The thing about college football is this — no matter how stacked your roster is, or how good last season ended, you’re always one bad hire or one stale scheme away from being exposed. Just look what happened last year; Georgia didn’t even make the playoffs. And even teams with five-star talent like Texas A&M or LSU had to eat some humble pie. That’s what makes the 2025 season so juicy: every contender looks loaded on paper, but it’s the under-the-hood stuff that tells the story.

Take the coordinators, for example. We talk a lot about quarterbacks, but it’s the guys calling the plays who either unlock the stars or waste them. This fall, more than a few teams made bold moves in the coaching department, and it’s already showing in how they’re being talked about. Some programs, surprisingly,

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