College football season kicks off August 23 with a Big 12 matchup between Iowa State and Kansas State in Dublin, Ireland.

Rece Davis Snubs Two Major College Football Programs In Preseason Top 25 Ballot originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Longtime ESPN "College GameDay" host Rece Davis submitted his AP Top 25 ballot for the 2025 college football season and its reveal draws immediate attention for leaving two SEC powers off his list.

Though college football is undergoing constant change with the transfer portal, NIL and conference realignment, the collection of talent in the sport has never been better. Player development and retention has given us a top tier of stars that are,

The AP Top 25 college football preseason poll leads with the Texas Longhorns and Penn State ranking at No. 1 and No. 2. Read highlights and analysis ahead of the 2025 CFB season.

ESPN "College GameDay" host Rece Davis is also a voter in the AP Poll. Davis recently ranked the top 25 college football teams in the country on his AP Poll ballot.

In the latest update to the ESPN Football Power Index, the Oklahoma Sooners are one of 12 SEC teams in the top 25. Eight of those SEC teams appear on Oklahoma's schedule this season. If you add Michigan, which came in at No. 15, the Sooners have a daunting nine teams inside the top 25 of the ESPN FPI on their schedule.

The AP Top 25 college football poll preseason rankings are now. Texas took the No. 1 spot for the first time in an opening poll, narrowly edging out Penn State by just five points in the closest preseason vote since 1998.

The next step toward the 2025 college football season has arrived with the unveiling of the preseason AP Top 25.

Through Aug. 22, Sports Illustrated will count down its preseason college football Top 25 with overviews of each team. Here are the full rankings so far. It was

Paul Finebaum Calls College Football Powerhouse Overrated in AP Preseason Poll originally appeared on Athlon Sports. As college football gears up for kickoff, the most anticipated preseason AP Top 25 poll finally arrived on Monday.

Clemson, Georgia and Ohio State, the defending national champs, lead the way with four picks. Alabama, LSU, Penn State and Texas are next with three apiece. Here is The Athletic ’s 2025 preseason All-America team.

The USC Trojans didn’t crack the preseason AP Top 25 Poll and sit around No. 30 in “others receiving votes.” However, ESPN analyst Greg McElroy sees things diff