Last year’s College Football Playoff expansion heightened the late-season drama as more teams than ever fought for a chance to compete for a national championship. Half the field made playoff debuts when they participated in the inaugural 12-team bracket, and another batch of first-timers could be on the way in 2025. All season, the nation will be looking for “the next Indiana” or another breakout program to elevate itself onto the sport’s biggest stage.
The candidates to do so are aplenty. With the SEC and Big Ten, in particular, establishing themselves as multi-bid leagues, all it takes to get into the dance is a finish in the top quadrant of the conference standings. That is undoubtedly easier said than done, but a few schools laid the blueprint last fall.
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Some of the bubble teams from last season’s playoff race should be back in the running. Perhaps South Carolina will move onto the right side of the cut line, for example. Breakthrough contenders go beyond those who ranked highly in 2024, though. And in the Big 12, half the conference should have belief in its ability to rise to the top and clinch a playoff berth.
Below are the top contenders to make their College Football Playoff debuts in 2025.
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Author : Carter Bahns
Publish date : 2025-06-02 14:00:00
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