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.

Let's take a look at the college football teams with the most national championships in the AP Top 25 rankings era, since 1936.

A championship in 2025 would guarantee the Cardinals a spot in the College Football Playoff for the first time. The Cardinals' highest finish in the CFP era was No. 13 in 2016, the same year quarterback Lamar Jackson won the Heisman Trophy. The Cardinals will kick off their season by facing Eastern Kentucky on Saturday, August 30.

The first 12-team Playoff had a lot of great moments. It could also use some tweaks. In the short term, leaders are unlikely to make major changes to the format for the 2025 season. The bigger stuff is more likely to come in 2026, when the new contracts kick in and the SEC and Big Ten basically get to do whatever they want.

Here's the complete schedule for the College Football Playoff for the 2025-26 season, including game dates, how to watch and teams. This is the second year of the 12-team playoff.

The Georgia Bulldogs have been projected as the number-one seed for the 2025 college football playoffs. While the 2024 college football season just recently en

The Ambridge native helped Ohio State football capture another national title as the Buckeyes defeated Notre Dame 34-23 on Jan. 20.

Ohio State has made history! The Buckeyes have claimed their ninth national championship, defeating Notre Dame 34–23 in the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff National Championship. From an underdog No.