The long offseason is finally over as college football starts in earnest this week. After an offseason of change across the college athletics landscape, we finally get to trade in court rooms for packed stadiums.

From our best guess to how the playoff will unfold to borderline absurd brackets, here is how the season could play out under very different circumstances.

Over the past few weeks we have covered a lot of ground in this series. We started back in 2024, took a close look at the schedule for the Michigan State Spartans, and then made some predictions about the winners of all nine Football Bowl Subdivision conferences.