USA TODAY Sports ranks the 25 best college football programs in the country

August 26, 2025

By Blake Toppmeyer, Paul Myerberg and Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY: My program is better than your program. That’s the start of the quintessential college football argument. And it’s an argument that never really produces an agreement between the sides involved because they are intractable in their positions.

So how do you solve the debate? You bring together the staff at USA TODAY Sports to vote on the best programs and produce a definitive list of the 25 best based on a variety of factors, including traditions, fan base, on-field success and recruiting territory.

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