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Ohio State Makes College Football History Ahead of 2025 Season originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Ohio State Buckeyes capped off 2024 by winning their ninth national championship in program history, and are looking to repeat that success in the 2025 season.
The Longhorns received 25 first-place votes and 1,552 points in the rankings released Monday to edge past No. 2 Penn State in the closest preseason vote since 1998. The Nittany Lions have their best preseason ranking since they started No. 1 in 1997. Penn State received 23 first-place votes and 1,547 points.
The Big Ten conference has six teams listed in the first AP poll of 2025. Here's how they should fare in the regular season.
We're just one week away from Week 0 and the start of college football season, so it's time squeeze in conference championship game predictions across the Power Four and Group of Six ranks before the 2025 campaign kickoff.