There's no major conference realignment to talk about (for once) ahead of a new college football season. Delaware and Missouri State moved up from the FCS to FBS and will play in Conference USA. But doesn't mean realignment is over. There's more to come for the 2026 season with the rebirth of the Pac-12 and a new-look Mountain West.

The Friday, August 22 sports calendar is packed with four NFL preseason games, a full 15-game MLB schedule, three WNBA contests and the second round of the 2025 Tour Championship. It's also the final night of rest before the 2025 college football season officially begins with five Week 0 contests on Saturday,

Cade Klubnik earns Kirk Herbstreit's preseason nod as the best quarterback, setting high expectations for the upcoming college football season.

Jokes aside, the college football crew is excited to bring you a weekly Top 25 throughout the 2025 season. Our familiar cast of characters—David Kenyon, Adam Kramer, Joel Reuter and Brad Shepard—each submitted a ballot. A first-place vote was worth 25 points, 24 for second place and so on.

College football is undergoing some of its more noticeable rule changes in recent memory. We examine the biggest ones ahead of the season.

There are laws in college football that no rulebook prints, no referee enforces, no committee codifies. They are the ancient commandments of rivalries—written in marching band fight songs, in bonfires on crisp autumn nights, in the echo of helmets colliding when the stakes are greater than trophies.

A high-stakes, ranked-on-ranked Big 12 matchup highlights the Week 0 slate. It's the best possible way to begin a new college football season.

More college football players are driving sports cars than ever before. But the connection between dealers and programs goes back decades.

ESPN announced its top 100 college football players of 2025 this week, and there were five Ohio State players that made the list.