Analyst Danny Kanell is the latest person to jump into the USC discussion. He released his 12 team prediction for the 2025 College Football Playoff. The Trojans cracked that top 12. Kanell has the Trojans facing the Oregon Ducks in the first round with the winner facing the No. 3 seed Alabama Crimson Tide.

SportsLine's computer model simulated Hawaii vs. Stanford 10,000 times and released its college football best bets for Week 0

With another college football season set to begin on Saturday, here is one burning question each Power Four league must answer this fall.

Week 1 of the 2025 college football season gets going with a slew of interesting Thursday games. Here's the schedule with our predictions, game previews, betting lines, and scoreboard.

This is probably the biggest new rule change, aimed at tackling the increasingly pervasive phenomenon of players falling prey to mysteriously short-lived injuries… usually late in the game, and usually on defense while an opponent is putting together a successful and fast-paced offensive drive.

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,

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.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL PRESEASON: Ranking the stadiums for the 2025 college football top-25 teams The "faking injuries" fiasco hit the chopping block with the new rule changes, as did gun-influenced celebrations on the field and what making a "T" means for players who receive the ball on kickoffs.

There are time-honored traditions that date back many decades. There are century-old marching bands and pulsating techno hits. There are rampaging animals, covered wagons, antique cars and even storied rocks. There are quaint customs and there are controversies -- it wouldn't be college football without controversy, right?

The college football season kicks off with the 2025 Aer Lingus College Football Classic at Dublin's Aviva Stadium. What to know of the venue: