Ranking 136 college football teams entering 2025, from Penn State to Kent State
Welcome back to college football, and for the first time in a long time, the sport didn’t reshape…
College football coaching tiers: Marcus Freeman rising, Brent Venables teetering in 2025
What makes a good college football coach? The answer has certainly changed in recent years. As colleges begin…
College football’s top 100 transfers: What we’re hearing about 2025’s hottest newcomers
By Bruce Feldman, Sam Khan Jr. and Manny Navarro The method in which college football teams are assembled…
Mandel’s Mailbag: Nick Saban’s future, Penn State pressure, top non-SEC/Big Ten games
The dirty little secret of SEC media days is that for all the hoopla, for all the $10…
College football 2025 quarterback tiers: Ranking the FBS’ projected starters from 1 to 136
No position can change a team’s fortunes quite like the quarterback. It’s often called the most difficult position…
What are college football’s best rivalries? Readers share top 10 and favorite moments
What’s the best rivalry in college football? There’s been a lot of debate about The Athletic’s top 100…
Ranking college football’s 100 best rivalries. Who earned the top spot?
To understand what a college football rivalry means, walk into any bustling office building in Birmingham, Salt Lake…
How many college football teams could have won a national title with Nick Saban?
Editor’s note: This story is a part of No Wrong Answers, a series that explores the college sports…
Predicting the first 3 weeks of the 2025 college football TV schedule
Conferences reveal their complete kickoff time and network placement schedules for the first three weeks of the college…
Big Ten, SEC plans for College Football Playoff are only getting more nonsensical
You’ve probably been busy the past three months going to work, paying bills, living your life. You probably…