The college football season is right around the corner, and that means it's time to finalize our power rankings ahead of opening kickoff. Each week during the year I'll be releasing my Top 20 power rankings for betting purposes. The Texas Longhorns and Penn State Nittany Lions sit atop my rankings heading into the 2025 regular season.

I'll break down the rankings by tiers so bettors can see where I cut off each group. During the year we'll move teams based on results and discuss changes in the betting market. I will also set the point spread from Tier 1 compared to the rest of the tiers.

College football preseason power rankings

Tier 1

1. Texas Longhorns

2. Penn State Nittany Lions

Texas and Penn State are my top two teams entering the season. I make the Longhorns a 2-point fav

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