The 2025 college football season kicks off Saturday with a ranked Iowa State-Kansas State matchup. The following Saturday -- officially Week 1 -- brings big-time showdowns of Texas-Ohio State , LSU-Clemson and Notre Dame-Miami . And then the NFL season begins just a few days after that. Buckle up ... football is here!

That means we can really start looking ahead to the 2026 NFL draft . And it means we can celebrate with my first mock draft for what should be an exciting class of players.

I'll say this right off the top: A lot can -- and will -- change over the next eight months. There are a lot of snaps to be played, and plenty of events will alter top prospects' outlooks before Round 1 on April 23. Consider that I had Carson Beck going No. 1 in my preseason mock draft

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