The 2025 college football season has finally arrived. Saturday’s Week 0 action included No. 22 Iowa State holding on to a narrow 24-21 win over No. 17 Kansas State, Stanford falling at Hawaii, UNLV hanging on to defeat Idaho State and Western Kentucky topping Phil Longo and Sam Houston State.
The runway is now clear for Week 1. Wisconsin will kick off against Miami (Ohio) as part of a crowded Thursday night slate. Other notable matchups include No. 25 Boise State at South Florida, Ohio at Rutgers, Buffalo at Minnesota and Nebraska at Cincinnati.
Those matchups, as well as Friday’s schedule, feel like a warmup to the marquee game of the weekend: No. 1 Texas at No. 3 Ohio State. The potential national title preview will be the national audience’s true introduction to the 2025 season.
So far this summer, we’ve ranked each individual facet of every Big Ten football team entering the year, including a breakdown of each program’s coaching staff.
Position Previews: Overall Offenses — Quarterbacks — Running Backs — Wide Receivers — Tight Ends — Offensive Lines — Overall Defenses — Defensive Lines — Pass-Rushers — Inside Linebackers — Cornerbacks — Safeties — Secondaries — Special Teams Units
Coaching Staff Previews: Head Coaches — Offensive Coordinators — Defensive Coordinators
With the Big Ten season just days away from kickoff, here is a final breakdown of the conference power rankings. At this time next week, we’ll have on-field results to factor in.
18. Purdue Boilermakers
ESPN Football Power Index rank: No. 96
ESPN Football Power Index forecast: 2.9 – 9.1
Analysis: It will be hard for Purdue to be worse in 2025 than it was last season. New coach Barry Odom overhauled nearly the entire program, including a majority of the roster. That movement brought in between thirteen and…
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