One of the more persistent talking points in support of a revamped college football postseason before the Playoff debuted in 2014 focused on virtually every other American league ending its season with some kind of tournament.

With the 2025 season’s College Football Playoff just weeks away , the sport offers another reminder that college football has always been different from those other leagues.

Think back a little more than a month to the epic 2025 World Series. Imagine Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider declaring in the last week of September that he’s jumping to the Boston Red Sox, and Don Mattingly suddenly takes over the Jays’ chase of an American League pennant.

Sure, it’s possible, but rare in other sports — so much so that Bo Schembechler’s firing of Bill Frieder for i

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