We grew up on a college football season that climaxed on New Year's Day. Is there a way back to that while keeping the excitement of the past month?

When it came to the NFL Draft, there used to be this phenomenon called "bowl-game bias," when a prospect would see massive movement in his draft stock based on one game to end the season. It was pretty foolish.

Al Golden agreed to return to Cincinnati on Wednesday after three seasons as Notre Dame's defensive coordinator, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been announced. More: 3 Wolverines, 3 ex-Spartans make ESPN list of top 100 college football players from '24-25

More than 22 million people tuned in to watch Ohio State beat Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Monday night. While that is down year-over-year, it was still the most-watched non-NFL sporting event over the past year.

Monday night’s 2025 College Football Playoff national championship game will feature plenty of future NFL players. Quite a few Ohio State Buckeyes and a handful of Notre Dame Fighting Irish will hear their name called at the 2025 NFL Draft, and we’ve got our eyes on 10 of them.

Ohio State comes in ahead of the best the SEC has to offer and Big Ten rival Penn State to lead the way in the USA TODAY Sports way-too-early Top 25 for the 2025 season. The No. 1 Buckeyes have to replace quarterback Will Howard but will be able to surround the new starter with an elite collection of skill talent headlined by star wide receiver Jeremiah Smith.

Now that the final rankings of the 2024 college football season are out and way-too-early lookaheads to 2025 are upon us, it's time for another preliminary ranking of sorts for next fall: College football's top 10 quarterbacks.

Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) has announced former NFL star and College Football Hall of Famer Terrell Buckley as its new head football coach. Buckley, a Super Bowl champion and former XFL head coach, b rings an impressive resume to the HBCU, promising a fresh start for the Delta Devils.

Penn State star Abdul Carter’s tape and production points to him being arguably the best defensive player in the 2025 NFL draft.

Now that it’s all over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are the college football national champions, it can be definitively said: Expanding the College Football Playoff worked.

On Wednesday, it was look at what the 2025 Notre Dame Fighting Irish offense could look like when they first take the field against the Miami Hurricanes in the season opener. This could change drastically depending on who replaces defensive coordinator Al Golden, who is reportedly returning to the NFL.