Fake injury crackdown, overtime timeout limits headline college football rule changes set for 2025 season

In an effort to clean up a few troubling areas and persistent complaints within the sport, there’s more than a half-dozen significant rules changes going into effect for college football’s 2025 season. Many are injury-focused, while a few relate to player conduct and updated policies to better police the game.

Steve Shaw, the NCAA secretary-rules editor, recently announced the rules alterations in connection with the National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Hall of Fame through a partnership with College Football Officiating.

“The mission of the Rules Committee is to develop and evaluate rules changes that will enhance the sport, protect the image of the game, and enhance the student athlete’s health and safety,” Shaw said in a release this month. “Player safety has been the highest priority of the committee for many years now resulting in significant changes that have improved the game in terms of mitigating injuries.”

Here are the primary rule changes that will take effect in FBS play this season beginning with Saturday’s opener in Dublin, Ireland featuring Iowa State and Kansas State.

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Publish date : 2025-08-22 16:02:00

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