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Arch Manning takes the helm as Texas' starting quarterback, aiming to lead the top-ranked Longhorns to the pinnacle of college football.

Bill Belichick embarks on his college coaching career at North Carolina, employing an NFL-style approach.

Welcome to college football for 2025, a wonky sport which has a Week 0 (huh?), a start-over-every-year team-building mentality because of the portal (players should get only one free transfer), a potentially star-studded class of quarterbacks for next spring’s NFL Draft (not even including Arch Manning) and arguably the greatest pro head coach of all-time debuting at North Carolina (Bill Belichick to Chapel Hill is still a stunner).

Here is my A-to-Z guide to college football:

A is for Arch. Manning, the Texas starting quart

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