10 Sneaky College Football Playoff Contenders for 2025

Football is in the air. Week 1 of the college football season is finally here, and we have a loaded slate spanning from Thursday through Monday this week. As fans across the nation gear up to watch their favorite teams take the field, everybody has the same hope: make the College Football Playoff. At this […]

Best College Football Upset Picks and Underdog Bets - Week 1 CFB Predictions (2025)

The long and winding offseason has come to a close. We got a taste over the weekend of college football with Week 0, but the first full slate is going to hit like Christmas morning as a kid. From three top-10 matchups to a plethora of young talent, there is so much to watch for. […]

8 Must-Watch College Football Games: Week 1 Preview and Viewing Guide (2025)

Finally! The long offseason is over, and we are ready to start the college football season. Sure, there were some games last week. But this is the first full week of the 2025-26 season. There is no better way to spend a Saturday than watching the next NFL stars, and some accountants, mechanics, and oil […]

College Football Pick'em Pool Picks (Week 1, 2025) - Targets, Avoids, Predictions for ESPN Pick'em Contests

We know that college football is really back once the ESPN College Pick'em pools are opened. Now, we can finally make some picks! As those of you who have been around for a while know, we run a Pick'em pool for RotoBaller readers. We encourage you to join because RotoBaller is giving away some prizes […]

College Football DFS Rankings for Week 1 - Daily Fantasy Expert Picks (Saturday, 8/30/25)

Well, folks, we did it, the long offseason is over, and we have reached the first full week of college football! Last weekend was a nice appetizer, but our first true slate should be a fun one as we have some big-time schools and names, while also mixing in some less well-known teams. As is […]

DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Daily College Fantasy Football Friday Slate (8/29/25)

The greatest weekend in college football rolls on with another packed Friday slate. There are some intriguing matchups in these seven games, but there aren't as many good defenses as on last night's slate. We should see some higher scores out there. Unlike last night's slate, all seven games are included in the main slate. […]

DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Daily College Fantasy Football Thursday Slate (8/28/25)

We have waited over eight months for this! We have a total of 91 games over the next five days. I do wish there were more on Sunday and Monday, but I will take what I can get. That means a whole lot of teams making DFS tournaments who usually aren't in these. Sometimes you have […]

College Football Picks Against the Spread: Expert Betting Predictions for Thursday, Friday Slates (Week 1)

Last weekend was the appetizer. Thursday and Friday are the soup and salad leading up to Saturday's 25-plate main course. We finish with dessert on Sunday and coffee on Monday. Labor Day weekend is such a blast without the NFL getting in the way! There are 28 games over the next two days, but only […]

DraftKings CFB DFS Lineup Picks: Daily College Fantasy Football (8/23/25)

We have waited over eight months for this! College football is finally back! I'll be with you every step of the way this season with DFS picks for every slate, ESPN College Pick 'Em picks, Top 25 rankings every week, and every game picked against the spread. That's right...every single one! Our opening salvo of […]

College Football Betting Picks: Futures Predictions Include Win Totals, Conference Champions, and CFP Odds (2025)

I don't usually get too involved with college football futures bets, but the massive realignment that happened just over a year ago offers a chance to make some serious coin if you know where to look. With unbalanced conference schedules come chances to catch people sleeping on certain teams. For example, Virginia doesn't play a […]

College Football SEC Power Rankings: Preseason Projections for All 16 Teams

We are now so close to football that I can almost smell it in the air. Tomorrow, the kickoff will be underway in Ireland, marking the start of the 2025 college football season. In the meantime, speculation season continues. From top to bottom, the SEC is college football's strongest conference. Every game, even Mississippi State, […]

2025 College Football Viewing Guide: Top 130 Games of 2025

The long and dreary eight months without college football are almost over! Farmageddon in Dublin is less than 48 hours away! We will have plenty of college football games worth watching every week of the 2025 season. Week 0 isn't much, but it's still college football. Some college football is better than no college football, […]

10 Key Storylines and Questions for the 2025 College Football Season

At last, college football is upon us. On Saturday, Week 0 kicks off with an appetizer of games. We even get an immediate ranked vs. ranked matchup featuring two Big 12 contenders, Kansas State and Iowa State. While even the most casual college football fans will tune in to that one, the die-hards will be […]

Power Ranking College Football Conferences for 2025: All 9 Conferences

Realignment was the buzzword heading into the 2024 college football season. Tweak may be the word as 2025 approaches. With essentially four power conferences, the College Football Playoff Committee made a change in its format. The top four seeds just get a straight bye with no special preferences in this year's playoff. With a little […]

Top 25 College Football Rivalry Trophies of All Time

Since the college football rivalry names were a hit, we'll go for another one with the best college football trophies. There are so many trophy games in college football that it can be hard to remember all of them. We are just doing the best with another top 25. First, we need to establish a […]

RotoBaller's College Football 2025 Pick'em Pool Challenge - CFB Pick'em Contest on ESPN

We are happy to announce the fifth annual RotoBaller ESPN College Football Pick'em contest! I brought this over here when I joined RotoBaller, and it's a great way to match wits with fellow RotoBaller writers and readers! ESPN College Pick'em highlights 10 games per week. All you have to do is pick the winner of […]

Top 25 College Football Rivalry Names of All Time

Some rivalries have good names. Some rivalries have great names. We're going to sort through those here for my first top-25 list for the 2025 college football season. This isn't about the top rivalries. Just the name. "The Game" and "The Big Game," while great rivalries, aren't going to cut it here. We want those […]

College Football Big Ten Power Rankings: Preseason Projections for All 18 Teams

It is now August, which means it is football month. The college football season kicks off soon, meaning we can move from speculation season to full-blown on-the-field analysis. In the meantime, speculation season continues. The Big Ten was a fun conference last season. From one of the top games of the season as Oregon beat […]

College Football Head Coaches Under Pressure Entering 2025: Power 4 Programs

We are officially under 24 hours away from FBS football! Every year, the college football offseason feels like it'll never end, but then all of a sudden, it's back. Hopefully, these next handful of weeks fly by so "talking season" officially ends, and we get to watch everything play out on the field. To keep […]

11 College Football Head Coaches On The Hot Seat In 2025: Brent Venables, Mike Norvell, and more

In the majority of professions, someone losing their job is not an interesting topic for debate. However, there are always conversations around which college football head coaches could be at risk of being fired, so let's take an early look for 2025. We're still several months away from the start of the next college football […]

Top 15 College Football Quarterback Rankings For 2025: Arch Manning, Carson Beck, LaNorris Sellers, Cade Klubnik, Drew Allar, DJ Lagway, and more

Can't miss matchups between Auburn and Baylor, Texas and Ohio State, Alabama and Florida State, LSU and Clemson, and Notre Dame and Miami are just ahead. For the final day of the year, we're still in "talkin' season," a period when debating rankings and looking forward to the start of the new campaign is the […]

10 College Football Bold Predictions for 2025: Clemson, Georgia, Indiana, Utah, Nebraska, and more

Believe it or not, the new college football season is here. The season kicks off on August 23rd with Iowa State and Kansas State in Dublin. Making bold predictions is a given at this point in the summer. Anybody who predicted Indiana or Arizona State to the playoffs at this time last summer would have […]

Top 15 College Football Head Coach Rankings: Kirby Smart, Ryan Day, Marcus Freeman, Dabo Swinney, Kalen DeBoer, Josh Heupel, Curt Cignetti, and more

Sure, the offseason has become more intriguing thanks to the transfer portal madness, but nothing comes close to the excitement of college football Saturdays in the fall, which start on Saturday. While we continue to wait for kickoff, it's officially "list" and "rankings" season. In this article, we'll dive into the top 15 college football […]

SEC Quarterback Rankings For 2025: Arch Manning, Garrett Nussmeier, LaNorris Sellers, Joey Aguilar, DJ Lagway, John Mateer, Diego Pavia, and more

It's almost football time, as a handful of FBS games will kick off this weekend. However, SEC football is still another week away, and it's time to check in on the latest QB preseason rankings. All 16 SEC schools have quarterbacks with interesting upside in 2025, and 10 conference programs will have new primary starters. […]

College Football Picks Against the Spread: Expert Betting Predictions for August 23, 2025 (Week 0)

The long and dreary eight months without college football are almost over! The NCAA whets our whistle with five games on Saturday this week before the giant Labor Day Weekend extravaganza. I'll take all of the college football that I can get, thank you! Unlike last year, four of the five games are FBS vs. […]

College Football True Freshmen Breakouts: Top 10 First-Year Stars to Watch in 2025

Last season, freshman wide receivers Jeremiah Smith (Ohio State) and Ryan Williams (Alabama) took the college football world by storm with their electrifying play. Who will be the top true freshmen in 2025? We might not have receivers of the Smith and Williams caliber in this class, but that doesn't mean there aren't a number […]

College Football National Championship Favorites and Betting Odds: Preseason CFP Analysis

It is always fun yet predictable who will come into the college football season as the favorites to win the national championship. There will be plenty of SEC representation, and Ohio State, which has lost more than four games only once this century, is also always near the top. The same things run true in […]

College Football Strength of Schedule Rankings: 5 Toughest Schedules this Season (2025)

If you believe people like Greg Sankey and every SEC head coach, this list should start and end with the entirety of the conference. But we are neither of these, nor will we include others. Besides, it is weak to play only eight conference games and give Oklahoma perhaps the most demanding schedule in the […]

Top 14 College Football Wide Receiver Rankings For 2025: Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams, Evan Stewart, Carnell Tate, Jordyn Tyson, Kevin Concepcion, more

Two of the best wide receivers of the past decade will be suiting up this season in college football. But while much of the talk about the state of the position revolves around Ryan Williams and Jeremiah Smith, that doesn't mean there aren't many other good receivers in the college game right now. From potential […]