Predictions for the AP Top 2025 this college football season
25. Boise State
Boise State will not collectively rush for the 2,601 yards Ashton Jeanty had on the ground in 2024.
24. Tennessee
Tennessee will wind up playing Nico Iamaleava and UCLA in a bowl game. These things have a way of working out.
23. Texas Tech
With Thaj Brooks off to the Cincinnati Bengals, Texas Tech will not have a 1,500-yard rusher for the third straight season
22. Iowa State
Rocco Becht will, at some point, wind up in the Heisman discussion. Might not be for long, but there will be a period where he gets the push.
21. Ole Miss
Lane Kiffin and the Rebels will not have a double-digit win season. They have won 10 or more three times in the last four years.
20. Indiana
Indiana will not get to 10-0.
19. Texas A&M
Marcel Reed will throw for more yards than he did in 2024 (1,864) and more touchdowns (15) than he did last season.
18. Oklahoma
There will be unrest in Norman as Brent Venables fails to deliver a 10-win season for the third time in four seasons.
17. Kansas State
Chris Klieman and the Wildcats will make a run to the Big 12 championship by winning 10 or more games in the 2025 regular season.
16. SMU
SMU has gone undefeated in regular season conference play for the last two seasons, one in the American and one in the ACC. It will not happen for a third year in a row.
15. Florida
DJ Lagway will improve on his stats of 1,915 passing yards and 12 touchdowns against nine interceptions last year.
14. Michigan
Michigan quarterbacks will throw for far more than the putrid 1,678 yards the Wolverines achieved in 2024.
13. South Carolina
LaNorris Sellers will flirt with an invite to the Heisman ceremony and he will lead the Gamecocks to another stellar season.
12. Illinois
The Illini will break the recent pattern of going 5-7 in every odd-numbered year. They may not win 10 games but they will not lose seven.
11. Arizona State
Sam Leavitt will have to throw for more than 2,885 yards and 14 touchdowns for the Sun Devils to have a chance at repeating the 2024 campaign — especially with Cam Skattebo off to the New York Giants.
10. Miami (Florida)
Do not dream about Carson Beck having the same impact that Cam Ward had in 2024. It won't happen.
9. LSU
Garrett Nussmeier has a big chance to move LSU up in these rankings. His season won't rival Joe Burrow in Baton Rouge but there will be plenty of highlights and headlines.
8. Alabama
Kalen DeBoer will need to win more than nine games in his second season as Crimson Tide coach or else there will be a lot of unhappy people in Tuscaloosa.
7. Oregon
The Ducks will not finish the regular season undefeated as they did last year.
6. Notre Dame
Notre Dame will find itself in the CFP picture again because playing the ACC schedule makes it next to impossible to avoid the playoff picture.
5. Georgia
Georgia will beat both Alabama and Texas in 2025 with the games at Sanford Stadium.
4. Clemson
Cade Klubnik will not win the Heisman Trophy.
3. Ohio State
Ohio State will lose more than two games in a season for the first time since 2011.
2. Penn State
Drew Allar and the Nittany Lions will play their way into the Big Ten Championship Game.
1. Texas
No matter what Arch Manning does for the Longhorns, there will be critics and people who still say it isn't enough.
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