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.

James Franklin will finally win The Big One — more than once. Preseason favorite Arch Manning will actually win the Heisman. Iowa will have a 3,000-yard passer. Plus, more bold-but-possible predictions.

Making our boldest predictions for IU football in 2025. Can the Hoosiers go back-to-back with a second straight College Football Playoff appearance?

Tennessee and Syracuse square off in this SEC vs. ACC matchup to kick off the 2025 college football season. Let’s take a look at the latest prediction for the c

The Michigan football team will kick off the 2025 season and the Bryce Underwood era at 7:30 ET on Saturday night against New Mexico from the Big House in Ann Arbor. The game will be airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock. The Wolverines are currently favored by 34.5 points.

Bret Bielema has had plenty of players drafted into the NFL, with 14 picked in the draft since 2021. Twice, his teams have had four picked in a single year (2022 and 2023). The 2025 team will surpass all of Bielema's previous ones — and every Illini team since the draft went to seven rounds in 1994.

With the 2025 opening College Football game less than a week away, let’s examine the best bets in the futures market, including the elusive Heisman Trophy, the best teams to buy and sell in the Power 4, plus a runaway for the Doak Walker award.