With just a few more days until the 2025 college football season gets fully underway, it’s time to take a look at some of the crazy-but-maybe-realistic outcomes we could see this season.

No, I’m not going to predict that Bill Belichick takes UNC to the College Football Playoff or that the national championship game is decided by a walk-off 65-yard field goal. We’ll stay (somewhat) grounded in reality.

Here are my 10 bold predictions for the 2025 college football season:

1. Arch Manning will win the Heisman Trophy

It’s rare that the odds-on favorite in the preseason actually wins this award. Consider last year’s betting favorites heading into Week 1: Dillon Gabriel , Carson Beck , Quinn Ewers , Jalen Milroe and Jaxson Dart . Just one (Gabriel) of those five players even earn

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