Expectations are higher after the Gators run at the end of last season, but this prediction has them at the top of the college football world

One of the best parts about sports is every season is different. While many of the best and worst teams in each sport will largely be the same year over year fo

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 College Football Playoff national title game ended with No. 8 seed Ohio State holding up the trophy after a 34-23 win over No. 7 Notre Dame on Monday night. After the game, the celebration kicked in for the Buckeyes and the rest of the college football world flipped the calendars to the 2025 season.

It's never too early to look ahead to the 2025 college football season, especially since Ohio State's victory against Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship officially brought the 2024 campaign to an end this past week.

What to Know: Wilson was a longtime Oregon commit, but noticeably did not sign with the Ducks in the early signing period. Instead, the coveted receiver became the highest-ranked Gator in the 2025 cycle after flipping to Florida on Dec. 22. He caught 41 balls for 677 yards and nine touchdowns for Tampa Bay Tech last year.

College Football has never been better. While there’s still a need for guardrails, conference realignment, the transfer portal, NIL and – maybe most importantly – the 12-team College Football Playoff has transcended the sport into the modern era.

The difference between these predictions and the top-25 ranking is that the bracket predictions more heavily weigh the future games to be played on the field, predicting the outcome. That said, let's take a look at the first bracket projection for the 2025 season.

On Tuesday, ESPN released a countdown of the "100 best" college football games of the 2024 season, and two Ole Miss games made the cut, both of which were losses. Coming in at No. 41 on the list was Ole Miss' overtime loss to LSU in Week 7, and at No. 32 was the Rebels' late-season loss to Florida that essentially knocked them out of the CFP race.

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USA TODAY is the most recent national outlet to rank the 2020 Crimson Tide as the greatest of the playoff era, joining ESPN.

Earlier this week, head coach Mike Norvell made his way through the Sunshine State to meet with a plethora of recruits. Two of the notable stops were Norvell checking in with a pair of Florida State pledges, four-star safety Darryl Bell III and three-star safety Tedarius Hughes.