It is a progression of the messy post-2021 world of athlete compensation. But how exactly are contracts structured? Nothing in college sports is uniform, and even player compensation structures will vary from school to school.

According to Action Network, the Georgia Bulldogs football program has been listed as one of the nation's coolest teams.

Who are the top 100 players in the 2025 recruiting class in college football, and where are they going? Here's what to know ahead of National Signing Day:

Get a head start on the 2026 college football QB recruiting class with an update on the top 10 prospects looking for their future destination.

Early college football rankings for 2025 are out in full force before the start of spring practice. The first year of College Football Playoff expansion went out with a bang thanks to Ohio State's heroics and now early opinions are in for next fall, narratives already forming around a handful of teams expected to be in the national conversation.

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.

One of the Sun Belt's rising programs is reportedly set to hire a record-holding former college football quarterback to its offensive staff.

Quinn Ewers, a native of Southlake, Texas, attended Ohio State out of high school. Per 247Sports, Ewers signed with Ohio State over a boatload of offers that included Alabama, Texas and more. After one redshirt year at Ohio State, Ewers transferred to Texas in 2022.

The first 12-team Playoff had a lot of great moments. It could also use some tweaks. In the short term, leaders are unlikely to make major changes to the format for the 2025 season. The bigger stuff is more likely to come in 2026, when the new contracts kick in and the SEC and Big Ten basically get to do whatever they want.

NIL and the transfer portal have changed the game, but there is still a lot that works even if more reinvention is coming.

The first-year hits came from unexpected places on the 2024 coaching carousel after college football grappled with a series of seismic openings late in the calendar. Nick Saban's January retirement set off dominoes that led to coaching changes at Washington,

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.