Year 2 of the 12-team College Football Playoff era in the 2025 season. In the way-too-early top 25, you shouldn't need formal introductions. We are referring to the stars of tomorrow, today. Arch Manning (finally) takes over at quarterback for Texas as the Longhorns sit as out preseason No.

The Buckeyes are No. 1 after their national championship win, but which team is between them and runner-up Notre Dame?

And Mixon was fined by the league, except with one problem: He did not say the words that the league fined him for. In issuing the fine, the NFL apparently cited a Twitter/X post made by former Bengals star T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who wrote, "Why play the game if every 50/50 call goes with Chiefs. These officials are (trash emojis) & bias."

The NFL could further tweak its replay-assist system in the offseason to deal with plays like Saturday’s penalized hits on the Chiefs quarterback.

The referees are doing their best to call the game as fair and proper as best they can,” Mahomes said. “For me, it's go o