Jeyarajah: ASU, BYU among Big 12's 5 legitimate national title contenders

March 25, 2025

By Shehan Jeyarajah, CBS Sports: The Big 12 remains the most upwardly mobile power conference in college football, which makes the race for a College Football Playoff spot a battle. Last season, nine of the 16 teams were still in the conference title race by the final weeks of the season, and Arizona State — picked last place in the preseason media poll — won the league.

The race will be wide-open again, meaning that everyone across the conference has a chance. Still, a few teams rank above the rest coming into the year. Many of the top quarterbacks in the conference return, including Arizona State’s Sam Leavitt, BYU’s Jake Retzlaff and Baylor’s Sawyer Robertson. Other programs, like Texas Tech, are betting big on offseason additions to reach conference contention.

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These five teams are the Big 12's legitimate national championship contenders for the 2025 season

Arizona State and BYU rank among the leading contenders for the CFP

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