Can Indiana do it again? Will Texas break through? Is Notre Dame ready to rise up? Here's our preseason top 25.
They are not the top-ranked recruits, but these first-year players could affect conference and CFP races.
Ohio State starts the 2026 season as the No. 1 team in the AFCA Coaches Poll as the Big Ten tries to extend its run of college football national champions to four.
How good -- win the national title! -- and bad -- miss the tourney! -- it could get for all 18 Big Ten teams.
What players will have an outsized influence on the 2026 season? We start with CFP hopeful QBs and go from there.
The players, position groups or situations that could swing the season for each of the top teams.
