College Football

Where Michigan football sits in early 2025 top-25 rankings

Where will Michigan football be ranked heading into 2025 after a disappointing 2024 season? Well, early predictions are high on the Wolverines. A day after Ohio State beat Notre Dame in the 2024 national championship to become the first winner of the 12-team era, the Wolverines popped up in a flurry of far-too-early college football rankings for next season. Michigan …

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Lessons from inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff: Format is flawed, home environments provide boost

The Ohio State football program captured history with claiming the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship when the four-team model made its debut in the 2014 season. A decade later, the Buckeyes have emerged again as postseason pioneers with another title after defeating Notre Dame to cap the first season of the 12-team College Football Playoff.  Just like in 2014, …

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Tuesdays with Gorney: Prediction for next season’s College Football Playoff

© Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images With Ohio State winning the national championship over Notre Dame on Monday night, it’s now time to focus on the 12-team playoff for next season. In today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes his shot to seed the 12 teams that will fill the College Football …

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Rivals Rankings Week: Final Five-Star Countdown for 2025 class

It’s the final Rivals Rankings Week for the 2025 class and today we unveil all 32 players from the class that will forever be able to claim being a five-star prospect in high school. Rivals recruiting director Adam Gorney gives his thoughts on each of the 32 prospects as we reveal them throughout the day. The full Rivals250 for 2025 …

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Where Clemson, Dabo Swinney is ranked in final college football polls

This story will be updated. CLEMSON — Clemson football finished No. 14 in the final AP poll released Tuesday, its highest finish since 2022. The Tigers (10-4) received 712 points and no first-place votes to finish as the second-highest ranked ACC team. They ranked behind No. 12 SMU and ahead of No. 18 Miami and No. 20 Syracuse. Only one ACC team received votes out …

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