Week 1 of the 2025 college football season features a loaded slate, including LSU at Clemson, Notre Dame at Miami and Alabama at Florida State, among others. LSU-Clemson could be a top-five matchup, as could the biggest headliner: Manning and Texas visiting Ohio State in a matchup of the 2024 national champion and our early 2025 favorite.

The College Football Playoff committee let Channel 2 Action News get a closer look at the trophy. Officials brought it to our midtown Atlanta studios on Thursday.

College Football has never been better. While there’s still a need for guardrails, conference realignment, the transfer portal, NIL and – maybe most importantly – the 12-team College Football Playoff has transcended the sport into the modern era.

SMU may have come up four wins short of hoisting the national championship trophy this season, but the now-completed 2024 college football season will be remembered with the Mustangs having a key role in it.

It's never too early to look ahead to next season's College Football Playoff despite the Ohio State Buckeyes capturing the National Championship just weeks ago. This week, ESPN revealed the early College Football Playoff projection with the LSU Tigers cracking the list.