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Yahoo
19-05-2025
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- Yahoo
Fans Outraged Over The Latest Preseason College Football Playoff Predictions
It's never too early to start speculating about the 2025 college football season, not just the regular season results. On3's Ari Wasserman looked deep into the future to project the 12-team field of the College Football Playoff, the results from each round and who would ultimately win the national championship. Leave it to college football fans to jump all over his predictions and take offense at one aspect of his revelations. Advertisement Wasserman went out on a limb, as he has a right to do, and slotted the Clemson Tigers at No. 3 in the CFP. Furthermore, he has the ACC powerhouse advancing to the final before losing to his No. 1 Texas Longhorns. Fans also came at Wasserman about Texas, Boise State, Alabama, Georgia and Oregon. If there was a prediction, they were coming after him for committing it to print. "Can we stop overrating Clemson?" asked one fan. "Clemson has been unbelievably bad with one of the easiest schedules in college football. Klubnik is the most inconsistent QB in the nation," said another. "No I will have to see Texas do it with a new QB. Clemson is getting a lot of love for a subpar league," replied one fan. Advertisement "Texas might not even be in the AP Top 25 by the end of the year..." read another reply that some viewed as unhinged. "Boise State will make the playoffs after losing a generational RB? That literally carried them? We got a long enough offseason to take a deeper dive into teams lol," commented another. Clemson Tigers quarterback Cade Klubnik (2).Bob Donnan-Imagn Images "Texas winning it all? Bold move, Ari. Bama as an 11 seed is wild enough, but having the Horns run the table? I need to see it to believe it," read one reply. "Ari has Alabama losing a primetimer in Death Valley lol. Doesn't know ball," said a fan. "Believing that Kirby Smart is going to lose to Dan Lanning in Sanford Stadium is borderline insanity," said another. Advertisement In a recent way-too-early top 25 college football rankings, ESPN's Mark Schlabach has the Clemson Tigers at No. 2 overall. "Clemson's offense is stacked with a talented quarterback, deep receiver corps and an experienced offensive line coming back," wrote Schlabach. "The Tigers don't have a two-player attack at tailback and that remains their biggest concern after spring practice." The Longhorns will be relying on quarterback Arch Manning after an early exit in the CFP last season. Given his high-profile name and the fervent fans both for and against Texas, the hot takes on both sides of the aisle about the SEC powerhouse are certainly very bold. For one fan, or any number of fans, to believe they won't be ranked by season's end is an outlier stance. Ari Wasserman's Projected 12-Team College Football Playoff Texas Longhorns Penn State Nittany Lions Clemson Tigers BYU Cougars Ohio State Buckeyes LSU Tigers Notre Dame Fighting Irish Georgia Bulldogs Oregon Ducks Illinois Fighting Illini Alabama Crimson Tide Boise State Broncos Advertisement The 2025 college football season begins on Saturday, August 23, with a smattering of early offerings, but most of the country kicks off the following week on Saturday, August 30. Related: Historic College Football Rivalry Could End After 2025 Season Related: Urban Meyer Didn't Hesitate When Naming the Most Underrated Player He Coached at Florida
USA Today
12-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Takeaways as Big Ten, SEC dominate recent college football top 25 rankings
Takeaways as Big Ten, SEC dominate recent college football top 25 rankings While it is only May, top 25 rankings are coming in bunches as the summertime anticipation for college football builds with each passing day. With kickoff approaching, albeit slowly, there are early signs of life as to what teams may be good, who has the talent, and who has question marks remaining. Ari Wasserman of On3 is one of the most recent top 25 rankings to drop, and his rankings have the usual suspects at the top who are expected to be College Football Playoff contenders. While he has those teams, he also has some exclusions of teams that raise some eyebrows. As fans know, the top 25 is subject to being completely upended each year. One team will plummet from the top 10 into the unranked irrelevancy, while a sleeper team that no one is discussing will make a charge and become a household name. With his rankings solely featuring power conference teams, here are the biggest takeaways from the rankings. Big Ten and SEC reign supreme It is clear who the kings of college football are. The Big Ten and the SEC boast the most talent across the college football landscape, as evidenced in these rankings. The SEC makes up 11 of the top 25, with four of the top 10 teams. The Big Ten is represented by five teams and also has four of the top 10. The two power conferences combine for 15 of the top 25 and eight of the top 10 teams. Big 12 disrespect The Big 12 is getting no respect in these rankings. The first Big 12 team does not come until Arizona State at No. 12. After that, the conference picks up some steam with Texas Tech at No. 16 and Kansas State at No. 23. The conference sent one team to the college football playoff last year, and early rankings point to the belief that the conference champion is going to be the sole representative once again. Who's missing? These top 25 rankings include a few curious exclusions from some teams that had excellent years last year, but may be due for regression in 2025. The first exclusion is the Indiana Hoosiers, led by head coach Curt Cignetti. After becoming America's darling in 2024 with a run to the College Football Playoff, Indiana may come back to reality in a tough 2025. Another exclusion, and continued disrespect to the Big 12, is Iowa State. The Cyclones hit the 11-win mark last year and return Rocco Becht, a trendy candidate as a top quarterback in the conference. Iowa State is unranked in these rankings, but remains lurking. No Group of Five love Wasserman's rankings include an exclusion that is not just a team or a conference, but an entire collection of conferences. The entire Group of Five is excluded from these rankings as all 25 spots belong to the Big Ten, SEC, ACC, Big 12 and Notre Dame. While the comparisons of the teams involved are different, the odds of the top 25 not including any are minuscule. The final College Football Playoff rankings of 2024 included four Group of Five teams with representation from the Mountain West and American.
USA Today
12-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Notre Dame is in the Top 10 on yet another preseason Top 25 list
Notre Dame is in the Top 10 on yet another preseason Top 25 list Fighting Irish sit behind teams like Georgia and Ohio State. The spring preseason Top 25s keep coming, and Notre Dame keeps being listed in top 10s, if not top 5s. The latest spring preseason Top 25 comes from On3 Sports' Ari Wasserman, and he has the Fighting Irish at No. 7. He writes that the Irish "will have the best offensive line in college football", and he also praises the defense and predicts a breakout year for Jaden Greathouse. Still, the Irish don't crack the Top 5. Those teams are Penn State, Texas, Clemson, Ohio State and LSU. Wasserman has Georgia at No. 6. Rounding out his Top 10 are Alabama, Oregon and Illinois. Contact/Follow us @IrishWireND on X (Formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Notre Dame news, notes, and opinions. Follow Tim on X: @tehealey
