If you want to make an offseason splash in college football, talent accumulation is paramount to picking up hype ahead of the 2025 season. And for 10 teams who could flash next fall, all have done a nice job bolstering their respective two-deeps with portal guys or retaining top-end producers coming out of the winter cycle.
For this exercise, only teams who finished the 2024 season outside of the top 15 are eligible for inclusion. You’re not going to find these programs on the shortlist of national championship contenders according to way-too-early odds. However, they’re going to have rosters capable of getting to the playoff and potentially, winning a game or two in the postseason.
The 247Sports way-too-early top 25 for 2025 will be out Monday ahead of the College Football Playoff national championship game pitting Ohio State and Notre Dame. A couple of these “flash” teams will be included based on the array of early ballots submitted by our analysts.
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Here’s a glance at the college football teams who could flash in 2025:
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