College Football Playoff discussion tends to dominate the sport's discourse these days, especially with a 12-team field and additional expansion likely on the horizon. However, at its core, college football is about bragging rights, rivalries and things like state supremacy.

In some places, state supremacy is clear-cut entering the 2025 season. Pitt should be bowl-bound again under veteran coach Pat Narduzzi, but Penn State is comfortably the Keystone State's top squad. Other states -- such as Nebraska and Wisconsin -- feature just one Division 1 school, which makes them state champions by default.

It's a much tougher call in places like Florida , Iowa , New Hampshire , North Carolina , South Carolina , South Dakota , Utah and Virginia . When deciding who the best

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