Week 1 of the 2025 college football season features a loaded slate, including LSU at Clemson, Notre Dame at Miami and Alabama at Florida State, among others. LSU-Clemson could be a top-five matchup, as could the biggest headliner: Manning and Texas visiting Ohio State in a matchup of the 2024 national champion and our early 2025 favorite.

Texas will travel to Arlington for the Cotton Bowl, with a spot in the national championship on the line. Who they play next remains to be seen.

The Tennessee Volunteers, fresh off their first appearance in the expanded 12-team College Football Playoff in 2024, were noticeably absent from ESPN’s latest way-too-early playoff projections for the 2025 season.

We're into the college football offseason — albeit only in January — but it's time to continue NCAA.com's way-too-early preview of the season. I've already revealed way-too-early Heisman contenders and a way-too-early top-25 ranking,

Let's take a look back at Sports Illustrated's best images and coverage from the Buckeyes' championship night.