Tennessee’s first appearance in the College Football Playoff didn’t go as planned last season. Tennessee was in the headlines for the wrong reasons this offseason, losing quarterback Nico Iamaleava to the transfer portal after spring practice.

The 2025 Oklahoma football team has, basically, a one-in-five chance to make the College Football Playoff, according to ESPN's data.

The 2025 Arizona State Sun Devils are facing a completely different set of expectations heading into the new campaign compared to this time a year ago. A Big 12 title and admirable showing in the College Football Playoff will do just that - but are the Sun Devils in position to replicate what they did in year two under Kenny Dillingham?