The 2025 college football season is less than 100 days away, and now that spring practice and the transfer portal window(s) have closed the time has come to really nail down our expectations for the fall. It won’t be long before we are putting pen to paper on win totals best bets and expert picks for the College Football Playoff, but to get things started we want to make some big swings when it comes to expectations.
Bold predictions can come in all shapes, sizes and levels of spiciness in college football, with 130-plus FBS teams and seemingly unlimited storylines to choose from. On the Cover 3 Podcast we took aim at each of the power conferences to deliver some of our boldest predictions for what’s to come in the 2025 season.
Below, we have highlighted one of those predictions per conference with commentary and quotes from the contributor responsible, except for my offering from the ACC which I was able to explain in detail. Some of the following predictions seem more likely than others, but at this point in the college football calendar sometimes the less likely (and boldest) of the predictions are the most fun to discuss and debate.
Big Ten
Bud Elliott: Penn State’s offense will be better than its defense
The group offered up predictions that included a College Football Playoff Play-In Game in September and the outlook for the coaching hot seat in the Big Ten, but here we get a great look at Bud calling his shot for how one of the league’s national title contenders will look on the field. Penn State has changed over defensive coordinators multiple times in recent years but maintained one of the best units int he country, and while they got a high-profile new additions for their latest DC hire there is some turnover that will be tough to address. Luckily,…
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Author : Chip Patterson
Publish date : 2025-05-20 15:56:00
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