The first game of the 2025 season between Kansas State and Iowa State on Aug. 23 in Dublin, Ireland, features two teams that are major players in the Big 12 title race.

The College Football Playoff will go to a more straightforward way of filling the bracket next season, placing teams strictly on where they are ranked instead of moving pieces around to reward confere...

So, let's look ahead at how things may shake out as straight seeding will now be implemented when constructing the College Football Playoff bracket this fall.