We are still a long way away from the start of the 2025 college football season, but it's never too early to look ahead and make some predictions about what is expected to be another highly competitive season.

The change supported by the leagues would eliminate the reservation of top-four seeds and first-round byes for conference champions.

The 2025-26 college football season may be six months away, but it's never too early to start looking ahead. While every college football season brings us great games and atmospheres at campus sites,

Last offseason, I had Notre Dame as one of three almost locks to make the expanded College Football Playoff, along with Penn State — which the Fighting Irish beat in the Orange Bowl — and Ole Miss, which failed to make the playoff at 9-3 (5-3) on the year.