Ohio State captured its first national championship since 2014 with a win over Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff National Championship, but the Buckeyes' path to a preseason No. 1 ranking in 2025 won't be easy.

It's never too early to look ahead to the next college football season. Here's a look at the top matchups of a loaded schedule to start 2025:

After finishing as the last team standing in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff, Ohio State rightfully ended as the No. 1 team in the final AP Top 25 of the 2024 season after defeating Notre Dame in the CFP National Championship on Monday night.

All scheduled NCAAF games played in week 1 Postseason, Dec 13 - Jan 21, 2025 on ESPN. Includes game times, TV listings and ticket information.

The Ohio State Buckeyes bounced back from what seemed like a catastrophic loss to the Michigan Wolverines to go on a four-game push through the first 12-team College Football Playoff and win the national championship. Now that the confetti has been cleaned up, here is Sports Illustrated ’s way-too-early Top 25 rankings for the 2025 season.

The final Associated Press college football poll for the 2024-25 season has been released after Ohio State's 34-23 victory over Notre Dame in the

With the college football season complete, it's time to evaluate the performance of schools in the Bowl Subdivision. Our letter grades for each team.

How did the new coaches at Alabama, Michigan and other schools do? We look at the hires and the performances in 2024.

The college football may have just ended, but that isn't stopping the machine from continuing to roll. Here are the way-too-early rankings for 2025.

We grew up on a college football season that climaxed on New Year's Day. Is there a way back to that while keeping the excitement of the past month?

The early betting favorite to win next year’s national championship is Ohio State. The question nobody can really answer at this time is what sort of game will the Buckeyes or anyone else return to when they kick it off again seven months from now.