The 2025 college football season is fast approaching. Over the next few months, NFL scouts and front office execs will hit the road to watch prospects, talk to coaches and begin building their boards for next year's draft . But which schools will they visit most? And who are the players to keep a close eye on?

I spoke to scouts and talent evaluators to come up with a cheat sheet of college programs for fans to watch in preparation for the 2026 NFL draft . A lot will happen between now and the end of the season, of course, but think of this as an early primer on which schools NFL franchises will be keeping tabs on this fall, along with.I settled on 12 schools and separated them into three tiers,considering the overall number of draft prospects and how many of those will be first-

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