Way-Too-Early Predictions for Week 1 of the 2025 College Football Season

Spring practice is wrapping up, closing its, um, flower-scented arms, and then bam! College football’s transfer portal opens wide like some sort of weird April carnival. Anyway, feels like the 2025 season’s revving its engines, right? So why not jump straight into some crazy Week 1 predictions?

You know those epic matchups that hit right when the season kicks off? They’re like fireworks—bam, bam, bam—making everyone buzz about the College Football Playoff. Changes in seeding? Yeah, they might shuffle the deck, but new teams won’t squeeze in until the aliens land or maybe just next season. The conference champs get the cool VIP spots, top four seeds, and a first-round nap. Rest get sorted out by the big wigs on the selection committee.

Week 1 is like the first day back at school after summer: all about impressions. Teams either shine or trip up, and the pundits jump on them faster than a cat on a laser pointer. Remember Florida State last season? Total nosedive. It was like watching someone slip on a banana peel in slow motion.

Oh, and before I forget — Games That Will Define! Seriously, check them out or bookmark them for later or something. They’re worth the buzz, I promise.

Back to Week 1, though – here’s the lowdown on the games that’ll have you glued to the screen munching on whatever’s crispy and salty. Here’s to hoping the kickoff can’t come soon enough!