollack Didn't Hesitate Naming College Football Team That Will Take a Step Back originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The 2024 college football season turned out to be promising for several programs in the sport, even though it did not culminate in a national championship.

These are the players, coaches, teams and concepts that every squad in our Way-Too-Early Top 25 will be looking out for in 2025.

Road to Glory (the mode where you’re one athlete, not a whole team) is actually fun now, at least once. Central Pennsylvania two-star QB Caleb Jenkins flunked out of Arizona State, then became a model citizen at Marcus Freeman’s (!) Wisconsin. Never was a big fan of this mode, but its new high school recruitment phase provides enough depth.

College Football 26 is out now. Here is the price as well as the game modes in EA Sports' second edition of this reprised franchise.

There's no coincidence that three of the five coaches leading these programs currently rank in the top 1% of the sport when it comes to wins over ranked competition. That speaks to the "executable expectations" side of the equation here and how much resources and talent go into winning big in college football.

Strength of schedule will be discussed more than ever this season, and the cross-country travel isn’t slowing down with plenty of body-clock games to watch for.

The College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia, will be closed from Monday, July 14 to Thursday, July 17. It will resume normal business hours (10 a.m. ET to 5 p.m.) on Friday, July 18.

College football analyst Paul Finebaum said Bill Belichick is playing “second fiddle” to 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson while he closes in on his college football coaching debut.