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Initial 2025 college football SP+ rankings for every FBS team
As spring camps approach, Bill Connelly looks at what the metrics tell us about which teams to watch next season.
College football 2025 returning production for all 136 FBS teams
What teams have the most (and least) coming back, and what will it all mean next season?
Sources: Clemson is set to hire longtime college head coach Mike Houston to work with the defensive staff there. Houston won an FCS national title as the coach at James Madison and spent six seasons as the head coach at East Carolina.
Houston is a North Carolina native with deep ties in the Carolinas, as he’s been the head coach at The Citadel and Lenoir-Rhyne. He’ll assist new defensive coordinator Tom Allen, who just arrived from Penn State.
100 best college football games of the 2024 season
From near fights to CFP classics, the 2024 season was the longest ever, but still delivered. Bill Connelly counts down the best games of the season.
Final college football defensive stop rate for 2024 season
We ranked the top defenses for the 2024 season based on how many times an opponent's drive ended without points.
2025 NFL mock draft: Mel Kiper's Round 1 pick predictions
Which team could land Shedeur Sanders? Will there be more first-round defensive prospects this year? Mel Kiper Jr. projects the opening 32 picks.
Ranking the best players in the college football transfer portal
John Mateer, Darian Mensah, Eric Singleton Jr. and Fernando Mendoza are among the best players who have entered the transfer portal. Here are our rankings.
2024-25 college football bowl game, CFP schedule
With the expanded playoff, the 2024-25 bowl schedule is bigger and better than ever.
College football bowl season: Takeaways, MVP of the game
Our college football experts offer a takeaway and an MVP after each game.
Late brawl mars East Carolina's Military Bowl win over NC State
East Carolina rallied for a 26-21 victory over NC State in the Military Bowl, but the win was overshadowed by a wild brawl in the final minute that resulted in eight ejections.