Changes to the 2025 College Football Playoff are underway with a new seeding model set to debut this fall. First-round byes remain, but they will now go to the selection committee's top-four seeds independent of conference championships.

The 2025 college football season officially kicks off in late August, but it's never too early to project the top 25 teams for the upcoming year. With the transfer portal closed and nearly all roster movement completed for '25, all 136 teams have a clear outlook on strengths, weaknesses, and schedule difficulty for the upcoming season.

A big change is coming to the College Football Playoff, as executives voted to adopt a straight seeding model starting in the 2025 football season, according to