One talent who is primed for a breakout year is safety Koen Entringer. The junior from Ypsilanti, Michigan, has been named one of ESPN's top sleeper players in college football who could be primed for a breakout season. 2024 stats: 12 games (1 start), 18 tackles, 1 interception, 1 pass breakup

The quest to crown a new champion begins Saturday. Week 0 will feature four Power 4 teams, including a top-25 matchup to get the season started.

Matt Bowen ranks the most common players he has been drafting this summer and includes a handful of late-rounders to put on the radar.

Each week, we pick every game against the spread for Top 25 teams, but we'll throw in those other games involving FBS teams as a bonus for Week 0. We finished 144-146 (.497) against the spread and 216-74 (.745) straight up last season. That was down from 2023, when we finished 151-136 (52.6%) against the spread and 224-66 (77.2%) straight up.

ESPN is only 17 days away from airing the first game of the 2025 college football season, and their analysts are predicting the Heisman race.

The Iowa Hawkeyes find themselves in quite a few pivotal games this year. They have the honor of being a key cog in an entertaining 2025.

The Hawkeyes, carried on the back of their usually stout defense, have kicked the door down and come in at No. 25 in ESPN's final preseason SP+ rankings. As a reminder, ESPN defines SP+ as a ranking of efficiency that combines predictability, tempo, and the opponents on the schedule as defined below: