August 25, 2025
By Chip Patterson, CBS Sports: The long offseason is finally over as college football starts in earnest this week. After an offseason of change across the college athletics landscape, we finally get to trade in court rooms for packed stadiums.
We’re marking the occasion as we always do — with the release of national picks from our full complement of experts.
We’re heading into one of the most wide open seasons in recent memory. No team fields better than +600 odds to win the national title, and nine teams have 15-to-1 odds or better.
The preseason No. 1 and 2 teams have not won a national championship in more than 20 years. More acutely, six different teams have won the national title in the past seven years as the transfer portal and NIL open up the field.
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