Jon Joseph

Based on variances in The Sporting News Composite Rankings, Alabama, BYU, Illinois, LSU, and Miami 😁 are 2025's Boom or Bust Teams. Alabama, LSU, Miami lead college football's boom-or-bust teams in 2025 WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM Opinions vary widely on Alabama, LSU, Miami, Illinois and BYU when it comes to the Way-Too-Early Top 25 projections.

2025 Preseason Top 25 Composite Rankings. Composite college football top 25 rankings for 2025: Texas, Ohio State lead Way-Too-Early lists WWW.SPORTINGNEWS.COM The Arch Manning effect is real. Six B1G teams are in the composite top 25. 2. Ohio State/ 3. Penn State (as of now, OBD is a 3.5 favorite at Penn State) / 6. OREGON/ 14. Illinois/ 19. Michigan/ 21. Indiana.

The B1G has lost DCs at Minnesota, now at Miami, and Penn State, now at Clemson. Is Ohio State's Jim Knowles the next DC to depart? Jim Knowles situation reportedly ‘complicated’ amidst departure rumors SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Jim Knowles could be on the outs at Ohio State, with a couple of destinations already being rumored as fits for the defensive coordinator. Ohio State wants to keep Knowles in Columbus. Ohio State football offers Jim Knowles extension that would make him highest-paid DC SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Ohio State has made Jim Knowles a contract extension offer that would make him the highest-paid defensive coordinator.

Will We See a B1G 3-Peat? Don't Count Out OBD, TOSU, PSU, and maybe Illinois. 10 critical questions as the B1G seeks a 3-peat in 2025 SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Ohio State is still celebrating the 2024 national championship, but it's never too early to start looking ahead at the key questions for 2025. I like the Photo. QUACK!

I've Got a Whale of a Tale to Tell You Boys. Oregon Football Recruiting: Ducks Try to Blow Up Another Whale in Brandon Arrington Chase - Athlon Sports

2025 Biggest Games for B1G + Other Teams in CBS' Top 25. One game each team in way-too-early Top 25 rankings has circled ahead of 2025 college football season - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The 2025 college football season is full of great matchups of the inter- and intra-conference variety. No surprise that the Ducks game at Penn State on 9/27/25 is the most anticipated 2025 game. [What in Hades is MIA doing at No. 3? 🤮]

In 2026 the Power 2 Will Structure a New Playoff Format. Sources: SEC, Big Ten to hold second AD meeting to explore CFP format changes and more SPORTS.YAHOO.COM Is a 14-team College Football Playoff with multi-automatic qualifiers per league possible? The 'association' between the two conferences is logical and necessary for a billion-dollar industry without a CEO. Financially the B1G and the SEC will continue to distance themselves from the ACC, B12, and the G5.

Come 2026 will the SEC eliminate the conference champ game and could the B1G follow suit? 2025 SEC Championship Game could be the league's last BAMAHAMMER.COM It may not be probable, but it is possible that the SEC Championship Game will not exist in 2026. There are multiple intertwined reasons why. The main one is th Dropping champ games in a 12-team PO era makes sense; however, media partners will have to agree to drop games that draw many viewers in the SEC and the B1G. With Flex Scheduling, a champion game could be played at the end of the regular season, with the top-ranked team hosting the second-ranked team. But in the B1G and the SEC the top two teams are in the playoff. Why play a game that will lower the seed of the losing team? If Penn State and Texas had made it to the PO championship game, it would have been their 17th game. Playing a 16th game was tough enough. Notre Dame had a lot of guys out with injury and Ohio State had another starting O-line combination.

Here comes a flock of young Ducks. QUACK! Predicting which underclassmen Oregon Ducks will breakout in 2025 DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Predicting when sophomores on the roster in Eugene will break out for the Oregon Ducks in the 2025 college football season.

Top 6 or 7? This season, yes. Ten deep as of today, I hand it to the SEC and this is where the B1G needs to make up ground. On the other hand, in a season when it just meant more to South Carolina, Vandy, and Florida in the back half, should it not have meant more to SEC-SEC-SEC fans? And therein lies the rub. SEC fans loved to stock-car draft behind The Tide and other top teams but with more balanced coaching and talent levels does it still Mean More when it means more to "lesser" SEC teams? From a mile away you could see that 2024 SEC schedules for some unfathomable reason were weighted against SEC upper-crust teams, Bama and Georgia, and in favor of newbie Texas, Ole Miss, and Missouri. And other than a change in venues, the SEC is doing the same in 2025. And expecting a different result? 🤪 Not only has the B1G closed the gap but Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick Tony Petitti has closed the most powerful commissioner in the sport gap. When it comes to media revenue, the B1G is in the lead and will not surrender the lead. And on the field it is, no doubt, tightening up.

On the current state of things Other Hand: College football rankings: Ohio State is No. 1 as three Big Ten teams land in top five of final CBS Sports 134 - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM Ohio State, Oregon and Penn State all ranked in the top five of our final FBS-wide rankings for 2024-25

What have you done for me Lately? Maybe? But I am in The Not So Fast Group. Top to bottom, recruiting rankings, championships won, NFL draft picks, it's still the SEC. But the gap has closed, no doubt. Looking ahead to 2025-26, preseason-ranked SEC teams' rosters and B1G rosters are not dissimilar and neither are the staffs coaching the teams. It's not like the day when B1G teams had no chance to compete at the LOS. Three preseason games that see Texas at Ohio State, Michigan at Oklahoma, and Wisconsin at Alabama should be interesting. The SEC CFB hegemony may or may not be over. Two years of B1G back-to-back titles does not IMO wipe out decades of dominance. Has Big Ten surpassed SEC in college football hierarchy? Examining the gap between powerhouse conferences - CBSSports.com WWW.CBSSPORTS.COM The Big Ten winning back-to-back national titles has sparked a debate about who sits atop the college football world However, I am hoping that I am yet again wrong. 🤓

The Ohio State University - 10 Wins vs. OBD. OBD - 2 Wins vs. the Buckeyes. OBD will have to significantly close this gap and also win at least 2 titles before getting respect from the fans in Columbus. Big Nut is the perfect poster boy for the over-the-top, looney Buck Nuts fans.

Good News - Las Vegas, 2027. Bad News - January 25, 2027. Seeding will change in 2026. Come 2026, the Quarterfinal as well as 1st round games could be on campus if ESPN is not making the call. ESPN has no reason to lower interest in bowl games it is scheduled to broadcast. Locking in games in NFL stadiums means the season will not be shortened before 2031-32, if then. Las Vegas is the only champ game site announced to date that is outside of Dixie.

Michigan In the 2025-26 Playoff? Which non-Playoff teams have the best shot at getting into the 2025 field? SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Can 2023 national champ Michigan get back in the Playoff? Who else has a chance after missing the 2024 Playoff. We break it down by league. BTW, no one needs to tell Ducks fans that Mari-Oh-Ho-Ho is in the habit of 'coming up small.'

Penn State and Indiana Out of the 2025-26 Playoff? In or out? Which of this year’s 12 Playoff teams are the best bets to make it back again next season? SATURDAYTRADITION.COM Newly crowned college football national champion Ohio State has already been set as the favorite to win the title again next season.

2027 - The PO Champ Game Escapes Dixie - Vegas Baby! College Football Playoff announces 2027 National Championship game will be at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium WWW.ON3.COM . This was expected. Good to see Vegas confirmed for 2026-27. But January the 25th? I'm glad it's Vegas but I don't like to see this late date locked in.

Two 1st Round Ducks? https://247sports.com/college/oregon/article/oregon-ducks-football-epsn-big-board-josh-conerly-jr-derrick-harmon-244675360/

Moore of this, please. College Football Analyst Makes Bold Dante Moore Prediction for 2025 Season WWW.YARDBARKER.COM College football analysts are already predicting that Oregon quarterback Dante Moore will take the Ducks' offense "to another level" in 2025. On Wednesday, 247Sports' National Recruiting...

11:30 Pacific - NFL Network Ducks playing in the game: Dillon Gabriel; Tez Johnson; Terrance Ferguson; Josh Conerly; Ajani Cornelius; Jamaree Caldwell; Jordan Burch; and Jeff Bassa. 2025 Senior Bowl roster revealed; 120+ draft prospects to attend WWW.GIANTS.COM In just two short weeks, some of the top college prospects in the country will come together in Mobile, Alabama for the 2025 Senior Bowl. East-West Shrine Bowl - Thursday, January 30, 5 PM Pacific - NFL Network. Ducks - Trashon Holden and Jabbar Muhammad.

One USC Icon is back. Raiders hire Pete Carroll as their next head coach. Pete, you don't have the NCAA to worry about. Which is nice. 😁 Is 70 years now middle age? I hope so. 🍻 The Raiders new GM, John Spytek, (I hope he doesn't use Spy Tech like Bill Belichick 🤓) was the GM at Tampa Bay when Raiders minority owner Tom Brady played for the Bucs and was Brady's teammate at Michigan.

Questions for the playoff teams in 2025. College Football Playoff: The biggest question each 2024 CFP team faces in 2025 FANSIDED.COM Can the Buckeyes repeat? Will Penn State breakthrough? Is Arch Manning the guy? Let's evaluate the toughest challenges for each CFP team entering next season.

Nine OBD players with breakout potential in 2025. Predicting which veteran Oregon Ducks will break out in 2025 DUCKSWIRE.USATODAY.COM Predicting when veteran upperclassmen on the roster in Eugene will break out for the Oregon Ducks in the 2025 college football season.

USC is not ranked 😁. Is anyone surprised? NO! USC football fails to crack ESPN preseason top 25 for 2025 season TROJANSWIRE.USATODAY.COM USC football is not in preseason top 25s for 2025. Is anyone surprised?

Great take, H. Thanks. On Monday, January 12, 2015, Ohio State defeated OBD to win the inaugural 4-team Playoff title. 34 (33.9) Million people tuned in. The 2015 game did not feature an SEC team. Alabama was defeated by the No. 4 seed, OSU, in the semi-finals played in the Sugar Bowl. OBD eliminated Dixie with a defeat of FSU. The semi-finals were played on New Year's Day. All four teams played in their conference champ game and the four teams had the same delay in play before 1/1/2015. The title game was played on Monday, January 12th in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas. The game was not up against a historic event. The game as will be the case in 2026-27 through 2032, was broadcast on network TV, ABC, and not on cable TV. With many cables being cut this had to affect the number of willing viewers able to tune in. The CFB season starts and ends too late. As you so noted, by the 4th game many fans had likely seen enough of Ohio State and Notre Dame. SEC fans were likely tired of being told that their conference was no longer the lead sled dog. (Recency bias IMO.) Why tune in to watch two teams from the Midwest play ball? The fans of the twelve playoff teams were involved in the first round with their team either playing ball or watching to see what team the four teams with a bye would play. The championship game in 2015 was played the week before the NFL semi-final playoff games; the biggest weekend of NFL football will be played this weekend. The PO format including the timing of games needs to be fixed as noted by many OBD fans on the Forum. Not happening before 2026-27. Perhaps in this electronic peripatetic world in which we live, eight teams in the field are enough? Five automatic qualifiers and three at large? Four on-campus quarter-final games, semi-finals on January 1st. Champ game earlier than the Ides of January. But Di$ney/E$PN is not likely to reduce the inventory.