The South Carolina Gamecocks continue to showcase their strong 2024 recruiting class, with three standout players earning spots in the College Football Network’

Clemson is coming off a 10-4 season in which it defeated SMU in the ACC Championship and earned a spot in the College Football Playoff for the seventh time. The Tigers have QB Cade Klubnik back along with defensive lieman Peter Woods, among others.

Boise State and Arizona State should have had to play in the first round. Not granting first-round byes to conference champions is one area where the CFP has to improve. But the Broncos and Sun Devils held their own, especially Arizona State. Storming back and taking Texas to OT took some serious guts from Kenny Dillingham’s team.

Illinois won 10 games in 2024 including the Citrus Bowl. Here is how the Illini and coach Bret Bielema ranked in the final coaches and AP polls.

The Gamecocks, who began the 2024 season unranked, finished 19th in the AP poll. It’s the first time since 2022 that USC is ranked in an end-of-season poll. Clemson finished ranked No. 14 in the AP poll. The final USA Today coaches poll hasn’t been released yet.

The Arizona State Sun Devils closed the 2024 college football season as a Top 10 team in most end-of-season rankings. Will they open 2025 as one?

Is Texas poised for another appearance in the College Football Playoff semifinals? The national media certainly thinks so.

By almost any measure, Indiana football had the best season in its 126-year history in 2024. Can IU run it back in 2025?

But these days, it takes the GDP of a small country to keep a roster intact in college football. Ohio State spent the money to do it in 2024. Penn State is trying to do it in 2025. The Nittany Lions,